My pedal board has a new layout.
Now that I’m running iOS 13 on my new iPhone, I’ve installed the Corona Warn App.
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Baby Blue Blood Drive
388: Riding the Autocomplete
#110 – Jitendra Malik: Computer Vision
📄 New Macbook Keyboard
Recently, I had my Mac’s keyboard replaced. Because, unsurprisingly, I started having regular double-types, which got increasingly annoying. Luckily, Apple acknowledges the problem and offers a free repair program.
‘The Conjuring’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan investigate a farmhouse with suspicious activity after rewatching the 2013 horror film ‘The Conjuring’ starring Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Vera Farmiga, and Patrick Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
📄 Last Week's Purchases
Last week was unusually purchase-rich for me, buying three new items.
🔗 August 2019 – Daniel Pietzsch’s Photo Journal
📷 “August 2019” is now up in the Photo Journal: https://photojournal.danielpietzsch.com/2019/August. 📷
Desperately trying to catch up… ;-)
A family gathering near Brussels, commuting photos and the usual documentation.
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Dispatches from 1918
387: It Might Not Be as Cool as You Think
‘25th Hour’ With Bill Simmons and Wesley Morris
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Wesley Morris of The New York Times to spend their last day together watching Spike Lee’s 2002 film, ‘25th Hour,’ starring Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Rosario Dawson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Khruangbin - So We Won't Forget
Khruangbin is a band from Houston, Texas, who first formed in 2010. NME called them the "low key superstars" of psychedelic music. They’ve released three albums. The most recent, which came out in June 2020, is called Mordechai.
In the past, most of Khruangbin’s songs have been instrumental, or if they did have vocals, they'd be minimal. Their new album is different. It features vocals prominently, and in this episode, the three of them explain their philosophy on vocals and their process on writing lyrics. I spoke to each of them to get their perspective on how they made the song "So We Won’t Forget."
#108 – Sergey Levine: Robotics and Machine Learning
‘Stand By Me’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan recount a childhood memory of watching the 1986 classic ‘Stand By Me,’ starring River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O’Connell, directed by Rob Reiner, based on the Stephen King novella ‘The Body.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
The Flag and the Fury
386: No More Holes in My House
‘Swingers’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan always double down on 11 as they revisit the 1996 classic ‘Swingers,’ starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices