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Apple Music Coming to Google Home
I saw this this story on MacRumors tonight and immediately thought about selling my HomePods. I immediately went to my Google Home app to see if I saw the same thing.
Hell yeah!
Now, I probably won’t, as I enjoy AirPlay 2 enough to probably keep them around, but Apple Music is the primary
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Podcast #164: This Podcast Folds in Half
Let’s not be afraid to get hyped for tech that’s not ready for mainstream phones just yet!
Also, I love my idea for an iPad that you can crumple up like a piece of paper and stickl wherever you want.
tech
On Foldable Phones
We’ve seen a bunch of companies unveil their foldable phones over the past week and I will be getting precisely zero of them. On the one hand, I have no place for one of these in my life right now. On the other hand, I also don’t have $2,000+ I’;m looking
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Using the iPhone SE in 2019
For the past 5 years or so I’ve been keeping up with the best that Apple has to offer when it comes to the iPhone. I get the new phone the day it comes out and eagerly anticipate the next one after just a few months with each new phone. iPhones have gotten faster,
movie
My Favorite Movies of 2018
The Oscars are tonight, which means it’s time for me to put together my list of the best movies I saw in 2018. Below are my top 10, and at the bottom I have a lit of everything I saw this year and what I still want to see.
1. Annihilation
Annihilation is an
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Podcast #163: Software is More Complicated Than That
Recording on an iPhone SE, in my car, on a rainy day because I need to talk about surface-level software analysis.
Honestly, this could have sounded a hell of a lot worse; I’m kind of impressed with the iPhone SE’s microphone.
iphone
iPhone SE to iPhone Xs: Three Years of Camera Advances
As fans of tech, always see camera comparisons, but these are usually between either current top-of-the-line phones, or this year’s iPhone/Pixel/Galaxy vs the phone from last year it’s replacing. Sometimes the differences are significant, but usually they’re pretty minor.
But what if we looked back more than
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Podcast #162: March 8 is Going to be Fun
Remember how I wasn’t getting a Galaxy S10 yesterday? Yeah, that was short-lived. I have a Galaxy S10e coming on March 8, so let me explain...
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Podcast #161: The Samsung S10 Checkout Page
Samsung announced a bunch of new phones yesterday and only one of them was insane! My thoughts on the Galaxy S10 lineup (not the folding one yet, though).
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Links
Holy Apple Rumor Bomb, Batman!
Legendary(?) Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo dropped a bomb overnight with some of the juiciest rumors we’ve had in a while. Let’s take a look at each one on the “Birchler Scale of Excitement,” which is the only scale I’m an expert in.
AirPower
1/10 excites
Holy shit it might actually
Game
Talking Video Games on PAL Keys
I have the supreme privilege of talking to Daryl Baxter about old video games on his never show, PAL Keys, lest week.
Listen here, or just subscribe in Overcast or Apple Podcasts.
We recoded minutes after the Nintendo Direct and talked about the Link’s Awakening remake and the slew of other games announced in
Game
My Review of Resident Evil 2
This is my review of the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2. Spoiler: I love this game and it’s absolutely going to be in contention for my favorite game at the end of this year.
Podcast #159: Woof! Spotify Buys All the Things. Woof!
I hold a dog while I record today because sometimes you just need to get the work done one way or another.
Oh yeah, and Spotify bought Gimlet Media and Anchor.
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Podcast #158: iPhone XS Smart Battery Case Review
My review of the iPhone XS battery case that is definitely not late to the party.
I picked one up this weekend and have used it for a few days. It does exactly what you want from a case like this and for my money (literally) it’s the best option out there.
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Podcast #157: Pixel…Um…Perfect
Ok, so I’m not “switching to Android” or anything, but I gotta send some love to the Pixel 2. It’s a year older than the OnePlus 6, which I also have, but there are a couple things that make the Pixel 2 still my go-to Android phone.
Politics
Shutdown
I'm a little worried about people's memories being too short term for it to matter as much as it should, but this shutdown should be gold for anyone running against Trump next year. Here's an example a candidate could make:
"Remember when Trump shut down the government for