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Anne-Laure Le Cunff joins us to talk about the value of tiny experiments and how they enable us to live more focused, intentional lives.

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It's been a quiet week, so John Gruber briefly joins Jason to discuss Apple's AI delay, new Macs, new iPads, and the future of Apple regulation worldwide.

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Apple has 90 days to allow app sideloading in Brazil | The Verge

Zero one infinity rule - Wikipedia

The App Store era must end, and the Mac is the model – Six Colors

Daring Fireball: Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features

Apple delays some anticipated Apple Intelligence features – Six Colors

Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features

Daring Fireball: Simon Willison on the Privacy/Security Risks of Personalized Siri, vis-à-vis Prompt Injection

Sky (blue)’s the limit: M4 MacBook Air offers lower price, improved camera, and new color – Six Colors

New Mac Studio spans the generations with M4 Max, M3 Ultra chips – Six Colors

Apple updates iPad Air and iPad, revamps Magic Keyboard for iPad Air – Six Colors

The MLB/ESPN separation and the future of ESPN, the Nationals escape from MASN, Fox's sports streaming service quandary, interesting tidbits from the Sloan Sports Conference, and our TV picks!

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Inside the MLB-ESPN Split - Puck

Stephen A. Smith, ESPN agree to $100M contract that lets him talk more about politics: Sources - The Athletic

Disney+ to Debut SC+: ESPN SportsCenter Spinoff for More Casual Fans

MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference - Sports Analytics, Business, & Technology.

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It's been a while, so Stephen and David share what is in their Macs' menu bars, touching on some all-time great macOS apps.

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The Control Strip — 512 Pixels

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Rogue Amoeba | SoundSource

Rogue Amoeba’s Historic Screenshot Archive

Run a shortcut while working on your Mac - Apple Support

ChatGPT on your desktop | OpenAI

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Timery for Toggl

Timing - Automatic Mac Time Tracker

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Cotypist – AI Autocomplete for Mac

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Google Drive for macOS

Drafts | Where Text Starts

Day One Journal App

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Alfred

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One Thing — Sindre Sorhus

Today — Sindre Sorhus

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PopClip for Mac

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Quitter – Marco.org

Home Control Menu for HomeKit

Parcel - Delivery Tracking

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Loom

Hazel

Keyboard Maestro

Default Folder X

Carbon Copy Cloner

Setapp

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Bartender Sold — 512 Pixels

Applause

Michael Tsai - Blog - Bartender Acquired by Applause Group

Bartender 5 - A New Chapter for Bartender

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Six Bartender Alternatives to Manage Your Mac's Menu Bar - MacRumors

Before he started paternity leave, Myke asked for advice from some of his co-hosts.

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Jay is gone, so Kathy brings in Jayne Mattingly to discuss Body Grief and how to support the world and take care of yourself.

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Medical Gaslighting - BenBella Books

Manifest V3 is ruining our lives as Gemini helps us get dressed.

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It's a busy week: there are new iPads and Macs to discuss, as well as new emoji whose names are unknown to one particular host.

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Apple Announces the New iPad Air and Base Model iPad - MacStories

Apple Updates iPad & iPad Air — 512 Pixels

iPad Keyboards - Apple

M4 MacBook Air Introduced — 512 Pixels

Apple Introduces the New MacBook Air - MacStories

Apple MacBook Air - Walmart.com

Apple Reveals New Mac Studio Powered by M4 Max and M3 Ultra - MacStories

Mac Studio Updated with the M4 Max and ... M3 Ultra — 512 Pixels

Apple reveals M3 Ultra, taking Apple silicon to a new extreme - Apple

No M4 Ultra Chip? Apple Confirms the M4 Max Chip Lacks UltraFusion - MacRumors

Mac Studio - Technical Specifications - Apple

The Jeremies Gazette

First Look: New Apple Emojis in iOS 18.4 Beta 2 - Emojipedia

Art Attack - Wikipedia

Giovanni Muciaccia - Wikipedia

Sark - Wikipedia

Introducing NPC XL: More NPC, Every Week - MacStories

Apple's latest hardware updates, smart clothing, how we transfer money between friends, and the latest on UK encryption.

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Jeff Carlson and James Thomson

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A garment designed for all day photographers.

What color is Scarlet? These are the important questions we ask on The Pen Addict Podcast. To answer, Brad is joined by Dan Wearsch from Enigma Stationery. They ponder this, and dig into what it’s like running a small stationery business.

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A fountain pen in Severance...?!?

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Making Custom Resin & Pens with Jonathon Brooks

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Jason and Myke figure out which five Apple products should be depicted on a (hypothetical) monument to the history of the influential tech company.

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John Soliman returns to the show to detail his journey with Apple silicon, share his work on Pixar's "Win or Lose," and discuss video transcoding.

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Mac Power Users #785: First of All, I'm David Sparks - Relay

If you can't update or restore your iPad - Apple Support

Mac Power Users #618: Making Movies at Pixar, with John Soliman - Relay

John (@solimander.bsky.social) - Bluesky

John (@[email protected]) - Mastodon

Mac mini - Apple

Goodbye, Old Mac Pro (2013) - MacSparky

Hello, New Mac Pro (2019) - MacSparky

Disney+ on Apple Vision Pro Ushers in a New Era of Storytelling Innovation and Immersive Entertainment | Disney Plus Press

Schoolhouse Rock #1 Three is a Magic Number - YouTube

Watch Win or Lose | Full Episodes | Disney+

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull

Keyboard Maestro

HandBrake

Lisa Melton's Video Transcoding Scripts

Shutter Encoder

MakeMKV

Video-compare: Split screen video comparison tool

Typora — simple yet powerful Markdown reader.

Openvibe — Town Square for Open Social Media

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CandyBar - Wikipedia

Accidental Tech Podcast

Plex

Product List | Synology Inc.

Rsync Project

dupeGuru | finds duplicate files

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit Pattern Playgrounds

LogRide

The Pixel Watch 3 will call for help if you miss a heartbeat. And don't forget to file your request to remove your data from Google Search.

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The principles and goals we consider important in our apps.

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In this episode, Kerry is joined by Shahed Ezaydi, full-time writer at Stylist Magazine and author of 'The Othered Woman: How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women'. They discuss freelance vs in-house journalism and Shahed's process of writing her book.

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Shahed Ezaydi

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Subtitle: Merlin is pretty sure Jason Mantzoukas is the voice of the booger.

The main topic this week was almost The Big Game.

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Harrison Ford on Conan O'Brien's podcast - YouTube

Salesforce Is Using A Hallucination To Sell AI - Defector

Merlin's article about binaries

"allballs" in PostgreSQL

The (possible) origin of "allballs"

Acorn - Mac graphics editor by Flying Meat

Roderick on the Line #567: A High Teen

This is the episode where John Roderick talks about taking a father and kid on a “rock tour” of Seattle.

Bat Boy from the Weekly World News

Nibble - Wikipedia

The State, Season 4 Episode 4: Leonard Harris Show

“No, it’s not in braille. It’s in English, the language of the U-S-A!”

Acorn 8 | Full Featured Photo Editor for the Mac

Acorn is an image editor for macOS 14 Sonoma or later, including macOS 15 Sequoia.Universal binary for Apple Silicon Macs. One of a kind, no subscriptions, no hassle.

Bob Uecker Miller Lite commercials: Best ads of all time

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When the commercial that Louise scripted proves to be terrible, they get football star Sandy "Can-Can" Frye to star in their commercial with the catch phrase "Burgers go great with Frye"

"Cotton: The Fabric of Our Lives" (1992) - YouTube

Myke is away, so Stephen and Federico are relaunching every shirt from the show's archives. Then, the guys talk through iOS 18.4 and Ticci's new WiFi. Lastly, Stephen chats with Connected headphone expert Merri about her new Powerbeats Pro 2.

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🤖 The iOS 18.4 beta brings Matter robot vacuum support | The Verge

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🤑 Apple to Acquire Beats Music & Beats Electronics - Apple

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Where we prefer to edit photos, thoughts on VC investment vs. a level 14 round boi, our use of voice assistants and what improvements might make Alexa AI worthwhile, and the frustration of new USB-C products still requiring USB-A cables for charging.

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Azizah from Gourmet Pens joins Brad this week, and they get inky! And the bombshell she dropped at the end of the episode? Well, Brad has never been so aghast!

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Chenell Basilio joins us to talk about cultivating curiosity, finding your people, and avoiding burnout.

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