Niléane is getting bold with laptop appendages, Chris is nostalgic about the iPad Pro, and everyone gets weird with text files.

This week's Cozy Zone is a deep dive into 2012's Les Misérables film.

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• Niléane's laptop setup
• The iPad Pro at 10

• The Gulf livery mouse
• Bandcamp
• Baseline Obsidian theme
• Retroma Obsidian theme
• Primary Obsidian theme
• Todoist Sync for Obsidian
• Todoist Text for Obsidian
• AeroSpace

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

Matt has a mouse that looks like a zebra, Niléane quotes some cool new stuff in the Mastodon world, and everyone pitches their dream app (one of them may already exist!).

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• Pulsar X2 CrazyLight Mini Gaming Mouse
• Boardzy Edition
• Mastodon quote posts
• Phanpy

• Nintendo Store iOS app (and Android too)
• BALL x PIT
• The Gulf livery mouse
• Pulsar web app
• Mouse fluidity consistency
• Mice get super light
• Keycron M6
• Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
• Best-o-Masto
• lire RSS
• Hush

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

Chris simplifies his backpack, Matt has complex feelings about the new Affinity Studio, and Niléane's challenge has her questioning the sanity of the American suburbs.

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• Nomatic Luma Camera Pack 18L
• Affinity Studio

• Donate to the Gaza Giving Circle
• First, Last, Everything podcast
• Superhuman is taking over the world
• The Brevitē Backpack
• A little baguette
• Old Affinity apps will not be receiving any updates
• Sign into your Serif account to download the old Affinity apps

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

Niléane is experiencing the lowest lows with gaming, but Chris is full of joy. Meanwhile, the gang's attempts to use local LLMs ranges from similar low lows to joy as well.

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• Shadow
• Savage Raven by Skull & Co. GripCase
• TomToc Travel Case

• Matt's Quick Notes app
• Chris's Shortcuts automation

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

Matt reviews basically every phone of 2025, Chris has Apple silicon Christmas in October, and the whole gang gets creative on their phones.

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• So many phones
• M5 iPad Pro
• M5 Vision Pro

• Niléane's pics: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
• Matt's pic

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

With Matt on Safari, Chris brings a brick, Niléane does an AMA, and they have a listening party with some groovy tunes.

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• Brick
• France

• Belkin PowerGrip
• Aura Browser
• focusedOS
• Focus Friend
• YouTube short
• Jump by Van Halen
• This Secret Ninja by AFI
• I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett
• When The Dreams Run Dry - The Killers
• Allons voir - Feu! Chatterton
• All the Moments - Leprous

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

Chris tries to sell us some new Logitech gear, Matt tries to sell some old challenges, and both of them try to sell Niléane on something from IKEA.

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• Logitech MX Master 4
• Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ keyboard

• Helium Browser
• Aura Browser
• HÖSTULOTA Lampe USB à LED
• VATTENKAR monitor stand

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

Niléane gets sporty and frosty, Chris is drowning in new Apple products, and Matt oversees the battle for the nicest iPhone wallpaper (where everyone wins).

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• Apple Sports comes to more countries
• FotMob
• Frosty
• Everything Apple announced in September

• Tapback wallpaper set (🚨 WARNING, downloads may not work…)
• Chris's wallpaper (alt link)
• Briar Rose wallpaper

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

Matt wants to wrap up conversation on Liquid Glass, Niléane has a music app that feels like it's from 2004 (and we mean that in a few good ways), and Chris judges everyone on how well they relaxed last week.

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• Liquid Glass
• Swinsian

• Chris's iPadOS overview video
• Best-o-Masto
• Quick Subtitles
• First, Last, Everything podcast
• Ora browser
• Dia browser
• Google adds Gemini to Chrome
• The unbearable sameness of Liquid Glass
• Doppler
• Borderlands 4

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

Matt brings a new phone (but it's not what you thiiiink), Chris finally got the iPadOS update of his dreams, and Niléane oversees the PopSockets challenge, which ended up being an all-time Comfort Zone disaster.

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• Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
• iPadOS 26

• Relay ST. Jude Fundraiser
• Canon C50 cinema camera

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