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Hosted by Angharad Yeo, Tegan Jones, Rae Johnston and Amanda Yeo, Queens of the Drone Age is a peek at the insider conversations happening amongst some of Australia’s top technology experts.
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Amanda introduces the Queens to the action-adventure video game Kena: Bridge of Spirits, which somehow turns into a breakdown of Ghost (1990).
Rae shows off the calendar tool that has changed her life, and Rad discovers a new use for...ball hair trimmers.
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Sometimes, online can be a little overwhelming. But it's also a place we're often reliant on for an important part of our wellbeing - connecting with others.
So where are the best places to go? What are the communities, apps, and social media accounts that are just beautifully wholesome, and always make you feel less...worse?
In this deep dive episode, the Queens reveal their personal online utopias.
Full show notes (including the mushroom photos Amanda took during her travels) are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website.
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It's Apple Christmas, and in this episode Tegan reviews the shiny new iPad mini 6, detailing exactly why she has fallen deeply in love. Just don't call it a phablet.
Then Rad reviews not one, but three sets of Oppo earbuds - the Enco Air, The Enco X and the Enco Free 2.
And speaking of ears, we've been getting ads for an ear cleaning camera on TikTok....you can guess what happens next. Maybe.
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Internet-based conspiracy theories, fridges, vacuums and even printers (in 2021?!) feature in this Queens Classic episode.
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The Queens get in the bin to talk e-waste. What big companies like Apple and Samsung are doing about the growing problem, and hungry little microorganisms might be able to help.
Meanwhile, Rae tries the new Facebook x Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses and Tegan plays with a new De'Longhi manual coffee machine.
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The Queens look into the future of food production - including plant-based meat, insect flour and why you should check your soil before planting veggies.
Meanwhile, Tegan tests the new Jabra Elite 3 earbuds, Rae uses Plex for social distance movie nights and Rad judges Apple's Spatial Audio.
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The Queens are coming at you with their Father's Day gift ideas, for whoever in your life deserves a treat.
Meanwhile, Amanda checks out gorgeous Vietnamese indie game Hoa, Rad reviews some wireless charging stands and Tegan gets on the Apple Fitness+ hype train.
This episode was sponsored by Shure and Jands Australia.
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Here's a list of all the stuff we talked about this week! We don't earn any commission on these:
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This week the Queens reveal their best online bargain hunting tips, from websites and browser extensions to visiting the decrepit bowels of Facebook Marketplace.
Meanwhile: Rad has two laptops at once again, Amanda plays Humankind and Tegan tries the Car Next Door app.
This episode was sponsored by Shure and Jands Australia.
Read more of Amanda's opinions on Humankind
While I've had good experiences with Car Next Door over the last couple of years, it's always worth doing your own research. There are some negative reviews over on Product Review worth checking out in regards to damage fees that are worth reading. Like I said in the show, this is why you definitely want to take lots of photos of before and after your trip to cover yourself.
Here are some of the bargain hunting tools and websites we mentioned in the episode: Honey, Cash Rewards, Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree, staticICE. As always, do your due diligence and research!
And of course, as promised, here is the Bag of Delight that COST $75 DOLLARS!?
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Time is a cruel mistress, who will test a product unrelentingly and unforgivingly. In this episode, the Queens chat about their long term experience with some tech they've been using for a while. We're calling it a 'six monthie'.
Meanwhile, Rae discovers anti-procrastination app that could save the planet, Rad gets into lockdown photography, and Amanda hacks a treadmill in the most luddite way possible.
This episode is sponsored by Shure and Jands Australia.
Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website:
Rae's been using the Forest app to stay more focused on tasks.
Rad has been taking some great pics with the Sony A7C during lockdown.
Rae did a mini-review of her experience with the standing desk .
Rad finally worked out how to get the best results from her Zega pot.
Amanda's first impressions of the Foreo Bear (from back in April) ...still stand.
Rae's been racing the Deebot T9+ (upstairs) and the Deebot U2 Pro (downstairs).
The box for JBL Quantum 600 headphones had a whole episode of QOTDA named after it.
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The Queens reflect on remote working tech - both at home and in the stars.
Meanwhile, Rad gets a fancy colour calibration tool, Rae gets married in Stardew Valley, Amanda boards the Monster Train and Tegan becomes a Sims 4 sociopath in order to bankroll her Cottagecore dreams.
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