Accidental Tech Podcast

By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.... more

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Accidental Tech Podcast episodes:

January 18, 2019309: Do Not Expect Five Nines From My Plex
Pre-show: Affluent bezelles (Overcast: bezelle, correction)
Follow-up: Casey's WAF-F20 waffle maker
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1h 45min
January 10, 2019308: Left-Handed Streaming Service
Pre-show: What is a jam band, mannnnn?
Follow-up:
Unshaky
China is an equal-opportunity financial disappointment for everyone
iPhone quarterly growth
John's graph
Samsung warns of 30% dive also via Horace
China smartphone shipments down
LG sees 80% 4th quarter drop via Charles Arthur
Upgrade #227: Twenty Nine TeeVee
Ben Thompson: Apple's Errors
Firefox is still a thing
Apple is putting iTunes and/or AirPlay 2 in various TVs
Samsung
Vizio and LG
Sony
Myke's tweet and follow-up
Upgrade #222: That's Not a Plan
Nilay Patel's tweets
Is your TV spying on you?
Simpsons did it
MicroLED
Samsung
c|net
Quantum dots
#askatp
What Siri Shortcuts do we use? (via FoTS Todd Vaziri)
Casey's old "on my way home" workflow
How does one preserve podcasts? (via Fred McCann)
Cool URIs don't change
Apparently something Destiny-related. Your show notes author tuned out. Thanks a lot, Graham Wetzler.
Post-show: Is today Mac Pro day?
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1h 45min
January 04, 2019307: Casey Apple Pencil
Happy new year!
John reviews the Tesla Model 3
John reviews Casey's Volvo XC90
John reviews Casey's iPad Pro
Casey's sticker situation
Casey reviews his Apple Pencil
SketchParty TV
Marco reviews Linea
Linea blog post
Screen protector update
Apple's financial news
Gruber's take
Ben Thompson's warning in 2017
Is falling stock price going to cause a retention problem?
Gruber on retention in 2013
RSU
#askatp
What does John think about the Nintendo Switch controller? (via Josh A.)
Reconcilable Differences
Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
How will the new AirPods charge? (via Ankur Oberoi)
What's up with Apple putting Beats stereos in Volkswagens? (via NEN)
Post show
More on Beats
Beats partnerships
VW Jetta
HomeKit
Wemo plug
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1h 54min
December 26, 2018306: My Watch Has Ended
Follow-up:
Casey gets medium very upset about Medium
Did Google really cripple Edge's YouTube performance?
John's 2018 Butterfly Keyboard Watch
Paul and Storm tweet
Clean your Mac at a 75º angle
Marco's fingerprinty iPad solution
Paperlike
John's LEGO and the instructions
John Giannandrea appointed to Apple executive team
Pragmatic #38: Watch This Time and Space
(Overcast timestamp where smartwatch power-consumption analysis begins)
iPad Pros can ship bent...
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1h 54min
December 18, 2018305: An Uneasy Peace
Follow-up:
Tesla update
Wired article
Why DSLRs and mirrorless cameras have a 30-minute video limit
GarageBand as an example of why not to use Dropbox for everything
Bundle
Shortcuts JS
Behind the scenes
Examples
CAML
Apple Music sunsets Connect
Microsoft Edge is coming to macOS
ATP #8: Hold Me!
Hacker News post
NPR's Remote Audio Data (RAD) spec
RAD FAQ
RAD (film)
Wheels: An Inline Story
NPR One
Apple podcast analytics
HTTP ETag
#askatp
What's important for a new TV? (via Kapila Wimalaratne)
How does one compress a ripped Blu-ray? (via Iván)
MakeMKV
Handbrake
Don Melton's scripts
How do I learn the command line? (via Brian Edwards)
man page
Unix Power Tools
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1h 42min
December 13, 2018304: Island of Shortcuts
Marco's lost video
Casey reviews a product that Marco loves
Patagonia Micro-Puff Hoody
Accidental Trunk Podcast
An update on Marco's Tesla problems
What is the mystery box in the trunk?
i3 frunk is not weather-sealed
Casey's superior cars
Porsche Panamera
Audi A7
BMW 3-series GT
Porsche Taycan
The power of macOS
Virtual output device for simultaneous multi-Bluetooth-headphone listening via Audio MIDI Setup
Descent and Thrustmaster Joysticks
QWOP
Colony
Walkthrough video 1 & video 2
Fixing a tricky Overcast crashing bug
How does Marco manage bugs?
TaskPaper
Things
Shortcuts vs. the command line
Script Debugger
#askatp
Why not use Dropbox or equivalent for everything? (via Drew Shannon)
What kind of hardware should one get to run a Plex server? (via Justin Winchester)
NVIDIA Shield
Limitations when running Plex Media Server on NVIDIA SHIELD
How do we balance work and play? (via Eric Wagner)
Total Annihilation
Counter-Strike
EverQuest
Post show Neutral: Electric cars
Audi e-tron GT concept
Honda Insight
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1h 58min
December 06, 2018303: Your Mahogany World
Follow-up:
Another iSH and youtube-dl update
Unknown encoder 'copy'
Github issue
Maybe 8K is all about @3x?
PenTile
More theories on Apple price increases
Comparing modern devices against their premiere versions
What about tariffs? (via Andy Hansen)
Is Apple's prioritization of profit over marketshare the right approach?
Upgrade #222: That's Not a Plan
Marco flies next to a Microsoft commercial
Apple's other operating system
#askatp
Do we have opinions about endianness? (via Matt Christensen)
Two's complement
Are "real" cameras really better than the really good iPhone cameras? (via David Beck)
Casey's camera
Marco's camera
What's the highest value food item, quality vs. effort? (via Brent Traut)
Marco's cashews
Briermere Farms
Post show: Marco's Tesla robbery
Early lease rumors
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2h 13min
November 28, 2018302: Paint This Square
Follow-up:
Another iSH and youtube-dl update
Google Photos
Disk images and filesystems — oh my!
Tips for transitioning careers for employees and hiring managers
Fizz Buzz Test
What happened to 5K displays?
LG Ultrafine Display
Planar IX2790
Dell UP2715K
Bjango/Marc Edwards' post
Dell UP3218K
Apple Entrepreneur Camp
David Smith's tweet
Jessie Char on Layers
How much does it cost to get a Mac that performs as well as an iPad Pro?
Steve Troughton-Smith Tweet
John's Google sheet
Banktivity
TripMode
Apple's ever-increasing prices
Ben Thompson's post
#askatp
How do we power manage our Macs? (via Angelo Fiorentino)
Hear Casey on Angelo's show, Double Density!
What is our photo management workflow? (via Paul Walker)
Casey's now-outdated workflow
GeoTag
How does Marco do power testing? (via Dustin Goldman)
Plugable USB-C Voltage/Amperage Meter
IOKit
Post show: Thanksgiving Desserts of Siracusa County
Arthur Avenue
Alpine Bakery
Mike's Pastry
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2h 9min
November 20, 2018301: I Cut Them Up in the Air
Essential's "audiophile" headphone-bump dongle
Follow-up: Total ATP length so far
The Surface Go is more interesting than we thought
An update on youtube-dl and iSH
Google Photos has let Casey down
#askatp
How would we quarterback a x86 → ARM transition? (via Cameron Kerr)
Rosetta
Can one switch careers into development in one's late-30s?
How do we slice bagels? (via Dave Altizer)
Bagel guillotine
Bread knife
Post show: ATP Thanksgiving
Top Four #22: Thanksgiving Side Dishes
Map of regional Thanksgiving side dishes
Stove Top Stuffing
Jones Sausage
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1h 49min
November 15, 2018300: First of All, It's Easy
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2h 24min

FAQs about Accidental Tech Podcast:

How many episodes does Accidental Tech Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 459 episodes available.