Stay ConnectedNot Quite Graybeards! The Icon Garden is a show about interesting topics in the world of Apple and Technology for the enthusiast user.
Hosts Dan and Jake talk news, workflow, and a special topic every show. We chat home automation with the HomeKit Chronicles, and every month there’s a deep dive into Apple and Tech history with Macinography. We started from the Ars Technica Mac Ach forum and bring the knowledge to the wide world of tech.
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It's the day after an Apple Special Event! Dan and Jake join together to talk about all the new products that Apple announced. Why is Jake banging down the Apple Store door to get his new watch? Are the new iPads good enough for your friends and family? We look at all the details from the keynote and talk presentation, value, and specs.
Originally recorded on September 15, 2020
Show Notes and Links:Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars)and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @SpaceVixenMusic and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com. Show Art courtesy Daniel Vincent.
You can find Dan on Twitter @kefkafloyd. Against his better judgement, Jake is still on twitter @jakepugh. You can leave feedback by tweeting @icongardenshow or posting on the Icon Garden thread at the Mac Ach forum by going to http://bit.ly/tigsthread . You can subscribe to our show on your podcast platform of choice, or visit our website at icongardenshow.com.
Come join our Discord community for fun (but probably no profit), and to let us know what you want us to talk about on the show! Icon Garden Discord
Are you familiar with the old robot saying "Does Not Compute"?
Dan sits down with Colin, host of This Does Not Compute on Youtube, to talk computing both modern and retro. The Apple Silicon Switch is on everyone's minds, and what do we want from new computing platforms, exactly? Lots of talk about our favorite vintage Macs and the inside story on the PowerBook 1400. Plus, we talk school computer experiences, repairing old tape decks, and what, exactly, AR is good for.
Originally recorded on August 28, 2020
Show Notes and Links:Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars)and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @SpaceVixenMusic and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com. Show Art courtesy Daniel Vincent.
Colin can be found on Twitter @thisdoesnotcomp , on Instagram @thisdoesnotcomp and on Youtube .
You can find Dan on Twitter @kefkafloyd. Against his better judgement, Jake is still on twitter @jakepugh. You can leave feedback by tweeting @icongardenshow or posting on the Icon Garden thread at the Mac Ach forum by going to http://bit.ly/tigsthread . You can subscribe to our show on your podcast platform of choice, or visit our website at icongardenshow.com.
Come join our Discord community for fun (but probably no profit), and to let us know what you want us to talk about on the show! Icon Garden Discord
O woe of the early Mac User, for they could not store more than 400K. Nay, such crimes could not stand! It was not the serial drive nor the Hyperdrive that would lead them to storage salvation. Forsooth, it is SCSI that would lead the Mac faithful to the promised land of mass storage. Listen in for the tale of SCSI's attempt to bring order to the chaotic world of storage.
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Music Credits
Triangles by Diamond Ace Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Show Art: Coutesy of Daniel Vincent
Contact Us You can find Dan on twitter @kefkafloyd and Jake on twitter @jakepugh. We're available on your podcast platform of choice, and if you like us, a five star rating or review would be greatly appreciated. You can visit our website at icongardenshow.com or post in the Ars thread by going to bit.ly/tigsthread. Some interstitial music used in this episode is courtesy of the Youtube Audio Library and it was composed by Jeremy Blake. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you next time.
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00 - Opening 00:00:37 - A Disk For All Platforms 00:07:43 - From SASI to SCSI 00:15:57 - Apple Adopts SCSI 00:25:24 - A Tangent Approaches 00:41:52 - The Legacy of SCSI 00:54:20 - Outtro, Sources, and Credits
Time out of mind.
Friend of the show Ian Blackburn returns to talk all things Apple Watch! WatchOS 7, Series 6 rumors, our thoughts on fitness and apps. The ZX Spectrum Next makes an appearance, and once again Apple's app store policies are in the news, making for an interesting Fortnight (Fortnite?) in Mac. Plus, there's new iMacs to discuss, and Phil Schiller's transition to Apple Fellow. Stick around for all the details.
Originally recorded on August 15, 2020
Show Notes and Links:Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars)and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @SpaceVixenMusic and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com. Show Art courtesy Daniel Vincent.
Ian can be found on Twitter @ianblackburn at The Apple Watch Triathlete and his book can be found here or on the iBooks store: How to Train Like an Ironman with Apple Watch
You can find Dan on Twitter @kefkafloyd. Against his better judgement, Jake is still on twitter @jakepugh. You can leave feedback by tweeting @icongardenshow or posting on the Icon Garden thread at the Mac Ach forum by going to http://bit.ly/tigsthread . You can subscribe to our show on your podcast platform of choice, or visit our website at icongardenshow.com.
Come join our Discord community for fun (but probably no profit), and to let us know what you want us to talk about on the show! Icon Garden Discord
It's not an hour of mouse talk, we swear.
It's time to revisit a topic from early on and take a look at our currently setups, peripherals and all. What has changed and we are we into right now? Additionally, we talk about Tim Cool's congressional testimony and the current app store controversies, the EU't anti-trust probe, and Apple's Q3 fiscal results (spoiler: They did very well). For fun, we look at at javascript OS8 emulator! Please join us for Peripheral Paraphernalia 2.0!
Originally recorded on July 31, 2020
Show Notes and Links:Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars)and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @SpaceVixenMusic and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com. Show Art courtesy Daniel Vincent.
You can find Dan on Twitter @kefkafloyd. Against his better judgement, Jake is still on twitter @jakepugh. You can leave feedback by tweeting @icongardenshow or posting on the Icon Garden thread at the Mac Ach forum by going to http://bit.ly/tigsthread . You can subscribe to our show on your podcast platform of choice, or visit our website at icongardenshow.com.
Come join our Discord community for fun (but probably no profit), and to let us know what you want us to talk about on the show! Icon Garden Discord
Steve Jobs loved his all-in-one Mac, but not everyone was happy with its limitations. Even before Steve's departure, engineers were planning a new expandable Mac with color screens and lots of power. From the cancelled Big Mac to a Wicked Fast IIfx, the projects that made the Macintosh II series were some of Apple's most influential. Listen in to hear the tale of the Mac's second act.
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Music Credits
Our Sunrise by Diamond Ace Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Slinky by Ron Gelinas Chillout Lounge Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Overdrive (By PraxI) by Diamond Ace Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Runaway by Diamond Ace Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Show Art: Coutesy of Daniel Vincent
Contact Us You can find Dan on twitter @kefkafloyd and Jake on twitter @jakepugh. We're available on your podcast platform of choice, and if you like us, a five star rating or review would be greatly appreciated. You can visit our website at icongardenshow.com or post in the Ars thread by going to bit.ly/tigsthread. Some interstitial music used in this episode is courtesy of the Youtube Audio Library and it was composed by Jeremy Blake. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you next time.
iWorkin' For A Living.
We take a surprisingly contentious topic and dive into the myriad options that exist and have existed for word processing on Apple platforms past and present. Where did we start? What do we do now? Is Word 5.1 still the one to beat? In the news, Apple wins in Europe tax battle, iOS 13.6 may be the final update for the 13 era, the Logitech Folio touch for the iPad pro launches, and are we finally getting braided cables? In the HomeKit Chronicles, we break from the rules slightly and look at the Eufy Doorbell, which might get HomeKit at some point. We hope you enjoy this wordy trip through the world of word processors!
Originally recorded on July 17, 2020
Show Notes and Links:Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars)and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @SpaceVixenMusic and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com.
You can find Dan on Twitter @kefkafloyd. Against his better judgement, Jake is still on twitter @jakepugh. You can leave feedback by tweeting @icongardenshow or posting on the Icon Garden thread at the Mac Ach forum by going to http://bit.ly/tigsthread . You can subscribe to our show on your podcast platform of choice, or visit our website at icongardenshow.com.
The Virtual was Reality.
Jake returns and we continue to digest and consider the 2020 WWDC Keynote. All the little things that came up after the big announcement, some high-quality sessions, and we play the game: Which day one beta's did Jake install on his daily driver devices? In the HomeKit Chronicles, Jake takes on bias lighting and the new Hue HDMI Sync box, with a helping hand from HomeBridge. We hope you enjoy our continuing coverage of WWDC 2020!
Originally recorded on July 2, 2020
Show Notes and Links:Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars)and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @SpaceVixenMusic and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com.
You can find Dan on Twitter @kefkafloyd. Against his better judgement, Jake is still on twitter @jakepugh. You can leave feedback by tweeting @icongardenshow or posting on the Icon Garden thread at the Mac Ach forum by going to http://bit.ly/tigsthread . You can subscribe to our show on your podcast platform of choice, or visit our website at icongardenshow.com.
ARMageddon is upon us.
Big Sur ahoy! For our forty-first regular show we bask in the afterglow of another WWDC Keynote. Jake was unable to make it for this one, but friend of the show and iOS developer Steve Streza joins Dan to talk about all the new iOS/iPadOS, WatchOS. TVOS and MacOS hotness as we prepare for ARMageddon. How did we feel about the prerecorded keynote? Did we get everything on our Holiday in June wishlist? What does the incoming ARMageddon mean going forward? All that and Hey! too. We hope you enjoy our timely-ish coverage of WWDC 2020!
Originally recorded on June 22, 2020
Show Notes and Links:Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars)and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @SpaceVixenMusic and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com.
Steve can be found on twitter @stevestreza
You can find Dan on Twitter @kefkafloyd. Against his better judgement, Jake is still on twitter @jakepugh. You can leave feedback by tweeting @icongardenshow or posting on the Icon Garden thread at the Mac Ach forum by going to http://bit.ly/tigsthread . You can subscribe to our show on your podcast platform of choice, or visit our website at icongardenshow.com.
Today, every laptop in the world comes equipped with a touchpad. But it wasn't always that way. What came before the trackpad? What did it have to beat to be number one? And who had one first? We touch on these complicated questions on this installment of Macinography.
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Contact Us You can find Dan on twitter @kefkafloyd and Jake on twitter @jakepugh. We're available on your podcast platform of choice, and if you like us, a five star rating or review would be greatly appreciated. You can visit our website at icongardenshow.com or post in the Ars thread by going to bit.ly/tigsthread. Some interstitial music used in this episode is courtesy of the Youtube Audio Library and it was composed by Jeremy Blake. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you next time.
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