This week, we discuss Myke’s heritage and Hazel rules, Federico’s dreams and phones and my thoughts on Mavericks and Kanye.
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MacPaint in the Cloud⇢
The Nightmares
Our three-year old has been having nightmares about sharks.
While that’s a little crazy as we live in land-locked Tennessee, she’s woken up a dozen times over the last few months saying the same thing.
The other night, she started crying after going to bed. After calming her down, I went to check on our son.
“Why is Allison sad,” Josiah asked me.
I explained that his sister had a bad dream, and he settled back under his covers.
October 22⇢
The Beard has spoken; prepare your credit card.
On Pocket Casts 4⇢
Chris Gonzales:
If there’s one takeaway from my experience with Pocket Casts 4, it’s that the developers have put an enormous amount of work into overhauling the experience. What I used to think was a crummy app has made a surprising comeback and overtaken Instacast for the top spot in its field, which is exactly the sort of thing that makes the iOS App Store such an exciting place to watch.
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On Intel Iris Pro and Crystalwell⇢
There’s a lot more to the newest iMacs than meets the eye.
Fox News Debuts ‘News Deck’ of the Future⇢
T.C. Sottek at The Verge:
Fox News has just unveiled a breathtakingly ridiculous newsroom, complete with novelty-sized Windows-based touchscreens, a Twitter wall, and a wannabe Minority Report style display, which it hopes will connect it with generations of viewers who use smartphones and apps.
You can Shepard Smith give a tour of the Fox News Deck here, if you’re so inclined. Spoiler alert: 55-inch touchscreen monitors are crazy town.
On the Government Shutdown and Pediatric Cancer Drug Trials⇢
Timothy Egan:
Sarah Palin finally got her death panels — a direct blow from the Republican House. In shutting down the government, leaving 800,000 people without a paycheck and draining the economy of $300 million a day, the Party of Madness also took away last-chance cancer trials for children at the National Institutes of Health.
And now that the pain that was dismissed as a trifle on Monday, a “slimdown” according to the chuckleheads at Fox News, is revealed as tragic by mid-week, the very radicals who caused the havoc are trying to say it’s not their fault.
Guest Post: What is Podcasting?
This is a guest post from Myke Hurley, the podcaster at 5by5 with the British accent.
Over the last three and a half years, I have grown from hobbyist to semi-professional podcaster.
Most podcasters produce their shows in their spare time; there are very few podcasters who are currently making a passable living from this. However, this is changing. More money than ever is available to podcasters with popular shows.
Personally, I expect to be making enough money within the next year to be able to do this full time and leave my job.
Student Removed From Class After Shaving Head⇢
Shame on you, Milford Haven School.
Siri, Define ‘Drama’
Atlanta resident and veteran voice actress Susan Bennett has claimed in an interview with CNN that she is original voice of Siri, Apple’s popular iOS voice assistant that was first introduced with the iPhone 4s two years ago today. While Apple has not confirmed the information, the report states that professionals within the technology industry are familiar with her voice, and cites an audio forensics expert with 30 years of experience who is certain that Bennett’s voice and the voice of Apple’s digital personal assistant are the same.