Comfort Zone, Episode 23: Is That Elvish?

Chris breaks down Apple Intelligence, and while Matt is under the weather, he brings the good Nintendo vibes. Then we all do our best to speak a different language, with delightful results.

Weekly Topics

Apple Intelligence — https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/
Nintendo Music — https://www.nintendo.com/us/switch/online/nintendo-switch-online/nintendo-music/

Other Things Discussed

Niléane’s AppStories appearance — https://appstories.net/episodes/409
Omnivore is shutting down — https://blog.omnivore.app/p/omnivore-is-joining-elevenlabs
The Verge full-text RSS feed — https://www.theverge.com/rss/front-page/index.xml
Lego mugs — https://www.lego.com/en-us/lego-merchandise/mugs-water-bottles?filters.i0.key=categories.id&filters.i0.values.i0=de52c0e8-5ae5-4ae6-a32c-7749360e1fba
Nintendo Alermo — https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-121311/
Apple Translate app — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/translate/id1514844618
Duolingo — https://www.duolingo.com/

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Matt on Birchtree — https://birchtree.me/
Niléane on Mastodon — https://nileane.fr/@nileane
Comfort Zone on Mastodon — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@comfortzone

November 7, 2024

My Everyday Tech/Carry

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Chapters

00:00 Intro 00:14 iPhone 01:33 Nomatic Phone Wallet 3:33 AirPods 4 with ANC 6:01 Sponsor: Basseus 7:29 Apple Watch Series 10 8:46 Nomad Sport Band 9:32 Analogue Pocket 10:02 Legion Go 10:42 Razer Kishi Ultra 11:35 Key Setup 12:09 RayBan Aviators 12:55 Atmos Model 251 14:12 iPad Pro M4 15:43 Canon R5 18:50 Wrap Up

November 6, 2024

Comfort Zone, Episode 22: One Dad at a Time, Please!

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🎥 Video Feed

Matt buys his first ereader, Niléane has moved to a new calendar app, and for the challenge everyone did something with Stage Manager.

Weekly Topics

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite — https://www.amazon.com/All-new-Amazon-Kindle-Paperwhite-Signature/dp/B0CFPP8C33
Fantastical — https://flexibits.com/fantastical

Other Things Discussed

The House on Mango Street — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_Mango_Street
Kobo ereaders — https://www.kobo.com/
Phanpy for Mastodon — https://phanpy.social/
Libby — https://libbyapp.com/
Goodreads — https://www.goodreads.com/
Readwise — https://readwise.io/
Dato menubar calendar — Mac App Store — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dato/id1470584107

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Chris on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisLawley
Matt on Birchtree — https://birchtree.me/
Niléane on Mastodon — https://nileane.fr/@nileane
Comfort Zone on Mastodon — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@comfortzone

October 31, 2024

Comfort Zone, Episode 21: There’s Gold in That Computer!

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🎥 Video Feed

Chris has the brand new iPad mini, Matt made a big change to his RSS, and Niléane introduces a new segment: Our Tech Stories. Then we get fun, weird, and thirsty in the game picks.

Weekly Topics

The new iPad mini — https://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/

Official Game Picks

Okay…? — https://apps.apple.com/app/id962050549
Vampire Survivors — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vampire-survivors/id6478975337
Gubbins — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gubbins-its-a-word-game/id1551894081

Other Things Discussed

Lichess — https://apps.apple.com/app/id968371784
Balatro — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/balatro/id6502451661
Zenless Zone Zero — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zenless-zone-zero/id1606356401
Sonos updates the Arc and Sub — https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/15/24270677/sonos-arc-ultra-soundbar-sub-4-announced
The Apple Pencil situation is healing — https://birchtree.me/blog/the-apple-pencil-lineup-is-doing-what-we-should-have-all-expected/
BasicAppleGuy’s colorful MacBook Air concept — https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macbook
“Margin” blog post — https://shawnblanc.net/margin/
Razor Kishi Ultra — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXGMPLWK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

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Matt on Birchtree — https://birchtree.me/
Niléane on Mastodon — https://nileane.fr/@nileane
Comfort Zone on Mastodon — https://mastodon.macstories.net/@comfortzone

0:00 - Chris got played by Sonos 2:22 - The new iPad mini 30:13 - Not following the news 44:40 - Our Tech Stories Ep 1: Our First Computer 54:14 - Lichess 56:25 - Okay…? 59:10 - Balatro 1:02:51 - Vampire Survivors 1:05:44 - Zenless Zone Zero 1:07:23 - Gubbins 1:09:43 - New challenge: multitasking 1:12:49 - What Apple product do you wish existed?

October 28, 2024

iPad mini (2024) Review: Small but Mighty

🔗 iPad mini (2024) Review: Small but Mighty

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Let’s talk about the new iPad mini, what’s new, and the ways it can be used.