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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

Latest Episodes:

142: Hateful Game of Frogger Nov 05, 2015

Show notes

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
- Plex
Post show:
- Follow-up on TV audio and sound bars
- Casey reads the manual for Marco's car

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* This use of the term "follow-out" has not been approved by John Siracusa and does not constitute an endorsement of the phrase.

141: Chain-Link-Fenced Garden Oct 29, 2015

Show notes

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?
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

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140: Harpooned a Turtle Oct 22, 2015

Show notes

John tries to buy Star Wars tickets
Follow-up:
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
Facebook battery usage
Post-show: Perl 6

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139: I’ve Seen This Train Before Oct 15, 2015

Show notes

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

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137: Feature Photos Oct 01, 2015

Show notes

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

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136: War and Peace Sep 25, 2015

Show notes

Follow-up:
- Requirements that Find My iPhone and passcodes are disabled for iPhone repairs
- iPhone 6s Live Photos
  - Gruber's review
watchOS/2 and colored activity rings
Peace
- Removal
- Keeping the Peace
- WWDC: Content Blockers
- Parakeet
- The Loop's list of content blockers
- Ghostery's announcement
- Loss aversion

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135: Uncomfortable in My Pants Sep 18, 2015

Show notes

Pre-show:
- Top Four
Follow-up:
- CEC Unicorns
- _David Smith's 16 GB iPhone Research
  - Damocles
- iPhone 6/6S battery numbers
- Casey's crescent moon and Genius Bar policies
- Purchases
- Apple TV
  - Development hardware lottery
    - Apology mouse
  - Plex for Apple TV
  - Clicks vs. taps
  - 24p
  - TV Calibration
    - THX Tune Up app
  - MFI Games
  - Can Apple TV require a controller?
    - Apple documentation
    - Screenshot of prior Apple documentation
  - WebKit on the Apple TV
    - Manton Reece's response
- Pessimism
  - Marco's celebratory post
- iPad Pro
  - John on the iPad Pro
    - Hypercritical #58 (Overcast link)
  - Touch latency
    - Microsoft Research
      - John's post featuring this video
    - Apple Pencil vs. Wacom Cintiq
  - The source of John's Hypercritical quote
  - Sketch and making money on the App Store
    - Ben Thompson's take
Post-show:
- Peace
  - Marco's post on Peace
  - Marco's post on ad blocking

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134: Who Did It Firster? Sep 10, 2015

Show notes

Pre-show:
- Casey, Plex, his Synology, and transcoding
- TouchID and "S" iPhones
- iPhone crescent moon
- Safari pinned tabs markup
  - W3 mailing list
Apple September Event
- Apple Watch
  - [New watch metals and bands]
  - watchOS 2, custom complications, apps, and Overcast
  - Is the Apple Watch doomed?
- iPad Pro
- Apple TV
- iPhones 6S

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133: You Have to Walk the Dog Sep 02, 2015

Show notes

Follow-up:
- Why not use push notifications for the iPhone 6 Plus iSight replacement program
Apple, attitude, "cool", and change
- Songs of Innocence
- iPod Hi-Fi
Force Touch and Taptic Engine in the iPhone 6S
- Upgrade #51
New York Times on Amazon's stressful culture
- Jeff Bezos' rebuttal
- Ballmer Peak
- Creativity, Inc.
- Dustin Moskovitz on 40-hour work weeks
- Work-life balance and workaholism
- What's necessary for a successful startup?
Post-show:
- John's well-honed capacity for doing nothing
- Addiction to coffee and large monitors
- Follow-up on Casey's computer options

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