Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
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Apr 5, 2018 • 1h 58min

268: A Tarnished Brass Age

Follow-up: HAM radio and GMRS licenses New iOS onboarding screens are indeed about GDPR Education feedback Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Pulsating help prompts iCloud's free storage Classroom for Mac: What does it mean? Inductive charging is great. Who knew‽ Mophie base Casey's car charger ProClip (Marco's fancy mount) Qi charging bad for batteries? Apple to use its own CPUs in Macs? ATPTipster: "bug multiplier" Rocket app #askatp Lyft at WWDC? (via ohples) Should we use the new CloudFlare DNS? (via Bart Hoefs) External GPUs for John? (via Josh Rapoport) Post-show Neutral: BMW's subscription service Volvo XC40 subscription Porsche Passport Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Casper: Get $100 off the Casper Wave mattress with promo code atp100. Terms and conditions apply.
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Mar 31, 2018 • 1h 36min

267: I Slowly Ate the Crystals

Pre-show: Marco's road trip Sudden Coffee Underscore David Smith's travel coffee kit Follow-up: Breath of the Wild and the Wii U Space Gray accessories are available to everyone Keyboard Mouse Trackpad ATP Live at WWDC Walkie talkies for tandem road trips Apple's education event Joe Cieplinksi on Twitter The new 9.7" iPad Logitech Crayon #askatp Best bang-for-your-buck Apple products (via Chris Ovrebo) Musical ATP hosts (via Anson Jablinski) Backpacks for 15" MBP (via "The Italian Stallion" (not John)) Casey: Tom Bihn Cadet Tom Bihn Synapse Marco: Peak Design Everyday Backpack 20L Waterfield Designs Staad Briggs & Reilly Accelerate VP375-4 John: L.L. Bean Quad Pack Packing cubes Eagle Creek Specter Tech compression cubes Tom Bihn packing cubes Casey's Go Pack Post-show: Impossible feats of packing by "Underscore" David Smith Sponsored by: Away: Travel smarter with the suitcase that charges your phone. Get $20 off any suitcase with code ATP. AfterShokz: Headphones powered by bone-conduction technology. Get $30 off the Trekz Air with code ATP30. JAMF Now: Set up and protect your Apple devices at work, from anywhere. First 3 devices are free.
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Mar 23, 2018 • 2h 10min

266: Text Adventure Mode

Follow-up: Compound commands in cylinders You shut down your computer because of a problem... GDPR Personal data PCI HIPAA This keyboard feels so real, mannnnnn... Apple is developing its own display tech MicroLED Marco's image retention test Hide in this closet! Microdrive #askatp What's the deal with gaming consoles and "bits"? (via Simon Ejsing) SIMD FLOPS Cell processor The Last of Us nVidia Tegra X1 Nintendo survey What's the deal with sports? (via Johnny O) What's the deal with Instagram? (via TT On Air) Reconcilable Differences Post-show Neutral Jaguar iPace Cars of Ronin Sponsored by: Instabug: A lightweight mobile SDK for comprehensive bug and crash reporting and intuitive user feedback. Use code ATP for 20% off all plans. Betterment: Rethink what your money can do. Get up to 1 year managed free. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order.
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Mar 15, 2018 • 2h 8min

265: Simon Says Volume Five

Follow-up: Onboarding and GDPR GDPR for web developers Slack 💔 IRC Alexa can solicit follow-up Siri drama at The Information Daring Fireball writeup Crumb-proof keyboards MacBook Air refresh? The Talk Show #219: Podcast Amnesia MacBook fantasies Casey's USB-C → SD Card Reader Anker USB-C charger WWDC 2018 announced ATP Live Relay FM Live AltConf Layers John's tweet Apple acquires Texture Zinio #askatp Migrations between Macs (via Matt Wallin) Polite language in user interfaces (via Bill Balinor) Apple dialog Video game completionists (via Chad Toporski) Post-show: Do working developers need to know the "fundamentals"? Mike Ash Big O notation Crash Course Computer Science Sponsored by: Jamf Now: Set up and protect your Apple devices at work, from anywhere. First 3 devices are free. AfterShokz: Headphones powered by bone-conduction technology. Get $30 off your Trekz Air with code ATP30. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated.
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Mar 7, 2018 • 1h 52min

264: Every Building Has Bugs

Follow-up: Laptop arrow keys Dell's abomination Erin and Alexa Onboard all the things What's New in Clock Cambrian explosion Telestrator Apple Park is hazardous #askatp Automotive windowing strategies (via Vamsi) Slack on Mac vs. IRC (via Peter Gosling) Connecting to Slack via IRC Colloquy Textual The Halting Problem (via Juan Pablo Rodríguez) John's original tweet Fork bomb Post-show Neutral: What car would we pick for our other hosts? Sponsored by: Betterment: Rethink what your money can do. Linode: Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/month. Use code atp2018 for a $20 credit. Hello Fresh: A meal-kit delivery service that shops, plans, and delivers your favorite step-by-step recipes and pre- measured ingredients. Get $30 off your first week with code ATP30.
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Mar 1, 2018 • 1h 34min

263: Old Potato

Follow-up: John is on NoMAD Active Directory Jamf's blog post Casey adopts a new child Timber Fireball AnyList Nexia AOL Instant Messenger handles ICQ Vulkan is coming to macOS More from AnandTech Metal Apple's dual-display patent ATP #193: The Escape Zone #asktiff Nintendo Switch Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Alto's Odyssey iMac Pro Shadow Complex Pusheen Box #askatp Max out ❤️ or 🍩? (via Jimmy Bosse) 👾 nostalgia (via Brian Middleton) Skee-Ball Street Fighter II Cruis'n USA Hyrdo Thunder Space Invaders Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man Galaga Centipede Missile Command Gauntlet The Rundown 📷 for beginners (via Simon Tännler) Jamie Beck Erin Brooks Benoit Paille Post-show: Playing for Fun The Long Dark Celeste Sam and Ross Like Things Guest-starring Tiffany Arment! Sponsored by: Casper: Experience Casper’s most innovative mattress in your own home for 100 nights, risk-free. Use code atp100 for $100 off your Casper Wave. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Get 15% off your first order with code ATP17.
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Feb 24, 2018 • 1h 53min

262: A Clear Path to Okayness

Casey's new career of missing obvious programming solutions Analog(ue) #126: I Love You So Much; This is Infuriating GIFwrapped Slopes Siri all up in Daniel Jalkut's business Sonos and wood Who has a HomePod? Echo Spot Google Home Mini Doubting Apple "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." Creative Nomad Siri The Talk Show #215: The "Press Real Hard" Era Apple pumps the brakes Six Colors 2017 report card Steven Sinofsky tweets: 28, 31, 32, End #askatp Modular Mac Pro saves the Mac Mini? (via Barton Meeks) Why should one avoid monkeying with framerates? (via Alastair Campbell) MakeMKV How do you preserve ebooks? (via Benjamin Esham) Calibre Post-show: Post-show Neutral: Car buying challenge BMW M5 Audi A7 BMW M2 Porsche Cayman BMW M235i Porsche Panamera Porsche Mission E Tesla Supercharger Mazda6 Ferrari 488 Ferrari 458 Ferrari F430 AMG E 63 ATP #231: I Am Not a Salad Power User Sponsored by: Betterment: Rethink what your money can do. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Simple Contacts: Renew your contact-lens prescription with our online vision test, and save $30 on your contacts with code ATP.
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Feb 16, 2018 • 1h 48min

261: Seven-Dollar Plastic Garbage

Pre-show: Shake Shack, Five Guys, and Cookout Follow-up: Battery feedback: 1, 2, 3 Casey's boneheaded mistake Marco's grocery-list apps Clear HomePods put a ring on it Apple: Cleaning and taking care of HomePod Welcome to Macintosh #18: If It's Broke, Don't Fix It Reddit audiophile review David Pogue's blind test Waze CarPlay Valentine 1 #askatp Are advanced safety features in cars comparable across marques? What's the deal with Leica cameras? Marco's M9 review Post-show: Parenting Sponsored by: Away: Travel smarter with the suitcase that charges your phone. Get $20 off any suitcase with code ATP. Linode: Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $10/month. Use code atp2018 for a $20 credit. Eero: Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Use code ATP to make overnight shipping free.
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Feb 9, 2018 • 1h 56min

260: The Todoyist Problem

Follow-up: Is throttling old phones really better? Does anyone other than tech bloggers give a 💩 about smart speakers? Raspberri Pi music player update Plastic Player Mini NES Console Apple's emoji is theirs and you can't have it. Connected #179: The Tiny Head Pandemic Sam Eckert gets a phone call from App Review Bittracker later gets approved with emoji Marco's to-do app spirit walk Taskpaper Due AnyList Clear Todoist Omnifocus Things Fantastical Calculator Construction Set #askatp Does Casey miss C#/.NET? Single vs. multithreading Embarrassingly parallel Meditation Post-show: Baby update Tito's Homemade Vodka This is Us Funny tweet about This Is Us Casey's Car Corner Sponsored by: Betterment: Rethink what your money can do. Casper: Take advantage of the limited-time President's Day offer for the first time ever! Hello Fresh: A meal-kit delivery service that shops, plans, and delivers your favorite step-by-step recipes and pre-measured ingredients. Get $30 off your first week with code ATP30.
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Feb 1, 2018 • 2h 12min

259: I Hired Myself

Who ordered a HomePod? Query #23: Hands-on with the HomePod iPod Hi-Fi iMore HomePod FAQ Casey orders an Ethernet adapter USB-C Ethernet Adapter USB-C HDMI Dongle Amazon Locker Forthcoming replacement Casey's Mac "app" Casey's photo management workflow Dr. Drang's photo scripts Casey's scripts OperationQueue Marco's secret project ATP #231: I Am Not a Salad Power User Arduino Raspberry Pi Raspbian MPD HiFiBerry Turn Touch netcat #askatp Long-term file storage M-Disc AAA games for iOS/tvOS (via Lewis Thompson) Post-show: Casey on Cars Episode 2: Alfa Romeo Stelvio Ti Blog post Video Analog #125 Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Get 10% off your first order. Hover: Get 10% off any domain name from Hover — extensions for anything you’re passionate about.

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