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

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episode 119: Promoretired

This week we're joined by friend of the show Christina Warren (@film_girl). Christina writes for Mashable and hosts Rocket and Overtired.

As a part of this podcast exchange program, John joined Rocket for this week's episode.

Pre-show:
- Casey's new mug thanks to @_DavidSmith
Follow-Up:
- Showbot woes
  - Heroku's pricing changes
- Erin's MacBook Air
  - AppleCare+
- Synology DS1813+
- Apple Watch accuracy whilst running
Acquiring media
- Sonarr
- Plex
- Popcorntime
- Keeping up with the Kardashians
- HBO Now versus HBO Go
  - Larry Sanders Show
  - Oz
  - The Wire
  - Sex and the City
  - The Sopranos
  - Big Love
  - Game of Thrones
  - Girls
  - Veep
Pebble Time versus the Apple Watch
- Christina's Pebble Time review
- Christina's Watch
- Modern Buckle
Apple Watch native SDK
- Marco's post on SDK questions
- Casey's post on complications
- Weather Line
- Glances
  - Casey:
    - Settings
    - Battery
    - TripIt
    - Dark Sky
    - WWDC
  - Christina:
    - CityMapper
    - Battery
    - Heart Rate
    - Overcast
    - TripIt
    - Authy
  - Marco:
    - Settings
    - Now Playing
    - Overcast
    - Activity
Jony Ive's promotion
- Stephen Fry
- New Yorker profile of Jony Ive
- Rene Ritchie's tweet
- The Next Web on Alan Dye
- 9to5 Mac's take
- Ben Thompson's take
Taylor Swift
- InfoSec Taylor Swift
Fight Club 2
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Invisible Monsters
- B.J. Novak
- Dark Horse
Post-show culinary discussion:
- Chili
  - Cincinnati chili (e.g. Skyline)
  - Amy's canned chili
- Turkey bacon
- Ranch dressing
- Mac and cheese
  - Velveeta
    - On Analog(ue)
  - Kraft
    - Barenaked Ladies
  - Annie's
- Nostalgia:
  - Marco: Steak 'n Shake Frisco Melt
  - Christina:
    - Red Lobster
    - Sonic Drive-In
    - Chick Fil A
    - Arby's
    - Dairy Queen
  - Casey
    - John's of Bleecker Street
- Postmates