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A weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses. Nothing is so perfect that it can’t be complained about. Hosted by John Siracusa & Dan Benjamin.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 30: 30: Paths in the Grass Aug 17, 2011

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In Dan Benjamin's absence, John Siracusa and Ryan Irelan follow up on the seemingly never-ending list of features in BBEdit and LaunchBar, take a side trip into the world of "haxies" and system extensions, and then—finally!—discuss Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) in Lion.

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Sponsored by Shopify and Rackspace.

Episode 29: 29: In Too Deep Aug 10, 2011

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss Lion’s quittin’ ways, people who choose to turn off Dock indicator lights, the merits of a "clean install" of Mac OS X, Mac application launchers, and BBEdit vs. TextMate vs. emacs vs. vi vs. sanity.

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Sponsored by easyDNS and Campaign Monitor .

Episode 28: 28: Trust, But Verify Jul 28, 2011

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk more about Lion, following up on the animation and disk encryption topics from last week, then diving into sandboxing and the state of the file system. ARC discussion has once again been postponed until the next show.

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Sponsored by Sourcebits, Campaign Monitor , and Wx.

Episode 27: 27: Nakedly Optimistic Jul 24, 2011

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss John's review of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Topics covered: autosave, scroll bars, scroll direction, graphical changes, animation, disk encryption, plus some details of the publication and error correction process. Expect more Lion discussion on future shows.

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Sponsored by Harvest, OmniGroup: OmniFocus, and Stack Overflow.

Episode 26: 26: White Smoke Jul 13, 2011

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin continue to wait for the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. In the meantime, topics include Facebook's use of MySQL, some of the technology behind Google+, the 5by5 ShowBot, possibly new Mac hardware (featuring the fabled xMac), and whether or not Dan and John are cool.

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Sponsored by FreshBooks and Shopify.

Episode 25: 25: Invisible Software Jul 06, 2011

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk about why webOS is slow, what's wrong with Apple's digital distribution mechanisms, why Google+ is a really big deal (for Google, anyway), and the hidden world of server-side software. John also shares some statistics about his upcoming Lion review.

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Sponsored by MailChimp and Sound Studio 4.

Episode 24: 24: Sometimes It Hurts Jul 02, 2011

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss Mac speech recognition software, how webOS is or isn't like Mac OS X, Apple's $50 Thunderbolt cable, how Google+ is different from Facebook, and what John thinks Apple's really trying to do with Final Cut Pro X.

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Sponsored by Field Notes and iStockphoto.

Episode 23: 23: No Sentence Left Behind Jun 24, 2011

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin revisit Apple's data center software, Pixar's weaknesses, lame Mac malware, obnoxious Twitter integration, and (one last time!) toasters, then talk about how and why John writes.

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Sponsored by Sponsor 5by5, OmniGroup: OmniFocus, and Simplecasts.

Episode 22: 22: I Would Not Build Underground Jun 17, 2011

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin decompress after WWDC, then discuss Apple's (apparent) iCloud data center strategy, comparing it to other successful online service companies: Amazon, Google, and Facebook. John also recounts his one and only remotely significant interaction with Steve Jobs.

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Sponsored by FreshBooks and Sound Studio 4.

Episode 21: 21: Reading Playboy for the Articles Jun 10, 2011

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John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk about WWDC: iCloud, iOS 5, Lion, and yes, John's toaster, a gift from fellow 5by5 hosts Marco Arment and Merlin Mann (a.k.a. The Best Guys Ever).

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John's new toaster, a gift from Marco and Merlin

Sponsored by Rackspace and Shopify.

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