The Talk Show

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin wonder about girl hobbits, updating HR FluffyPuff to Ice Cream Sandwich, transforming tablets, RIM and Baghdad Bob, all the Kindle Fires under Christmas Trees, John's driving record, and John makes someone a millionaire with whiteout diamonds.

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about John's appearance On The Verge, the new Apple Store in Grand Central Station, John's pro-fact bias, rooting for underdogs, laggy interfaces in Mac OS X and Android, new Twitter, the titles and bits of Bond films, and Louis CK's indie content and success.

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about CarrierIQ, the Penny, Starbucks, Apple's Grand Central Terminal Store, The Verge, Johnny Carson on David Letterman, the Apple TV rumors, and more.

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss game consoles, Retina Displays coming to the the iPad 3 and future MacBooks, a 15-inch MacBook Air, Zuckerberg's apology, the Carrier IQ scandal, the allure of free shipping, and the demise of Hypercard.

Dan Benjamin and John Gruber discuss the new AIM, MUJI gloves, the Kindle Fire, Steven Levy, the Macintosh llci, iTunes Match, the promised revamping of the Netflix iPad app, Siri and more.

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss iCloud, streaming movies, Adobe killing Flash for Mobile, the future of the television industry, satellite TV and the NFL, the new Apple Store App and making purchases, and the Steve Jobs biography.

John Gruber gets tech support from Dan Benjamin with AirDrop and the Finder's sidebar before discussing Markdown, Siri, Apple's earnings announcement, why John doesn't carry business cards, the Roboto typeface, Dropbox, iOS Twitter integration, the Çingleton Symposium, Badger Face, the Galaxy Nexus, iPhone cases, and more.

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss iOS 5, the iPhone 4S, Siri, the new camera, RAM usage and battery life on the iOS platform, the conclusion of the 2011 baseball season, and hints about the next series of movie reviews. John also shares a recent dream, and grants permission to release the Bond segments as independent episodes.

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the newly announced Kindles and whether they are too many of them, the iPhone(s?) to be announced next week, talking to your phone, and the last #5byBond film: Quantum of Solace.

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the Netflix split, Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 announcement, Tim Cook, Microsoft's 30% take, HP's webOS layoffs, Steven Speilberg's regrets, the magic of Amazon Prime, and Casino Royale.