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Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

668: so happy for all parties involved

667: wisdom and treachery

666: we have nothing that hot

665: my basement is beautiful

664: humanity gets in the way

663: defending the honor of the cheesecake factory

662: just break the law

661: intimate and regimented

660: it’s all chicken salad

659: lose the ear lottery

658: your first mistake phone

657: ears are weird

656: a long t-shirt

655: shorts-compatible body type

654: athletically engaged

653: warning stories

652: you have 24 hours to comply

651: your judgement about pockets

650: whatever it takes to get the laundry folded

649: prove it with cameras

648: part of the movement

647: you get one exclamation point

646: on the shelf with the pickles

645: more frosting

644: you have to invert

643: you go to squircle jail

642: a rebuilding year

641: we're saving that for the egg

640: put it in a potato

639: crimp the world

638: hop, hop, hop

637: rotate those tennis balls

636: nose-biting territory

635: an effective operator

634: we don’t have enough bees

632: the uncertainty is gone

631: the colors are the pepperoni

630: time to spiral

629: an upsetting and confusing time to be me

628: there’s a certain smell

627: dragged across the line

626: no longer ery good

625: time and smoke

624: do less math in computers

623: it’s about human connection

622: duplicate garbage generation process

621: i’ll meet you any time you want

620: mostly cookies

619: master plan to take over the world

618: type system says no

617: an incredibly dangerous app

616: i have no grippers

615: a mildly brisk walk

614: don’t puke for the show

613: dress for the chip you want

612: screen on face

611: ram christmas

610: more values in the darkness

609: you’re the oreo cookie

608: boot to toot

607: the structure and vibe of a podcast

606: a decade of half-presses

605: manage the moisture situation

604: minimized embiggening

603: too smart to move

602: a glimpse of a better world

601: foreheads over the years

600: everyone ends up at crab

599: where did salad go?

598: three-burner stove

597: apple watch shuffle

596: a new foundation for progress

595: the best secret store

594: we just found it on the doorstep

593: not a european lawyer

592: i think he won the game

atp interview: holly borla & ben cohen

591: that’s why i like computers

590: buy your car an iphone

589: the correct amount of rocks

588: sync up your cycle

587: no dots are going to help me

586: do a barrel roll!

585: everyone heard the same nonsense

584: daisy hates ticketmaster

583: i’ve spent a lot of time in the address bar

582: can’t render, fog it

581: a different way to be evil

580: socks in the knob-hole

579: use your words

578: weird can be beautiful

577: colorful criticism

576: quiet little leech

575: walk a little faster

574: weird forking scenario

573: look at it harder

572: cryptofarts and copyright infringement

571: adding some carrot

570: the local mooching situation

569: do grasshoppers have tongues?

568: the year of romance

567: macos uranus

566: using it is wearing it out

565: trickle-up concern

564: always get the biggest pizza

563: drain the attic

562: do you have a dragon?

561: market your bug

560: they’re all rectangles

559: the tall lettuce

558: multilevel pizza oven

557: the phone-box lottery

556: apple chips are people

555: a very eventful day

554: is this your dog?

553: cut the bridges to the mainland

552: not a saturated year

551: tickle rock you

550: a wizard with no choices

549: unauthorized trash can

548: starting to count chickens

547: own your pricing

546: re-crop with the wisdom of age

545: my butler can’t use it

544: valid in a marco way

543: 100 million tire-kickers

542: penguin camel monkey shark

541: make a little maze

540: the points don’t matter

539: the strap situation

538: we studied thousands of heads

537: worse than all of our toilets

536: i reboot with reason

535: my computer supports math

534: on the cheerleader bus

533: the beach is the beach

532: the meat part of multitasking

531: rock it in the right direction

530: you are not nintendo

529: the cycles of marco

528: my favorite slap in the face

527: the true siri experience

526: food comes from cans

525: the glory speakers

524: the anti-fireplace lobby

523: i can’t give him the carrot fast enough

522: i’ll just keep you for ten years

521: dance compatible

520: bananas ingestion system

519: paint my wings

518: deconstructed imac

517: a tesla full of kindles

516: one of my fits of rage

515: the elder programmer look

514: my immense softness

513: scribble on the shared placemat

512: owned with a p

511: moving to antarctica

510: it’s occupied by bears

509: tiny tyrants

508: later is getting later and later

507: it sucks, doesn’t it?

506: our only seo is you

505: a mental laxative

504: too much apple in my apple

503: draw your own slice of pizza

502: going retina again

501: torsional rigidity check

500: all the nerds in the room

499: living is pretty important to me

498: not magsafe, but magsafe

497: the hotness has to go somewhere

496: one of my lesser tivos

495: five points for smell

494: ultra-wideband park bench

493: downstairs downstairs

492: umbrella hammer toadstool

491: salmon and swiftui

490: tiny pictures of knobs

489: very inappropriate thoughts about this computer

488: pebbles on the scale

487: mid-life rally

486: field day at apple park

485: this is casey actual

484: hot-spare price is right

483: the faceless knob

482: i should probably get reading glasses

481: accidentally made it too good

480: three wise admins

479: never mind, i’m out

478: no bum cores

477: in the metal

476: plausibly viable

475: shove it out the back

474: that’s where the magic happens

473: fanboats and coattails

472: file a casey radar

471: my fiber situation is fine

470: computers can do things

469: tiny toastie

468: you got your non-money’s worth

467: the strain provider

466: there’s probably a wizard for it

465: lasers are great

464: monks at drafting tables

463: no indication of progress

461: re-tend that garden

460: desktop laptop

459: the bluetooth adds warmth

458: this is not your first plane crash

457: the world’s greatest conference call

456: the monitor situation

455: your yanking force

454: the notch is young

453: as the prophecy foretold

452: it’s totally leashed

451: a series of terrible magic tricks

450: distending my wardrobe

449: an unclean mouse

448: next year, which is now

447: lunchbox on your face

446: dead from fraud

445: best blender is a wasteland

444: it should definitely bother apple

443: a storm of asterisks

442: bob’s barbecue

441: meals at home

440: the reality of magnets

439: eventually converge on correctness

438: some amount of futzing

437: the right side of the mouse pad

436: eddy cue shows up at your door

435: a strong number four

434: a squirmy soup of rectangles

433: before we leave the dump

432: i shouldn’t need to wiggle

431: city of chips

430: apple did not eat that food

429: digital speedo

428: a series of rectangles

427: the apology remote

426: loaded baked potato

425: hey billionaire

424: ethernet squid

423: fort of homepods

422: sell a third box

421: the first miniboss

420: i have no urge to speak

419: this week’s gasp

418: dangerously close to being on a phone call

417: sand and water interface

416: i will take away those kudos

415: sent without pants

414: promoted onto the roof

413: suddenly i’m the marco

412: love batteries

411: are my instructions not clear?

410: the comfort is killing me

409: midrange snob

408: feature headphones

407: it isn’t a big grapefruit

406: a bomb on your home screen

405: the benevolence of the powerful

404: with four hands tied behind its back

403: a vcr for the internet

402: flat-side promoter

401: sandwich-closing force

400: reach is the next frontier

399: off the pouch lifestyle

398: the state of your baby

397: we can’t wait to see what you do to it

396: the world of moving

395: receive their honking

394: the price of an atp sticker

393: we’re the bit company

392: corporate relationship counselor

391: worse in stupid ways

390: i invented this anti-pattern

389: one branch leads to yes

388: riding the autocomplete

387: it might not be as cool as you think

386: no more holes in my house

385: temporal smear

384: equal emphasis

383: demand-paged outrage

382: static ad removal

381: uncomfortable truths

380: wires are great

379: the everything’s ok alarm

378: whale quench

377: $10 worth of headaches

376: monogamous gaming lifestyle

375: wobbly goblin

374: screwdriver testing harness

373: this jerk, right here

372: things are degraded

371: four-letter technologies

370: ghost finger

369: brown big bear

368: a jacket and some pins

367: antitrust relief valve

366: there’s nothing you can fix in a day

365: day-one cowboy

364: a casey settings screen

363: the floor is lava

362: xcode in anger

361: a button in the thumb shelf

360: big hole in the middle

359: i could live in there

358: emotional-support mac pro

357: a giant green field

356: with a heavy heart

355: the way corn grows

354: casey’s computer corner

353: modern-day dialup

352: no one else had calipers

351: the floor is high

350: wax buddies

349: formative tech dystopia

348: panic shutdown

347: not enough carrot to take the stick

346: go back and pop myself

345: unapologetically digital

344: peace in the battery kingdom

343: the stand is your hand

342: the opposite of con

341: john is my default

340: you are a computer athlete

339: ketchup momentum

338: double chunking

337: sea conditions are calm

336: your face is not your face

335: withhold the fun

334: mechanical disadvantage

333: pesky human issues

332: fuzzy muppet felt

331: the technical burden of users

330: a rotation you can’t complete

329: mac pro day

328: the pixel stump

327: better late than wrong

326: blow your redo stack

325: relive your calculator-watch dreams

324: automatic kicking machine

323: a slightly smaller thumb

322: morale-sucking maple syrup fires

321: dumbed down, locked down, and locked out

320: here comes the big but

319: we should probably get to the apple event

318: not a casino i want to play in

317: we’re customers too

316: macbook hierarchy of needs

315: 1.0 was just speed

314: kernel panic in the night

313: the residue of seven people

312: fashion phase

311: mutually assured destruction

310: apple playstore

309: do not expect five nines from my plex

308: left-handed streaming service

307: casey apple pencil

306: my watch has ended

305: an uneasy peace

304: island of shortcuts

303: your mahogany world

302: paint this square

301: i cut them up in the air

300: first of all, it’s easy

299: headphone bump

298: protective sandwich

297: it also deserves to die

296: giant buffers of floats

295: outlets that suck

294: the intersection of liberal arts and whatever

293: you know my pouches

292: start a rotate chicken nuggets timer

291: john’s special day

290: a weird sandwich

289: everybody’s in the alliance

288: rich person’s raspberry pi

287: open-faced compliment sandwich

286: i respect a good crust

285: do not drill holes in this house

284: hotel california keyboard

283: just lower your standards

282: not unreliable enough

281: my private siri

280: extinction-level event

279: you’ll hate what i’m actually doing

278: best worst influence

277: you’re not a mac app yet

276: observing a black hole

275: it’s difficult when you’re a billionaire

274: not the teddy bear’s fault

273: playing you like a video game

272: 60% satisfied

271: voting with your virtual feet

270: three major zippers

269: cooled by jellyfish

268: a tarnished brass age

267: i slowly ate the crystals

266: text adventure mode

265: simon says volume five

264: every building has bugs

263: old potato

262: a clear path to okayness

261: seven-dollar plastic garbage

260: the todoyist problem

259: i hired myself

258: non-beta data

257: smell the wind

256: a heroic threshold for pain

255: the thermal paste lottery

254: hot box with knobs

253: i think i ordered one

252: any day could be mac pro day

251: uninstall your water reminder app!

250: we’re doing a show

249: beehives full of bees

248: chili cookoff

247: a place to stick your gum

246: i just want my stories

245: senior-citizen advantage

244: the mac renaissance

243: knew about the dollar signs

242: these arms are coming off

241: jazzercise boot camp

240: undefined wait period

239: set this money on fire

238: begging for the hub

237: you are not a datacenter

236: irresponsible use of infinite terabytes

235: notch-savvy

234: everybody has asterisks

233: nobody cares but me, but i do care

232: you’ve exceeded some limit

231: i am not a salad power user

230: auto, dynamic, fresh, dank

229: just smush the screen somewhere

228: i never cancel a drag

227: typing on pillows

226: smooth scrolling is for suckers

225: a conversation with siri

224: yearning for reflection

223: throw the fork away

222: as thin as humans will tolerate

221: personal body chemistry

220: executive box lunch

219: million dollar lunch

218: magsafe cups of water

217: apology mac pro

216: thermal corner

215: pots are made to be broken

214: christmas phone

213: siri in a can

212: meatspace windows

211: hardware mind virus

210: my stupid thumb

209: making sausage-making glamorous

208: your face is your face

207: selling hot dogs on a stick

206: all you need is five nerds

205: people don’t use the weird parts

204: you’re only stable when you’re dead

203: screaming at us from the future

202: something has gone wrong

201: volume micromanager

200: i had a dream about the mac pro

199: 10,000 hours of coughing

198: puppy game boy

197: life by a thousand hugs

196: roasting your own beans

195: the show must go on

194: dark night of the soul

193: the escape zone

192: hello again again

191: the failure mode of a train

190: the girl who never came over

189: the museum of pristine apple hardware

188: $850 fidget cube

187: putting plastic on your couches

186: jony ive has a lot of white pants

185: the delaware of europe

184: procedural marriage mistakes

183: i filed a radar

182: i had to reboot my car today

181: eat your vegetables

180: don’t cry for john, argentina

179: free-to-play dogs

178: mama needs that pokémon

177: paying for someone to blame

176: yellow sock time

175: dance palace

174: a ding in the room

173: a series of heartbreaking rejections

171: wwdc is not santa claus

170: casey beats john, 29–29

169: my fingers are still moving

168: coffee stops working

167: they’ve opened the door to streakers

166: fitness turd

165: time was…

164: waiting for the bla-bloop

163: wet right thumb

162: iphone sorry erin

161: dark mode is your hat

160: be careful out there

159: a typo on your brake pads

158: you can’t outlaw math

157: as many people in the sandbox as possible

156: a mac on fire

155: edit, crop, aspect, original

154: a rich toddler’s toy

153: larger, less portable pastures

152: daddy didn’t want the good graphics card

151: the opposite of final

150: a mac pro in every pot

149: everyone’s on vacation

148: your feelings are real

147: here i am, i’m a battery

146: control + money + smallness

145: lasers and pew-pew and space aliens

144: digital schmear

143: capital f, capital c

142: hateful game of frogger

141: chain-link-fenced garden

140: harpooned a turtle

139: i’ve seen this train before

138: only microsoft

137: feature photos

136: war and peace

135: uncomfortable in my pants

134: who did it firster?

133: you have to walk the dog

132: digital hearth

131: finding your way back in

130: technical countermeasures

129: tap-to-click wizard

128: blue ring stud

127: not a cactus in sight

126: the web kind of happens to you

125: a better future for everybody

124: the tyranny of radio

123: imperfect signaling mechanism

122: my results were inconclusive

121: admitted no wrongdoing

120: one magical wire

119: promoretired

118: a fistful of apple watches

117: you don’t have the antibodies

116: women aren’t a minority

115: empathy for the machine

114: so far, so ok

113: get your ears ready to hear me complain

112: the problem is you

111: that big ring underground somewhere in europe

110: and on that bombshell…

109: bigger in the pocket

108: zero is better than one

107: we get the most boring tips

106: that’s slightly right

105: do you want to sell sugar phones for the rest of your life?

103: an atheist or a howard stern fan

102: marco is not a platform

101: big plastic finger

100: macbook shuffle

99: pop-up headlights

98: landmines, pitfalls, and bottomless pits

97: you have to know when to stop

96: the windows of siracusa county

95: the bear wakes up and bites you

94: spirited defense of pong

93: i’m not running a boarding house here

92: you don’t know my pants

91: press agree to drive

90: speculative abandonware

89: delorean + mclaren

88: standing on opposite sides of the gym

87: not an accurate representation of my mousing skills

86: moving the party to the bar down the block

85: the unexpected hard part

84: the load-bearing finger

83: entering the itouch phase of my life

82: the flash storage is adequate

81: you left your money in a bank

80: tangled in version numbers

79: tip ring ring sleeve

78: fleece the whales

77: full-stack businessperson

76: not suitable for any purpose

75: you had your moment

74: one of us shipped something

73: notifications duck

72: take your co-host to work day

71: security by guilt

70: the endgame is omnipotence

69: welcome to the web, casey

68: siracusa waited impatiently for this

67: tim said, man

66: boiling a pretty big lake

65: the year of casey

64: it never died because it never lived

63: i hold my children to a higher standard

62: journey would be wasted on you

61: perfectly neutral

60: the great odwalla flavor change of 2013

59: the little puck that could

58: always on vacation in california

57: smorgasbord of pronunciation

56: the woodpecker

55: dave, who stinks!

53: there’s gonna be some flapping

52: necessary but not sufficient

51: maybe we’re just dinosaurs

50: disk light observer effect

49: roamio and siracusiet

48: marco bought four

47: better pixels

46: a compromised machine

45: give up on the retina dream

44: a plague with very minor effects

43: brilliance enhancer

42: the ultimate vanity search

41: penny wise, pound foolish

40: the compliance shark

39: desperation mode

38: auto-update my parents

37: a 3,000-word digression

36: a weird one

35: sea-level executives

34: made the dot smaller

33: a 30-minute skip button

32: it doesn’t bother me

31: swimming in 16 gb gold

30: full frontal thumb

29: computerized garden gnome

28: the pit of irrelevance

27: overflow gallery in the bathroom

26: three phones ago

25: thrustmaster joystick

24: double meta

23: the x or the x

22: full brichter

21: the transitive property of nerdiness

20: a box and a strap

19: designed by app in cal

18: aluminum-colored aluminum

17: can’t innovate anymore

16: john, we don’t play games

15: cat, modifier cat

14: pouring champagne onto rap stars

13: animated kale

12: accidental server hardware

11: a particularly exuberant adolescence

10: gradual ramp up to nothing

9: fish bicycle scenario

7: the forecast for icloud

6: live like other people

5: negativity, skepticism, and doubt

3: conditions led to freecell

2: the 7th guest