The Chris and Sam Podcast

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Ep 134Sweet Chili Sauce

SummaryChris is feeling flat this week, after his trip away he must now face reality and work hard, it might be getting him down.A TedX Ruakura Salon is coming up in Hamilton, find out what that is about.Trademe is launching by now pay later, find out how much you can by and what the repayments are going to be, is this a good idea for NZ?Chris got some bone conduction earphones, Sam isn't so sure they are the real deal, but they do fit comfortably.There is now 7 litres of sweet chilli sauce at home now, find out how that happened, and Sam had a tweet about Hamilton retweeted this week, find out what the surprising tweet was.We are now on the lookout for a new flatmate as our one wants a change and is moving out very soon, she's also offloaded her old cat off to Chris, which it's hard to tell if he is happy about or pissed.LinksCabbie War in Hamilton Sparked by UberTrademe Launches New Buy Now Pay Later Technology Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 10, 201730 min

The Las Vegas Report

SummaryChris recalls all the awesome stories from his very recent trip to the US.We won't spoil what happened by putting it all here in the show notes, but highlights include:The flights out of NZ and how that all went, movies Chris watched, accommodation, sights he saw and how the film festival went.Of course, any episode like this wouldn't be complete without Chris doing some dumb stuff, have a listen, and find out what he did and didn't do while travelling around the globe.With the short film Only Humane now done it's festival run, we can now share it, check it out below. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 3, 201739 min

Ep 132Sin, Vegas and The Sevens

SummaryThis week's episode isn't brought to you by Kingfisher beer, it is brought to you by some random bottle of port Chris is drinking, will this enhance the show? You'll have to listen to find out.Before Chris's trip to the real Las Vegas, we get to hear about how his trip to Rotovegas was, and Sam fills us in on what wheelie day was and what he was supervising.The NZ Sevens will now be held in Hamilton for the next 2 years, we discuss this and how we feel about this announcement.We run through the Why Hamilton is Cooler than Wellington list and get Chris's expert opinion on it, having lived in both places he is in a perfecA random bottle of port is helping Chris get through this episode, we hear how his trip was to Rotovegas, Sam had to help at wheelie day, and a music video Chris was in has come out.t place to know which is better.The music video that Chris appeared in as an extra came out this week, check out Sin from the band Merrin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 27, 201731 min

Ep 131The Marriage Breakup

SummaryWe start this podcast with a talk about Facebook and the new thing they are bringing out. And then a new story has come out saying MP3 is now a dead format, is this just click bait headlines or is there something to it? We discuss it.Wannacry ransomware has been in the news a lot the last couple of weeks, what is it and how did some random dude slow down the spread of it? Find out in this episode.We got back to episode 10 of the podcast, the one where we had talked about the best restaurant in Hamilton to survive a zombie apocalypse, it has now been sold and is being turned into something else, we discuss a couple of businesses that keep cropping up more and more, one of them makes sense, the other we aren't too sure about.And while talking about Twitter, we stumble onto the complete story of how Chris's marriage fell apart, listen in to find out what went wrong, and how it all played out.LinksRIP MP3Wannacry Flaw Could Help Victims Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 20, 201729 min

Ep 130John Wick 2, Upcoming Travels and a Weird Rage

SummaryWelcome to another episode of everyone's favourite podcast, we start off with Chris talking about how unfit he feels, and how he's going to be sore after going to the gym, we went and saw John Wick 2, find out our thoughts on this film.Chris has possibly the worst rant ever, it makes no sense, find out what he is going on about.Chris talks about Tunde, and you'll have to listen if that is an actual word, or he mean Tinder.Sam got some emails about giant pumpkins this week, sounds like a normal week for him.We discuss the latest worldwide hacker attack, and Chris learnt about some new fancy computer security that is changing how things are done in regards to ransomware.LinksJohn Wick: Chapter 2Extortionists Mount Global Hacking Attack Seeking Ransom Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 13, 201728 min

Ep 129Can of Air and the TED Cinema Experience

SummaryChris has had another full on week, which included house sitting and looking after a toothless cat. Chris has been watching Rick and Morty and now likes it. Sam watch a documentary called Silicon Cowboys and explains what that was about.YikYak is no more and is shutting down its services, we discuss that and find out if Chris knows what it is.Chris has been so busy that he hasn't been keeping up with his busy busy Tinder life, find out what he has been up to with that lately.Sam has a can of compressed air with some pretty impressive uses listed on the can, he get Chris to guess what they are, see how you go with this challenge.Fidget spinners are the next big thing apparently going to take over schools, Sam already has some and we learnt the woman that made them 20 years ago didn't have enough money to keep her patent on them going, she has lost out on a lot of money.Find out what the Dream Lab App is and what awesome things it can do while you sleep.Ever use the site/app stumbleupon? We talk about it and remember how it was a mainstay for us many years ago.The TEDx cinema experience happened this week, find out what was good about it and who were the standout speakers.And someone we know died unexpectedly recently, which was a shock to everyone.LinksSilicone CowboysThe Yik Yak App is Officially DeadFidget Spinner Inventor Isn’t Making a CentDeamlab – Android Apps Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 7, 201731 min

Ep 128Sperm Fights Tumors, Rigging a Competition

SummaryWelcome to episode 128, we touch on if ANZAC is a different thing to what it used to be, we heard about some more old people getting scammed, make sure you aren't one of them.Sam's in the early stages of entering a competition to win a new car, this leads onto a story from his past on how he gamed the system to win a pretty sweet prize.Chris found out about some sperm that is being targeted against tumors, find out what that is all about.Google has launched an online tool called Auto Draw, which looks pretty cool, it guesses what you are trying to draw and you can pick from its suggestions, ideal for people like us that can't draw at all.We talk about Juicero, a well funded juicer that no one really needs, find out how much it cost and what works better.Find out what the summit on content marketing is, and find out what Chris is doing with it.LinksSilicon Valley Juicer Juicero may be Feeling the SqueezeAutodraw – AI ExperiementsSilicon Valley TV Series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 29, 201730 min