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I think this is really interesting in an entirely “thought experiment” kind of way. I do believe there is “alien life” out there but do I believe they’ve visited Earth? No. How about you?

Lewis was an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement and this is a documentary everyone should watch.

Many of us lusted after the Cube – maybe less so when all the issues surrounding it became apparent but nonetheless, like the Twentieth Anniversary Mac, it was less a computer and more of a design statement and a way to show off your cool factor.

Dave and I kick off this week’s show talking about Peacock TV, which is probably the worst service I’ve seen in streaming TV. We also talk about the rumored iPhone periscope lens, the new $30 third-party Apple TV remote that has one major flaw, and the start of baseball.

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There’s not much familiar here but if you’ve already watched everything on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, Apple TV+, Peacock, etc, maybe you can find something watchable.

As always, Mogull writes well and in-depth while not being nearly as techy or geeky as the subject warrants. It’s a good read if you have any interest in this kind of program.

Patch now.

Like a lot of people since the beginning of (waves hands around) all of this, we’ve been watching a lot more streaming stuff. The user experience is uniformly awful.

There’s an argument to be made for the fact that until contact tracing is widespread, we won’t get a handle on this pandemic. This patchwork of (non)efforts isn’t helping.

This past Sunday. 3rd gear. 150kmh (93mph). Leaned over 54 degrees. The rear tire of the motorcycle loses traction, slides out from under him and then suddenly regains grip, causing the dreaded “high side” crash.

There’s no telling how quickly it will fade from view so get out and see it as soon as you can.

I remember having my spidey senses tingle last year with these awards so I did some digging into it.

It’s hard to overstate the seismic shift the MP3 created in the music industry.

How soon do you think it will be before we see some developer release “benchmarks” for this iPhone? Thanks to Rich Mogull for the link.

This is Apple “softening the ground” ahead of Cook’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee along with chief executives from Amazon, Facebook, and Google.

Bare Bones Software, makers of BBEdit, is one of my favorite software companies — in fact, I’ve been using BBEdit for more than 20 years. BBEdit has been updated to version 13, and is available in the Mac App Store as a subscription! Same great features. Same user experience. You can subscribe in the Mac App Store or purchase perpetual licenses directly from Bare Bones Software. Also, you can still get great merch, including Classic and Rebus T-shirts, enamel pins, and more in their merch store!

I used Gopher. In related news, I’m old.

How this plays out will be interesting but as Snell says, it’s a mortal lock they will be faster than their equivalent Intel counterparts.

I don’t know if it’s everything you need to know but there is a lot of information here.

Do you remember your childhood phone number? How about saying your name backwards? Dave has all kinds of questions today. We also talk about Apple Music lyrics, Twitter hacking, and Apple News+ audio before Dave tells a wonderful story about iPhone and spending some time with his dad.

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Apple on Thursday released a note on its developer website that the company is updating its coding terminology. The changes will be across the company’s ecosystem. […]

I’ve been a beta tester for Camo for a couple of weeks and, while it works mostly as advertised, $40/year to rent camera software seems steep for personal use considering simply plugging your iPhone into your Mac via USB and using the latest version of QuickTime accomplishes the same thing for free.

Fascinating story about one of the most important border crossings in the world.

Let the downloading begin.

Good news for those of you who want to spread those payments out.

It goes without saying, don’t send any money to that Bitcoin account.

I went out last night with the 14 year old and we could see Neowise with an old pair of binoculars. We’ll try and get some photos this weekend.

Along with deals from Verizon and Best Buy, as well as their own in-app offers, Apple seems to really be pushing to get more users for Apple News and subscribers to News+. Personally, I don’t think it’s going to work without an overhaul of the app and service.

Yet another streaming service launches. Will you sign up? Right now, I wouldn’t if only because there’s no content on it that I want to watch that I haven’t already seen.

Ignoring the tortured headline, this is great news.