In our final beta episode before officially launching the podcast, we try out a fresh news segment, briefly preview CES and what our tech setup is going to be in the new year. We also ask the question “are we living in a simulation?”

Recorded Monday 5 January 2015

Show notes

* 00:00 // SEO’ing the name – Lazy Patch, ‘The Lazy Couch’ laptop stand

* 02:10 // Follow up: decision to go with WordPress for the blog

* 04:50 // News: Netflix cracks down on VPN and proxy pirates

* 06:20 // News: The Verge previews CES and the future will be ‘wearable, autonomous and always connected’

* 08:40 // News: Acer announces 15” ChromeBook

* 09:50 // News: Scientists play God with man-made cosmos – visualising the simulation

* 11:20 // News: What Back To The Future Part II got right and wrong about 2015

* 12:20 // News: The ‘12 Monkeys’ TV remake will sync with your light bulbs

* 13:50 // News: Telstra rolls out 4GX network in the new year

* 14:50 // What Google will be working on in 2015 – Copresence, Project Ara, Google owns an airport

* 21:00 // Our personal tech setup in 2015

* 24:00 // Kelvin’s review: Lcamera – A camera app using the new camera2 API in Android Lollipop

* 25:30 // Geoff’s review: Marvel’s Contest of Champions

* 27:50 // Clock web app that uses the time as the hex code for its background – ‘What colour is it?’