https://cote.pizza/drunkandretired/ The podcast Coté and Charles Lowell made about being twenty-something programmers in the mid-to-late 2000s. Mostly Java, Ruby, and complaining. en-us Michael Coté The podcast Coté and Charles Lowell made about being twenty-something programmers in the mid-to-late 2000s. Mostly Java, Ruby, and complaining. https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired185 DrunkAndRetired185 05 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded in July 2015 in a house built out of logs. The substance is marketing and selling: what a salesperson is actually doing in their head during a call, how genuineness shows itself afterwards, and the calls that go pleasantly nowhere because there is not... 2079 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode184.mp3 31 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0000 An audio-only episode with the microphone misbehaving and no amount of headphones fixing it. 2283 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode183.mp3 27 Jan 2014 12:00:00 +0000 A short one, recorded before a trip out to see Her. The Hobbit parts one and two in the right order, Pacific Rim and joining minds with robots, then a shooting-range induction video that turned out to be entirely about conduct rather than equipment - culture,... 1799 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode182.mp3 19 Oct 2013 12:00:00 +0000 We discuss what makes enterprise software so very enterprises-y. Enterprise software, what is it? 1894 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode181.mp3 27 Sep 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Charles is getting paid to write command-line tools! Namely, rumm a tool that wraps around Rackspace cloud. We discuss multi-cloud management, the theoretic problem and what we’re seeing in the wild right now - not much beyond DIY fun 1888 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode180.mp3 06 Sep 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Coté’s new job, literate programming, and documentation. Cote got a job working as an analyst at 451 Research (part of The 451 Group). Free 30 day trial to 451 Research, be sure to put in that Cote sentchya. 2445 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode179.mp3 01 Sep 2013 12:00:00 +0000 We discuss our naive understanding of how the stock market works, primarily, the motivations for people to buy and sell stocks. We hope to start recording more frequently, sorry it’s taken a year. 1936 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode173.mp3 20 May 2011 12:00:00 +0000 Opens on officiating at weddings becoming a habit, and the Polish crystal that came as a thank-you. 3649 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode172.mp3 05 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0000 A new recorder that looks like a science fiction torture device, and street noise reframed as Mad Men ambience rather than a fault. 2193 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode170.mp3 07 Jan 2011 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded on New Year's day (my birthday) this episode finds us smoking a few cigars over some scotch. We discuss True Grit, VIM, JavaScript frameworks, and a lot of programming stuff before we wrap-up with a discussion of the best gifts we got 3261 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode168.mp3 10 Dec 2010 12:00:00 +0000 In this mini-episode, Charles talks about the excess of furniture, as he sees it, in the world 632 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode166.mp3 29 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I sit down in the conference room for a chat covering all sorts of things! Also, a special message to a listener 3487 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode165.mp3 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Charles asked me to think of some ways you'd use sandboxed JavaScript on the server side - I jump right in with some examples 824 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode164.mp3 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 On the way home, I ponder possible pasta dinners 381 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode163.mp3 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Over some lunch, Charles and I discuss HTML 5 and some other hoopla 2233 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode162.mp3 10 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Opens on why everything gets called phallic and nothing gets called the other thing, and whether a cylinder is symbolic of anything at all or just shaped like a pencil. 1347 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode161.mp3 29 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded in a car on the way to look at office space on 6th Street. The subject is the newly announced iPad, known so far only through Twitter, and whether a locked-down device with no multitasking is really just a large phone - nobody, the argument goes, is g... 766 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode159.mp3 10 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Working out whether an office is affordable at all - two thousand a month refused, nine hundred hoped for, and who might chip in what. 1535 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode158.mp3 02 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded in the Driscoll bar during South by Southwest, which is where visitors get taken because the leather and cowhide convince them they have finally reached Texas. 2753 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode157.mp3 24 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded at the other house with two guests, and a long opening on the etiquette of a very tidy bathroom and what to do about the hand towel. The reading half is a science fiction series heavy on mutants and instruction. 2952 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode156_bonus.mp3 25 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Picking up a Pizza (bonus) 12 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode156.mp3 25 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Picking up a Pizza 1726 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode155.mp3 20 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000 The return after a long break and a move to Austin, with a hunt for a word beyond vacation - hiatus, sabbatical, midlife crisis. 4257 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode154.mp3 19 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded on the back porch, in the same chairs and the same spot as the very first episode, now with better recording equipment and another on order. Includes a segment lifted from another podcast, and opinions about restaurants. 2185 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode153.mp3 17 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Poor audio quality throughout, embraced as house style. The substance is browser engines as strategy: Apple wanting technology that fitted the rest of its stack and could be used somewhere other than the web, and the enhancements to WebKit that made the iPhone... 2828 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode152.mp3 07 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Update: I had the direct download and embedded player linked to the previous episode. The link is now fixed 4324 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode151.mp3 26 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Opens on how much of the good material gets thrown away before the recording starts, and a Blade Runner quote that leads to the admission of having once written a FAQ for the Blade Runner game. 3193 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode150.mp3 16 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Renamed the padcast for the duration, on the theory it will add two listeners. Recorded a day ahead, so offers of stock tips from the future, and a running domestic argument about whether to extend the house or move to a bigger one. 2783 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode149.mp3 02 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded from a car on an iPhone, opening on the case for a football-shaped phone with the laces rendered on the touchscreen. Then IDEs and dynamic languages, and whether IntelliJ really gets them or is building for Java people who are visiting. 2847 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode148.mp3 26 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Starts on The Office being well enough paced that you are laughing inside half a minute. The rest is laptops for travel - whether a MacBook Pro that was good in its prime is now just a machine, and an arduous one to carry. 4005 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode147.mp3 19 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Opens on using technology for evil in the next room while the house is full of guests, and the Apple store ringing about a repair. 2947 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode146.mp3 18 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Back from IBM Pulse in Las Vegas and its cloud announcement, including deploying onto Amazon EC2. The technical half is CSS sprites: one image, one HTTP request, one thing in the cache, and a workflow that is easier to keep track of than ten thousand files. 3454 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode145.mp3 15 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded in person over scotch, with a guest, and an argument about whether scotch is to whisky as a tuxedo is to a suit. Wanders into old adventure games and the line about coming for the fork. 3823 https://archive.org/details/Cote-DrunkAndRetiredcomSpecial01PutJavaInAPackageRepository660-3 Cote-DrunkAndRetiredcomSpecial01PutJavaInAPackageRepository660-3 07 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Charles gives advice on what Sun should do for better Java distribution in the Linux world: make his life easier by hosting an official package repository 378 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode144.mp3 23 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I go over several key agenda items for the new president. Namely: Is Charles a morning person? The cult of morning people Silva's Dance performance with People Dancing Movement Guild All about Evernote 4120 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode143.mp3 09 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I catch up on our holiday doings including: Left 4 Dead on the XBox is awesome, so it Netflix; detecting PR-moves in news stories, one theory; using public shame to encourage good behavior; and a quick review of Little Bobby Buttons. 2185 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode142.mp3 11 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000 See if you can't leave me an inch from where the zipper (burps) ends, round, under my, back to my bunghole, so I can let it out there if I need to. 4055 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode141.mp3 05 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000 In this 90+ minute episode, Charles and I cover Thanksgiving, health-care for the indie-type, and then get into scheming how I can get one of Charles' spare XBox's so we can shoot zombies together in Left 4 Dead. Legendary 5827 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode140.mp3 10 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000 The return after three weeks off, and more freelance work than one person can handle without anybody to share it with. 3673 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode139.mp3 17 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I talk about this week's, US presidential debates. Also, in response to last week's 64 bit talk, Roger V. sent this in: A 64-bit OS can access more memory because it's using 64-bit address pointers. 2919 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode138.mp3 09 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I have John Willis on as a guest (you may know him from one of my other podcasts, The IT Management Podcast ). John explains the business owner side of all this financial stuff that we ranted about last week. 4545 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode137.mp3 03 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000 You guys have it real easy. I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here. Because, the fact is, whether you deserve it or not: you go to one of the best schools in the country. Rushmore. You lucked out. 3932 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode136.mp3 20 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000 One host back in the States, the other still in Finland with a wood-fired sauna, an antechamber and a sleeping loft - one sauna per person on the property, with two more being built. 1608 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode135.mp3 07 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded inside a sauna in a rented cabin on a Finnish island, too much wood on the fire, microphone finally in the right hole. 2670 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode134.mp3 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I sit on a Finish porch and talk about our trip in Finland so far 2583 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode133.mp3 08 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Hey-o, hey-o! Episode 133 is up. This week Charles and I discuss in 15+ minute detail the process of (him) getting to Finland. 3435 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode132.mp3 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded on Charles's twenty-sixth birthday, taking in the guilty pleasure of working through every Star Trek episode. 3740 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode131.mp3 10 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0000 The final day of the salt-water cleanse, conducted while being read a lunch menu of enchiladas, black beans and chips. 2607 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode130.mp3 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded the day before the Fourth of July, with one host on a liquid-only cleanse and unable to eat any of it. 2416 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode129.mp3 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Com. But, if you’re an RIA or cloud-head person, you’ll probably like the latest episode (download directly right here if you’d prefer), all about the cloud conferences I went to this week and my co-host, Charles’ first impressions of using Flex by hand 2609 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode128.mp3 13 Jun 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Built around a listener's video in which an iPhone goes off a high balcony, and whether that counts as product placement. 3090 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode127.mp3 30 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000 We start out talking about Puppet (whose patron company, Reductive Labs is a RedMonk client). I then re-cap the Our Bodies exhibit Kim and saw, we move onto a short discussion of using Rational Tools from Charles' consulting days (I'll be at RSDC next week). 1952 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode126.mp3 23 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Opens on celebrity news relayed from the next room. The back half is IBM's Pulse conference and its Tivoli data-centre management line, and the argument that once the people who get excited about managing servers start getting excited about mobile, phone inter... 2609 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode125.mp3 17 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded on the back porch with a guest, on what should replace an ageing ThinkPad X40. Detours into the PlayStation 3 being the best Blu-ray player on the market and therefore, by a certain logic, a saving - which becomes the phrase of the episode. 1128 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode124.mp3 10 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded on the last day of JavaOne in San Francisco, ahead of the Gosling keynote. The verdict on JavaFX is that it was a momentum event rather than a release - a roadmap and a statement of intent, with nothing to take home and build with. 1873 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode123.mp3 04 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Dave "KirinDave" Fayram joins us for this episode as a sort of part two to our last episode. Since Dave has actually used git, we ask him to explain how it changes software development for better (but I don't think worse 2359 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode122.mp3 15 Apr 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded from a car on the way back from the public library with a reserved copy of The Wire, and an argument that a well-funded library is badly underrated. 2025 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode121.mp3 28 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000 We start out talking about Coté's desire to get an office or desk somewhere - maybe the co-working people in town will be something, maybe some ones else! Then we talk about ESBs - as Coté is going to MuleCon next week - and GameOn League's own home-brew bus 2509 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode120.mp3 07 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Recorded on the move, with goodbyes being arranged on the other line throughout. The subject is competitive gaming as a professional sport - Major League Gaming, cyber athletes, and the size of the tournaments already running. 2436 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode119.mp3 22 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000 On the way to Lambert's BBQ for lunch with The Fun Bunch, Charles and I review the week's fun times including GameOn Leagues business, TV ( Star Trek women still h-o-t), and then Austin's current, dumb facination with calling every block a "district." The BBQ... 940 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode118.mp3 15 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000 We talk of providing support for GameOnLeagues, desktop virtualization lock-in, the hottness of Star Trek women, how nifty The Java Posse is, and much more! Some show-links for you: "self-flagellation types." Java I/O Sucks Goat-ass. 2151 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode117.mp3 05 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Opens on the household cats and their strict ranking of what is worth lying on, with the freshest clean clothing at the very top. 1610 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode116.mp3 26 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000 After a long detour about a headset that boots up muted, the episode gets to design patterns: how many of them came out of GUI development, the command pattern as a way to keep a stack of undoable deltas, and Prevayler doing exactly that. 1130 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode115.mp3 16 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Recording the introduction as part of the show, on the grounds it works elsewhere, and immediately losing track of which episode it is. 2690 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode114.mp3 03 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000 A lightning episode on jQuery: what it actually does to the DOM, how its style differs from Prototype, and why it brought back memories of JDOM and the XML manipulators from the Java world. 1015 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode113.mp3 21 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0000 A comment from a listener named Kim sets off an investigation that reaches the wrong Kim, an albino squirrel turns up in the front yard, and the back half settles into Twitter as something temporal - a river or a campfire you dip into rather than a backlog to... 3693 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode111.mp3 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I return to the back-porch in a rare face-to-face recording. We talk about GameOnLeagues, XBox hacking and spam, Fins and Thanksgiving, my new grill, DrunkAndRetired.com sponsorships, and hear lots of circular sawing in the background 1173 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode110.mp3 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0000 We talk about a whole passel of things, most interesting of which are: Game On! Leagues /// November Madness Halo 3 Tournament - $600 in prizes - Charles' site is running a tournament where you could win, bra'! Coté's week with Leopard Peeing on floors to get... 2105 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode109.mp3 30 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I talk about daiquiris and cigars in Munich; Miller High Life & Mickey's when it comes to Charles' decreased beer snobbery and my grandfather; giving away software to sell it; Charles take on Green IT: "turning out the light when you take a shit...... 1640 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode108.mp3 15 Oct 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I spend some time talking about Erlang, specifically, what the hell is up with it being such a buzz-language now. In addition to that, we talk about some non-code stuff which I've forgotten 1684 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode107.mp3 30 Sep 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Opens with the Legendary Edition arriving in the post and the discovery that the helmet only sits there. 2375 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode106.mp3 16 Sep 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Coté and Charles talk about developer tools, esp. when it comes to when Charles will spend money on tools. 2029 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode105.mp3 09 Sep 2007 12:00:00 +0000 In this long anticipated episode, Charles and Tim tell us about The Front Side's latest release, GameOnLeagues. You can set up tournaments with pay-outs for any sort of game. Cool, eh? As a production note, we're switching back to audio only. 2050 https://archive.org/details/Cote-Episode103RubyJavaIDEChat537 Cote-Episode103RubyJavaIDEChat537 13 Aug 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Cote' and Charles spend much time talking about IDEs like Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ, and TextMate (for ruby). 1973 https://archive.org/details/Cote-Episode102IForgotTheTitle850-2 Cote-Episode102IForgotTheTitle850-2 31 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Right, so, this episode is really late in getting published. Apologies for that. I was on vacation in Marfa, then had family in town. Excuses are useless though, so enjoy the episode 1844 https://archive.org/details/Cote-Episode101ColdCoffeeTransformersHaskellToasterOvensOrW747-3 Cote-Episode101ColdCoffeeTransformersHaskellToasterOvensOrW747-3 18 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Cote' and Charles talk about an expansive range of topics, mostly non-technical. Charles tells us about going to Minneapolis and getting some cold something cut coffee, then onto an extended conversation about Transformers and the toys, Charles tell us about h... 1615 https://archive.org/details/Cote-Episode100539-3 Cote-Episode100539-3 05 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0000 At long last we achieve gravitas with episode 100. To celebrate, Cote' returns to the back porch where the podcast just over two years ago, while Charles joins in finally having a drink during recording.We talk about what open source in a SaaS world, single-en... 1273 https://archive.org/details/Cote-Episode99300-3 Cote-Episode99300-3 22 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Cote' explore the phrase "goat ass," revisit ANTLR briefly, explain ways of using Amazon EC2, talk about software partnership strategies vs. being The Single Source, and then end-up with some time management talk 1334 https://archive.org/details/Cote-Episode98444 Cote-Episode98444 17 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +0000 We talk about programing in ruby and PHP. Then Cote' tells us about Air Sex in Austin at the Alamo Drafthouse. Finally, We discuss ANTLR and parsers in general.If you'd just like the audio, it's available to download as well 1584 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode97.mp3 09 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Coté talk about the life of an independent programmer and using Flex for your UI layer 2880 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode96.mp3 01 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +0000 We talk with KirinDave about Charles' vacation, random kung-fu, and railsconf 1359 https://archive.org/details/Cote-Episode95374-2 Cote-Episode95374-2 23 May 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Java annotations, Java properties, JavaFX, Pragmatic open source, and TCB 1731 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode94.mp3 14 May 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Coté talks with the Java Posse (!) about the announcements at JavaOne '07. Coté thinks the Java Posse are podcast rock-stars, so he enjoyed it quite a bit. YUH! As you know, we don't really do show notes here. But, the Java Posse sure as shit does. 2200 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode93.mp3 04 May 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Coté talks with Zed Shaw and Obie Fernandez. In the first half we talk about Utu, then rails, then the consulting life 3735 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode92.mp3 27 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0000 The only think more fun than XML is... more XML. In this exciting episode, Coté talk with Dave Fayram (aka "KirinDave"), currently of PowerSet, about his experience writing Rails back-ends (at places like mag.nolia. 4200 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode91.mp3 22 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I have been traveling for fun and profit this week an weekend. So, apologies for this episode getting out late. I think Charles had it edited in time, but Coté was out. Enjoy 1448 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode90.mp3 13 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Charles (re-)tells us the bear story, then we jump into a discussion of scaling applications,.Net vs. Java properties, and the blender-bound wonders (including Bruce Eckel talking with pineapples) that the future holds. Also, see: fhqwhgads 2882 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode89.mp3 06 Apr 2007 12:00:00 +0000 The sub-generation of Big Trouble in Little China fans talk up the upcoming Grindhouse and then five into an extended discussion of Adobe Flex 2 and Apollo. And Charles asks, "why didn't Sun do all that with applets?" All-in-all, I think it was a nice episode 1678 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode88.mp3 23 Mar 2007 12:00:00 +0000 We try to re-do this week's episode. We talk of travel, casseroles, and some other corny stuff. Enjoy 2105 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode87.mp3 23 Mar 2007 12:00:00 +0000 This episode is not too great. But, it's what we have at the moment. Apologies! If time allows, I shall post a bonus episode this week 1240 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode86.mp3 18 Mar 2007 12:00:00 +0000 After the usual corny chit-chat, Charles and Coté were lucky to have Pat Hurley as a guest to talk about using Ruby for retail software. 3580 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode85.mp3 09 Mar 2007 12:00:00 +0000 "Soap is something I put on my balls.", Coté and Charles talk about being cranky, waking up early, GPS spying on yourself, SOA, and how Web 2.0 is like a cheeseburger. Enjoy 1810 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode84.mp3 02 Mar 2007 12:00:00 +0000 We talk about comics, refactoring, why open source is good for developers, and the challenges of selling software 3470 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode83.mp3 23 Feb 2007 12:00:00 +0000 We talk about -- no shit! -- white gravy, videos, JavaOne rejecting The Front Side, and user delight. Charles finally has a Twitter account 1477 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode82.mp3 15 Feb 2007 12:00:00 +0000 We see what Coté is like after a double Americano. Here's Twitter, and jyte 1630 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode81.mp3 02 Feb 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Opens on the first rule of knife fighting, which is that you are going to get cut, and a knife fight actually witnessed in Colombia. 1543 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode80.mp3 26 Jan 2007 12:00:00 +0000 We talk of JavaScript abstractions, optimizing offices, and then Gay Bands vs. Safe Bands... CHoPs 1630 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode79.mp3 19 Jan 2007 12:00:00 +0000 For this episode, instead of a description, I opted for a long title. That said, here is the description for this week's show, from #drunkandretired : cote: I'm almost done editing this week's episode. cote: Now. I know what you're thinking, Mr. Chess Clock. 1726 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode78.mp3 13 Jan 2007 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Cote' are back with all sorts of tech-talk and hijinks to bring in the new year: Jon Udell ( here is the long forgotten Gravy episode ) Charles' shiny new dual degrees! The Talking Parrot and Dr. 1797 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode77.mp3 08 Dec 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Something weird happened to the recording of this episode. It cut out every now-and-then. 715 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode-76.mp3 02 Dec 2006 12:00:00 +0000 On the way to the airport, Coté starts by telling the worst re-telling of a movie moment event, we sing several "work songs," talk about test driven development and refactoring, and then sort out how to dress while you travel 1978 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode75.mp3 21 Nov 2006 12:00:00 +0000 It's the Thanksgiving special! Bock, bock! In this episode we talk about several things: Charles to buy an iMac, nose hair, cross-browser testing, snow, JavaOne submissions (Java and JavaScript!), conferences on the cheap, doggie-style shadows, Thanksgiving in... 1795 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode74.mp3 16 Nov 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Cote' talk about: Ancient Greek Journalism, Haskel, Pete F, man-made elements, and "What's the deal with all those God damn languages?!" 2014 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode73.mp3 14 Nov 2006 12:00:00 +0000 In this special guest episode, John and I start out talking about the Citizen Journalism Unconference from August, and then go on to complain about how we can't find a news source we like 2653 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode72.mp3 12 Nov 2006 12:00:00 +0000 In this mega-fun episode, Charles and Coté talk about documentation, JavaScript, an update on The Frontside, and then -- whao! hey! -- Kim and Silva do a podcast in a podcast on what's going on up there in Ann Arbor. 3004 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode71.mp3 05 Nov 2006 12:00:00 +0000 In this short episode, Charles and Cote' talk about CrossCheck, coding AJAX, and RIAs vs. AJAX 1260 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode70.mp3 20 Oct 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Coté and Charles talk about the theory of language creation and Coté's upcoming presentation in using open source in the enterprise. Also, wishful-thinking about Microsoft using Firefox 2590 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode69.mp3 13 Oct 2006 12:00:00 +0000 In this short episode, Cote' calls in from ApacheCon Austin, Charles an d Cote' talk about JavaScript APIs, and Widgets 1174 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode68.mp3 06 Oct 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Coté talk about...well...Coté needs to listen to it first. But it's good 1420 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode67.mp3 29 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000 In this extended episode (to make up for lost time!) Charles and Cote' talk about Las Vegas and linguistics. It's awesome 4382 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode66.mp3 10 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Coté storm back after a 3 week summer hiatus and unveil the ambitious D&R "Countdown to Gravitas" campaign. Also discussed: MVC architectures and Half-Life 2. 1460 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode65.mp3 29 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0000 A five-minute episode, because the week's recording was corrupted. What survives is the apology, a plan to salvage the other side of the call, and a plug for Bar Camp Earth over the weekend of 25 August. 220 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode64.mp3 18 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Coté talk about a recent prounouncement that.Net has beat out JEE, the annoyances of FileMaker, the crazy things our high school health teacher said, and things to do when the wife is away 1230 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode63.mp3 04 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Coté finally find themselves in the same room to talk about over a year of DrunkAndRetired, multicasting, some listener comments, and all about Charles new blog. It's a shortie at 18 minutes 1080 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode62.mp3 29 Jul 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We talk about Mongrel, Charles & Co.'s problem with JEE servlets and headers, packaging software (or the lack thereof), and memories of Tron 1780 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode61.mp3 21 Jul 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We take a break from our "summer holidays" to actually record an episode. We talk about Oracle, sandwiches, and Charles 's Frugal Fucker life 1660 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode59.mp3 08 Jul 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We talk about OS X switching, JavaScript, and a couple of other exciting topics. But, it's Coté and Charles discussing something 1510 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode60.mp3 07 Jul 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles is on vacation, so I put together a short episode of out-takes. Charles has episode 59 on his machine, in the process of editing, so once he gets back, we'll fill in the 58 to 60 gap. Until then, enjoy some corn-ball 710 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode58.mp3 22 Jun 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We Charles and Cote' talk about Crosscheck, the browserless JavaScript unit testing framework from Charle's company, The Front Side 615 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode57.mp3 22 Jun 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We Charles and Cote' talk about web tools, coding, hiring web redesigners, and the usuaul lot of code-monkey fun. The Spam plugin that Cote' mentions is Akismet. It works damn good 2290 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode56.mp3 15 Jun 2006 12:00:00 +0000 A round-table with Andre Charland and Dave Johnson of eBusiness Applications and Glenn Twiggs of BMC, working through what to do and what not to do in JavaScript and Ajax. 1440 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode55.mp3 08 Jun 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Whao., we talk about a lot. First, we address Aaron 's comment that he sent in about 2 weeks ago: sorry for the lag. Then we get on to talking about the world of JavaScript and web application programming. And a whole lot of other stuff. 2269 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode54.mp3 03 Jun 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We conclude the discussion on the technology and business of AJAX with Charles, André Charland, and Coté. We talk more about the business side of things in this part than we did in the first part 1880 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode53.mp3 02 Jun 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Coté talk with guest André Charland of eBusinessApplications (or "EBA") about the business and technology of AJAX. This first part is more focused on the technology side of AJAX, while the soon to follow part 2 is more bid'ness 1705 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode51.mp3 27 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000 These week we bring you two episodes!, we talk about Charles's AJAX-y framework, Freestyle, the Google Web Toolkit, and other exciting topics 1280 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode52.mp3 26 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We answer three questions from Cory about virus scanners, spy-ware blockers, programming, and operating systems. Thanks for all the questions! You may be wondering, where is episode 51? Good question, dear readers! Charles is still editing that episode. 2105 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode50.mp3 22 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Coté talks with special guest stars Gary Frost and Spencer Bishop, two of my former co-workers at BMC, about JavaOne 2006. We recorded at the legendary Thirsty Bear, so pardon the background chatter. Charles will be back next week, so don't despair. 1130 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode49.mp3 12 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Coté talk about everything from spray-down bathrooms to JSR 223 (scripting in Java). Charles also gives us an update on The Front Side, and we talk more about our 2006 JavaOne contest. (This episode barely edited by Coté 3200 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode48.mp3 10 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Once again,, the brilliant Bill de HÓra saves what would have been an otherwise podcast. Zope, Rambo, readline, and dynamic languages! What ever happened to Python? Did Ruby steal it's glory? Apologies for being late. We was busy. 1670 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode47.mp3 28 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles tell us about his weird shoe dreams, we respond to some listener comments, talk way too long about UFO porn, and finally end up talking about managing your urge to complain. 1741 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode46.mp3 22 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We go over a great comment posted by Carsten Saager, talk in-depth about Java, wrapping libraries (pardon the slow down for a few seconds), and the Sun architecture style of pluggability, which rules 1000 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode45.mp3 14 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We respond to Adam Bien's comment on episode 43 : Lordi, BPEL, EJB locking, and Random Kung-Fu 810 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode44.mp3 07 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Cote' talk about the import/export business, globalization and systems administration, and respond to a listener comment about reference counting (thanks Alex 1914 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode43.mp3 01 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and Coté talk about different approaches to licensing for the indie programmer, Lordi, and Coté rambles on about SOA 1340 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode42.mp3 24 Mar 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I discuss two excellent listener comments: thanks for sending them in. Yuh 941 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode41.mp3 03 Mar 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I discuss the ins and outs of garbage collection, Zen vs. other religions, and the elves that live inside your computer 2255 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode40.mp3 24 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles, Bill de Hóra, and I talk about build tools, version control (subversion), and the usual random plateful of fun. Many thanks to the cordial and understanding Charles, Bill de Hóra for putting up with endless reschedulings. 1790 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode39.mp3 17 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We catch up with Charles's adventures in Lapland, catch up on comments, and talk briefly about Java, and the VM as a multi-lingual platform 2682 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode38.mp3 10 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Charles and I talk about the long life of his Thinkpad, annotations in Java, and the trend of multi-lingual environments supported by a VM 1355 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode37.mp3 26 Jan 2006 12:00:00 +0000 I ask Charles two questions: What do you think of "the web as a platform" concept? Is all that hassle with web-apps really worth it? Wouldn't you rather be GUI programming? The is the tail-end of last week's recording, so you might consider this part two of th... 1424 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode36.mp3 20 Jan 2006 12:00:00 +0000 We talk about some recent positive comments -- and cash-money from Jomdom! -- and the tediousness of dealing with focus in web browsers. We also catch up on Charle's indie-programmer life-style 996 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode35.mp3 13 Jan 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Coté lays out his master's thesis* on the current story trend in the Zombie genre: zombie evolution. As if that weren't enough, we try to finally close out the Ruby on Rails conversation -- spanning 4-5 episodes -- by responding to this comment. 1730 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode34.mp3 05 Jan 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Coté goes solo and talks about a commoditized software market. Charles was AWOL this week, so we'll see if we can reclaim him next week 854 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode-33a.mp3 23 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000 Since we've been gone for a few weeks, this week we're brining you three diferent episodes, so look for 33b and 33c 932 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode-33b.mp3 23 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000 Since we've been gone for a few weeks, this week we're brining you three diferent episodes, so look for 33b and 33c 1261 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode-33c.mp3 23 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000 Since we've been gone for a few weeks, this week we're brining you three diferent episodes, so look for 33b and 33c 1580 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode15.mp3 04 Aug 2005 12:00:00 +0000 We talk about some fetishes, the honeymoon, clam chowder, JavaScript, and a few other things 1979 https://archive.org/details/DrunkAndRetired DrunkAndRetired/episode3.mp3 13 May 2005 12:00:00 +0000 Charles Lowell and yours truely again. The recording quality is piss-poor. But, whatever, you know you'll still like it...despite all the little pops and pips...and dog barking. Previous episodes: Episode 01 & Episode 02 71