Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Feb 2, 2017 • 1h 56min
207: Selling Hot Dogs on a Stick
iPhone 7 long-term review, waffling about sizes
Marco's review of spam-call blockers
Nomorobo, the one you should get
Follow up: Casey is un-American
Upgrading your iOS device from HFS+ to APFS
Will APFS be open-source?
Apple earnings results
What's up with iPad sales?
The Future of Computing
PC use dies on the weekends (via @asymco)
Upgrade #126: Spinny Propellery Guy
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: ARM chip doing more in future MacBooks
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Jan 26, 2017 • 2h 6min
206: All You Need Is Five Nerds
Pre-show: Casey needs his morning coffee
Follow up:
Consumer Reports does an about-face
Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard
Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard
Apple Magic Keyboard
WebKit's new Garbage Collector: Riptide
APFS is in iOS 10.3
Developers will be able to respond to App Store reviews
Under the Radar #64
Craig Hockenberry asks for this in 2009
Apps can change their own icons
Steve Troughton-Smith's digging
App change dialog
Sample project
Floating iPad keyboard
...that isn't public
...that aren't that new
PiedPiPer for Safari on Sierra
Double-click trick for YouTube
Apple API for Soliciting Reviews
Under the Radar #64 again
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
A 10.5" iPad? Let's do math.
Jason Snell's thoughts
Original rumor
Apple Pencil 2?
Post-show:
Representation of tech interests in elected officials
Brianna Wu running for Congress
Marco convinces Casey to spend money
Cost of owning a used Ferrari
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Jan 18, 2017 • 2h 18min
205: People Don’t Use the Weird Parts
Transcript of this episode
Follow up: MacRumors talks with Lattner
LLVM
LLVM Bytecode vs. LLVM Bitcode
Bitcode
Slicing
Clang
OpenGL
Swift
ARC
Swift Open Source
Casey's love letter to Swift enums
Swift Evolution "Commonly Rejected Changes" list
asm.js, WebAssembly & TypeScript
RxSwift
Casey's primer series
Garbage collection vs. ARC
libauto
Singularity
Finalizer
Go's garbage collection
Java Native Interface
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show Neutral
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Jan 13, 2017 • 1h 57min
204: You’re Only Stable When You’re Dead
Follow up: Marco and AirDrop
Mac Progress Quandary 1 2 3
Tripmode.Helvetica
Consumer Reports test results
Chris Lattner leaves Apple for Tesla
LLVM, GCC, Clang
Apple → Tesla defections
Chris' woodworking (and making of)
Benevolent dictator for life
Self-driving car challenges and techniques
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Blog CMS languages
Regular expression Denial of Service
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Jan 5, 2017 • 1h 50min
203: Screaming At Us From The Future
Naked robotic MacBook Pro core
MacRumors post (Hands-on video from after we recorded that answers some of our questions)
VGA passthrough coupler
Powerbook G5 Faux Mockup
On pros leaving the Mac
Sam Abuelsamid of Wheel Bearings on CarPlay
Mac users are grumpy
Apple's 2016 Year in Review
Chris Adamson buys a Mac Pro he didn't want
Finding an Alternative to macOS
John's tweet
John's Google Home
Dan Moren's early impressions
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Marco goes for a drive
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Dec 29, 2016 • 2h 34min
202: Something Has Gone Wrong
Pre-show: Back Channel
Follow up: Ryan Jones on the AirPods charging port
Gurman on Mac Malaise
Q&A
Siracusa toaster reviews
Dovenote
Weather Line
Casey's photo management workflow
Casey's standing desk and mat
Casey's laptop bag
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Dec 22, 2016 • 2h 9min
201: Volume Micromanager
Windows and Tabs of Siracusa County (Overcast)
10.1 tabs
10.2 tabs 1 2 3 4
10.3 tabs
10.3 nested tabs
Follow up:
Android Battery burn-down chart
Our reviews of Super Mario Run launches
Updated numbers
Angry reviewers
Apple extends accessory discount
LG UltraFine 5K Display
Our reviews of AirPods
Replacement singles
iFixit Teardown
Tim Cook's comment on Mac desktops
Marco makes the case for a Mac Pro
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
Marco discovers gasoline
A new member of the Siracusa family
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Dec 15, 2016 • 2h 5min
200: I Had a Dream About the Mac Pro
Our 200th-episode spectacular! 🎉
Pre-show: PC 99 standard
Holiday clip show:
ATP 174: A Ding in the Room (Overcast)
ATP 96: The Windows of Siracusa County (Overcast)
Follow up:
LG 4K HDR monitor
Machining crankshafts
Amazon Go
AirPods are now for sale
Casey's Aftershokz Trekz Titanium bone-conducting headphones
Marco's discontinued Sennheiser PX 210 BT, succeeded by the MM 400-X
Marco tried a Surface Studio
Super Mario Run is online-only
Connected #121: Software Update Therapy
macOS 10.12.2 removes battery-time-remaining estimate
gfxCardStatus
Ars Technica's review
Chart in question
The Discrete GPU and You
Marco's post
iStat Menus
Improved battery life in 10.12.2?
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show Neutral:
Grand Tour update
Marco tries to use an internal combustion engine
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Dec 8, 2016 • 1h 51min
199: 10,000 Hours of Coughing
Coughing and machining
Video: Machining a crankshaft (thanks, Greg Koenig of Luma Labs)
Fisherman's Friend cough drops
Follow-up: The future of the Nintendo 3DS
John's Keychain woes
John's headphone woes
Amazon Go
Humans Need Not Apply
Clockwise #166: Walk-In Vending Machine
Windows on ARM
Upgrade #118: Missed That by 100% (Relevant section Overcast link)
Apple's Machine Learning
Summary by Oliver Cameron
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Not complaining about the Apple TV
Aerial
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Dec 1, 2016 • 1h 58min
198: Puppy Game Boy
Casey learns Scala and Akka
Shouty Visual Studio
Programming language genealogy
Follow up:
John's EarPods
The Grand Tour downloads
Episode 2 mini-review
Netflix allowing downloads
New MacBook Pro power bricks
Apple USB-C Charge Cable
Anker USB-C Charge Cable
87W USB-C Power Adapter
Apple Power Adapter Extension Cable
People love Apple's Wi-Fi routers
Nintendo Switch
First Look video
End of Desert Golfing
Playstation 4 Pro
Project Scorpio
Uncharted 4
Sonic Spinball
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Marco posts to YouTube
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