# AV SuperFriends: Off the Rails - Kicking the Bucket Down the Road Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-superfriends-2789935/av-superfriends-off-the-rails-kicking-the-bucket-down-the-road Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-superfriends-2789935/av-superfriends-off-the-rails-kicking-the-bucket-down-the-road.md Podcast: [AV SuperFriends](https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-superfriends-2789935) Published: 2025-12-10T17:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/episodes/off-the-rails-episode-128-kicking-the-bucket-down-the-road Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/avsuperfriends/AVSF-Off-the-Rails-128-12052025.mp3?dest-id=2412569 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/av-superfriends-2789935/episodes/av-superfriends-off-the-rails-kicking-the-bucket-down-the-road Duration seconds: 4312 ## Resource Recorded December 5, 2025 As December pretends to be festive while refusing to fully commit to Christmas, the AV SuperFriends gather to celebrate that special time of year when inboxes are ignored, productivity is optional, and every project update is deferred. Naturally, this means the conversation focuses on patent lawsuits, seasonal anxiety, and the true meaning of future-proof… which, as it turns out, might actually mean sealed in concrete for eternity. From Barco's latest courtroom adventure to the existential question of who actually owns and maintains the hundreds of learning spaces PCs on campus, the panel wanders joyfully into topics no one planned for but everyone has opinions about. Sprinkle in questionable NDI workflows, a debate over whether ServiceNow stories should start with "Once upon a time," and at least one visceral reaction to USB extenders, and you've got yourself a classic AVSF experience. News story: https://www.ravepubs.com/barco-yealink-patent-verdict-clickshare/ AI-generated alternate show titles Once Upon a ServiceNow Ticket Future-Proofed… and Future-Ruined Legal AV: The Trend Nobody Wanted The Great PC Custody Battle Reserved, Reversed, Whatever; Lawyers Are Involved NDI, USB, and Other Seasonal Nightmares December: Now Technically Christmas-Adjacent Far superior human-created alternate show titles: It depends, it's diapers Immensely reserved Buckets are bigger than cans Future proof Zip tied off to all these rafters A hot dog is not a sandwich You seem to have it made here It happens so magical I don't know all the details We can biotrack 'em We have one support desk except for the… What do you mean by general support? Stop picking on me! We got some weird ask from some faculty When did we talk about this? I'm gonna cram it in somewhere Y… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/av-superfriends-2789935/episodes/av-superfriends-off-the-rails-kicking-the-bucket-down-the-road/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-superfriends-2789935/av-superfriends-off-the-rails-kicking-the-bucket-down-the-road.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.