Technically Correct

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.

Turns out the key to making pineapple on pizza tolerable is to make the pizza a square. Who knew? Detroit knew. This week: apartment hunting on Sesame Street, recycled John Mulaney bits, and a couple of creative professionals talk extensively about the new Mac Studio.

Hypothesis: more people can locate Bolivia on an unlabeled map than can tell Bobby Flay and Tyler Florence apart. This week: unlit cigars, unwatched Olympic games, and unverified Apple rumors.

For a limited time, check under the lid of select gallons of Magnolia Home paint for your chance to win a free year of Discovery+! This week: cafeteria food, Mac rumblings, and good news coming out of New Mexico.

“So Tim, it says you’re getting an A in Macs but in Services, the teacher wrote “is greedy and anticompetitive, at risk of being held back.“ This week: morning CEO habits, twenty seven percent, and Ryan demands to see figure skating in no less than IMAX resolution.

The 5. The Safeway. The Batman. Sure, why not? This week: coin flips, fast casual Nashville tendies, and a reverse mortgage for your Google Calendar.

Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening, but this time Edna is a gingerbread mug cookie.* This week: dark patterns in the snack aisle, the exposure triangle of cocktails, and taste testing the Animal Crossing game cartridge.

Some folks are worried that 1Password, our north-of-the-border password manager friends, just raised a huge round and might be abandoning their everyday users. We disagree. Their history of sustainable growth and most notably, having rebuffed a hostile takeover bid Bublé/Drake Partners in 2017, speaks volumes. This week: gin and juice, sick Beats, and Microsoft’s M&A bet on Call Of Duty 3.11 for Workgroups being the cornerstone of its subscription gaming ambitions.

With this week’s news that The New York Times intends to acquire The Athletic in an all cash deal, the sports site has rapidly begun to beef up their laundromat beat coverage. Turns out Scott P. in Brooklyn is shooting 98% from the line and can’t stop won’t stop.** This week: East Bay pretzels, Elon goes to the DMV, and The Lakers land a brand partnership with Donkey Diesel.

Clearly, George Clooney’s best role was that time in Ocean’s Fifteen when he robs the Bellagio by turning all the chips into worthless NFTs of tequila bottles. Wait, no that’s not fiction. All NFTs are BS. Like pogs, but digital. This week: Keanu left his heart in San Fran, celebrity booze, and Amazon breaching the trust of the local area network.

They say good things come in threes — what about three hundreds? This week: Chipotlanes at the Silos, Peloton Wrapped, and a brief look back with a nod to the future.

With IKEA dipping more than a toe these days into the smart home world, how long until the meatballs get HomeKit compatibility? This week: unfettered rodent capitalism, hard-coded subs, and clickbait push notifications.

In the surprise collaboration nobody saw coming, Nintendo and Peloton are teaming up to bring MarioKart 64 to the Bike+. Rumble pack sold separately. This week: egg whites, pineapple coffee, and the friction tape for your AirBuds.