We speak briefly about the Shell Shock bug before moving on to Oculus Connect and our impressions of the current state of DK2 software.
Shell Shock:
Oculus Connect:
Post Show:
What we think of our new phones
Aliens Land Here
We speak briefly about the Shell Shock bug before moving on to Oculus Connect and our impressions of the current state of DK2 software.
Shell Shock:
Oculus Connect:
Post Show:
What we think of our new phones
We talk about why we pre-ordered the iPhones that we did, Apple Watch pricing, the state of Microsoft as a company (including their purchase of Minecraft), and Ballmerman!
Follow-Up:
Mark and Richard both ordered an iPhone 6+
Minecraft:
Microsoft:
Misc:
Supporting the iPhone 6:
Getting H.265 & 3x working
6+ simulator is too big to fit, even scaled to 50%
Alienware:
Postshow:
A special edition Aliens Land Here. We moved up our schedule to talk about the recent news.
Intro:
Feed troubles
Japanese & Chinese audio…
Feed jumping around between parts (Possibly HLS?)
iPhone 6 / 6+:
Form Factor
Aesthetics
A8 speed improvements
Battery
Has barometer for elevation
Phase detection auto-focus using “focus pixels”
Optical image stabilization
“cinematic video stabilization”
Continuous autofocus
H.265 support
Landscape mode on the 6+
Double-touch the touch-id to bring the top of the screen down
Apple Pay:
Introduction Commercial
Use
Security
“Secure element” chip
Compatibility:
NFC payments
Problems
Apple Watch:
“One more thing”
watch (custom steel alloy frame, sapphire front, ceramic back)
sport (aluminum frame, glass front, “composite” back)
edition (18k gold, sapphire front, ceramic back)
6 straps (sport band, leather loop, leather modern, leather classic, steel, milanese loop
Rotary side-interface “digital crown”
Haptic feedback
Photo sensors detect pulse
Range of watch faces
Communicator
Apple TV remote
Simple Lift Log for Watch?
Misc:
No Hair Force One :(
New Presenter, Kevin Lynch - Ex Adobe CTO
The giant building revealed (Demo area)
Also Topical:
Mark talks about his trials and tribulations with PHP. Also, we get excited by the prospect of 5K displays coming soon, talk about Celebgate and the state of password management, and discuss the recent Samsung/Oculus announcement.
Follow-Up:
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 driving the display during the demo.
Advantages of CRTs
The hdmi passthrough latency is about 150ms. (However, this reduces to about 30 if the connected device is set to 720p)
Microsoft Courier (Unreleased tablet from Microsoft)
PHP:
Exceptions and PHP
Strict vs forgiving
CommonMark (was Common Markdown was Standard Markdown)
JPEG and how it has a good specification
VR Update:
Misc:
Post-show:
We talk about Hyperlapse, delve into what it means to be a computer user, and take wild guesses as to the nature of the giant building involved in Apple’s September 9th announcement. Also, a card trick.
Follow Up:
Hyperlapse:
Computer Literacy:
Article : Kids can’t use computers… And this is why it should worry you
Mark’s early computer: Commodore PET
Richard’s family's early computers: Apple 2e, Apple 2GS, Macintosh 128
Applesoft BASIC programming reference manual. (It looks so much easier now that I’ve been programming for more than 20 years...)
Computer Usage vs Administration vs Engineering
What a person should know to be considered a computer user
A car analogy, because every debate has to have a car analogy
What skills administration and engineering can teach us
Does Sandboxing and jailing make life better?
Who is responsible for maintenance
Legislating technology
Negative perception of people who work with technology
I have MASTERED life
Apple:
Post Show:
In Episode 3 Mark and Richard discuss what it’s like to be an independent developer and how to survive in a market where good free or cheap software is getting more prevalent. Also, the word “Microbolometer” is used during follow-up. We think that’s a pretty cool word.
Pre-show:
Follow-up:
Being an independent developer:
Our history with it
Loneliness
Custom code for clients
Pros & Cons of bureaucracy
Solo work’s impact on code quality
Getting stuff done
Spending money on hardware
Wearing many hats
Indiepocalypse:
Finding a niche
Effect of cheap & free on the market
How big companies deal with the cheap/free issues
Indie movies/books
Misc:
Post-Show:
Audio with & without pop filter. I am fully aware this is not how the poem goes.
We talk about our RSS addictions, Richard’s new FLIR_ONE, Oculus DK2 and Google Cardboard, Mark’s new headphones and microphone, and the kragle!
Pre-Show:
Podcasts Richard listens to: Accidental Tech Podcast, Core Intuition, Debug, Developing Perspective, Garnett on Games, The Incomparable, John and Garnett Podcast, Neutral, Pragmatic, Release Notes, The Stack Exchange Podcast, The Talk Show
RSS addiction
Mark’s RSS reader, Reeder
Richard’s RSS reader on the desktop, Feedly. On the iPhone, Byline
Feedly pro account
Follow Up:
Coda troubles
Youtube developer API
Mark’s new microphone:
Mark’s microphone, the Blue Yeti
Richard’s microphone, the Blue Snowball
Microphones and perceived professionalism
Mark’s new headphones:
Mark’s new headphones PSB-M4U 2 Noise canceling headphones
Mark’s old earbuds, Senheiser OCX 685i
Richard’s sound canceling headphones, Bose Quit Comfort 15
Richard’s normal wear headphones, Sennheiser HD 380 Pro
Don’t test headphones with this song. (Nine Inch Nails, Hurt)
The effect of listening to music while working on performance, ala Peopleware
Noise canceling and the feeling of pressure you get in your ears
FLIR_ONE:
VR:
Richard’s favorite Oculus Demo, Titans of Space
Mark’s favorite Oculus Demo, Dumpy, going elephants! (No DK2 support yet)
Post Show:
The Kragle! (Possible spoiler... Maybe)
Fix it Felix on iOS appears to have been removed from the app store.
Intro:
History of the name Aliens Land Here
iOS 8:
Handoff
Metal
Swift, including pseudo-plans for Swift in Simple Lift Log
Size classes
Next iPhone:
Fate of the 4 inch phone
Same chip in all sizes?
Mark’s new laptop: (15 inch, GeForce GT 750M, 2.8GHz i7, 1TB flash)
Process of transferring things from old to new laptop
Boot time
Monitors:
Comparisons of Retina to our current monitors.
Longing for 5K to not lose screen real estate
iMacs as monitors
Touch screens at Axion Racing
Cars:
Touch screens in cars, including Tesla Model S
Maserati Quattroporte and its wonky sensors.
Post Show:
Fake sponsor reads, including those on the Stack Exchange Podcast.
New york is the Borg.
Testing software.
Source control using Subversion & Git.