294: ‘DOS Rot’, With John Moltz
The Talk Show With John Gruber
08/31/20
•93m
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John Moltz returns to the show. Poodles are great dogs. Windows stinks worse than ever. Everyone should watch Ted Lasso.
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Links:
- How to Solve the “Code 43” Nvidia GTX10xx or RTX20xx GPU Problem.
- Me on pricing the “Apple One” services bundle.
- “Ted Lasso” renewed for second season.
- Cabel Sasser’s tweet on kids and software pricing.
- WinToUSB — $30 utility for installing Windows on an external USB drive.
- Avery — the printer label company whose name I couldn’t think of.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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293: ‘I’m More of a Porkins Guy’, With Anil Dash
August 27, 2020
•143m
Special guest Anil Dash joins the show. Topics include the 25th anniversary of Windows 95, and the parallels between the cyber era of computing and today’s App Store controversies.
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Links:
- Anil on Windows 95.
- Jason Snell with the Mac user’s (and MacUser’s) take on Windows 95.
- My take on Snell’s take.
- Microsoft’s Windows 95 “Start Me Up” commercial.
- Francisco Tolmasky’s observation on Apple’s control over iOS stifling innovation.
- Glitch.
- Boscov’s.
- How 728,000 “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” Atari 2600 cartridges wound up in a landfill.
- Vectrex, the vector-display home video game system I nearly pissed my pants to play.
- Classic Mac OS’s curiously-named built-in text editor TeachText and its successor, SimpleText.
- OS/2 Warp.
- OS/2 Frequently Launched Criticisms.
- Michael Sippey demoing TypePad for iPhone at WWDC 2008.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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295: ‘Signing Up to Take Some Vitamins’, With Peter Kafka
September 17, 2020
•79m
Peter Kafka returns to the show to discuss the news from Apple's "Time Flies" event -- new Apple Watches, new non-Pro iPads, and particularly the Apple One services bundle.
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Links:
- “Ricky Jay’s Magical Secrets” — Mark Singer’s wondrous profile for The New Yorker in 1993. I just burst out laughing when I re-read this snippet I quoted from that piece for DF.
- The complete Ricky Jay archives at DF.
- Spotify’s statement griping that Apple One constitutes anticompetive behavior.
- The latest episode of Peter’s own podcast, Recode Media, with special guest Ben Thompson.
- Apple’s “Time Flies” event video.
- My thoughts and observations on the event and announcements.
- “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” — Apple’s new retro style commercial for Apple Watch Family Setup.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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