Listen "660: It’s All Chicken Salad"
Episode Synopsis
Pre-show: Marco’s “Vacation” results
Goose
Goose @ Richmond Allianz Ampitheater, 3 October 2025
Allianz Ampitheater
Chicken Salad Chick
Nugs.net
ZZQ
Suggestions from Casey, in no particular order:
Hungersite
Give it Time
How it Ends
Dripfield
Follow-up:
ATP in the wild
Original report form Richard Earney
Follow-up by Matt Smith
Follow-up on Mark Christian’s report by Santiago Hervella
AirPods 3
Ear Lottery
Michael corroborates Marco’s experience
…but Franklin Delano Stallone offers hope
…and sometimes AirPods 3 are a marked improvement, reports Matthew Schaffer
Tony Dehnke does an ANC comparison
Live translation results
David Schaub’s horror story about filling up your phone
Mike Taffet does science on iPhone ↔ iPhone transfers
Marco’s USB odyssey
Jack Wellborn had a similar experience
Syd Polk wonders if it’s a Sequoia thing
(Among others) Fabien theorizes its’ an alignment thing
Keith Heaton brought receipts
Tailgate Tub
Active vs. passive Thunderbolt cables
OWC
Informative Reddit comment by LaughingMan11
Synology alternatives
Colin McKellar suggests QNAP
See also:
UGREEN
Unraid
FreeNAS/TrueNAS
…
🎉 …may not be necessary anymore! 🎉
Coverage from Guru3D
SpaceRex on YouTube
Lee Hutchinson at Ars Technica
More more first impressions
Quick AirPods Pro 3 update
iPhone case updates
Omar Shahine performs surgery on the Nomad back
Torras clear case
Bullstrap open-bottom leather case
Peak Design Everyday Case (Charcoal color has the good fabric)
Still to test: Süti PhoneBack in black leather, if it ever ships
iOS 16
iPadOS 26: Now with slide-over!
Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
Previously, in Hong Kong
Tim’s explanation
Response letter
Reuters’ take
MJ Tsai
Gurman on Apple succession
Post-show: Pour one a Sprite out for a real one TiVo
Channels
AOL dialup service ends
Members-only ATP Overtime: The Meta Ray-Ban Display, and Apple’s response
The Verge
Gurman: Apple pivots
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