John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin follow up on John's TiVo and smoke detector woes and the angst about the lack of a number after the name of the new iPad. John reviews his new Apple TV. Finally, the videos showing Chris Pirillo’s dad exploring Windows 8 and Mac OS X for the first time are mined for insights about computing in 2012 and beyond.

Links for this episode:

  • ZFS TimeMachine - GitHub
  • Disabling the IR sensor on John's smoke detector - Matthew Copsey
  • iPhoto's Mystery Meat Gestures - Lukas Mathis
  • TVonics Store - A UK digital video recorder
  • HUMAX - A UK digital video recorder
  • Apple TV - Apple.com
  • Awake, Season 1 - iTunes
  • YCbCr - Wikipedia
  • Chris Pirillo’s dad using Windows 8 for the first time - YouTube
  • Chris Pirillo’s dad using Mac OS X for the first time - YouTube
  • What is a Browser? Google asks people on the street - YouTube
  • What is a browser? Google explains (and promotes Chrome) - YouTube
  • Tog on Interface quote in John's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion review - Ars Technica
  • Chris Pirillo - Wikipedia
  • Ten's Complement, ZEVO Storage
  • Apple Keynotes (1080p) video podcast feed - iTunes
  • Marco Arment’s Desk. Nice try Marco! We all know...
  • They're Made out of Meat - Terry Bisson
  • The Daily Show's "Hufu" story

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