Not PC with Mark and Rob

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In today's show, Rob and Mark briefly mourn (sort of) the iPod, reveal their thoughts about Google IO, muse about Rob's new mechanical keyboard addiction, and get all doe-eyed about Monkey Island.

Links

  • Google I/O 2022 replay:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP-nMZpLM1A
  • Google Glass 2012 skydiving intro:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh-liQDE3cM
  • Apparently the going rate for the Triumph Adler Dario 286 keyboard Rob had when he was ten:
    • https://www.ebay.de/itm/284800492507?hash=item424f6ea3db:g:TYIAAOSw3IliZmGP
  • Cheap replica keycaps (no good for ISO layout):
    • https://kbdfans.com/products/enjoypbt-abs-doubleshot-mechanical-keyboard-keycaps-set-3
  • Expensive replica keycaps (not currently available):
    • https://kono.store/products/gmk-triumph-adler
  • Similar vibe ones Rob went for with a more modern, muted palette:
    • https://prototypist.net/products/group-buy-gmk-shoko-r2
  • Mario “Question Mark Box” keycap:
    • https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/954536615/mario-question-block-artisan-keycap-for
  • Keychron reasonably-priced starter mechanical keyboards:
    • https://www.keychron.com
  • Do not look here:
    • https://www.reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards
  • Mode Eighty Keyboard:
    • https://modedesigns.com/pages/eighty
  • Trailer for the Return to Monkey Island game from original writers Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahskKAxSCY
  • The iMUSE music engine used in classic LucasArts games:
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMUSE
  • Interview with Monkey Island composers Clint Bajakian and Michael Land:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0EqG6RYn9Y
  • Trap Door, an obscure 80’s stop motion animation children’s TV show:
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_Door
  • Monkey Island 30th Anniversary Big Box that now goes for £500+ on eBay:
    • https://limitedrungames.com/products/monkey-island-30th-anniversary-anthology-pc
  • Thimbleweed Park:
    • https://thimbleweedpark.com

     

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