Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 27, 2019 • 1h 51min
345: Unapologetically Digital
Last chance for September donations to St. Jude
Analog(ue) #166 (to be released Sunday, 29 September)
Podcastathon video
Pre-show: The fine art of literature, and staying young.
Recursion
Follow-up:
AppleCare+ refunds/enrollment details
Apple repair cost
Casey's poor phone
Brand new iPhone drop
iPhone 11 battery/RAM details
iFixIt iPhone 11 Pro Max
A13 is 🍌 fast
Casey's iMac Update
Apple Watch Series 5 impressions
Casey's battery life, more, more still
iPhone 11 Pro impressions
Post-show: 🐭
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Sep 18, 2019 • 1h 50min
344: Peace in the Battery Kingdom
Donate to St. Jude
Running campaign total
Follow-up:
Bank of America and ShopSafe
Gruber's theory on Apple presenter names
Midnight Green: Not a China thing
SixColors on the U1 and UWB chips
More iPhone 11 details
iPhone thickness over time
Alleged specs
Note: 6GB has been mostly debunked after this tweet was posted
TechCrunch review
Two-way charging hardware is there but disabled?
Apple software-releases matrix
AppleCare+ goes subscription
iPhone 11 press reviews
John Gruber
Gruber's grip
Matthew Panzarino
Nilay Patel
Joanna Stern
Apple Arcade soft-launches
Sayonara Wild Hearts
#askatp:
Why do external drives eject after sleep? (via Stever)
We revisit the "communities" question from Marco Silva
What game controller should one buy for Apple Arcade? (via Matthias Lüdtke)
Post-show: Casey's tale of woe
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Sep 12, 2019 • 2h 31min
343: The Stand Is Your Hand
Please donate to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital
After you donate, check out the march to Relay's $75k goal
Apple September Event
New York Times Op-Ed
Halo at MacWorld 1999
Opening Video
Perspective
Designed by Apple in California
See Trailer
Upgrade #262: The Skyskrapers of Camera Bump City
Dear Apple: Face to Face — Apple Watch
New Apple Health Studies
Apple Watch Series 4 Unboxing
QuickTake
WiFi 6
Ben Thompson's take, including cost
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Sep 4, 2019 • 1h 58min
342: The Opposite of Con
Casey, DMB, and Sirius XM
Follow-up:
Drawbacks to Apple using opt-in privacy
Apple card activation videos
≤ iPhone X
≥ iPhone XS/XR
Credit cards advertising based on the weight of the cards
Kerf bespoke Apple Card cases (via The Kavalier)
dbrand Skin
Apple September Event
Old Apple Wallpapers
Motorola Razr
Volkswagen Spektrum
Anchoring
Under the Radar #170: Spending Dan Riccio's Battery Surplus
Post-show: The Summer of Marco
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Aug 29, 2019 • 1h 50min
341: John Is My Default
Pre-show: Marco ran out of dog food at the beach
He is well-aware that his temporary food is not perfect and has not been reviewed by a vet or dog nutritionist, and will resume using "real" dog food when he gets home in 3 days
Marco's breakfast story-highlight on Instagram
Follow-up:
Disabling auto-boot on keypress: sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
Melamine foam
John's Apple Card
Apple Card care & feeding instructions
Global entry card & sleeve (The card is sitting under the sleeve in this shot)
New Sony APS-C cameras
John's potential new camera
John's potential new lens
Comparison chart
Tesla's Supercharger advantage vs. other chargers
Government search engine
Tesla
Others
Wheel Bearings
Casey tries to take a level take on Tesla
Arik's windshield story
Apple's Siri Statement
#askatp:
When would we hire a professional photographer? (via James Gates)
What do we think about message apps/services for communities? (via Marco Silva)
What color scheme do we use for Terminal? (via Mike Taffet)
Fira Code
John's terminal
Casey's terminal
Marco's terminal
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Aug 19, 2019 • 2h 2min
340: You Are a Computer Athlete
Follow-up:
Store-brand Velveeta
WalMart store brand
Kroger store brand
KeyboardCleanTool
PlayStation 5 hardware
Xbox One S
Xbox One X
Xbox One S All-Digital
Forager
Stardew Valley
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Apple Rainbow Apple Logo Returning?
Think different
#askatp:
What are some techniques to avoid RSI? (via Mark Bramhill)
Welcome to Macintosh
Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard
Dynaflex Gyro Hand Exerciser
Pragmatic #50: Accidental Clicking
Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide
Fun Fact #19: Hit Me with Your Pet Shark
What year will USB-C ports be mainstreamed in cars? (via Nicholas Gaffney)
Post-show: What does Marco look for in a watch? (via James)
Marco's blog post
Under $200:
Timex
$200–700:
Seiko
Citizen Eco Drive
Hamilton Khaki Field
$700–1,500:
Dressy:
Seiko Presage
Longines
Cool:
Nomos
Junghans Max Bill
Utilitarian:
Sinn
Damasko
Micro-brands:
Halios
Farer
Oak and Oscar
Worn & Wound Watch Fair
$4,000-5,000:
Grand Seiko
Snowflake
Omega
Master Chronometer
Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m
"Fashion watches"
MVMT
Fossil
Shinola
Unattainable grail: Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711
Has Bezos Decided?
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Aug 15, 2019 • 2h 3min
339: Ketchup Momentum
John's cheese-grater update
NiCad battery
NiCad battery example
Hunt's 100% Natural Tomato Ketchup
Heinz Ketchups
More on Apple Card
Opting out of arbitration for Apple Card
Apple Card has no web interface
Follow-up: JSON streaming
Length-prefixed JSON
Line-delimited JSON
Upgrade bets on Marco and John buying the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR
Overcast timestamp link
Apple at Black Hat
Announcement summary
Apple laptops can turn on by any key or track pad press
New LG UltraFine 5K Display
#askatp:
What non-Apple tech makes us happy/excited? (via Colin Devroe)
BMW i3
BMW i8
Nissan Leaf
Zoom F6
Sound Devices
DJI Osmo Mobile 3
GoPro
Honda Accord
Sony Cameras
Do we use portrait orientation lock on our iPads & iPhones? (via Tom Tubbs)
Introducing children to video games, and the correct order of Zelda games (via [the other] David Sparks)
Andy Baio's approach
OpenEmu
Post-show: Automattic buying Tumblr
The Vergecast: Exclusive: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on what's next for Tumblr
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Aug 8, 2019 • 1h 39min
338: Double Chunking
Overcast beta and sync changes
ETag
JSON
Protocol buffers
SAX parser
Chunking
Vignette duplicate-image-detection update
WWDC 2019 #222
Casey's current algorithm as suggested by Craig Hockenberry
XOR
A quick aside about SwiftUI
DSL
Casey on complexity
John Sundell's web DSL
Swift by Sundell #53: "The Swift Apple" with Brent Simmons
Inessential by Brent Simmons
Swift by Sundell #52: "Diving into Combine" with Casey Liss
Follow-up:
Mimeo Photos and watermarking
Sony cameras
α6400
α7R IV
α7 III
RX10 IV
Geographic location of Intel's modem business
Marco's iCloud Drive/Dropbox → ~/Dropbox idea
Excluding From iCloud Drive
Exclusion list
Getting bash tab completion to work with the trailing /
Apple suspends contractors listening to Siri voice recordings
Google ordered to halt human review due to GDPR
Apple Card
Opting out of arbitration
#askatp:
FaceApp and tin-foil hats (via Brad Siefert)
How does one play RTS games on a Mac without a gaming PC? (via Nathan)
How does one deal with impostor syndrome (via Ryan Monaghan)
Post-show: 🧀-grater updates
ROMMELSBACHER MR 6 elektrische Käsereibe
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Aug 2, 2019 • 2h 12min
337: Sea Conditions Are Calm
Pre-show: John's vacation wrap-up
Chunnel
Auto Train
Follow-up:
John's Apple sticker on his Civic
Shallow water blackout
Thunder in Paradise
Dropbox alternatives
Synology Drive
Resilio
Growl
Port forwarding information
The Talk Show #258 with discussion about iCloud Drive wonkiness
The Talk Show #259 with Marco
How does the Overcast recommendation algorithm avoid promoting awful people, unlike YouTube's algorithm? (via Justin Cardinal)
This Video Will Make You Angry
Casey needs some advice about Vignette duplicate-photo detection
Hamming distance
Apple acquires most of Intel's smartphone modem business
Apple Employees/Contractors Listen to Siri Audio Samples
Update after recording: Apple temporarily suspending "Siri grading", and will provide an opt-out
#askatp:
Testing headphones & iOS 13's politeness (via Prone to Bits)
Audio Quality Tests playlist
Kashmir by Kevin Gilbert
Last Plane Out by Toy Matinee
Making suggestions as part of the Pro Workflow Team (via Aaron Bushnell)
Siracusa ranks Tennists (via Anthony Roberts)
Post-show: Endangered Camera Species
Sony A7R4
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Jul 24, 2019 • 1h 58min
336: Your Face Is Not Your Face
Pre-show: Nutrition is hard when you're in high school.
Top Four #19: Cereals From a Van
WSJ Grape-Nuts article
Follow-up:
iOS 13 optimized-battery-charging specifics
Apple TV remote's influence on product box size
Time Machine reliability when hosted on a NAS
RAID
"Dropbox" on the Synology?
Big WWDC
Marco's AR glasses
John's suggested glasses for Marco
Overcast State of the Union
AR glasses cancelled?
Steve Troughton-Smith says "not so fast my friend"
FaceTime Attention Correction
Hypercritical #65: Look Right into the Eyes of Your Sweetie
#askatp:
What is our one true iMessage address? (via Matthew Loewen)
Does Siracusa use LFG sites? (via Hassan Al Amiri)
Most bang-for-your-buck $1000 Mac (via BJ Nemeth, among others)
Post-show Neutral: The C8 Corvette
American Original
Road & Track Interview
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