Kelly's mad at soap operas, Mike has bionic parts, and more!

• 12 hours of nerdy background noise! ambient sci-fi noise playlist
  • Deckard's apartment from Blade Runner
• Mike's new favorite music video — Sondheim's Johanna Quartet reprise as 90s synth pop (via Alex Pearlman) (more here)
• Chrome's new media control
• Charlotte Henry's The Addition
• Kelly's theslice.net
• Universal Control coolness

As a reminder, if you let us know you listen we will say hello to you on the show! 

Looking ahead to Peek Performance, Kelly's got a brand new bag, and more!

Apple's Peek Performance event is coming up on Tuesday, and your loyal hosts dive into the House of Crackpot Theories to uncover what's coming. Also: Kelly's new site/show, The Slice, will be up and running at http://www.theslice.tech/ this week!

• The TMO Daily Observations podcast archive
• Peek Performance what to expect
• Friend of the show Kelly AuCoin on The Girl From Plainville (Hulu)
• Fall Detection on the Apple Watch
• New domains without the shame at not-yet-a-sponsor Hover
• Upload on Prime Video + Mohonk Mountain House
• don't forget your Weather Alibis
• the Chris Rawson classic "33 Things You Don't Need if you have an iPhone"

It's the anniversary of Mike & Kelly's inauspicious meeting at Macworld Expo! Fourteen years ago today, Kelly found out she wasn't going to be writing for TUAW (a short-lived rejection), only a couple of weeks after she met Mike at the Extensis booth… hear the story & more in this episode. 

• Mike is damaged
• The holiday ornament gift
• Kelly's rejection
• Ged Maheux on TMO Daily Observations
• Drag Bingo at Hinterlands Bar
• Friend of the show Kelly AuCoin on The Endgame (NBC)
• Apple Watch haptic alarms have some concerns
• Leather Link watch band
• The Amazing Race returns with a new look — also who goes on this show without knowing how to drive stick

It's a weird two-parter! Come for the M1 Pro musings, stay for Kelly's birthday present.

This episode was recorded in two parts but released as a single, maxi-sized episode for your enjoyment.

• Farhad Manjoo on the M1 Max
• Revive or Restore your Mac (Macworld)
• Doc Rock on YouTube
• Glenning
• Alfred Preis
• Death Star ornament
  • (Our cover art this time is Kelly's birthday present from Mike, in honor of IWMmcuTV)

Is Meatspace Encounter a band, a videogame, or Mike's rendezvous with our last episode's guest? Listen in to find out!

21st of September

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Kelly and Mike are joined by special guest Rich Siegel of Bare Bones Software! KitchenAid mixers, African Grey parrots, M1 migrations and much more.

• Bare Bones Software
• BBEdit
• Yojimbo
• Rich Siegel on Twitter
• Mixerology

Kelly & Mike are back in the hosting chairs, talking about the Pacific Northwest heatwaves, the upcoming iOS 15/macOS Monterey features, and thinking about karaoke. Listen in!

Kelly goes Max Vax, Mike goes out to dinner, and both discuss the Apple product announcements & quarterly results.

Featuring not yet a sponsor Werkstatt!

• Apple Card Family
• The Prince solo & behind the scenes
  • Direct YouTube link
  • LA Times story
• M.G. Siegler compares Apple and Microsoft
• CharJen AirFoams Pro Active

Kelly and Mike review what's wearing them down, plus Christopher Walken impressions. Tuesday's Apple Event, how we distinguish Shatner from Walken, the new Thursdays with Bob, and more! Episode photo courtesy Alex Pearlman.

• Kelly's not school
• Rusty in the Uncanine Valley
• The Shotenfreude origin story
• I Want My MCUtv 
• Meet The Walken Family
• The Podswap

Mike and Kelly welcome special guest Michael McWatters! Talking HBO Max (now with custom avatars! — Mike wants to be Christopher Moltisanti), TED, the late lamented Tweet Hereafter, Sycamore, Hinterlands, designing for an aging population, and more.

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