Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 25, 2016 • 1h 44min
167: They’ve Opened the Door to Streakers
John was on vacation in California
Alcatraz
Cable cars
Lombard Street
WWDC 2016 tickets and considerations
Under the Radar #24
Transfer Policy
Layers Conference
Expenses
Follow-up on EV charging stations
ChargePoint.com
MacBook One update
MKBHD pokes fun at himself
Original video
More on ad bumper sounds
WWDC 2016 changes
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Craig Hockenberry's tweet
WWDC Bash
Johnny on the Spot
Bill Graham vs. Billy Graham
Live streaming
John buys new hardware
iPad Silicone Case
Smart Cover
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
John blogged!
Top Four
Others' perception of Tesla drivers
i3
Tesla Model X
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Apr 20, 2016 • 1h 58min
166: Fitness Turd
Tesla facelift
Neutral #3: A Bra Phase
Follow-up:
Superchargers vs. gas stations
SAE's automated driving levels
Amazon Echo, Dash Button, and Siri outside the U.S.
Siri feature availability
Networking gear
Ubiquiti's 8-port PoE switch
Marco's big HP 1810G-24 switch
Ubiquiti IP camera
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Key instead of installing Java
More on TextExpander changes
Bleeps and Bloops
Hello Internet
Ending theme plus more bleeps and bloops
Core Intuition
Neutral
Reconcilable Differences
Pavlov's dog
Bacon Ray
Jonathan Mann's Songonauts
Apple's 40th and the iMac
Math Emporium
G4 Cube
Rose-Hulman
Poor Apple Watch
Louis CK video
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: macOS proposal
Steve Troughton-Smith's WWDC wishlist post
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Apr 12, 2016 • 2h 3min
165: Time Was…
Follow-up: Tesla model naming
Today's Tesla Autopilot, tomorrow's self-driving cars?
_David Smith's Tesla Review
Self-driving truck convoy completes journey across Europe
Tesla Superchargers
Marco's surveillance camera
Ubiquiti
ERLite-3 router
UniFi 802.11ac long-range access point
HP switch
Trivision IP camera
Netgear Powerline network bridge
Power-over-Ethernet mini injector
Synology Surveillance Station
Recalling our early Apple memories as Apple turns 40
Oregon Trail
BASIC
Inside Out
OS/2
Macintosh IIfx
iPod Nano
Diamond Rio
PowerBook G4
Cygwin
Half Life 2
Ubuntu
Syndicate
Dark Castle
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: TextEdit Woes
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Apr 8, 2016 • 1h 60min
164: Waiting for the Bla-Bloop
Flash drives for car music
Samsung Flash Drive Fit
Marco's modification
Follow-up:
Apple and renewable energy
Purple Safari
1Password stable override
1Password beta
TextExpander 6's controversial move to subscription pricing
MJ Tsai's summary
1Password for Teams
1Password for Families
Marco's adventures in home automation
Amazon Echo
Amazon Dash Button
node-dash-button
Chamberlain MyQ
Raspberry Pi
Belkin WeMo
Lifx
HomeKit
Connected #85: Pokédex of iMacs
Hound
Apache Mesos
Amazon Tap
Amazon Echo Dot
Sonos Play 1
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show Neutral: Tesla Model 3
Presentation
Tesla Roadster
Tesla Model S
Gigafactory
Jalopnik on the Model 3
Volkswagen Phaeton
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Apr 1, 2016 • 2h 12min
163: Wet Right Thumb
Pre-show: Theories on seasonal allergies
Follow-up: Walmart is slightly less evil than we thought, at least in renewable energy
Sustainability
Walmart's Approach to Renewable Energy (PDF)
Will we ever see USB ports on the iPad Pro?
Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter
Ubuntu on Windows
Destiny and a dimming/hiding HUD
NPM's recent disaster
NPM
NuGet
CocoaPods
CPAN
Camel's dependencies
CoffeeScript
Typescript
Safari Technology Preview
Announcement blog post
Intel ends Tick/Tock, introduces Tick/Tock/Thunk Process/Architecture/Optimization
End of Moore's Law
Oculus Rift won't work until Apple "releases a good computer"
Mac is fine for VR, but not for the Rift
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post show Neutral: Marco got a Tesla
Pickup picture from Tiff
Another picture from Tiff
Porsche Panamera
Porsche 911
Top Four with John & Tina Siracusa
Neutral #12: Vomit Ruins Everything
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Mar 25, 2016 • 1h 37min
162: iPhone Sorry Erin
Follow-up:
How many iPad and Mac users also carry iPhones?
Why not use CloudKit or BackBlaze B2 for Overcast file uploads?
Car break-ins via keyless entry amplifiers
Apple's "Loop You In" Event
Sad times for the Mac
Intel Skylake
Oculus founder's comments
40 Years in 40 Seconds Recap
FBI stops hassling Apple (for now)
Apple and the Environment
Lisa Jackson
Diversity reports
Angela Ahrendts
ResearchKit & CareKit
Connected #83: It Looked Like a Liam
Apple Watch bands
Carrot Weather
Fantastical
New gallery
Apple TV
Plex
Infuse
iPhone SE
iPhone Comparison
iPad Pro 9.7"
2GB RAM 😭
Camera Adapter
Jason Snell on using microphones
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
Embedded Apple SIM
Casey on the Apple SIM
Schiller's dig on old hardware
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Mar 18, 2016 • 1h 58min
161: Dark Mode Is Your Hat
Why don't we have cellular MacBooks?
NSURLSession allowsCellularAccess
TripMode
Unreleased cellular MacBook Pro prototype
Could Photos.app's "UXKit" become AppKit's successor on the Mac?
Jason Snell
Brent Simmons
Chameleon
Marco might be a Mac developer shortly
Rescue Time
Chaos Monkey
TaskPaper
Overcast 2.5 released
Amazon S3
Calculator Construction Set
Apple Event on March 21
Intel Skylake
Black plastic MacBook
NATO-style watch straps (real NATO)
Deployant clasps
Post-show: John suffers a loss
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Mar 10, 2016 • 1h 26min
160: Be Careful Out There
Follow-up:
SQL Server on Linux
TV Mounts
Dynamic Mounting
Mantel Mount
Marco's surprising product review
Marketing the next 9.7-inch iPad
Transmission's ransomware infection
Gatekeeper
The future of Mac OS X
Steve Troughton-Smith's WWDC Wish List
Omni Group
Textmate
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: John doesn't go to Las Vegas.
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Mar 3, 2016 • 1h 28min
159: A Typo On Your Brake Pads
Pre-show: The Ferrari Siracusa (really)
Ruf
Dinan
BMW 1M
Cobb
Follow-up: Mono vs. Xamarin
Apple's self-blacklisted ethernet driver
Disk Utility typos
Disk Utility and SuperDuper
John can't resist a history lesson about filesystems (🛎)
MFS
HFS
HFS+
btrfs
John's quest for disc-less BluRay movies
Plex
Casey's reasons to use Plex
Casey's Plex tips
MakeMKV
Don Melton's scripts
Raspberry Pi
nVidia Shield
24 fps test video - Be sure to download the original file. (Look for the arrow icon at the top of the page.)
John's Fill Your TV article
Theme song by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: John's tips for TV bliss
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Feb 25, 2016 • 1h 41min
158: You Can’t Outlaw Math
Pre-show: Driving John's cold over to Craig's house
The Talk Show interview with Craig Federighi and Eddy Cue
Follow-up:
Figma is in the browser
Comic Sans was created for Microsoft Bob
Microsoft Buys Xamarin
Project Islandwood
Ximian
Apple and the FBI
Statement from Apple
Follow-up FAQ
Justice Department wants more phones
Apple Interview on ABC News
Technical analysis by Jonathan Zdziarski
More from Jonathan
Idiocracy
The Dead Zone
Reactions/Useful Links
Kieran Healy
James Allworth
Ben Thompson
Dan Guido
American Civil Liberties Union
Senator Ted Lieu (covered on The Loop)
DMCA
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: #mykewasvictorious
Cortex #22 & #23
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