76: Not Suitable for Any Purpose

• Follow-up on Overcast:
  • Debug
  • Downloads, accounts, conversions, server load
• Pixar and Ed Catmull get involved in wage-fixing
  • Previously on ATP
  • The Incomparable
  • Top Gear Series 3 Episode 4
  • Sega Saturn
• Yosemite Public Beta
  • IMAP
  • VPN woes of the past
  • Radar
  • SuperDuper
  • OS/2 Warp
• After-show:
  • Marco rents crazy headphones from The Cable Company
    • Marco's original post
    • HE-6 headphones (the crazy way that planar-magnetic drivers work)
    • The massive EF-6 amp and its crazy audiophile volume knob (top center) — it's a stepped attenuator, since common potentiometers are considered inferior.
    • XLR plugs and balanced audio
    • Casey still loves in-ear monitors (probably while listening to vinyl), but many experts in both prefer headphones.
  • Casey surprises Marco and John by playing Journey
    • Casey drops hints on Twitter days before and John picks up on it
    • PlayStation Store Credit on Amazon
    • Journey Soundtrack on Amazon and iTunes
    • Monument Valley
    • John's blog post
    • Tiff plays Journey
    • The Incomparable on Journey
    • Inception

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