A weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses. Nothing is so perfect that it can't be complained about. Hosted by John Siracusa & Dan Benjamin.
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin end the Hypercritical podcast with a discussion of the show itself, followed by a final Q&A where Dan asks the questions and John attempts to provide sensible answers. Many thanks to all the listeners and the folks in the 5by5 chat room. The journey was the reward.
Links for this episode:
"I modded my GameCube pad into a Wii Classic Controller", by gummowned - Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1523rw/couldnt_find_any_gamecube_to_wiimote_converters/)
Address Resolution Protocol - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol)
Basic guide to mod a GameCube controller with a Wii Classic Controller PCB - Gummo (http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/basic-guide-to-mod-a-gamecube-controller-with-a-wii-classic-controller-pcb.173781/)
Hypercritcal (Song A Day #1450) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOyDW_Y2Emo)
Jonathan Mann (http://blog.jonathanmann.net/)
Song a Day: The Album (http://music.jonathanmann.net/album/song-a-day-the-album)
Wii RetroPad Adapter 2 - Sparrow's Domain (http://www.brunofreitas.com/node/40)
"If you liked our Bad At High School episode, …" - @theincomparable (https://twitter.com/theincomparable/status/276058870982537216)
Hypercritical - Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/staff/2009/05/hypercritical/)
Jerry Maguire - Wikiquote (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jerry_Maguire)
More Hypercritical Length Analysis - Super Jeffective (http://superjeffective.com/post/43366467480/more-hypercritical-length-analysis)
21 Dec 2012
Episode 99: 99: New Siracusa County Bros. U
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin follow up on iTunes 11 and Apple's continuing failure to grok online services, then discuss the Wii U, starting with the painful setup process and continuing on to New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, and, inevitably, the Wii U GamePad controller.
Links for this episode:
Order of authors on publications - Academia Stack Exchange (http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/535/order-of-authors-on-publications/)
Does your brain really have the power to see the world upside-down? (http://io9.com/5905180/does-your-brain-really-have-the-power-to-see-the-world-upside+down)
Dropbox: The Linchpin - Daring Fireball (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/12/17/dropbox-linchpin)
Dropbox: The Linchpin - Michael Tsai (http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/12/17/dropbox-the-linchpin/)
How Nintendo DRM trapped $400 of downloaded games on my failing Wii - Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/11/how-nintendo-drm-trapped-400-of-downloaded-games-on-my-failing-wii/)
The long, frustrating road to recovering my Wii downloads - Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/12/the-long-frustrating-road-to-recovering-my-wii-downloads/)
The incredibly true story of how I bricked my Wii U - The PA Report (http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/the-incredibly-true-story-of-how-i-bricked-my-wii-u)
Wii U GamePad battery compartment - iFixIt (http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/MtqxV4ODmjKReJuY.large)
New Super Mario Bros. U - Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002I0K3CK/5by5-20)
Wii U - Nintendo (http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu)
Nintendo Land - Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002I0K3M0/5by5-20)
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14 Dec 2012
Episode 98: 98: Hardware Machismo
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin follow up on taping out silicon chips, Apple's seemingly bottomless silicon ambitions, and the pitfalls of labeling people, then discuss Twitterrific 5, the new Google maps app on iOS, iTunes 11, Tim Cook's national news tour, and Apple's upcoming "Made in the USA" Mac.
Links for this episode:
How to use rlwrap to get a command history in sql*plus - Lutz Hartmann (http://sysdba.wordpress.com/2006/10/08/how-to-use-rlwrap-to-get-a-command-history-in-sqlplus/)
How To Tell People They Sound Racist - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ti-gkJiXc)
Innovation is a Fight - Rands In Repose (http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2012/11/11/innovation_is_a_fight.html)
Rands - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rands)
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race - TEDxHampshireCollege (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdxeFcQtaU)
A comment on The new age of Capital Intensity - Asymco.com (http://www.asymco.com/2012/12/11/the-new-age-of-capital-intensity/#comment-735170905)
NBC's Rock Center interview with Tim Cook - Part 1 (http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rock-center/50112247#50112247)
NBC's Rock Center interview with Tim Cook - Part 2 (http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rock-center/50112332#50112332)
Google Maps for iPhone shows Apple how to do mapping right - Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/google-maps-for-iphone-shows-apple-how-to-do-mapping-right/)
iTunes 11 review: Simple is as simple does - Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/itunes-11-review-simple-is-as-simple-does/)
iTunes through the ages - Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/11/itunes-through-the-ages/)
Apple CEO Tim Cook to Brian Williams: “Don’t bet against us.” - Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/apple-ceo-tim-cook-to-brian-williams-dont-bet-against-us/)
Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks - Businessweek (http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-06/tim-cooks-freshman-year-the-apple-ceo-speaks)
OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/)
Twitterrific 5 (http://twitterrific.com/ios)
Jeff Foster (http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jfoster/)
Kitsune: Efficient, General-purpose Dynamic Software Updating for C (PDF) (http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jfoster/papers/oopsla12.pdf)
Muir Island - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muir_Island)
Kremlinology - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlinology)
Hypercritical T-Shirt Poll (https://5by5.wufoo.com/forms/hypercritical-tshirt/)
For Apple, change could be a good sign - Jason Snell (http://www.macworld.com/article/2019752/for-apple-change-could-be-a-good-sign.html)
Text of Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement address (2005) (http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs at D8: The Full, Uncut Interview - AllThingsD (http://allthingsd.com/20100607/steve-jobs-at-d8-the-full-uncut-interview/)
Apple's "Made in USA" computer likely to be Mac Pro - Philip Elmer-DeWitt (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/12/08/apple-mac-pro-made-in-us/)
The Pipeline #23: John Siracusa (http://5by5.tv/pipeline/23)
The Setup / John Siracusa (http://john.siracusa.usesthis.com/)
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