Comfort Zone

Wide cars, your next gaming addicitons, Unread 5, raosting our desktops, and shaming someone's computer choices? What could be more Comfort Zone?

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• That's one hell of a wide car
• Star Wars Galactic Racer
• Ultrapool
• Balatro
• Parakeet is way faster
• Unread 5
• Chris's desktop
• Matt's desktop
• Niléane's desktop

• Superset
• Eve temperature sensor
• ChatGPT dots
• Chasing the Knife

The gang is all back together after so long away! We're indie, but we're still the same 3 quirky people you and love. Chris remains the only one of us Apple cares about, Niléane has more browser news than you know what to do with, and Matt is getting got by the RAMpocalypse.

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• Comfort Zone rocks
• Comfort Zone on YouTube
• The Register links to Birchtree
• Dia doing Dia things
• Search browser
• Horse browser
• Just the Browser
• Help Matt stress test Birchfeed

Matt has some pretty good but not perfect Switch 2 controllers. Niléane has a new set of headphones and assures us she doesn't have a problem. And everyone tries to make the best gaming recommendations for their co-hosts.

This week's Cozy Zone We had a lively discussion about the new The Mandalorian and Grogu movie.

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• Mobapad M12S
• FIIO FT1 headphones

• Fields of Mistria
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition
• Town to City
• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• Metal Wolf Chaos XD (video)
• Big Walk
• Hot Wheels Unleashed

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Today's episode is all about tier listing the contenders to be the new Euro banknotes. What will these Americans think of Europe's next top currency?

This week's Cozy Zone is a very fun "name that app" game as Matt trots out some of the really weird apps from his Mac's Applications folder.

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• Proposed new € banknotes

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

We have a guest! D. Griffin Jones is here to show the gang technology they could only dream of: the MessagePad. After that, we look at the brand new Pastebot 3, the surprisingly useful Clop, and close it out by trying to sell Niléane on a 3D printer.

This week's Cozy Zone was all about the games we've been enjoying lately.

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• Griffin's blog
• Apple MessagePad
• Pastebot 3
• Clop
• Omori on Nintendo Store
• Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Niléane brings her newest fan (literally), Chris just assumed his co-hosts have installed the betas (they have), and they all tell each other how their respective apps could start earning millions.

This week's Cozy Zone was a complete, and authoritative, tier listing of every Men's World Cup logo ever.

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• Classy filing
• Horror show filing
• Vivaldi is trying to bring Blink to iOS
• Niléane's fan
• Tiny Start
• Parchment
• Quick Reads
• Quick Reviews

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Matt has been doing tons with Quick Reads, Chris has all the small things, and everyone create Shortcuts WITH THEIR VOICE.

This week's Cozy Zone has the boys competing in Niléane's Great Star Wars Quotes Quiz and it goes…let's just say good and bad.

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• Parchment on the App Store
• Atlas is dead
• Quick Reads
• Final Cut Pro update
• GPT 5.6
• Open Knowledge

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Chris explains how he's using Parchment, Matt gets all in your face about calendars, and everyone competes to see who can handle using Snick for the longest.

This week's Cozy Zone has the gang sharing their development tips and setups.

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• Star Fox for Switch 2
• Tangerine Neue
• In Your Face
• Inspired by this post
• Næste
• Snick

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Niléane invested in a fast-appreciating asset (air conditioner), CHRIS MADE AN APP, and everyone surprises everyone else with their favorite challenges.

This week's Cozy Zone, we tier listed the biggest iPhone features over the year.

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• Chris was in The Verge's Installer
• Jet Lag The Game on Nebula and YouTube
• Midea PortaSplit
• Cotopaxi Allpa 28L
• Plexamp
• Snick

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

The gang's back together! Niléane has a new window management system, Matt wonders if Thunderbolt is too fast, and everyone recovers from letting AI take the wheel for the week.

This week's Cozy Zone, Niléane has a new place and it only seemed proper to roast her new setup.

Want more from the gang? Cozy Zone is a bonus podcast every Monday where we let loose on all sorts of fun topics. You can get cozy with the Comfort Zone crew for just $5/month or $50/year, which not only makes the bonus episodes possible, but supports Comfort Zone, too.

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• Chris's Patreon
• Neuecast
• Jet Lag The Game (Nebula or YouTube)
• Microsoft is the savior we were waiting for
• Goodbye, Tangerine UI
• Keychron 14-in-1 Thunderbolt 5 Dock
• Matt's full review on Birchtree
• OCW's $329 dock (3 USB-C)
• OWC's $499 dock (4 USB-C)
• CalDigit TS5 (6 USB-C)
• CalDigit TS5 Plus (7 USB-C)
• My old TB4 OWC dock (3 USB-C)
• MYGGSPRAY

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky