app02 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:29:09 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk - Episodes Tagged with “Engineering Students” https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/tags/engineering%20students Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Everything awesome in the world of technology, social media, and entertainment! Join us as we discuss the latest gadgets, web sites, and talk with people doing awesome things in tech! www.AwesomeCast.net en-us episodic Sorgatron Media Everything awesome in the world of technology, social media, and entertainment! Join us as we discuss the latest gadgets, web sites, and talk with people doing awesome things in tech! www.AwesomeCast.net no Sorgatron Media awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com Apple Shortcuts + Fast & Furious Coaster Chaos | AwesomeCast 797 https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/952 270d7c50-979d-44f3-9ae7-7cb3f3824a4d Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 Sorgatron Media full Sorgatron Media Sorg and Dave Podnar dive into Apple Shortcuts’ increasingly powerful automation tools, including a shortcut that can generate Instagram captions and hashtags from a photo and prepare the post for sharing. Then Sorg brings stories back from California: a visit to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizzeria in Santa Monica, a wild experience aboard Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster, and a useful Nissan Rogue CarPlay setup that let him run Waze and Apple Maps at the same time. 1:08:28 no <p>Sorg and Dave Podnar dive into Apple Shortcuts’ increasingly powerful automation tools, including a shortcut that can generate Instagram captions and hashtags from a photo and prepare the post for sharing.</p> <p>Then Sorg brings stories back from California: a visit to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizzeria in Santa Monica, a wild experience aboard Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Fast &amp; Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster, and a useful Nissan Rogue CarPlay setup that let him run Waze and Apple Maps at the same time.</p> <p>The crew also celebrates astronaut Ellen Ochoa and her Barbie tribute, discusses a $1.5 million Haas Foundation commitment to SAE University Programs, reacts to the incredible Street Fighter Guile popcorn hat, and gets into the growing problem of low-effort AI graphics appearing everywhere from small businesses to major corporations.</p> <p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p> <p>Apple Shortcuts automation demo:<br> <a href="https://youtu.be/cKg04R2hMxk?is=wQoUs9u6GvQSZvDO" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtu.be/cKg04R2hMxk?is=wQoUs9u6GvQSZvDO</a></p> <p>Dave’s Instagram shortcut:<br> <a href="https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2a97e0b460d44bbdae0e035f495c0ba2" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2a97e0b460d44bbdae0e035f495c0ba2</a></p> <p>TMNT Pizzeria:<br> <a href="https://tmntpizzeriala.com/pages/locations" rel="nofollow noopener">https://tmntpizzeriala.com/pages/locations</a></p> <p>Sorg’s TMNT Pizzeria video:<br> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sorgatron/video/7688173127259458829" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@sorgatron/video/7688173127259458829</a></p> <p>Ellen Ochoa:<br> <a href="https://depauliaonline.com/79461/artslife/ellen-ochoa-lifts-off-on-her-fifth-space-flight-this-time-in-barbie-form/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://depauliaonline.com/79461/artslife/ellen-ochoa-lifts-off-on-her-fifth-space-flight-this-time-in-barbie-form/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/05/03/ellen-ochoa-sdsu-graduate-and-first-latina-to-travel-in-space-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/05/03/ellen-ochoa-sdsu-graduate-and-first-latina-to-travel-in-space-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom/</a></p> <p>CarPlay multitasking:<br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10176102977150724&amp;set=gm.28688724114056113&amp;idorvanity=323401861015051" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10176102977150724&amp;set=gm.28688724114056113&amp;idorvanity=323401861015051</a></p> <p>2027 Haas registration information:<br> <a href="https://fullsight.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMPRGSPRT/pages/2384789512/2027+HAAS+Registration" rel="nofollow noopener">https://fullsight.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMPRGSPRT/pages/2384789512/2027+HAAS+Registration</a></p> <p>Guile popcorn hat:<br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1558537736313992&amp;set=pcb.1558537776313988" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1558537736313992&amp;set=pcb.1558537776313988</a></p> <p>Support AwesomeCast at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/AwesomeCast" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.patreon.com/AwesomeCast</a>. </p> Sorg, Michael Sorg, Dave Podnar, Apple Shortcuts, iOS Shortcuts, Apple automation, iPhone automation, AI automation, Siri, Apple Intelligence, Instagram automation, social media automation, TMNT, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT Pizzeria, Santa Monica, Universal Studios Hollywood, Fast and Furious Hollywood Drift, Fast and Furious, roller coaster, CarPlay, Apple CarPlay, Waze, Apple Maps, Nissan Rogue, Ellen Ochoa, NASA, astronaut, women in STEM, Hispanic Heritage Month, Barbie, Formula SAE, Baja SAE, SAE International, Haas Foundation, engineering students, Street Fighter, Guile, popcorn bucket, Cody Rhodes, AI generated art, AI graphics, artificial intelligence, Pittsburgh podcast, technology podcast Sorg and Dave Podnar dive into Apple Shortcuts’ increasingly powerful automation tools, including a shortcut that can generate Instagram captions and hashtags from a photo and prepare the post for sharing.

Then Sorg brings stories back from California: a visit to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizzeria in Santa Monica, a wild experience aboard Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster, and a useful Nissan Rogue CarPlay setup that let him run Waze and Apple Maps at the same time.

The crew also celebrates astronaut Ellen Ochoa and her Barbie tribute, discusses a $1.5 million Haas Foundation commitment to SAE University Programs, reacts to the incredible Street Fighter Guile popcorn hat, and gets into the growing problem of low-effort AI graphics appearing everywhere from small businesses to major corporations.

Show Notes

Apple Shortcuts automation demo:
https://youtu.be/cKg04R2hMxk?is=wQoUs9u6GvQSZvDO

Dave’s Instagram shortcut:
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2a97e0b460d44bbdae0e035f495c0ba2

TMNT Pizzeria:
https://tmntpizzeriala.com/pages/locations

Sorg’s TMNT Pizzeria video:
https://www.tiktok.com/@sorgatron/video/7688173127259458829

Ellen Ochoa:
https://depauliaonline.com/79461/artslife/ellen-ochoa-lifts-off-on-her-fifth-space-flight-this-time-in-barbie-form/

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/05/03/ellen-ochoa-sdsu-graduate-and-first-latina-to-travel-in-space-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom/

CarPlay multitasking:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10176102977150724&set=gm.28688724114056113&idorvanity=323401861015051

2027 Haas registration information:
https://fullsight.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMPRGSPRT/pages/2384789512/2027+HAAS+Registration

Guile popcorn hat:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1558537736313992&set=pcb.1558537776313988

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]]> Sorg and Dave Podnar dive into Apple Shortcuts’ increasingly powerful automation tools, including a shortcut that can generate Instagram captions and hashtags from a photo and prepare the post for sharing.

Then Sorg brings stories back from California: a visit to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizzeria in Santa Monica, a wild experience aboard Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster, and a useful Nissan Rogue CarPlay setup that let him run Waze and Apple Maps at the same time.

The crew also celebrates astronaut Ellen Ochoa and her Barbie tribute, discusses a $1.5 million Haas Foundation commitment to SAE University Programs, reacts to the incredible Street Fighter Guile popcorn hat, and gets into the growing problem of low-effort AI graphics appearing everywhere from small businesses to major corporations.

Show Notes

Apple Shortcuts automation demo:
https://youtu.be/cKg04R2hMxk?is=wQoUs9u6GvQSZvDO

Dave’s Instagram shortcut:
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2a97e0b460d44bbdae0e035f495c0ba2

TMNT Pizzeria:
https://tmntpizzeriala.com/pages/locations

Sorg’s TMNT Pizzeria video:
https://www.tiktok.com/@sorgatron/video/7688173127259458829

Ellen Ochoa:
https://depauliaonline.com/79461/artslife/ellen-ochoa-lifts-off-on-her-fifth-space-flight-this-time-in-barbie-form/

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/05/03/ellen-ochoa-sdsu-graduate-and-first-latina-to-travel-in-space-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom/

CarPlay multitasking:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10176102977150724&set=gm.28688724114056113&idorvanity=323401861015051

2027 Haas registration information:
https://fullsight.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CMPRGSPRT/pages/2384789512/2027+HAAS+Registration

Guile popcorn hat:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1558537736313992&set=pcb.1558537776313988

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]]> Keeping Podcasting Weird: On the Road | AwesomeCast 779 https://awesomecast.fireside.fm/929 3182afee-aca3-4168-a778-bd97ae17646f Tue, 12 May 2026 23:00:00 -0400 Sorgatron Media full Sorgatron Media Sorg is on the road in Michigan for Wrestling Mayhem Show 1004, joined by Rizz, Mad Mike, and Producer Missy for a chaotic week in pro wrestling. 54:23 no <p>Sorg is on the road in Michigan for Wrestling Mayhem Show 1004, joined by Rizz, Mad Mike, and Producer Missy for a chaotic week in pro wrestling.</p> <p>The crew breaks down WWE Backlash, Asuka’s possible farewell, Danhausen and Minihausen’s breakout WWE moment, Lil Yachty’s surprisingly great wrestling energy, the John Cena Classic announcement, WWE/TKO roster cuts, creator reaction-stream takedowns, and AEW’s golf course wrestling experiment with Darby Allin and PAC. </p> tech podcast, Pittsburgh podcast, Sorgatron Media, Sorg, Katie Dudas, Baja SAE, Baja SAE Oregon, Formula SAE, Oshcut, on-demand manufacturing, sheet metal fabrication, tube bending, student engineering, engineering students, GoPro, Washougal MX, CETYS Mini Baja, Pedro Pascal, Grogu, Mandalorian, Times Square, AAPI Heritage Month, Eric Yuan, Zoom, Chachi Says, GameStop, eBay, Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, GTA 6, Video Game Hall of Fame, Axiom Custom Products, Portland, Cannon Beach, Haystack Rock, Mount Hood, Pacific Northwest Sorg is on the road in Michigan for Wrestling Mayhem Show 1004, joined by Rizz, Mad Mike, and Producer Missy for a chaotic week in pro wrestling.

The crew breaks down WWE Backlash, Asuka’s possible farewell, Danhausen and Minihausen’s breakout WWE moment, Lil Yachty’s surprisingly great wrestling energy, the John Cena Classic announcement, WWE/TKO roster cuts, creator reaction-stream takedowns, and AEW’s golf course wrestling experiment with Darby Allin and PAC.

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]]> Sorg is on the road in Michigan for Wrestling Mayhem Show 1004, joined by Rizz, Mad Mike, and Producer Missy for a chaotic week in pro wrestling.

The crew breaks down WWE Backlash, Asuka’s possible farewell, Danhausen and Minihausen’s breakout WWE moment, Lil Yachty’s surprisingly great wrestling energy, the John Cena Classic announcement, WWE/TKO roster cuts, creator reaction-stream takedowns, and AEW’s golf course wrestling experiment with Darby Allin and PAC.

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