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175: ‘Uncle Joe’s Bathtub Gin’ With Glenn Fleishman
Manage episode 180195735 series 151259
Glenn Fleishman returns to the show. Topics include indoor plumbing, a spoiler-free discussion about HBO’s excellent “Westworld”, our favorite beverages, Apple’s AirPods launch debacle, Apple TV single sign-on, and more.
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Links:
- HBO’s post-Westworld Easter Egg laden site for Delos Inc..
- Ask Siri about “Westworld”.
- “A History of the World in Six Glasses”, by Tom Standage.
- Interesting New York Times story from January on Donald Trump’s brother Freddy, who drank himself to death in 1981.
- Glenn’s review of NewerTech’s $49 NuPower 60-Watt dual USB-A/USB-C charger — a single charger that can charge both a MacBook and iPhone at the same time.
- Tim Cook purportedly emails customer saying AirPods should ship over the “next few weeks”.
- Yours truly on what’s going on with the AirPods delay: unexpected manufacturing problems.
- Thoroughly Considered: the Studio Neat podcast.
- John Paczkowski summarizing the inauspicious partner list at the launch of Apple’s single sign-on service for TV content.
- Farhad Manjoo explains why he thinks gadgets are dying as a category: smartphones, probably.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
331 episodes
Manage episode 180195735 series 151259
Glenn Fleishman returns to the show. Topics include indoor plumbing, a spoiler-free discussion about HBO’s excellent “Westworld”, our favorite beverages, Apple’s AirPods launch debacle, Apple TV single sign-on, and more.
Sponsored by:
- Mailchimp: MailChimp: send better email, sell more stuff.
- Fracture: Your photos, printed directly on glass.
- MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account.
Links:
- HBO’s post-Westworld Easter Egg laden site for Delos Inc..
- Ask Siri about “Westworld”.
- “A History of the World in Six Glasses”, by Tom Standage.
- Interesting New York Times story from January on Donald Trump’s brother Freddy, who drank himself to death in 1981.
- Glenn’s review of NewerTech’s $49 NuPower 60-Watt dual USB-A/USB-C charger — a single charger that can charge both a MacBook and iPhone at the same time.
- Tim Cook purportedly emails customer saying AirPods should ship over the “next few weeks”.
- Yours truly on what’s going on with the AirPods delay: unexpected manufacturing problems.
- Thoroughly Considered: the Studio Neat podcast.
- John Paczkowski summarizing the inauspicious partner list at the launch of Apple’s single sign-on service for TV content.
- Farhad Manjoo explains why he thinks gadgets are dying as a category: smartphones, probably.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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