Station 13: Recent Episodes
Dani Wright & Alex May
Dani Wright and Alex May used to make games together in Kyoto. Now they live continents apart. Join them as they meet once more at Station 13.
Alex and Dani recount their various travels over the summer! Dani likes camping now, and Alex came to a variety of realisations: about himself, about airport food, and about his taste in watches.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @protracker
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Brighton * Bognor Regis * Develop * GDC * Värmland * The Robotech Role-Playing Game * Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game * D&D * AD&D * Palladium * Pathfinder * Vampire: The Masquerade * Cyberpunk 2020 * Shadowrun * Adelaide * Yosemite National Park * Housekeeping Camp * Glacier Point * Portola Redwoods State Park * OTAQUEST Live * Capsule * m-flo * Derrick May * Bohemian Rhapsody (film) * Queen * Dubai International Airport * Stockholm Arlanda Airport * Defakto Akkord * Stowa Marine Original * Omega Speedmaster CK2998 (2016) * Tudor Black Bay * Rolex GMT Master II * Rolex Explorer II
Dani and Alex finally manage to get back together for a bumper episode with all your favourites: Alex has a new pen, and Dani’s lusting after a new watch and has just bought some old books. Naturally, this leads to a deep discussion on the ephemeral nature of modern storage media, the perceived value of domain names, colonialism in the age of the internet, and, er… Kim Kardashian?
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @protracker
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* [spunge] * Lamy Safari (ballpoint) * Lamy AL-Star * Parker Jotter + Grey/Green * Bic Crystal * IWC Spitfire series * Q TIMEX * Rolex GMT Master II * Senecæ Opera (Elzevier 1672) * Seneca the Younger * De Brevitate Vitae (On the shortness of life) * Internet Archive * The Day the Music Burned * Amazon prevails in battle with South American countries for ‘.amazon’ domain name * Kim Kardashian's Kimono lingerie line sparks Japanese anger
Alex and Dani record an EXTREMELY brief episode to talk about the future of Station 13.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @protracker
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Dani and Alex reveal their general ignorance of brass and woodwind instruments, as Alex has recently reignited his passion for the French horn! Alex has a Remote Transmission update, and both of them are considering changing their Twitter usernames.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @protracker
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Trombone electro-scooter * French horn * Capo * Recorder * Septoplasty * R-Type * Afrika Bamabaataa & The Soulsonic Force — Planet Rock * Roland TR-808 * razorblade oscilloscope + so this is texas + kid viddy and the cosmic space-beasts * ProTracker * @protracker * @Station13FM * @danielpwright * @kidviddy * @tataminomusi * @timeforacuppa * Speedball 2: Super Deluxe
Alex and Dani catch up on the watch scene following Baselworld, before diving deep into a variety of Japan-related topics, including the announcement of the name for the new imperial era, the Cool Japan and Cool Biz policies, and the current Taiga Drama, Idaten.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* The Fashion And Watches Of Baselworld 2019 * Talking Watches 2 with John Mayer * Dani’s dream Omega * Bauman Rare Books * 1653 Enchiridion of Epictetus * Reiwa 令和 * Japan’s New Era Gets a Name, but No One Can Agree What It Means * Shinzō Abe * 冷 * Golden Bomber - 令和 * Cool Japan * Cool Biz * Necktie Origins * Taiga Drama * NHK * Idaten * 1912 Summer Olympics * Charlotte Kate Fox * Vangelis - Chariots of Fire * Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare for the Common Man * NHKオンデマンド * TV Japan
Dani and Alex correct a number of factual issues from the last episode, before reviewing Alex’s recently-released music/writing collaboration, Remote Transmission. Dani’s viral tweet sparks musings about the nature of attribution on the internet, and the influence of money. Speaking of the internet, Alex has been making a website and enjoying the features offered by modern CSS.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Ideogram * Logogram * /u/No_Tamanegi’s Sanger * JHS Pedals + History of Distortion * Howlin’ Wolf “How many more years” * Ike Turner “Rocket 88” * Marty Robbins “Don’t worry” * Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone * The Rolling Stones “Satisfaction” * Vox Tonebender * Fuzz Face * The Big Muff * BOSS DS-1 * Ibanez Tube Screamer * The Night Flight Orchestra + Sometimes the world ain’t enough * Leprous + Mirage * Remote transmission + Twitter + Apple Music + YouTube + BandCamp + SoundCloud * Dani’s viral tweet * Alex’s most viral tweet * @forexposure_txt * @archillect * @archillinks * Pinterest * 30 years of the World Wide Web * Sir Tim Berners-Lee * Modern CSS + Grid Layout + fr units + Writing-mode * printpac.co.jp * Hoshinoya Kyoto
Alex and Dani follow up on the status of Renoise development and Dani’s JLPT preparations. Alex has bought some new gear and a pedalboard to mount it on, and Dani has a new watch.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Leave us a message! + Reddit + Twitter + Email * Station 13 #40: Merry Christmas, Mum, here’s a fish * Renoise forum post * Dani’s JLPT books * Thing Explainer * Heisig’s “Remembering the Kanji” * 炊 * 敷 * Neuroplasticity * List of writing systems * Nephila clavata (Jorō spider) * R * Good Will Hunting * Haskell * Garbage collection * Lazy evaluation * Erlang * Erlang Meet Up Stockholm * Bill Bailey U2 sketch * Dynamic range compression * BOSS OC2 * Distortion * EBS Multidrive * Big Muff π * TalkBass.com * DOD Carcosa * Phaser * MXR Phase 90 * Earthquaker Devices + Westwood + Hoof * Terminal * Devin Townsend Blows Our Tiny Minds – That Pedal Show * Seagull 1963 + [Seagull 1963] Apparently all 42mm versions are fakes + [Seagull] A 1963 Reissue Options Guide + 1963 Chinese Air Force style watches from Thomas and others ... + Watch Unique * Remote transmission + Twitter + YouTube + BandCamp + SoundCloud * @ATYPE808
Special guest Chris joins Dani and Alex to talk about Scandinavian hot dogs, Thunderbirds, and Japanese learning, before both Chris and Alex give their thoughts on games development for VR. What are the unique challenges facing VR developers, and how should they approach solving those challenges? Finally, we get a sneak preview of Good Times’ latest game in development, Polyblaster!
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Twitter (Chris): @fishtopher
Twitter (Good Times): @goodtimes_ok
Show Notes* Black ice * Thunderbirds * Stingray * Thunderbirds Are Go * Lumino City * Tengami * The vacuum game * All Japanese All The Time * Duolingo * Anki * HelloTalk * Shadowing * Noise cancelling headphones * KBS京都 笑福亭晃瓶のほっかほかラジオ + 2019年1月23日のオープニングトーク * BOSE QuietComfort 35 II * Sony WH-H900N h.ear On 2 * The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day * George M. Stratton inverted glasses experiments * Polyblaster Pew! Pew! Pew! Tweet * @goodtimes_OK on twitter
Alex tells Dani all about his trip to Scotland, and Dani shares a weirdly emotional experience. They explore what the latest in Japanese scientific research has to say about the relationship between tea and influenza, and what the ramifications are going to be of the imperial transition later this year.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Kirkcudbright * East Kilbride * Haggis * Pavlova * Edinburgh * Tom Waits + Martha + Soldier’s Things * Adam Neely — How to Practice Music (without your instrument) * 驚愕報告！インフルエンザウイルスを15秒で無力化する「紅茶」の力 * Station 13 #39: It’s like nerdy paintball * Japanese era name * 2019 Japanese imperial transition * International Components for Unicode * Year 2000 problem * 2020 Summer Olympics
Dani and Alex reflect on the year gone by and plan for the year ahead. They exchange resolutions, until Alex can no longer contain his enthusiasm for… rechargeable batteries.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Mince pies * Boxing Day * Hogmanay * The Queen’s Christmas Broadcast + The Queen’s Christmas message 2018 * The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy * Republicanism * Station 13 #18: The full duplex * Remote transmission + Twitter + YouTube + BandCamp + SoundCloud * El Lissitzky * /r/latin * Fabellae Latinae + Apple Podcasts + Google Play Music + Overcast + RSS Feed * Japanese-Language Proficiency Test * TOEIC * Eleven-plus * ならでは (nara dewa) * Rechargeable battery * Alex’s fancy battery charger * Lithium-ion battery * Eneloop
Alex and Dani talk briefly about Christmas, but mostly about DAWs, music technology, and the balance between updating software and avoiding bloat.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Gorilla Collins * Roland CR-78 * The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy * Logotype * Black Sabbath * Finally... the First Farewell Tour * Station 13 #18: The full duplex * Tip-truck * Three kings’ day * Shonen Jump * Kindle Paperwhite (1st generation) * Tron * Star Wars opening crawl recording * Steinberg Cubase * Renoise * Atari ST * Pro Tools * Logic * Virtual Studio Technology (VST) * FL Studio * StrongCar Racing * Magna Karter * SkyRoads * Propellerheads Reason * Progressive Disclosure
Dani and Alex talk about the recent California wildfires and compare American and Japanese face masks, before thinking about the Japanese approach to health generally. Dani introduces Alex to the concept of live-action role-play (LARP), and stands ready in its defence.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Camp Fire * This baby gender reveal sparked a week-long US wildfire * SARS coronavirus * Pharmacoepidemiology * Radio Taisō * Kampō * Stranger Things * Nattō * LARP * Lerp * Historical re-enactment * Mind’s Eye Theatre * Calacil LARP Store * Paper-scissors-stone
Alex and Dani get together to talk about Alex’s new mouse, living life in the terminal, email conventions in the English-speaking world and Japan, and Alex’s latest music recommendations.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Armadillos! * Elecom * Logitech G402 * Razer * Fortnite * Overwatch * Quake * Doom * Logitech MX Master II * Lenovo (neé IBM) Thinkpad * Pointing Stick * Pine * Pico * Lynx * w3m * Mutt * Midnight Commander * Taskwarrior * Forklift * Inbox Zero * Regular Expression * format=flowed * Devin Townsend + Deadhead + Stormbending + Kingdom * Ghost * Strapping Young Lad * Ziltoid the Omniscient * Tenacious D * Black Book Lodge + Steeple & Spire * mouse on the keys + Earache * Switched-on Bach * Hiromitsu Agatsuma + NuTRAD * Babymetal * Gotan Project * Astor Piazzolla
Dani makes a purchase, and Alex waxes lyrical. They talk about ramen and watches, before addressing the vital questions of the day: is a DJ a musician, and what makes a programmer a programmer?
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Churros * Youtiao * Ramen * Lamian * Mille-feuille * Udon * Chicago * Dani’s new watch * Stowa Marine Original * Watch Recon * Omega Forums * The Vacheron Constantin that got away * Omega Speedmaster * Rolex GMT-Master * Rolex Submariner * Omega Speedmaster CK2998 “Blue Panda” * SINN watches * Meistersinger * Saxophone * Kenny G * Coltrane * Bruce Springsteen’s Clemons Something-or-other * Unity 3D * ZX Spectrum * Applesoft BASIC * Unreal Engine * Stack Overflow
Alex and Dani get back together after their various sojourns abroad. Dani finally fulfils his New Year’s Resolution during his trip to Spain, meanwhile Alex gives his impression of the San Francisco Bay Area and the Oculus Connect conference. Both share their approaches to Jet-lag, before Alex makes another shorter journey, this time to Gothenburg.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* The Fast Show * Marbella * Granada * Córdoba * Churros * Siesta * Oculus Connect * BART * Syd Mead * Caltrain * Tesla Model X * “More than 0 San Jose attractions” * Hype cycle * Folsom street fair * Melatonin * Gothenburg * Adelaide Oval * Adelaide Street Circuit * Adelaide Fringe Festival * WOMAdelaide
Charlie from A-Town FM and Dani from Station 13 get together for this special crossover episode! They compare shows before diving deep into mastodon: the technical details, the good, the bad, and the ramifications of some of its fundamental decisions.
Twitter (Charlie): @chuckyc17
Mastodon (Charlie): @charliemchapman@mastodon.social
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Station 13
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter: @Station13FM
Mastodon: @station13@botsin.space
A-Town FM
Reddit: /r/atownfm
Twitter: @atownfm
Mastodon: @atownfm@mastodon.social
Show Notes* A-Town FM * A-Town at the movies * Station 13 #6: You can’t make sushi without good fish * Rolex Cellini Moonphase * A. Lange and Söhne Zeitwerk * Station 13 #21: Slow News Day * Pilot Metropolitan * The Pen Addict * Station 13 #1: Red means “go carefully” * Station 13 #18: The full duplex * Douglas Adams cookie story * Station 13 #33: Toot! * A-Town FM #52: Coffee Cola and New Social Media * Hatching Twitter * bbq.snoot (Film Mastodon Instance) * pawoo.net * friends.nico * Nico Nico Douga “Freshly washed sheets and a cat” * Nico Nico Douga 10 year festival * Ready Player One * Overcast * Daring Fireball * PixelFed * Plume * GNU Social * PeerTube * The Wil Wheaton Affair: + In his own words + Background and counterpoint + Consequences for instance moderators * A-Town FM #53: Making Salads We Stand on the Shoulders of Giants
Dani and Alex get a bit geary as Alex has a new guitar! They talk Fender, Gibson, single-coil vs. humbucker pickups, playing with a pick vs. playing fingerstyle, and Dani’s weird Epiphone Stratocaster.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Typhoon * Etymology of tea * Awaji Island * Great Hanshin Earthquake * Typhoon Jebi forces closure of Kansai Airport * Alex’s tweet about his new guitar * Fender * Gibson * Telecaster * Stratocaster * Epiphone Stratocaster clone * Epiphone Goth Les Paul * Single coil guitar pickup * Humbucker * Mark Knopfler * Jeff Beck * Gibson guitar maker files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection * SG * Les Paul * Flying V * Explorer * Rolex * Tudor * Hofner * Lucille * Precision Bass * Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray * Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass * Messenger Bike
Alex gets the lowdown from Dani about his recent move, which prevented the last show from being recorded! Dani has also moved much of his social networking presence to mastodon, while Alex has been taking some time out from being online recently. We learn a little about the Swedish energy system, before returning to the perennial topic of language learning and education.
Reddit: /r/Station13
Twitter (Alex): @ATYPE808
Twitter (Dani): @danielpwright
Twitter (Station 13): @Station13FM
Mastodon (Dani): @dpwright@mastodon.social
Mastodon (Station 13): @station13@botsin.space
Show Notes* Mastodon * Alex Jones * Twitter comment on Alex Jones * Twitter API changes rundown * Ello * mastodon.social * Pawoo * friends.nico * mstdn.jp * Tweetbot * Twitterrific * Paul Haddad on lack of demand for tweetbot * Paul Haddad on tweetbot names * Amaroq * Tootdon * Toot! * The Iconfactory * Nordic Green * Duolingo * TOEIC * IELTS
Dani and Alex brave the heat to get together and talk about language learning apps! Alex has been using DuoLingo recently, while Dani has been using Memrise, so they compare the two offerings based on their own tastes and experience. Finally, Alex gives some insight into the Swedish education system and their approach to testing.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes* Gion Matsuri * The Warriors * Xenophon’s Anabasis * Anki * Memrise * HelloTalk * DuoLingo * TinyCards * SuperMemo * James Heisig’s “Remembering the Kanji” * Swedish user decks on Memrise * First 5000 words in Spanish * Knowledge Economy
Alex finally watches Blade Runner 2049 with proper sound, which has him thinking about apocalyptic science fiction tropes. Dani is sceptical about AI. Alex’s son watches Star Wars for the first time. Dani is sceptical about the “Let’s remake Star Wars” initiative.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes* Flying Tiger * Village Vanguard * Blade Runner 2049 Shorts + 2036: Nexus Dawn + 2048: Nowhere to Run + Black Out 2022 * The Animatrix * DUST + Mis-drop * Fetch! * Faces in Things * Ex Machina * Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979)
Dani and Alex get together just after Sweden’s midsummer festivities, which sets them off on a path thinking about traditional festivals around the world. They talk a little bit about Japan’s approach to religion, as well as some of the not-necessarily-religious beliefs and superstitions which have developed there. After that, the path makes a sudden turn toward shop layouts and the question of linearity vs. freedom in shops, museums, art galleries, and video games.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes* Swedish midsummer * Maypole * Wheel of the Year * Mulled wine / glögg * San Jose Greek festival * Hatsumōde * Shichi-Go-San * Reiki * Life of Pi * Rokuyō * Seimei Handan * Yakudoshi * Blood type personality theory * An approach to holistic level design
Alex manages to get his hands on some Yorkshire Tea in Sweden! Dani gives an update on how his first online bilingual D&D game went, and they discuss the phrase coined by St. Vincent, “sell your own myth, but never buy it”.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes* Yorkshire Tea * Masala Chai * Samovar Tea * Lapsang Souchong * Pu’er Tea * Roll20 * Ernie Ball * St. Vincent * Ernie Ball / St. Vincent video * Terry Gilliam: “Ofender a la gente es muy importante” * Dani’s one Instagram photo * How Instagram Threads Became the WikiHow for Gen Z
Dani buys some gear; Alex tells us all about his monumental gig and about the latest advances in instrument tuning technology. They also discuss GDPR (the ship that launched a thousand emails), and the merits of various computer keyboards.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes* King Crimson * Bryan Adams * Tony Levin * Fender Precision Bass * BOSS TU-70 * TC Electronics Polytune * Peterson StroboClip HD * Music Memos * “True Temperament” Fretting System * General Data Protection Regulation * Chris’ new ergonomic keyboard * Das Keyboard * IBM Model M * Apple Extended Keyboard II * Happy Hacking Keyboard * Japanese Keyboard * UK Keyboard * US Keyboard * Spanish Keyboard * TypeMatrix Keyboards
Alex and Dani reminisce about news aggregators old and new, Alex forgets what a C# is, and Dani looks for answers in the pages of Marcus Aurelius.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes* Flipboard * RSS * Google Reader * Daring Fireball * Semantic satiation * Nathan East * Cody Wright * Sanskrit * Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations * Patanjali’s yoga sutras * Double slit experiment * Mr. Nobody
Dani talks about his trip to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon, and gives us an update on his progress with Spanish. Alex falls off his skateboard, and makes a recording with his father.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes* Monument Valley * Uluru * Grand Canyon * Antelope Canyon * Sedona * “O” (Cirque du Soleil) * The Venetian Las Vegas * Horseshoe Bend * italki * HelloTalk * MyLanguageExchange * El Ministerio del Tiempo * La Casa de Papel / Money Heist * Variflex skateboards (this is what Alex used to ride in the 80s) * Cruiser skateboards * The Maypole * Station 13
Alex gives us his impressions of Boston and tells us all about the latest game from Vitei Backroom, Paper Valley. And having seen it on the plane, he is finally ready to join Dani in an analysis of Blade Runner 2049.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes* gv.vim * Boston Seaport * PAX East * Oculus Game Days * Paper Valley + Gameplay footage and interview with our very own Alex! * That Game Company * Atomic Blonde * Downsizing * Straight outta Compton * Blade Runner 2049 * Benjamin Wallfisch * Ex Machina
Dani invites special guest Temma onto the show to talk about his experiences as a Japanese person growing up in England, before eventually moving back to Japan as an adult. After that, they talk at length about the history of the ancient and traditional game of go, from its inception in China 2,500 years ago up to the recent triumph of AlphaGo against current-day professional players.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes * Wikipedia on dialects vs. languages * “A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.” * Dani’s blog post: Graphical log with vim-fugitive * Silver week * Koseki * Jūminhyō * Go * AlphaGo * Deep Blue * Lee Sedol * Yūzō Ōta * Hon'inbō Shūsaku * Go Seigen * Cho Chikun * Cho Hun-hyun * Ke Jie * SmartGo * goproblems.com * online-go.com * Rules of Go * Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go * 素人(アマ)と玄人(プロ)
Alex is back from Finland, and Dani is deactivating his Facebook account. They talk UI/UX, and the relative merits of considered design and user customisability, in the context of digital audio workstations and text editors.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes * History of Finland * Finnish language + Finnic languages + Uralic languages * Proto Indo-European * Scots language * Scots Wikipedia * Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained * Eventbrite * Doorkeeper * meetup.com * Game Developers’ Conference * PAX East * Renoise * Reaper * Winamp * Inkscape * Blender * S—ty UI/UX Analogies * Vim * Emacs * vim-fireplace * vim-fugitive * Magit * Ableton Live
Alex is travelling to Finland, and Dani is playing Alto’s Odyssey on iOS. They talk Grand Prix, games emulation, and digital archival in general, before disagreeing about the audio quality of vinyl records, and pondering the ramifications of YouTube’s automated copyright infringement detector.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes * TWSBI ECO * Mika Häkkinen * The Beast from the East * Zamboni * Alto’s Adventure * Alto’s Odyssey + Review on MacStories * Amiga Forever * archive.org * Hewlett-Packard historical archives destroyed in Santa Rosa fires * Golden record on Voyager * Taylor Swift “Reputation” Limited Cassette Tape Edition * Mike Patton & John Zorn at The Chapel * Mike Patton + Faith No More + Mr. Bungle + Fantômas * John Zorn + Alhambra Love Songs + Naked City + Spillane + Six Litanies for Heliogabalus * The Roses of Heliogabalus * Game Piece * John Cage * Adam Neely * Melodysheep, Timelapse of the Entire Universe * Cassetteboy * Reaction video deemed fair use in YouTuber court battle * Everything is a remix
Dani celebrates the arrival of his new fridge, before Alex quizzes him on fountain pens, paper, ink, and all things stationery! Alex laments the surprising amount of paper he’s had to deal with in Sweden, but applauds the lack of paper money.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes * Dani’s new fridge * The history of refrigerators on Wikipedia * Why does a single compartment refrigerator have the freezer always at the top? * Parker Vector * Pilot V5/V7 * Uni-ball Vision * Pilot Custom Heritage 912 * Tomoe River * Kyo-no-oto Nurebairo Ink * Sailor Jentle Yamadori Ink * Diamine Ancient Copper * Lamy Safari + mbra + Dark Lilac + Petrol * Pilot Metropolitan * Pilot Cocoon * Ballpoint pen artwork * TWSBI Diamond 580AL * Nagasawa Original Sailor Demonstrator * Bullet Journal * TWSBI Eco 1.1 Stub * Red Dot Award * The Talk Show * In The Rush Toward A Cashless Society, The Poorest Are At Risk Of Further Exclusion * Das Offene Meer Gun Deck Wallet
Alex and Dani compare American and Japanese gyms (or at least their amenities), Alex gives us a band update, including a discourse on the Swedish singing voice, and Dani embarks on his latest linguistic adventure.
Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.
Show Notes * Gigout — Toccata in B Minor * Onsen * Abba — One of us * Clannad — Now is here + Theme from “Robin of Sherlock” + Theme from “Last of the Mohicans” * Bee Gees — How Deep is your Love * OWLs and NEWTs * Anki * Diccionario de la lengua española * Dani’s under-appreciated tweet * Patrick Rothfuss + The Name of the Wind + El Nombre del Viento * italki
Dani has a new computer, Alex has a new band, and together they embark on a discussion of musicianship in Sweden and Japan, DuckDuckGo’s new privacy plugin, and ad blockers in general.
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Show Notes * iMac Pro * MacBook “Adorable” * ShaderToy * Unity * Unreal Engine * Renoise * Call Recorder for FaceTime * Nori * Katsuobushi * “Freedom” by George Michael * “Space Oddity” by David Bowie * Eddie Izzard - Christian Singing * DuckDuckGo: “Privacy, simplified” * Terms of Service; Didn’t Read * Opera * Daring Fireball * Pro Tools * Adobe Creative Cloud * Bitwig
Alex and Dani compare Christmas and New Year in English-speaking countries and Japan, which leads to a long tangent about Japanese trains, drinking, and business culture, before finally returning to New Year and telling each other their respective resolutions for the year ahead.
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Show Notes * Japanese New Year * Hatsumōde * O-zōni * Yasaka-jinja * チカン｜アカン * Japan Railways (JR) * Japanese railway conductors pointing at things * Hankyu Railways * Moneydance
Dani and Alex talk about Boxing Day and similar festivities, and briefly discuss colour schemes for text editors, before getting to the real meat of the show: their thoughts on the latest Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi.
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Show Notes * Boxing Day * Bonfire Night * Australia Day * Simple Radio * Vinyl FM * Classic FM * Man in the Mirror * Hovver Bovver * Castle of the Winds * Why old computers are beige * Bill Moggridge * GRiD Compass + Telephone model * Renoise * Amstrad PCW * Leisure Suit Larry * Monokai * Solarized * Gruvbox * PragmataPro * Night Shift
Alex and Dani finally talk about videogames! In this episode, they each recount the computers of their youth and the games they played on them: Dani had a ZX Spectrum and Alex went from the Apple II through the Commodore 64 and finally onto the Commodore Amiga.
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Show Notes * ZX Spectrum * ZX80 * ZX Spectrum Vega * Manic Miner * Jet Set Willy * Monty on the Run * Auf Wiedersehen Monty * Horace series * Hover Bovver * Dizzy series * Technician Ted * Bruce Lee * Elite * Elite: Dangerous * Karateka * Prince of Persia * Game & Watch * Apple II * Autoduel * Zenith Z-89 * Zork * Dungeon * Roguelike * Brogue * Captain Goodnight * Commodore 64 * SID chip * Commodore Amiga * Double Dragon II: The Revenge * Music tracker * Demoscene * KVR Audio One Synth Challenge * Shadertoy * Bitcoin’s energy consumption, explained * Starglider 2 * Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
Dani and Alex discuss the effects of Wikipedia and the internet in general on the whiling away of time, before paying tribute to Malcolm Young. Alex is still searching for a band in Sweden. They end by taking a deep dive into various task management strategies and to-do list apps.
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Show Notes * Sam Neill * Screenshot of the vandalised version * Encyclopædia Britannica * BBC Radio 4 * Flight of the Conchords * The Archers * Chérie FM * Malcolm Young * AC/DC + Back in Black + You shook me all night long + Thunderstruck + Highway to Hell * Iron Maiden * Queen * The Police * “Mutt” Lange * Sannomiya * Counter-Strike * Clear * Things * Omnifocus * EpicWin * TaskPaper * Org-mode * Bullet Journal * Spaced Repetition * Wunderlist * Todoist * Trello * Getting Things Done by David Allen * FreeMind * MindNode * iThoughts
Alex and Dani talk about comedy across different cultures, the inexorable creeping darkness of the coming Swedish winter, Twitter’s move to increase tweet lengths to 280 characters (so long as you’re speaking the right language), Reddit chat, and social media in general.
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Show Notes * The Office U.S. * Dubstep * The Simpsons * Manzai * Rakugo * 饅頭怖い * Manjū Kowai (performed in English) * The Fast Show + Jesse’s Diets * Harry Enfield and Chums + Self Righteous Brothers + Kevin becomes a teenager * Fast Forward * Club Buggery * Clarke and Dawe + The front fell off * The Castle * The Dish * Tiger & Dragon * Trick * Ikebukuro West Gate Park * Twitter expands to 280 characters * Reddit beta testing chat * WhatsApp * Ello * Dani’s single instagram photo * Pinterest * Kansai Functional Dōjō on Doorkeeper * Myspace * Soundcloud * Bandcamp * DreamHost
Dani and Alex discuss the quirks of daylight saving time and international timezones in general, which for one week only has brought them an hour closer together. Alex grounds his cables and fixes the resultant buzzing, while Dani introduces two new companions into the household! They end with a nostalgia trip over the tabletop roleplaying games of their youth, how Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition compares, and how you can get started if you haven’t played before.
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Show Notes * KRACK overview from Kudelski Security * Do Androids Dream of Electric Greeks? * Timezone map * Timezones in Antarctica * Balanced audio * Natsu and Fuyu * This episode’s special guest editor * Wizards of the Coast * Dungeons & Dragons * Dani’s support correspondence * Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition in Japanese * GURPS * Autoduel (Computer Game) * Autoduel (GURPS) * World of Darkness * Robotech * Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game * Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game * Shadowrun * Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set * d20 Calculator
Alex and Dani serve up a platter of little topics, including: Alex’s new microphone, the reputation of different countries for their food, more on Facebook’s business model, the recent WPA2 KRACK exploit, movies and science fiction, last week’s neutron star collision, and the repercussions of astronomical events through history.
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Show Notes * Blue Yeti Microphone * Heil PR 30 B * McVitie’s biscuits in France * McVitie’s TV advert in France * Vegemite * Marmite * Bovril * Ovaltine * Charlie’s reddit comment about tracking in shops * KRACK Attacks: Breaking WPA2 * Ars Technica on the WPA2 flaw * The Guardian’s bad article about WhatsApp * The Guardian’s article about how that other article was bad * Terminator 2 anniversary * Blade Runner: 2049 * Loving Vincent * 2001: A Space Odyssey * 2001 floating pen scene * Interstellar * The Martian * Neutron star collision * SN 185 supernova
Dani and Alex catch up on Sweden vs. Norway, before Alex reviews his new chair, which has finally arrived! They talk about typeface design and the changing face of the font industry, switching from Google to DuckDuckGo, and whether or not there is any truth to the adage, “if you aren’t paying for it, you are not the customer, you are the product”.
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Show Notes * Ischial Tuberosities * Rebuild * Alex’s Capisco Puls * Skolar * Macron * New Athena Unicode * Google Fonts * DuckDuckGo * Opera * Gearslutz * KVR * A-Town
Alex and Dani discuss their international presence, and try to inspire a bit of friendly competition between Sweden and Norway. Dani follows up on studying Japanese using the AJATT method, and Alex looks forward to beginning his study of Swedish. Alex introduces Dani to the beauty of table tennis.
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Show Notes * Myrath + Their cheesy music video * Mount Doom * Elizabeth Báthory * All Japanese All The Time * Table Tennis * Jan-Ove Waldner * Table Tennis Grips + Chinese penhold grip (video) * Station 13 subreddit
Dani attempts to explain to Alex the appeal of black metal, which naturally leads to a conversation about jazz fusion and highly technical music in general. They make their first attempt at talking about language learning, but inevitably get distracted by the notion of innate vs. learned talent.
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Show Notes * Alex’s Capisco Puls * Kneeling Chair * Gary Willis * Cradle of Filth * Nymphetamine Fix: An arrangement for classical/fingerstyle guitar * Nymphetamine * Bitter Suites to Succubi * Nymphetamine Fix tablature * Nymphetamine Fix piano arrangement * Christine Palethorpe’s YouTube channel * Lilypond * Corpse paint * Progressive metal * Turisas * Amon Amarth * Folk Metal * Bathory * Cruelty and the Beast * Elizabeth Báthory * Neoclassical metal * Math metal * Jazz fusion * Al Di Meola * Pantera * Dream Theater * Darkane * Armageddon * Delain * Oriental Metal * Nu-metal * Japanese Language Proficiency Test * All Japanese All The Time * “Hand” (手) + “Bag” (袋) * James Heisig’s “Remembering the Kanji” * Lisp
Alex is looking for a new office chair now that he’s found a place to live in Sweden. Dani saw the Great American Eclipse (partially), and talks about his visit to one of Amazon’s new physical bookstores.
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Show Notes * Steelcase Gesture review on the Wirecutter * The Sweet Home * Herman Miller Aeron * HÅG Capisco Puls * Herman Miller Setu * UK Number Plates * .WAD file format * Warwick Castle trebuchet + Trebuchet sets a building on fire * PCalc * James Thomson * Vert * XE Currency * Great American Eclipse * Eclipse path of totality * Google Maps traffic overlay during the eclipse * @swiftonsecurity on mobile cell tower deployment * Smarter Every Day * Amazon Books * Ἅρειος Ποτῆρ καὶ ἡ τοῦ φιλοσόφου λίθος
Dani completes a multi-wedding tour of England. Alex gets his flight upgraded on the way to Sweden. Both of them remain awed by the majesty of space, and repulsed by the infamous KIX-SFO morning sandwich.
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Show Notes * Clickspring clock video * Hello Internet * Miguel’s rain video * Warwick Castle * Trebuchet * Jousting at Warwick Castle * Footlights * Rowan Atkinson * Stephen Fry * Hugh Laurie * French & Saunders * Pink Floyd * Ali G * Punting * Cambridge Botanical Gardens * King’s College Chapel * Liddell & Scott Greek Lexicon * Ely * I spy with my little eye * Animal, vegetable or mineral / twenty questions * IFF (Interchange File Format) * Emirates * Rogue One * Ghost in the Shell (Live Action) * Ghost in the Shell (Anime) * Standalone Complex * Beat Takeshi * Nerdwriter: How not to adapt a movie * Melatonin
Alex triggers a brief metaphysical digression on the nature of time and space, and Dani clarifies some of the points made last episode about internet security. Alex’s watch needs a new strap, which prompts a discussion about the pleasure to be gained by owning a mechanical watch. Alex talks about his two years working in industrial design, and how that experience has informed his approach to design in other fields, such as video games.
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Show Notes * Kerckhoffs’ principle * Rules for adjective order in English * 1Password Security Design * LastPass Technical Whitepaper * iOS Security (iOS 10) * Defakto Watches * Diving Watch * Archimede Watches * Ickler Factory * Automatic watch * Defakto Akkord + Review on Worn & Wound (this is the Akkord Modular, which is a different model from Alex's but similar) * Stowa Marine Original + Review on Worn & Wound * ToxicNATOs * Worn & Wound * HODINKEE * Morita Aluminum Industry * Rogue * Nethack * Dwarf Fortress
Dani and Alex talk about games they used to play as children, Dani’s recent Skype hack and how you, dear listener, can avoid the same fate, and the merits of open source software.
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Show notes * British Bulldog * Conkers * Marbles * Sagrada Família * Have I Been Pwned? * @troyhunt on Twitter * 1Password * LastPass * KeePass * KeePassXC (Mac) * Side-channel attack * Caesar cipher * The Cathedral and the Bazaar * Open source * Free Software * The Free Software Foundation * The GNU Public License (GPL) * Viral license * The (2-Clause) BSD License * The MIT License * The Apache License (v2.0) * The zlib license * xkcd * Information entropy
Travel tips from Station 13! Alex shares advice he learnt during his honeymoon in Greece and Germany, and Dani talks about the best places to have a sit down and a think in Kyoto. Alex watches a video of sumo-wrestling robots, which naturally leads to a conversation about vacuum cleaners. And lastly, they discuss standing desks, and the advantages and disadvantages of open-plan offices.
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Show Notes * Elephant skull * Sounion * The Parthenon * Ryōan-ji * The Oracle of Delphi * Munich * Jizō-in (Dani’s favourite thinking spot) * ROBOT SUMO! * Robot Wars * AlphaGo * Roomba * Jarvis Bamboo (Dani’s desk) * Aeron chairs
Alex and Dani talk briefly about frogs in Japan before embarking on a beautiful journey through E3, superhero comics, MacGyver, the Silmarillion, and Greek mythology.
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Show Notes * E3 * GDC * The new Spider-Man game * X-Men * What if Peter Parker had to destroy Spider-Man? * Asterix the Gaul * MacGyver * Mission: Impossible * The Silmarillion * Robert Fagles’ translations of Homer + The Iliad + The Odyssey * JRR Tolkien book Beren and Lúthien published after 100 years * Beren and Lúthien * C.G.P. Grey’s Middle Earth videos + Part 1 + Part 2 * Japanese Self-Defence Force Kibasen
Dani and Alex go over the results of Dani’s recent driving test. They talk about the fifth incarnation of the Japanese indie games festival, BitSummit, where Alex’s studio won an award! Finally, Alex waxes lyrical about the ancient Japanese art of “kibasen”.
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Show Notes * FastMail limits * BitSummit * Tokyo Game Show * A 5th of BitSummit * Dōjin * Paper Garden, by Vitei Backroom + Reveal trailer * Stifled, by Gattai Games * Kibasen (騎馬戦) + One-on-one + Free-for-all battle
Alex and Dani discuss Dani’s upcoming driving test, automatic vs. manual transmission, and driving in California. Alex introduces the podcast, and Dani talks about switching his email provider from Google to FastMail.
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Show Notes * Engine Braking * California stop * Jūsō station * Blue Yeti Microphone * G Suite (formerly Google Apps) * unroll.me controversy + The article which broke the story + Follow-up on unroll.me specifically * Lyft * Have I been pwned? * Fastmail (the following referral links will get you 10% off for your first year and give one of us credit to our account) + I ❤︎ Alex + Dani's the best! * SquirrelMail * RoundCube