December 18, 2018 at 1:30PM •
1 hour 22 minutes
Discussed: the harsh mistress of holidays, Hanukah presents, Cash's cool gift, the joys of good UX, some excellent very good recommendations, an exciting Science experiment involving hamburgers, kids are terrible at writing things down, things that changed Merlin's game, and some excellent follow-up on how we recognize number patterns.
Happy Holidays, you jackals.
December 11, 2018 at 3:00PM •
1 hour 13 minutes
Discussed: Merlin worries that Dan is getting ground down; web sites are getting very thirsty; Dan thinks it's like pads in football; Dan has updates and more thoughts about doing development work on an iPad; Merlin thinks we should talk more about which devices we choose for doing which things; the boys also have some recommendations.
December 4, 2018 at 12:30PM •
1 hour 22 minutes
Discussed: Why Tuesday is the optimistic day; pourover coffee for Dan's wife; confirm shaming; updates on iPad keyboards and covers; approximately annual history of "Bawk Bawk!"; some thoughts on Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart; kids and learning Programming; the things that are difficult to teach anyone.
November 27, 2018 at 2:15PM •
1 hour 23 minutes
Discussed: Thanksgiving; spatchcock chicken; kids and their stupid eating; Dan's concern about how we talk to each other; Merlin encourages people to try not to be terrible.
Also, some odds and sods on iPad Pro updates, and thanks to our nice listeners.
November 20, 2018 at 5:00PM •
1 hour 17 minutes
Discussed this week: Dan's MOSH setup on iPad; Dan's new NEW iPad; ease of setup on iOS; some iOS photo editing app recommendations; two things Merlin learned this week; and a little rant about how everybody apparently already knows everything.
November 12, 2018 at 4:00PM •
1 hour 16 minutes
Dan and Merlin talk about their first week using the new iPad Pro.
November 6, 2018 at 3:45PM •
1 hour 6 minutes
Discussed this week: coffee water, voting, inertia, new iPads on the way, difficult buying decisions, returning merchandise (as a thing), some TV suggestions, Dan's new ODROID, 80s video game nostalgia, asking for your iPad-at-work input, plus seeking suggestions for apps for new joggers.
October 30, 2018 at 2:45PM •
1 hour 23 minutes
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about Apple's Fall event in Brooklyn today. They liked the event.
October 23, 2018 at 12:45PM •
1 hour 20 minutes
Discussed: nailing it, the optimistic valence of Tuesdays, difficulties finding replacement parts on Amazon, headphone preferences, Alexa's service outage and new whisper mode, Austin's big water crisis and what it says about epistemology, reason, and society, plus 20 years of The Big Lebowski.
October 16, 2018 at 11:00AM •
1 hour 21 minutes
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the FitBit Charge 3 and where it fits into their worlds—as well its place in the larger tracker and smart watch ecosystems.
Excursions also include: BroBot, weather stations, weather apps, some TV and movie talk, some space talk, plus children's failures to understand how time basically works.
