Geekshow Helpdesk: Owen's Got What Plants Crave

Geekshow Podcast

Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Oxyshred Passion Fruit

-Railroad Containers for Space: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/northrop-grummans-new-spacecraft-is-a-real-chonker/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social

-Some answers on the win11 24h2 ssd bug: https://www.pcmag.com/news/pc-building-group-figures-out-why-windows-11-update-is-bricking-ssds

-Bose update QC Ultra headphones: https://www.engadget.com/audio/headphones/bose-overhauls-the-quietcomfort-ultra-headphones-with-lossless-audio-and-longer-battery-life-130018894.html

Jarron:

-Stop doomscrolling. Stop Hemorrhoids.

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/09/04/2159215/bathroom-doomscrolling-may-increase-your-risk-of-hemorrhoids?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-One protein reverses brain aging in mice:

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/09/06/1922218/switching-off-one-crucial-protein-appears-to-reverse-brain-aging-in-mice?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Owen:

-This is what happens when you let flavored water get a toe hold…

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/28/water-sommeliers-rival-wine-terroir

-I think I found a good thrifty fifty.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ubiquiti-launches-5G-Ethernet-adapter-for-49.1101093.0.html

-BS: I finally have a BS!
Concrete solar batteries

https://www.sustainability-times.com/energy/living-concrete-stores-10-kwh-of-electricity-scientists-create-self-charging-cement-using-bacteria-that-powers-buildings-indefinitely/

Lando:

-Tiny Vinyl!

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/tiny-vinyl-is-a-new-pocketable-record-format-for-the-spotify-age/