January 22, 2020 at 2:00AM • 23 minutes
This week is full fo DC news, some rumors about "Dolittle", and some more Bidet talk.
PLUS Oscar Issac surprise casting, Catwoman stuff, and what our favorite GOOP scent is.
Co-host: Dan Richardson
Hosted by Keith Ruckus.
January 21, 2020 at 2:00PM • 1 hour 32 minutes
DISCUSSED: strongly-held podcast preferences; Skype hates you; praise for Rogue Amoeba and Strong Songs; a small B2W milestone passes; Dan likes 1917; what Jack did; praise for Match Game; a couple app and font reccos; tips for tricking out your Logitech mouse; no, seriously, Skype actively hates you; Merlin nabs an excellent new domain name for the program; Merlin continues his deep dive into LaunchBar; and, finally, some thoughts on burritos and tacos.
Hosted by Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin.
January 20, 2020 at 1:00AM • 1 hour 56 minutes
Jeff and Christian welcome Richard Lovejoy from The Joyconjurer to the show this week to discuss delays for all the big mid year 2020 games, Sony skipping E3 again, Stadia's 120 new games, and more!
The Playlist: Dragon's Dogma, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Sayonara Wild Hearts, SNES Mini
Tabletop Time: The Expanse, Betrayal Legacy
Parting Gifts!
Hosted by Christian Spicer & Jeff Cannata.
January 16, 2020 at 6:00AM • 31 minutes
Molly Struve is a Lead Site Reliability Engineer at DEV, the company that runs the blogging website dev.to. She and Brittany unpack what site reliability means, Molly's fondness of Elasticsearch and how Molly creates all of her witty and educational content.
Hosted by Brittany Martin.
January 15, 2020 at 2:00AM • 40 minutes
OSCAR NOMS ARE OUT AND THE POD... GOES... mild...
Plus all the nerdy movie news, rumors, and hot takes you can handle.
Co-host: Dan Richardson
Hosted by Keith Ruckus.
January 14, 2020 at 2:45PM • 1 hour 16 minutes
DISCUSSED: A fun and creepy new face swap app; Twitter is not creating much new happy; this leads to a discussion of generational perceptions about what's acceptable or even desirable (especially with Apple products); praise for the podcast, The Dream; Merlin gets a new clock; the origin of #MerlinsPoopList; who pays $168 for a bikini?; Merlin has uvula problems; Dan explores P&S Liquid and an upsetting gurgling noise; and, finally, "Back to the Mac 2020™" kicks off with a first dive into the magic of Obdev's LaunchBar.
Hosted by Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin.
January 13, 2020 at 1:00AM • 1 hour 27 minutes
Jeff and Christian welcome Michele Morrow from Good Game and Eleague to the show this week to discuss Nintendo's Pokemon Direct, more Batman teases, exclusives for Xbox Series X, and a new Switch Pro?
The Playlist: Link's Awakening, Another Sight, Virtua Racing, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Witcher 3, Wolfenstein Youngblood
YOUR Top 5s of the Decade
VR Talk: Boneworks
Parting Gifts!
Hosted by Christian Spicer & Jeff Cannata.
January 9, 2020 at 6:00AM • 40 minutes
Penelope Phippen makes Rubyfmt, and was previously a lead maintainer of the RSpec testing framework. She’s been writing Ruby for just about a decade, and still remembers 1.8.6. She and Brittany discuss Rspec, Ruby Central and her thoughts on the Ruby community.
Hosted by Brittany Martin.
January 8, 2020 at 2:00AM • 28 minutes
This week we get political AF! We chat about the Golden Globes massacre with Ricky Gervais, Harvey "Walker" Weinstein, and much more! Plus "Batman" news, how much money Disney is bringing in, some Kevin Smith nuggets, and why oh why are we getting a 4 hour "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood".
ALSO - tons of "Rise of Skywalker" stuff.
Co-host: Dan Richardson
Hosted by Keith Ruckus.
January 7, 2020 at 1:15PM • 1 hour 8 minutes
Merlin needs help in the NOC; Dan discovers sensitive sauce; there are thresholds; hurting your roller skating muscles; new printer; and, finally, Merlin conducts a long exploration of unnecessary efficiencies, evolved technologies, and the minimum viable productivity system.
Hosted by Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin.
