Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 21, 2019 • 1h 56min
318: Not a Casino I Want to Play In
Follow-up:
Hierarchy of Needs is satisfied... by a ThinkPad?
Searching for things in Settings.app
Nvidia and Apple
CUDA
Apple's wild and crazy week
Monday: New iPads!
iPad Mini!!!
iPad Air
Jessie Char's revised lineup
Tuesday: New iMacs!
Upgrade #237: New iMacs, iPads, and the 2019 March Event Draft
Colleen Novielli
Connected #235: Stephen's Hellish Nightmare of Dates
iMac Pro bumps
Wednesday: New AirPods
March 25th Apple event
#askatp:
Why doesn't Marco lease iPhones? (via Jacob Ford)
Would Marco still recommend the 2015 MacBook Pro? (via David Mikucki)
How is Overcast adoption of CarPlay vs. Apple Watch? (via Chris Adamson)
Post-show: Marco's HDMI CEC update
Reddit post
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Mar 16, 2019 • 2h 1min
317: We’re Customers Too
Our interview with Phil Schiller
Macworld New York 1999
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato
Lamborghini Miura
McLaren F1
Jaguar XKSS
Bugatti Type 57 Atalante
Porsche 550
Live ATP "Save the Date": evening of June 3
Apple and Spotify
Spotify's website and video
Apple's response
Manton Reece's take
#askatp:
Is Perl dead? (via Gustavo Poscidonio)
Can using AirPods in loud environments cause hearing damage?
Post-show: Casey's rejiggered priorities
Analog(ue) #151: Super Simple? Thank You Very Much
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John
Marco
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Mar 6, 2019 • 2h 1min
316: MacBook Hierarchy of Needs
Follow-up:
Two-hand Springboard rearrangement
Ask Tog
Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda
Finding 32-bit apps
Corning is working on flexible glass
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Thunderbolt 3 → USB4
Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass
Apple vs. NVIDIA
System Integrity Protection
CUDA (not Cuda)
End of configurable Macs?
Gruber's $0.02
MacBook Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
#askatp:
How much will John spend on a new Mac Pro? (via Matt Corkum)
Are we really professional podcasters? (via Asajz)
Post-show Neutral: Polestar 2 (via Vincent Skerved)
Top Gear first look
Configurator
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Feb 28, 2019 • 1h 47min
315: 1.0 Was Just Speed
Follow-up:
16" laptops
Bus-powered Thunderbolt 3 hubs
Elgato
CalDigit
Monoprice
StarTech (2 USB ports! But $183.)
USB 3.2 standard names
Foldable phones from Samsung and Huawei
Upgrade #234: The Ideological Folding Wars
Hypercritical #86: Naked Robotic Core
A giant battery with a phone in it
Panasonic Toughbook
Apple's Rumored March Event and gaming subscription service
Lisa Jackson
#askatp:
How do you purge many old apps at once? (via Mark Heeler)
Does John still want a spatial finder? (via Platy Hsu)
Browser-based Classic Mac emulator
About the Finder...
Why bother with a Synology when you can roll your own NAS? (via Dan Zaccaro)
This post-show was evaluated as Meets expectations.
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Feb 21, 2019 • 2h 6min
314: Kernel Panic in the Night
Follow-up:
Hosting a podcast for free on Anchor or SoundCloud
Contacts syncing limits
Mojave stability
Possible T2 Mac audio glitching bug
Rumor explosion from Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman
16-inch MacBook Pro
iBook G4
31.6" 6K3K display with Mini-LED-like backlight
Apple Mulling Preview of New Modular Mac Pro at WWDC in June
Marzipan rumors
Overton window
#askatp:
Could the next Apple TV be wireless? (via Ed Cormany)
Is wireless CarPlay a deal-breaker? (via Eddie Lee)
How is season 3 of The Grand Tour? (via Paul Walker (not that one))
Post-show: Apple ID Management
Two factor requirements
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Feb 12, 2019 • 1h 34min
313: The Residue of Seven People
Pre-show:
Casey is surfing the 'net at lightning speeds
Marco's 👂🏻💦
Eustachian tube
Scott O'Reilly
Spider Strategies
The Dash
Apple's security bug bounties
Apple compensates FaceTime bug kid
Some information on Deirdre O'Brien
Ryan's tweet
Business Insider profile
Apple Joint Venture
The changing role and training of an Apple Genius
Spotify also bought Anchor
Stratechery & Exponent
LibSyn
John on e-books
Amazon buying Eero
Ring video doorbell
Eero Plus subscription
Ubiquiti
#askatp:
How do we feel about buying refurbished tech products? (via David Hadley)
Nintendo refurb store
Apple refurb store
How does one move from being a beginner to intermediate programmer, especially with code structure? (via Ryan Bible)
NSHipster
WWDC sessions
Gravatar
What size wheels should one get on a new car? (via Nathan Miller)
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Feb 7, 2019 • 1h 53min
312: Fashion Phase
Pre-show: Marco's hideous audio code
Accelerate vDSP framework
Follow-up:
Google's enterprise certificate was revoked
Facebook's was reinstated
Apple apologizes for FaceTime bug and takes a field trip
John's "MagSafe" MacBook Air
Marco's USB-C light-up cable
Marco's iPad screen protector
Angela Ahrendts leaving Apple
Today at Apple
Dr. Drang's take
Vogue Profile
About her family
#askatp
What external drives do we recommend? (via Steve Lowe)
Backblaze's Hard Drive Stats
IBM "Deathstar"
IBM Microdrive
Toshiba e740
How does Reopen windows when logging back in work? (via Michael Haren)
The state of Mac web browsing
What does Marco think about Spotify's acquisition of Gimlet? (via Alex Kadis)
Marco on Lex's show
Hello Internet #117: Bandersnatch
Post-show: John's gas station was updated
Speedpass
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Jan 31, 2019 • 1h 54min
311: Mutually Assured Destruction
Follow-up:
👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻 screwed up "finsta"
Debate over the prevalence of the stage lighting problem
Silence of Siri and other IoT info
Wireless Accessory Config
Does anyone doubt that Facebook is straight garbage?
TechCrunch summary
ReCode recaps Apple's response
Confirmation of all internal apps failing
Google wanted in on the snooping action too
Apple's FaceTime bug
Video evidence sent to Apple
Other documentation sent to Apple
Contact Apple About Security Issues
Bloomberg/Gurman iPhone Scoop
#askatp
Is it worth cleaning dust out of MacBooks? (via Oliver Dejon)
Is it worth upgrading the CPU on a family iMac? (via Jeremy Kenison)
Geekbench Browser
Is tweeting a good idea? (via Andrew)
Post-show:
John is very angry at WeRateDogs
Overcast Instant Search
Casey's CR-V Review
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Jan 24, 2019 • 2h 3min
310: Apple Playstore
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Follow-up:
The Terminator saga continues
"Apple One" feedback
Instagram, friendstagrams, and spam accounts
Google+ Circles
John's Internet of Things
Smart Outlet²
Belkin Wemo
Kasa
Casey's [Broader] Internet of Things
Blog post
Docker
Homebridge
MacBook Pro "stage light" fault and iterative development
American Original
#askatp
What happens to projects like homebrew if the ARM transition happens? (via Andrew Jaffe)
How do we avoid crapping on future tech that we don't inherently understand? (via John Wilander)
How do we handle snark? Why is it so prevalent in tech? (via Mike McPhaden)
Analog(ue)
Post-show: What would you say it is you do here, Casey?
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Jan 18, 2019 • 1h 45min
309: Do Not Expect Five Nines From My Plex
Pre-show: Affluent bezelles (Overcast: bezelle, correction)
Follow-up: Casey's WAF-F20 waffle maker 🤤
John's Terminator woes
Apple's universal subscription-management URL
Movies Anywhere
iPhone Smart Battery Cases
XS, XS Max, XR
iPhone X compatibility
Studio Neat Material Dock
John's pouch
Apple's 2019: what do we want, and what will affect Apple the most?
iPad Mini and/or iPod Touch?
iPhone Upgrade Program
#askatp
Why didn't John buy a 2013 Mac Pro? (via Wojtek Pietrusiewicz)
Do we all play Super Smash Brothers? (via Marco Silva)
Post-show: Three middle-aged men explain Instagram to each other
Casey on Instagram
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