No. 05 · Class of 2026
DropBench
The Pea PodInducted with the Pea, who does all the travelling.
Like two peas in a pod
The plaque
- Stage name
- The Pea Pod
- Instrument
- A pod of three peas and one empty spot: the fourth is in flight.
- Day job
- Sends files straight from one device to another: peer-to-peer, encrypted, with no upload to a server and no size limit.
- Signature move
- Flicking a pea across the room to another device, past the cloud.
- Plays with
- The Pea (stunts), the Cloud (not invited).
- Debut
- September 28, 2026, the first day of fof.lol
- Inducted
- October 10, 2026
The original
The logo you see on the site, in colour.
- An open pod: three peas inside and an empty spot.
- The fourth pea flies off along a dotted line to the other device.
- Peer-to-peer, pea-to-pea: that is the whole joke, and the whole technology.
On paper
The black-and-white version from the blog comics. Model sheet:
- calm
- delighted
- alarmed
- sly
Biography
Peer-to-peer, pea-to-pea: the pun was too good to waste. The pod holds three peas and an empty spot, because the fourth is already flying to the other device.
Open the link on both devices and the file goes straight between them, encrypted, without a stop on a server and without a size limit. A small matchmaking server only introduces the two devices to each other; the file itself never goes there.
In the comics the pod mostly sits and grins while the Pea does the stunts: kicks off into the air, carries an envelope past a blindfolded cloud. For its induction the pod finally got arms and the peas got eyebrows, so all three can frown at the cloud at once.
Greatest hits
Where to catch it in the blog comics:
- Our principles: sends the Pea flying to a laptop while the cloud sweats.
- What we know about you: the Pea carries the “#” envelope past a blindfolded cloud.
- Before a video interview: the Pea climbs a ladder over a locked wall when UDP is closed.