December 23, 2024

543: In the Pocket of Big Turkey

1 hour 29 minutes

Subtitle: The 2024 Upgrade Holiday Special

To celebrate the season we discuss Christmas lights, tech gifts, favorite holiday food items, holiday TV and movies, and answer some holiday-themed listener questions. Happy holidays to all Upgradians!

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Lex Games: Word games, word games, word games, words games, Who's got all the word games?

Links and Show Notes: Gift lists

Myke:

Racing Sim Setup for F1 games

M4 Pro Mac mini (64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, 10GB Ethernet, Two Studio Displays)

PlayStation 5 Pro 30th anniversary edition

Remarkable Paper Pro

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Jason:

Retro arcade cabinet (Dream Arcades, Arcade1Up, Xgaming)

Sony BRAVIA XR A95L 77 inch QD-OLED 4K HDR Smart TV

Litter Robot 4

A proper set of reliable video cameras for the outside of my house

A robot mop, probably

Final food tier list

S – Roast Potatoes, Chocolate, Ginger snaps/Gingerbread

A – Mashed Potatoes, Brussels sprouts, Stuffing, Pigs in blankets, Pumpkin/Sweet Potato Pie

B – Turkey, Maple glazed parsnips and carrots

C – Roast Beef, Ham, Egg Nog

D – Candied Yams

F – Green bean casserole, Aspic

Christmas content draft results

Jason: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Myke: Home Alone 2

Jason: Miracle on 34th Street

Myke: Die Hard

Jason: Elf

Myke: Frozen

Jason: Duck Soup

Myke: Jingle All the Way

Jason: Doctor Who: “Last Christmas” and “A Christmas Carol”

Myke: The Bear: “Fishes”

Jason: Muppets Christmas Carol

Myke: Love, Actually

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