John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk about low-stakes grammar issues, the continuing debate about partisanship in tech writing, more theories about an Apple TV product, the origins and fate of "friendly" programming environments like HyperCard, plus a little about Lego Star Wars and holiday toys for children.

Links for this episode:

  • Why Hypercard Had to Die - Loper OS
  • Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga - Amazon.com
  • 5by5 Illustrated's picture for Hypercritical #45
  • Sayre's law - Wikipedia
  • Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Amazon.com
  • The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition - Amazon.com
  • The Elements of Style (4th Edition) - Amazon.com
  • The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law 2011 - Amazon.com
  • iMame for iOS
  • Chicago Style Q&A: Possessives and Attributives
  • The Elements of Style on possessives
  • Apostrophe Catastrophe - Grammar Girl
  • Wikipedia Manual of Style debate on possessives
  • Arcade emulator iMAME punted out of App Store - TUAW

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