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Accidental Tech Podcast

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Dec 5, 2015 • 1h 51min

146: Control + Money + Smallness

Follow-up: iMacs and IR ports mDNSResponder gets fixed by a phone call to Tim Cook German video Vint Cerf DARPA TCP/IP IETF Stuart Cheshire iPhone 7 rumored to drop the headphone jack Existing Lightning-equipped headphones Slimmed-down headphone jack Lightning Digital AV Adapter Casey's Bluetooth headphones Marco's Bluetooth headphones Swift goes open-source Copland 2010 LLVM Clang Apple on Github Traditional Apple open source Swift commit graph First Swift commit Material #23 with Matías Duarte The Talk Show Live at WWDC 2015 with Phil Schiller Swift 3.0 plans Removing NS prefix Under the Radar #2 - Time for Swift Ars Technica talks with Craig Federighi The Next Web talks with Craig Federighi Swift Issue Tracker GPL trolls Post-show: John had a cloudy day. Special extended edition of the Siracusa Toaster song by Jonathan Mann, who also wrote our ending theme song. Hire him to make a song for you, a friend, or a loved one this holiday season! Sponsored by: Cards Against Humanity: A free party game for horrible people. Toaster #1 Toaster #2 The Sweet Home's toaster oven review Toaster review compendium Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase. Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired eyewear at a revolutionary price.
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Nov 24, 2015 • 1h 28min

145: Lasers and Pew-Pew and Space Aliens

Pre-show / Follow-out‡: John Siracusa Paper Doll John riding on Merlin's back John on top of Hypercritical Mountain Marco's version of John... plus a bowtie Top Four on Take-Out Food Roanoke Colony Extracurriculars: Reconcilable Differences Top Four Robot or Not The Incomparable Casey's guest spot Analog(ue) Follow-up: iPad Pro and wide-gamut displays iMac insomnia What 2015 tech are we thankful for? John gets hypercritical about Thanksgiving mDNSResponder (not discoveryd) Functional High Ground Marco's follow-up post Craig Hockenberry on discoveryd (strong language) Live Photos & 4K Video Canon 5D Mark II Sony A7R II If you get that, you want this lens, and probably this one too. Apple Photos Google Photos Picturelife Lightroom Podcasting Under the Radar Overcast Olympus O-MD E-M10 Casey's review Big SSDs Slack Lightning Digital AV Adapter Destiny Quake III Arena Unreal Tournament 2004 Counter-Strike Apple Watch Post-show bonus items: Apple Pencil Tesla ‡: Still not Siracusa-approved Sponsored by: Bushel: Simple Apple device management and protection for your workplace. Designed to make the complex tasks simple so you can focus on your business. Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
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Nov 21, 2015 • 1h 40min

144: Digital Schmear

Follow-up: Apple TV vs. game consoles Mac App Store certificate problems Apple's Apology Sparkle Michael Tsai: No One Minding The Store Space Gremlin Daisy Disk Twitterrific iPad Pro, featuring special guest Tiffany Arment Smart Cover Pencil Back to Work #247 Tiff's Signature Adobe Sketch Procreate Tayasui Sketches DisplayMate on iPad display quality USB3 speeds in the Lightning connector Post-show: Mrs. Siracusa's new iMac 5K Sponsored by: Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
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Nov 13, 2015 • 1h 54min

143: Capital F, Capital C

Follow-up: Menu button snap-back on the Apple TV remote John's children react to the remote Marco and Apple TV gaming Badland Limbo World of Goo Provenance f.lux iPad Pro Steve Streza's latency video Matt Panzarino's no-latency video Microsoft touch latency demo video WWDC session Andy Ihnatko's dream Multitasking UI paradigms OpenDoc Post-show: Neutral Casey's fender damage Sponsored by: MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 10-day trial. Casper: A mattress with just the right sink, just the right bounce, for better nights and brighter days. Use code ATP for $50 off.
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Nov 5, 2015 • 1h 60min

142: Hateful Game of Frogger

Follow-out*: Marco and _David Smith's new show, Under the Radar Follow-up: Facebook's ineptitude Spotlight indexing for NAS drives Why do Google Play Music and Stitcher re-host podcasts? CPM Apple TV S/PDIF The Talk Show #134 Upgrade #61 Konami Code John's Wii U Setup Woes Gaming Crossy Road Alto's Adventure Zaxxon Steelseries Nimbus Polygon on Apple TV games Oceanhorn Provenance Plex Post show: Follow-up on TV audio and sound bars Casey reads the manual for Marco's car Sponsored by: Cards Against Humanity: A free party game for horrible people. This week's toaster Other reviews Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. * This use of the term "follow-out" has not been approved by John Siracusa and does not constitute an endorsement of the phrase.
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Oct 29, 2015 • 1h 39min

141: Chain-Link-Fenced Garden

Apple TV and home theater Apple's guide to choosing a capacity Optical splitter from HDMI Marco doesn't know what a "sound bar" is Follow-up: 5400 RPM benchmarks, charts Mac GPUs, heat, and noise 2015 5K iMac overheats? Dynamic range compression in the new AppleTV? Monitor height and VESA-mounting Facebook statement on app battery usage John's Star Wars tickets Apple's earnings call Benedict Evans' chart: iPad vs. laptops Large-storage needs at home: NAS, Drobo, or external hard drives? Upgrade #60 DS1813+ DS1815+ ATTO iSCSI Initiator OWC ThunderBay 4 mini MailDrop Limits John on RAID in 2005 Google Play Music adds podcasts Diff'rent Strokes Libsyn interviews Google Play Music manager about podcast feature Post-show: Apple TV reviews Past guest Christina Warren at Mashable Walt Mossberg Sponsored by: Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code ATP15 for 15% off your first order. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
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Oct 22, 2015 • 1h 43min

140: Harpooned a Turtle

John tries to buy Star Wars tickets Follow-up: Chipworks on the A9s (PDF) Consumer Reports on battery life Fusion Drives Magic Trackpad to augment rather than replace Is the Magic Trackpad 2 too expensive? Xbox One Elite iMac revisited Then and Now Accessories without Bluetooth Apple's balance of priorities: use vs. looks vs. profit Elevation Stand Leander Kahney's Ive book 20th Anniversary Mac Facebook battery usage Post-show: Perl 6 Sponsored by: Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code ATP15 for 15% off your first order. Squarespace: Start here, go anywhere. Use promo code ATP for 10% off your first purchase.
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Oct 15, 2015 • 2h 8min

139: I've Seen This Train Before

Pre-show: Where is the updated 15" MacBook Pro? Follow-up: TSMC vs. Samsung A9 battery life Overcast 2 File formats are fun Bugs Facebook KVOController FCModel What's next Authenticated feeds? Business model Vesper Marco's XOXO talk Marco sees a medium Post-show: New iMacs Increased gamut 1 & 2 Fusion drive down to 24 GB of flash New keyboard, trackpad, and mouse Key travel comparison Sponsored by: lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 10-day trial. Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Casper: A mattress with just the right sink, just the right bounce, for better nights and brighter days. Use code ATP for $50 off.
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Oct 8, 2015 • 1h 39min

138: Only Microsoft

Follow-up: Boxee Box and oddly-shaped TV dinguses TiVo Bolt feature upgrades for Roamios Top Gear redux begins (Clarkson's tweet) A tale of two A9s Extra battery life? (more at Engadget) Geekbench results: 1 2 Test App Released after we recorded, Apple's statement The phenomenal ATP artwork by Mindaugas Rudokas Get his app, Disco Timer Full-resolution version Microsoft Surface Book Odd iMac colors More from Stephen Hackett Jack Dorsey is back at Twitter Tweetbot 4 Post-show: P85D vs. 458 Sponsored by: MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code ATP15 for 15% off your first order. Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use promo code ATP for 10% off.
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Oct 1, 2015 • 1h 55min

137: Feature Photos

Follow-up: Endowment effect VFX and Wacom tablets Dr. Wave, iPad Pros, and Pixar Ad-blocker penetration Ruggedized phones Apple Music trial ends for day-one adopters Who renewed? What's to like? What's not to like? Getting rid of "loves" iPhone 6s 3D Touch Web 3D Touch support (via @bzamayo) Taptic Engine Live Photos Siri and the M9 Daniel Jalkut on haptic feedback Daniel Jalkut on Siri's headphone tax Inventory A9 manufactured by TSMC and Samsung El Capitan R.I.P., John's reviews Post-show TiVo BOLT Sponsored by: Cards Against Humanity: A free party game for horrible people. This week's "convenience oven" Siracusa Toaster Chronicles Siracusa Toaster Megamix Robot or Not Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase.

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