Johnathanblade: The Elder Blerd

Thinking about Sinners in the context of Black cinema in general popculture.

This episode I am talking about a name change for the channel and the budget smartwatch, the CMF Watch Pro 2

talking about my favorite underdog console, the Sega Saturn, and waxing about how the VDP2 background processor should have seen more usage in a greater number of games

I'm talking about some movies and TV that grabbed my attention in December

Recording artist Jason Didner returns to the podcast to discuss his new album, Digital Carnival. Surrounding the album, we talk about modern life in a digital world.

https://jasondidner.com/digital-carnival

I have collected as many differences as I can find between the 2 categories of phone in the same series to answer the question "What cuts equal up to $200 less phone?"

Corrections: the Tensor G3 is fabricated on a 4nm process. I left out the fact that the 8a doesn't have ultra wide autofocus and because of this, it does not support macro photography. I also left out the fact that neither the ultra wide lens nor the front facing camera on the 8a support 4K 60 video recording. David Kogan reports that the 8a's main camera does not support the 8's 2x sensor crop, which is the first time I have heard that in the year over year use of that particular sensor. The 8a lacks the Ultra Wide band support that both the 8 and the 8 Pro have

A quick and dirty episode that I recorded in my car so that I could get one last one in before the end of the year! Godzilla Minus One, some other Oscar bait, and the Pixel 8

This week Apple announced that in 2024 they will support the RCS messaging protocol allowing more functional, robust messaging interoperability with Android

The Great Microblog War of 2023.

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I wax nostalgically about the first Punisher movie from 1989, while Ryan Miller from Book Club for Movies podcast helps me decide whether or not I have been viewing this movie through rose colored (or maybe blood covered?) glasses.