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Dec 19, 2014 • 2h 24min

96: The Windows of Siracusa County

Casey upgrades his podcasting setup after an awkward Apple store experience Follow-up: App Store Woes Panic's Transmit woes reversed DragonDrop Timebar Launcher Crossy Road financials PS4 DLNA support is coming (via @asendra_) Plex has announced PS4 support (via @returnedlast) However, rollout will be staggered Sleazy Twitter app scans Nick Arnott corrects Marco Christmas comes early for John, perhaps because of Romain Moisescot Pastebot (RIP) Microsoft Acquires Hockey App Azure Mobile Services Should HTTP or HTTPS be the default browser state? HTTPS Everywhere Eric Schmidt is confused, as usual Finally, a very special after-show, starting with John missing WindowShade (image). Sponsored by: Dash: Create a free, real-time dashboard for your website, your business, or your life. (Check out the ones they made for us.) Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial.
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Dec 11, 2014 • 1h 52min

95: The Bear Wakes Up and Bites You

Follow-Up: Ad income isn't included in Top Grossing (Joe F.) Crossy Road added a coin doubler (Steve Lubitz) and developer response Daniel Jalkut's idea for Push Notification Traps This week's App Store drama The phone call to Launcher's developer Apple's questionable decisions recently Friction within Apple? Stratechery: App Store Anguish, Old Apple's Last Stand, Time for a Change? (membership required) Obligations to maintain your apps Why Casey discontinued Fast Text Open-source time commitments Casey's Accidentalbot and Camel John's CPAN modules Marco's FCModel and BugshotKit Post-show: John has some opinions on his PS4 so far. Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Oscar: A novel approach to health insurance for people, not corporations.
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Dec 5, 2014 • 1h 41min

94: Spirited Defense of Pong

Follow-Up: Casey clears up his car intentions Golf R Wagon/Estate Apple using push notifications for an advertisement App Store Rule 5.6 Paul Haddad's Idea Drafts' Today Widget fiasco Tweets from Greg Pierce, author of Drafts One, two, three, four PCalc's Today Widget brouhaha Should one create an app for creating podcasts? Are niche professional apps worth creating? Well, maybe... Final Draft John August's Scripnotes Podcast Quark XPress Logic Pro X Hindenburg (Why the name "Hindenburg"?) Fog Creek Copilot Core Intuition on App Windfalls Game monetization and Crossy Road Frogger Team Fortress 2 Clash of Clans The danger of Touch ID for sleeping parents Post-show: Jason Snell dominates Crossy Road (John's son dominates Jason Snell) More on profitability (AppFigures) Desert Golfing Up Up Down Down Interview Frog Fractions Scorched Earth Super Gravitron Super Hexagon VVVVVV Threes! Sponsored by: Studio Neat's ATP Cocktails: Pick a drink and settle in for some F.U., browse their Cocktail Tool Guide, then use coupon ATP for 10% off anything in the Studio Neat store. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price, and a great gift for the holidays. Use code ATPHOLIDAY for $5 off the Winter Winston set.
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Nov 26, 2014 • 1h 38min

93: I'm Not Running a Boarding House Here

Follow-up: Correction on battery increases year over year Hypercritical #74 Apple's priorities and engineering tradeoffs The Prompt (succeeded by Connected) Palm V IIS on !Windows Kestrel libuv nginx Scott Hanselman's summary Casey can't manufacture that thing like Apple does Homescreens Some people like them empty Group homescreen shaming #Homescreen and the top apps John Marco Casey Why there isn't an Overcast Mac app (yet?) Tumblr Backup Chameleon Overcast iPad Core Intuition Pod Wrangler Mac Post-show Neutral: VW Golf R Autoblog photos Interior photo Flat-bottomed steering wheels Possible upgrades for Erin's car Oxymoronic Cars X5 SRT-8 Tesla Model X Other options: 3-series GT Outback CTS-V Wagon Lexus ES Honda Accord Volvo V60 Honda Odyssey F-150 Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code PHISHRULES for 10% off. Neat Ice Kit: Create perfect, clear ice for cocktails at home (Casey's review). Use coupon ATP for 10% off anything in the Studio Neat store.
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Nov 19, 2014 • 1h 32min

92: You Don't Know My Pants

Follow-up: Inside info on why iWork seems so screwed up More on open source .NET, from @Scionwest 1 2 3 4 Discourse (source) Germany's equivalent of Consumer Reports tests the bendiness of the new iPhones (link in German) Nokia's new tablet features the USB Type C connector WatchKit _DavidSmith's Predictions _DavidSmith's Initial Impressions GEOS Craig Hockenberry on UI consistency Pete Burtis expands on the idea Post-show: John's iPhone activation woes SIM removal tool John critiques cutting-edge apps: Instagram Vine YouTube Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code CASEYNEEDSADRINK for 10% off. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial.
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Nov 14, 2014 • 1h 41min

91: Press Agree to Drive

Twitter's absurd mission strategy statement Demotivational Poster Should we use a carousel? Follow-up: More on app bundles Does iWork help Apple sell hardware? RiMac GPUs are throttled? It's possible to get hot even in OS X Gaming benchmarks More from Ars iStat Menus Why TRIM isn't widely supported on OS X iPhone 6 vs. 6 Plus sales (via @_ryanbrodie) More from Localytics Overcast 1.1 CarPlay Marco's testing setup Pioneer SPH-DA120 MPPlayableContentManager We covered in-car user interfaces before Microsoft open-sources more of .NET More from Ars More from Miguel de Icaza Xamarin RyuJIT Hadouken Clang LLVM .NET on Github Darwin KHTML WebKit CLR TCL GNUstep Examples of software established in Linux Wireshark Audacity Adium (or, really, Pidgin) git Selenium phpBB Titanium The good, the bad, and the ugly of source control DVD-RAM and DVD+RW Turns out Marco's "DVD-RAM" emoji (💽) is really a Minidisc, which was moderately popular in Japan. Perforce SVN CVS Mercurial Betamax Post-show Baby Update The Analog(ue)-ATP Baby Treaty (@31:00) Casey's fancy camera Scammy in-hospital newborn photography EXIF Tiffany Arment Photography Sponsored by: Mandrill: Integrate, deliver, track and analyze — email infrastructure from Mandrill. Use promo code accidentaltech for 50,000 free email sends per month for your first 6 months. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code CASEYNEEDSANAP for 10% off. Squarespace: Start here. Go anywhere. Use coupon ATP for 10% off.
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Nov 7, 2014 • 1h 45min

90: Speculative Abandonware

Follow-up: Declan night one It's Andy Samberg that is part of Lonely Island, not "Adam Sandberg". Many of the videos below contain explicit lyrics. Saturday Night Live Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Lazy Sunday" "On a Boat" "[Cheney] in a Box" T-Pain Autotune "Semicolon" App store prevents too-expensive bundle purchases (via @walruscp) TRIM support and John's SSD Trim Enabler and a related Yosemite FAQ AHCI Ars on the rise of SSDs SandForce Source list opacity in Yosemite (1 2) This was also covered on John's recent appearance on The Talk Show Ancient GameCube controllers in modern times Microsoft Band _David Smith's thoughts on his blog and podcast Exploded diagram Ars Review Nice summary by Manton Reece WebOS Courier Kin Surface product placement goes wrong House, M.D. Parks and Recreation iWork file-format support InfoWorld article iWeb Tower of Babel iLife ADA Post-show: Wii U Pro Controller versus GameCube Controller John has a surprise iPhone 6/6 Plus sales ratio Tweetie UIRefreshControl RiMac First Impressions Monaco Inconsolata Menlo Handbrake Sponsored by: Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. The official partner of Movember. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial.
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Nov 2, 2014 • 1h 41min

89: DeLorean + McLaren

Casey's new arrival Some background The Jackal Follow-Up: Marco's Retina iMacs may be on a boat The Talk Show FU: the new iMac displays are laminated FCC sues AT&T for heavy throttling of their "unlimited" plan ECC RAM is actually worth it Marco's intentions for his Mac Pro iFixIt's Teardown of the iMac with Retina 5K Display _David Smith's screenshot of Xcode and iOS Simulator Fan noise thoughts and recording Casey has used Apple Pay More on App Store bundles as upgrade pricing Unread's move to Supertop Continuity hardware-requirements Knowledge Base entries (via @MCRascasse) Get help using Continuity with iOS 8 Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity Restricting apps from A5 and A6 devices by requiring Metal (via @lmarburger) GamerGate FILM CRIT HULK The DeHulkifier WHY HULK WRITES LIKE THIS Tim Cook announces he is gay Post-show: Microsoft Band, extremely briefly John's new arrival Disk Inventory X John's selection Casey's newfound picture-taking modus operandi, and tips from Marco Casey's camera Shawn Blanc's Review Casey's quick thoughts Casey's wedding pictures vs. baby pictures Bokeh John makes a shocking confession Neven and Christa Mrgan Baby Sandwich Sponsored by: Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code CONGRATULATIONSCASEY for 10% off. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated.
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Oct 24, 2014 • 2h 18min

88: Standing on Opposite Sides of the Gym

Follow-up: SMS Relay doesn't require Bluetooth Low Energy (Tweet by @Jury) Is a grandfathered AT&T unlimited-data plan worth keeping? Dropbox versus iCloud Drive versus OneDrive Dropbox document picker Bluetooth mesh networking Twitter's developer conference Twitter Digits Marco on developers trusting Twitter Dave Winer's response Verge article Yosemite Review recap, one week on. Does anyone really care about the Mac anymore? iMore's iOS 8 Review Yosemite first thoughts Casey uses GitHub's Atom text editor Aero Glass Chromatic aberration Super close-up of close button Early OS X transparency Apple Pay Target Cartwheel Target reveals daughter's pregnancy iMac with Retina 5K display Post-show: John is iPhoneless again, but for how long? More on GamerGate New York Magazine article by Jesse Singal Felicia Day posts on GamerGate Doxing No true Scotsman Deadspin summary Brands and GamerGate Twitter statistics Designing social systems to reduce abuse vectors and incentives Marco and The Wirecutter Isla Vista Shooting (more) Perks of verified Twitter accounts Kirby Ferguson This is Not a Conspiracy Theory Everything is a Remix Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people.
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Oct 18, 2014 • 2h 25min

87: Not an Accurate Representation of My Mousing Skills

Follow-up: GameCube controllers only work with Super Smash Brothers Apple's event: Yosemite, iPad Air 2, Retina iMac Unfunny funny skits Retconned Retina iPad Mini The A5 lives on for another year or two Apple's ASP strategy tax (John, previously) The new iPads John's iOS device plans Authy two-factor auth app iMac Retina 5K Marco on 5K iMac vs. Mac Pro Developing Perspective John's Review Buy the iBook! Buy the Kindle eBook Buy Ars Premier to get all the things About John's review xScope Lattner's tweet Mike Ash's Friday Q&A Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Mandrill: Integrate, deliver, track and analyze — email infrastructure from Mandrill. Use promo code accidentaltech for 50,000 free email sends per month for your first 6 months. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use coupon ATP for 10% off.

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