The Context Machine

Bryan and Jeff try to talk about the iPhone 14 Pro, AppleWatch Series 8, new AirPods Pro, and iOS 16, but they take a detour to fantasy series and movies. To be fair to these two squirrels, they do get back to the Apple discussion, and even share an app that tells you when the Apple gear you want to buy is available at your local store.

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• Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Sword of Shannara
• The Wheel of Time
• House of the Dragon
• Game of Thrones
• iPhone 14 Pro
• Apple Watch Ultra
• Apple Watch Series 8
• AirPods Pro (2nd generation)
• InventoryWatch
• Fairytale Dreams Twitter Spaces (Cohosted by Bryan and Witchboy)

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Bryan and Jeff take a listener request and share their iPhone camera tips and tricks. They also take a detour to talk about the new Body Comp scale from Withings, plus Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk.

• Ms. Marvel
• She-Hulk Attorney at Law
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
• Withings Body Comp scale
• Jeff Carlson, photography genius
• Rich’s iPhone photography request
• Jeff’s red flower photo
• Halide Mark II – Pro Camera+

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Bryan and Jeff start off with iPhone and iPad-related security warnings, and then hop into what to watch out for with NFT-related scams. They also look at the state of streaming service pricing, what they’re willing to pay for, and what annoys Bryan in The Orville season 3.

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• iOS and iPadOS 15.6.1
• iOS VPN problems
• AIPES NFT on Twitter
• Bored Ape Galactic Club | AI on Twitter
• OpenSea
• coinbase
• Apple TV+
• Paramount+
• Disney+
• Hulu
• HBOmax
• Amazon Prime

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Bryan and Jeff take a look at the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 finale, and throw back to the classic Star Trek episode, “The Balance of Terror.” They also dive in to other Trek shows like DS9, Enterprise, and the original animated series. Since they can’t stay on topic, you get detours into “The Old Man,” and “The Sandman,” too.

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• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• SNW Episode 10: A Quality of Mercy
• Star Trek: Balance of Terror
• Star Trek: The Cage
• Star Trek: The Menagerie
• Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Star Trek: Prodigy
• The Old Man
• The Sandman

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Bryan and Jeff dive super deep into the world of NFTs, why it’s still a wild west world, and what happened with Seth Green’s stolen NFT saga. They also talk about Bored Apes Yacht Club, AIPES, Huxley, Crypto.Chicks, NFT scams, NFT licensing and ownership, and more. Did we mention this is a super deep dive?

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• Bored Ape Yacht Club
• Seth Green’s stolen Bored Ape NFT saga
• Seth Green’s Bored Ape
• Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
• OpenSea
• Scremlins
• Crypto.Chicks
• Huxley
• AIPES #10437
• AIPES #8376
• HUXLEY Robot #746
• Crypto.Chick #7616

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Bryan finally set up his second Apple Studio Display! That means it’s time for a new discussion about working with a dual-display set up. Plus, Jeff tries to trigger Bryan with some thoughts on whether or not the iPhone will ditch the Lightning port in favor of USB-C.

• Apple Studio Display
• Safari
• Firefox
• QuitAll
• Mac Geek Gab
• Gig Gab Podcast
• The Small Business Show
• iPhone

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Bryan and Jeff talk about the alternate timeline Apple technology showing up in “For All Mankind” season 3. Bryan has been using the new Apple Studio display for a couple months, so they look at what he’s liking and what disappoints him, and also explain nano-texture glass.

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• For All Mankind
• Apple Newton MessagePad
• Don Marshall on Instagram
• Apple Studio Display

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Bryan and Jeff have ideas on what’s in store for Apple’s upcoming CarPlay features, the state of autonomous cars, ride sharing, public transportation, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Spoiler: Obi-Wan doesn’t have anything to do with CarPlay.

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• CarPlay in iOS 16
• CarPlay
• The original Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Phil Schiller

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Bryan and Jeff talk about the evolution of the iPad and iPadOS 16, Microsoft’s Surface fumbles, the ToasterFridge, and Bryan’s complete lack of memory of the original iPad keyboard.

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• iPadOS 16
• iPad Pro
• The original Microsoft Surface
• The iPad Keyboard Bryan couldn’t remember
• Bryan and the ToasterFridge: Touch Bar Is Apple’s Double Down Against the Foolishness of ToasterFridges
• Bryan and the ToasterFridge: Apple’s Computing Future Could Be the Reverse ToasterFridge
• Bryan and the ToasterFridge: Living with Apple’s Touch Bar, the Reverse Toaster Fridge – ACM 388
• Bryan and the ToasterFridge: ToasterFridges Yay or Nay, Attention to Detail, and Orville – Pop.0 16 [Video Podcast]
• Bryan’s iPod Super Touch

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Bryan and Jeff do their best to analyze Apple’s WWDC 2022 keynote presentation. They do manage to talk about the event’s production quality, Passkey support, and the M2 13-inch MacBook Pro before realizing they ran out of time.

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• Apple WWDC 2022 keynote
• iOS 16 Passkey
• M2 13-inch MacBook Pro

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