Accidental Tech Podcast

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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

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202: Something Has Gone Wrong Dec 29, 2016

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Pre-show: Back Channel
Follow up: Ryan Jones on the AirPods charging port
Gurman on Mac Malaise
Q&A

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201: Volume Micromanager Dec 22, 2016

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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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200: I Had a Dream About the Mac Pro Dec 15, 2016

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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:
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
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show Neutral:
- Grand Tour update
- Marco tries to use an internal combustion engine

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199: 10,000 Hours of Coughing Dec 08, 2016

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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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198: Puppy Game Boy Dec 01, 2016

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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
People love Apple's Wi-Fi routers
Nintendo Switch
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Marco posts to YouTube

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197: Life by a Thousand Hugs Nov 25, 2016

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John's Energy Star sticker
- "Trust, but verify"
- Hypercritical: Trust, but Verify
Casey and John visit an Apple Store
- Stephen Hackett's keyboard sound comparison video
Marco buys a thing
John's new phone
- Jack size comparisons
Comparing color gamuts (via @auniverseaway)
Jony Ive on used iPhones
Penny Arcade and the Surface Studio
Microsoft to enable x86 emulation on ARM64
- Jason Snell on ARM Macs
Apple to discontinue AirPort and Time Capsule wireless routers
- Eero and Netgear Orbi
- John's tweet
- LaserWriter
- Maxim Samolyenko
- Alex
  - Time Machine over SMB
- Dan Moren
Brent Simmons and the "Reverse Halo Effect"
- Upgrade #116: Design Team Yearbook
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show Neutral: The Grand Tour
- Casey's post
- Analog #94: It Was Eye Watering (to be released Sunday, 27 November)

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196: Roasting Your Own Beans Nov 17, 2016

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John's 4K display
Invisibly wide colors
- Sample images
- Hockenberry's post
Follow-up on Windows: Jordan's tweets 1 2 3 4 5
Marco and laptops
Apple's new art book, Designed by Apple in California
Humanity and whimsy
Microsoft Surface Studio
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Sal Soghoian leaves Apple

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195: The Show Must Go On Nov 10, 2016

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Follow up:
- Iris Pro and Skylake
- Touch Bar and touch sensitivity
TouchBar app with iPad viewer
- Control Strip
Marco's Mac Pro post
- Empathy for the Machine
- External monitors in Cupertino
  - Dell 5K display
- DisplayPort and Thunderbolt capabilities
- MacBook Pro as the Naked Robotic Core
Apple discounts USB-C peripherals and dongles
- LG UltraFine 5K Display
- Thunderbolt 3 and Macs
ARM on Macs?
- MacBook Escape vs. iPhone 7 benchmarks
- ATP #35: Sea-Level Executives
Mac clones?
- Apple's Lenovo
- John's halo car
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
- The Grand Tour
- Black Mirror and San Junipero

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194: Dark Night of the Soul Nov 03, 2016

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Baseball
"MacBook Escape"
- iFixit Teardown
Millenials
External Thunderbolt GPUs
- BizonBOX
- Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge Rockstar
Is Apple out of the standalone display business?
Pushback on new MacBook Pros
- 16 GB RAM limit
- Stephen Frank's tweet
- John's keybord tweets (1 2 3)
Mac startup chime is dead
- Restoration instructions
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: A silver lining for Macs?
- Brett Victor

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193: The Escape Zone Oct 28, 2016

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October 27th Apple Event
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
- John's home mouse
- John's work mouse

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