Episodios

  • 294: Double Space

    294: Double Space
    Aug 19 2024
    Listener Daniel would like John’s blessing for his practice of putting two spaces after every sentence he types.

    John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
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    4 m
  • 293: Severe Weather

    293: Severe Weather
    Aug 5 2024
    Listener Arne received a severe weather alert for a fire. Fires are very bad, but are they weather? Are some natural disasters weather, and others not?

    John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
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    3 m
  • 292: Tea

    292: Tea
    Jul 22 2024
    Is “truffle mushroom tea” just a soup? Did a fancy New York restaurant play a trick on Listener David and his wife? And what is tea, really?

    John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
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    5 m
  • 291: Hawaiian Shirts

    291: Hawaiian Shirts
    Jul 8 2024
    Are Hawaiian shirts just fun to wear, or are they cultural appropriation?

    John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
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    6 m
  • 290: Airport Wheelchair

    290: Airport Wheelchair
    Jun 24 2024
    Listener Erik sent us this video of self-navigating wheelchairs in the Miami Airport. Does the Roomba Rule apply?

    John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
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    3 m
  • 289: Vending Machine

    289: Vending Machine
    Jun 10 2024
    Friend of the show Frank is seeking to delineate when something is a “vending machine” and when it’s just a machine that vends.

    John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
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    3 m
  • 288: El Camino

    288: El Camino
    May 27 2024
    Thanks to Friend of the Show Casey, we’re talking about weird cars and car classes again.

    John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
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    4 m
  • 287: Autonomous Excavator

    287: Autonomous Excavator
    May 16 2024
    Listener Ivan sent in a link to an autonomous excavator that assembled a six-foot wall out of rocks. Is it the Roomba of construction materials?!

    John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
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    3 m