Just listened to the Cory Doctorow interview on Decoder. It’s quite good. And while I do agree with most everything he says — Cory’s quite persuasive — my main thought throughout the episode was, “Man, this guy can monologue!” 🗣️ 🎧
I fancied myself a Text Replacement afficiando, but after this segment in the @mpu@relayfm.social interview of @davidpogue.com, I realize I’ve been an imposter this whole time. He’s reducing whole words and phrases down to single keystrokes! You can hear @stephenrobles@mastodon.social’s disbelief. 🤯 🎙️
Matt Birchler blew my mind when he noted (in his new A Better Computer solo podcast) that the MacBook Neo would have cost $399 in 2010 dollars. Why is that so significant? The original iPad, released that year, was $499. The sheer value in the Neo is astounding. 🎙️
It’s not lost on me that if you plug a MacBook Neo into a new Studio Display, your monitor will have more CPU oomf and RAM than the computer plugged into it. 🙃
But @siracusa@mastodon.social also notes that the A18 Pro powered more pixels when in the iPhone 16 Pro Max than it does in the Neo. 😳 🎙️
🎙️ Apple News In Conversation: ‘How America’s student-debt problem got so big':
An enlightening conversation about student debt and its knock on effects for either canceling or not canceling, as well as the role that for profit and nonprofit schools play in education and the student loan crisis
A new, classic @atpfm@mastodon.social moment is born! “How DARE you!?” 🤣 🎙️
🎙️ Oooh thanks @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social for this Shortcuts tip! I’d wondered if you could open web apps with it somehow.
🎙️ This episode of the Severance podcast might be one of the best episodes of any podcast I’ve ever heard. They got Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard on to talk about an episode — they’re superfans of the show — and I’ve never wanted to be friends with anyone more than I want to be friends with them. 🤣
🎙️ Dammit @biff@zeppelin.flights, how did you get me to tear up just listening to you talk about Logan, which I haven’t seen in years. What a powerful film. (@Gte@mastodon.social calling back to Logan “dying with his heart in his hands” really got me.) 🥹🫡
I should probably start listening to Zane Lowe’s show on Apple Music, because I always love artist interviews when I happen across them. This one with Maggie Rogers on NPR Fresh Air was short, sweet, and wonderful. Hard to believe she’s my age. 🎙️ overcast.fm
🆕📝 Overcast Podcast Listening Stats for 2024
I waited till the end of the year to share my total stats. It's...a lot of hours. 😳 🎙️
🎙️ Having heard you say how much you wanted to be a parent someday, I couldn’t be more excited for you, @imyke@myke.social (and Adina). I’ve loved hearing all the baby talk. It really has been quite the year! 🥹 Good luck! 🤞 overcast.fm/+AADAvLi-…
🎙️ One of the best explainers for the three types of fun I’ve heard to date. And I like what he says at the end; it’s in type 3 that you really grow. dirtbagdiaries.com
🆕📝 ‘Dictate a Note’ is my new favorite shortcut (and that’s saying something)
I'm dictating ideas and tasks left and right, with gloves on, while hiking, without looking. Nothing escapes me! 🎙️
🎙️ I snorted so hard it hurt. Thanks @rebound@hachyderm.io. 🤣 overcast.fm/+AADe1njn…
🎙️ On an episode of one of my new favorite podcasts, The Sharp End, from about five years ago, I heard a shout-out to someone I know in real life! Another local climber and hiker, Matt Baer, apparently won a climbing helmet giveaway back then. Makes the world feel a little smaller, in a good way.
Hold up, gotta go pre-order some AirPods. I’m so intrigued by their no-ear-tips-but-still-noise-cancelation magic. 🎧
Oh boy, we’re hardly out of follow-up, and @connected@relayfm.social is already way off the rails. 😂 Gonna be a great one! 🎙️
I promise you’re not ready for the utter madness that is this very real training video from Waffle House where they show how they’ve made a new “written language” of sorts with food and condiment packets to represent every possible variation of their menu.
The joys of a decade+ friendship are quips like this on @atpfm@mastodon.social. 🤣 🎙️
🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #539: ‘You Folks Need Some Help’
🎙️: 🇪🇺🧑⚖️🍎, 🧳🖥️, 🌐, 🔗🪣, 🕑🔁, and 🖱️.
🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #536: ‘Spay and Neuter Your Pets’
🎙️: 🖥️, 📱, 🐰, 🖱️, 📺, and 📧.
🎙️ Thanks @coreint for the reminder that big goals can start small — even ones that you used to be pretty good at so now it feels silly to start over. I did 5 push-ups this morning and will do at least 5 before I go downstairs each morning. 💪
🎙️ Ooh I do like this thesis of Robert Caro’s (of The Power Broker fame):
Power doesn’t corrupt, power reveals.
Question for the peanut gallery: when using emoji as hashtags (tagmoji) to categorize a post, should they be at the beginning of the post or the end?
