Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
Comfort Zone
Niléane is fired up about the state of tech, Chris is enjoying the sweet, sweet sounds of a V12 engine, and Matt is really into a new web browser.
Magic Rays of Light
Sigmund and Devon highlight Shrinking season two and the debut of NBA All-Star Weekend in Immersive Video. Then they recap Bad Monkey and Slow Horses season four.
MacStories Unwind
This week, Federico suspects his new vacuum cleaner is the victim of corporate foul play, and I am denied a donut and apple cider slushie thanks to my reliance on technology.
Comfort Zone, Episode 20, ‘Get Me a Dr. Pepper Robot’ Show Notes
Weekly Topics
Some general examples of things sucking.
Sonos Arc
Sonos Sub
Zen Browser
Other Stuff We Discussed
Matt’s northern lights over NYC photo
Sonos Beam
Arc browser
–Amazon Astro
Follow the Hosts
Chris on YouTube
Matt on Birchtree
Niléane on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Mastodon
Magic Rays of Light, Episode 141, ‘Shrinking Returns, Immersive Basketball, Bad Monkey, and Slow Horses’ Show Notes
Highlights
Shrinking
2024 NBA All-Star Weekend
Apple TV News
One For All Apple TV Remote
Apple Announces a Minor Update to the iPad mini
Beats Pill x Kim Kardashian
Tablo
Trakt
Unwatched: RSS Video Player
Trailer Talk
Apple Original News
Extras
Steve McQueen: Into The Breach With The Blitz Director | Empire
Slow Horses: Who Said That?
Slow Horses: S1E1 “Failure’s Contagious” on YouTube
Recaps
TV App Highlights
Alien: Romulus
The Wild Robot
Brothers
Lee
Woman of the Hour
Up Next
Hysteria!
Louder: The Soundtrack of Change
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MacStories Unwind, ‘Paying in the Black’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
A Vacuum Dilemma
Dyson Gen5detect cordless vacuum cleaner
Dyson Gen5detect Accessories sold out
John’s solution for Federico’s balcony
Paying in the Black
Italy to allow larger cash payments despite central bank objections
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MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Ruminate, Comfort Zone, and NPC: Next Portable Console that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.
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