Double Density

With Angelo on vacation, Brian is joined by his wife Steph for a nostalgia-filled episode that covers topics like their recent wedding and how tech has helped their preparations, P2P file sharing services, IRC, message boards, instant messenger memories, scary movies, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, haunted houses and Ouija board usage.

Special Guest: Steph W..

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• Steph's first Double Density Appearance

This week, Brian and Angelo discuss Brian's recent nuptuals, Angelo's continuing facination with magic, Jony Ive's departure from Apple, and then they bring back their Alien Cinema segment to discuss Jeremy Corbell's Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers.

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• Apple Sans Ive | TechCrunch

Angelo discusses his new hobby some more, Brian suffers a glitch in the matrix, and Angelo tries to scare Brian with some haunted wedding venues.

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• 12-Year-Old Girl Took Uber To Downtown Orlando Without Parents' Consent And Killed Herself

This week, Brian is flumoxed by the minutae of Angelo's package tracking, Brian talks about his Not Alone appearance, and then the duo has a look at WWDC. The paranormal segment finds our hosts discussing Apple's alien facination before heading into a major discussion on if the world is ready for an extraterrestrial visit.

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• Not Alone - All Things Mysterious & Unexplained

Brian and Angelo welcome Daryl Baxter to talk about video games, WWDC hopes and dreams, the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and the creepy things about the sinking of the Titanic.

Special Guest: Daryl Baxter .

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• Daryl Baxter

This week our hosts tackle ransomware middlemen, Nintendo franchises and their hip-hop equals, tea accounts, the search for Noah's Ark, and how to credibly report a UFO.

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• The Trade Secret: Firms That Promised High-Tech Ransomware Solutions Almost Always Just Pay the Hackers

This week, the duo reminisces about their first Amazon purchases, how neighbours are spying on each other, how hard drive prices are going down (bigly surprise), and what happens when Google thinks your phone number is Facebook tech support. Then, Angelo gets to talk about a topic that is near and dear to his heart: magicians and skepticism. Learn about how Houdini debunked early spiritualists, and how his work has continued today with James Randi, among others.

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• Fear-based social media Nextdoor, Citizen, Amazon’s Neighbors is getting more popular - Vox

Do you use subtitles? Did you ever play Solitaire on Windows 3.0? Do you buy from shady sellers on Amazon? Are you listening to this podcast from an alternate universe?

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• Why Everyone Is Watching TV with Closed Captioning On These Days

This week the duo spend some time talking about podcasting and what an app like Luminary means for the medium, before Brian laments upon the fact that his next computer may not be one made by Apple directly, but may instead turn out to be a Hackintosh. Moving into the paranormal, the Navy's changing regulations about reporting UFOs is discussed and then Brian brings some patents to the table, as the classic black triangle UFOs are the topic du jour.

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• Twitter: Marco Arment talking about Luminary

The Samsung Fold hot takes write themselves. Brian found some embarrassing search terms on a work computer a few years ago. The GPS system that helps govern New York City is facing its own personal Y2K. Attention spans are shortenting, hence the short sentences. In UFO news, is science starting to listen? Conspiracy theories seem to have gained traction - why is that?

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• New York City Has a Y2K-Like Problem, and It Doesn’t Want You to Know About It - The New York Times