Tech Tales

Corbin Davenport
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Tech Tales

Tech Tales is a podcast exploring the technology world's epic failures, forgotten successes, and everything in between. Hosted by Corbin Davenport.

  1. Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln

    SEP 12

    Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, helping guide the country through the Civil War and advocated for an end to slavery. Nearly 100 years later, he was resurrected as a robot for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Mason Conrad. Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techtalesshow.com Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support Videos & Photos: • https://youtu.be/mvfjvBO2l2Y?t=138 • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Audio-Animatronic_(42346731335).jpg Sources: • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Lincoln • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-emporia-gazette-electric-robots/154380075/ • https://web.archive.org/web/20110717093240/http://d23.disney.go.com/articles/070709_NF_FEAT_StoryofHall.html • https://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2014/04/disney-history-institute-celebrates.html • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-edwardsville-intelligencer-disney-de/154344993/ • https://archive.org/details/IllinoisLandOfLincolnIllinoisPavilionInformationNewYorkWorldsFair19641965/mode/1up • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-live-lincoln-created-by-d/154516626/ • https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-tattler-disneys-lincoln-star-at-fai/154518175/ • https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-news-journal-lincoln-at-1964/154519665/ • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-review-of-lincoln-figur/154520514/ • https://www.newspapers.com/article/mt-vernon-register-news-electronic-abe/154523531/ • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvfjvBO2l2Y • https://d23.com/reliving-one-mans-dream-in-this-walt-disney-world-attraction/ • https://www.ocregister.com/2021/07/31/disneyland-blinkin-lincoln-animatronic-used-to-go-crazy-and-smash-his-chair-in-a-robotic-fit/ • https://www.newspapers.com/article/freeport-journal-standard-animated-abe-l/154552579/ Chapters: 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:26 Abraham Lincoln 0:06:08 Building Robot Lincoln 0:20:25 The 1964 World’s Fair 0:22:33 Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln 0:29:08 Reactions to Robot Lincoln 0:38:07 Lincoln at Disneyland 0:41:10 Outro

    43 min
  2. Movie Club: Tron Legacy (2010)

    MAY 18

    Movie Club: Tron Legacy (2010)

    Watch Tron Legacy: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-2-0 Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa. Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support Videos: • https://youtu.be/e1dHhktFLPs Sources: • https://web.archive.org/web/20010418103554/http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2301037%2C00.html • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dHhktFLPs • https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jeff-bridges-returning-tron-3-1235985702/ • https://screenrant.com/tron-legacy-behind-the-scenes/ • https://web.archive.org/web/20110524020458/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40548535/ns/today-entertainment/t/tron-legacy-reverse-ages-jeff-bridges Chapters: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:41 Production 0:04:27 Flashback & CGI Jeff Bridges 0:14:16 ENCOM & The Grid 0:31:54 The music 0:34:31 Quorra 0:40:38 The dinner 0:48:01 End of Line Club 0:53:33 Solar Sailer 0:59:23 The Rectifier 1:10:16 The portal 1:15:31 Final thoughts 1:20:16 Outro

    1h 22m
  3. Apple's Intel Transition

    APR 22

    Apple's Intel Transition

    Apple helped develop PowerPC processors as competition against Intel in the 1990s, but by the early 2000s, the architecture was falling behind. Apple's switch to Intel x86 processors revived its Mac computers, kicked off the Hackintosh era, and made AMD jealous. Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Cody Toombs. Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support Videos: • https://archive.org/details/wwdc-2005 Sources: • https://lowendmac.com/1998/powerpc-vs-pentium-ii-escargot/ • https://lowendmac.com/2014/cpus-powerpc-604-and-604e/ • https://lowendmac.com/2015/cpus-powerpc-g5/ • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2003/06/23Apple-Unleashes-the-Worlds-Fastest-Personal-Computer-the-Power-Mac-G5/ • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2004/06/09Apple-Unveils-New-Power-Mac-G5-Line/ • https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-on-g5-powerbook-not-so-fast/ • https://www.macworld.com/article/174337/pbg5-2.html • https://www.cnet.com/science/amd-says-intel-only-deal-struck-at-apple-in-2005/ • https://www.macstories.net/stories/this-is-not-a-product-the-apple-developer-transition-kit/ • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/ • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Unveils-New-iMac-with-Intel-Core-Duo-Processor/ • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/02/28Apple-Unveils-Mac-mini-with-Intel-Core-Duo/ • https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,261038,261270 • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Introduces-MacBook-Pro/ • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/ • https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/12/santa-rosa-macbook-review/ • https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2006/08/macpro/ • https://www.macworld.com/article/666300/15-inch-macbook-pro-2006-review.html • https://www.wired.com/2005/08/mac-hacks-allow-os-x-on-pcs-2/ • https://www.anandtech.com/show/7204/ibm-offers-power-technology-for-licensing-forms-openpower-consortium • https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/17/ibm_t7nm_power10/ Chapters: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:48 The PowerPC era 0:12:00 The Intel announcement 0:23:01 Apple Developer Transition Kit 0:26:03 The Intel Macs 0:35:51 The reviews 0:40:34 Hackintosh PCs 0:44:49 AMD's complaints 0:47:36 Farewell to PowerPC 0:50:28 PowerPC after Apple 0:53:16 Outro

    55 min
  4. Google AMP

    FEB 25

    Google AMP

    Google introduced AMP in 2015 as a solution for slow and unresponsive mobile websites. It didn't go well. Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Adam Conway. Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support Sources: • https://www.uky.edu/~jclark/mas355/WAP.PDF • https://developers.secure.facebook.com/blog/post/2015/09/22/instant-articles-from-CMS/ • https://buffer.com/library/facebook-instant-articles/ • https://blog.google/products/search/introducing-accelerated-mobile-pages/ • https://searchengineland.com/what-happened-when-we-turned-off-amp-378591 • https://www.axios.com/2022/10/14/meta-facebook-ending-support-instant-articles • https://searchengineland.com/amp-top-stories-now-live-243314 • https://searchengineland.com/google-opens-amp-firehose-259569 • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ha00dSGKmjoEh2mRiG8FIA5sJ1KihTuZe-AXX1r8P-8/edit?usp=sharing • https://www.theregister.com/2017/05/19/open_source_insider_google_amp_bad_bad_bad/ • https://searchengineland.com/what-happened-when-we-turned-off-amp-378591 • https://www.theverge.com/23711172/google-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages-search-publishers-lawsuit Chapters: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:37 The early mobile web 0:08:55 Facebook Instant Articles 0:12:09 Google AMP 0:24:13 Everyone hates AMP 0:38:07 The post-AMP web 0:47:26 Outro

    49 min
  5. Movie Club: Tron (1982)

    12/06/2023

    Movie Club: Tron (1982)

    Watch Tron: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-1 Making of Tron documentary: https://youtu.be/sbgHMrLPQrE Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa. Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechTalesShow Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support

    1h 12m
  6. The Intellivision Amico

    10/09/2023

    The Intellivision Amico

    The Intellivision arrived in 1979 as an exciting new game console, and almost 40 years later, Tommy Tallarico picked up the rights and began work on a sequel. The Intellivision Amico aimed to bring family fun back to living room gaming, but it didn't go well. Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Evan Hirsh. Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechTalesShow Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support Videos: • https://youtu.be/5bhMdhcdfMY • https://youtu.be/m-p7p3jasbY?t=841 Sources: • https://www.mobygames.com/company/1435/intellivision-productions-inc/ • https://venturebeat.com/games/intellivsion-lives-tommy-tallarico-will-relaunch-1980s-console/ • https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-new-intellivision-amico-console-aims-to-revive-family-videogames/ • https://www.gamezone.com/originals/why-was-earthworm-jim-for-the-psp-canceled/ • https://venturebeat.com/games/intellivision-takes-more-than-10000-vip-edition-preorders-for-amico-console-in-a-few-days/ • https://kotaku.com/the-new-gaming-console-thats-become-a-giant-car-crash-1847699027 • https://www.gamesindustry.biz/intellivision-amico-delayed-to-april-2021 • https://republic.com/intellivision-amico • https://web.archive.org/web/20210701025946/https://twitter.com/ConVito/status/1410340382270017545 • https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/06/what-the-hecks-an-intellivision-amico-consoles-leaky-dev-portal-offers-hints/ • https://screenrant.com/intellivision-amico-report-legal-threats-ceo/ • https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/intellivision-amico-game-lands-tommy-tallarico-in-hot-water • https://www.eurogamer.net/intellivision-cuts-fundraising-campaign-for-amico-short-setting-alarm-bells-ringing • https://www.reddit.com/r/Intellivision_Amico/comments/13gka8f/11_months_of_philfoolery_and_kicking_the_can/ • https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/02/debt-stricken-intellivision-asks-for-more-funds-to-last-past-july/ • https://intellivision.com/press-releases/intellivision-update-may-2023

    1h 17m
  7. CyanogenMod

    08/27/2023

    CyanogenMod

    CyanogenMod started as a custom build of Android for one smartphone, and quickly grew into an operating system spanning hundreds of devices. With the corporate backing of Microsoft and partnerships with OEMs, it seemed unstoppable... until it wasn't. Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Joe Fedewa. Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechTalesShow Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support Videos: • https://youtu.be/Yo93KcPJhwQ Sources: • https://web.archive.org/web/20090529101257/http://forum.xda-developers.com:80/showthread.php?t=518851 • https://web.archive.org/web/20100207180125/http://www.cyanogenmod.com/about • https://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/17/custom-rom-review-cyanogenmod-for-the-nexus-one/ • https://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/17/custom-rom-review-cyanogenmod-for-the-nexus-one/ • https://web.archive.org/web/20160711211620/http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/a_new_chapter • https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/18/cyanogen-mod-7m-benchmark/ • https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/15/5241970/oppo-n1-with-cyanogenmod-review • https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/open-source-android-startup-raises-80m-with-help-from-twitter/ • https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cyanogen-spurns-google-acquisition-interest-seeks-1-billion-valuation • https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/18/7241755/cyanogens-next-stop-is-india • https://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/16/oneplus-has-been-ordered-to-stop-selling-the-oneplus-one-in-india-after-legal-action-by-micromax/ • https://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/19/emails-from-indian-court-docs-show-cyanogen-oneplus-relationship-ended-poorly-cyanogen-ceo-is-kind-of-a-jerk/ • https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2015/03/23/meet-cyanogen-the-startup-that-wants-to-steal-android-from-google-2/ • https://www.businessinsider.com/cyanogen-ceo-kirt-mcmaster-interview-mods-virtual-reality-smartphones-2016-2 • https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/01/steve-kondik-blames-kirt-mcmaster-for-cyanogen-incs-failure-cyanogenmod-to-reorganize-and-regroup/ • https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/16/8427381/cyanogen-microsoft-partnership-apps-services-bundle • https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/14/9323131/microsoft-cortana-cyanogen-os • https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/10/kirt-mcmaster-out-as-cyanogen-inc-ceo-gets-eric-schmidted-to-executive-chairman/ • https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/10/13/cyanogen-inc-rebrands-cyngn-autonomous-tech-company/ • https://web.archive.org/web/20181116144621/https://www.xda-developers.com/nintendo-approached-cyanogen-to-partner-for-the-switch-cyanogen-refused/

    46 min
  8. Announcements!

    08/07/2023

    Announcements!

    The Spacebar: https://www.spacebar.news/subscribe Tech Tales Year Two: https://blog.corbin.io/post/720114735823126528/tech-tales-year-two

    5 min
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Tech Tales is a podcast exploring the technology world's epic failures, forgotten successes, and everything in between. Hosted by Corbin Davenport.

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  • Creator
    Corbin Davenport
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    55
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Tech Tales

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