Technically Correct

We’re happy to report that we’ve been offered our own show on Peacock. Follow us as we upgrade one of the Painted Ladies with the latest in smart home connectivity and gadgetry. Uh, you’ll understand why it’s rated TV-MA for language pretty quickly. This week: proper puck prep, network naming nuances, and assorted ancillary alliteration.

Fivey Fox told us the best predictor of partisan lean during a midterm election cycle is average spend at Dunkin’ Donuts divided by number of Casper mattresses discarded per year in a particular district. This week: anti-social shared photo libraries, sports media rights, and a reluctant look at Tesla bro’s purchase of twitter dot com.

Yeah yeah, sure the Matter standard is finalized but when will someone come out with a smarter ‘hide-a-key’ rock? Is that what Thread is about? This week: Gonger’s food truck, Carlos’ haunted iPhone, and Taylor’s new album.

The defining quality of strong character is being willing to change your mind when presented with new information — about mesh WiFi. Nothing else though, stick to your priors politicians. This week: golden sandwich ratios, watchOS 9 can’t catch a vibe, and Apple’s non-event fall event.

What would you do-ooo-ooooh — to avoid a deposition after you reneged on a binding agreement to buy a social media company? (read in the tune of the Klondike bar jingle) This week: tapbacks, bridge trolls, and midnight fingerprints.

They say the shortest, saddest story ever comprised in a single sentence is “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” One of your cohosts reminds us that that is untrue. “No tip.” This week: Clipper ships, AirBuds, and Disney considers a hard Brexit. ⛴️.

Turns out if you run enough independent bookstores out of business, you eventually amass enough money and marketshare to force people that are just trying to buy trash bags to watch a mediocre football game. Who knew? This week: software updates, Ryan has a new phone, and Carlos has a stroke of genius if only he had a time machine.

Why did elementary school classrooms all have those yard sticks that you never ended up using? Well, turns out educators were playing the long game to help you understand this week’s episode. It’s Apple event time, kids. Buckle up.

In economics, a mouse price spiral occurs when consumers get so desensitized to a media conglomerate raising fees that they no longer cry at the end of Pixar movies. This week: David Zaslav channels his inner Jojo and has a demo day with the HBO Max streaming catalog while Carlos can’t stop watching his new slightly less dumb Roomba.

Well that was certainly a long one week. What’d we miss? This week: one last attorney client meeting with Jimmy and Kim, a tiny new listener joins the fold, and a summer vibes check in. ⛱️.

New Mac desktop who dis? Seriously though, it’s tough to tell through this potato of a webcam. This week: moving day, sports deals, and the universal truth that everything that proclaims to be smart is actually dumb.

Maybe the 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is like that weird blood orange flavor of San Pellegrino. I mean, someone has to be buying it otherwise they wouldn’t keep making it? This week: bottle service, volcano bread, and generally accepted Kabletown accounting practices.

Smart home technology is a lot like government: the more mature it gets, the less well it works. Susan Collins is Zigbee in this analogy I guess? This week: the final mention of CableCARDs on the show, last minute WWDC thoughts, and a quick look at Disney+'s new wookie mini-series.

Podcasting alfresco — when in Rome, as they say. Or rather, when it's still 88° at 9 o'clock at night. This week: Clifford Main, cliffhangers, and cliffs notes on the Better Call Saul mid-season finale. Many spoilers, don't say we didn't warn you.

"Hey Sonos, can Giancarlo Esposito come to my house and troubleshoot these eeros?" This week: clearing the docket, speed reading out of necessity, and the day the music died.

First we were joking, but we are seeking investors for IronAdvisor's seed round. This is getting ridiculous. This week: 1:1 previews, Jim's travel coffee setup, and Sally Draper's oddly accurate assessment of the Manhattan. ☕

Who cuts the cordcutters? Sounds like the perfect premise for an Apple TV+ show. This week: technical difficulties, do-overs, and catching up with our legal counsel in New Mexico. ⚖️.

Mimosa flavored Oreos. You can have that one for free, Nabisco. This week: rotisserie chicken Sabermetrics, bad French accents, and Ryan tastes the Orion nebula.

WWDC will remain virtual this year but in an effort to build community, Apple will be sending everyone that's ever opened up Xcode a boxed lunch and a bag of Popchips. This week: red pandas, pizza phoning, and Marshawn's new smart home play.

4K monitors are a lot like grocery store bagels. I mean sure — technically it's food, but do you really want to edit video on one for 10 hours a day? Wait, maybe this analogy doesn't really work... This week: bipartisanship, parenting tips, and a trip to Whole Foods.