We got tested for Corona virus today. The results were negative.
In Germany you can currently get one free test every week. While we thought it’s pretty unlikely we’re infected, we thought it couldn’t hurt taking advantage of this (after all, we do occasionally meet a few people).
We used “Mein Corona Schnelltest”, and the whole process – registration, test, and test result retrieval – was quick and straightforward. Our test centre was set up in a mall where a shop used to be. I thought it’s worth sharing these two photos.
#171 – Anthony Pompliano: Bitcoin
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Radiolab
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Elements
Scientists took about 300 years to lay out the Periodic Table into neat rows and columns. In one hour, we’re going to mess it all up. This episode, we enlist journalists, poets, musicians, and even a physicist to help us tell stories of matter that matters. You’ll...
423: Fort of HomePods
What would it take to get Marco into a concert?
LivePhish
Do By Friday #232: Panatee
Reconcilable Differences #152: Warnings of Gales in Trafalgar
Follow-up:
Tesla Wheel of Shame
Hong Kong (via Cilver Aullet)
DC (via TG Cid)
Houston (via Aaron Farnham)
App Store ...
📄 Fixing video sharing
How I now host video files outside of GitLab Pages
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Jon Batiste - We Are
Jon Batiste is a pianist, songwriter, and composer from New Orleans. He’s been nominated for multiple Grammys, and just won the Golden Globe and got an Oscar nomination for the soundtrack to the Pixar film Soul, which he composed along with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Jon is also a recipient of the American Jazz Museum’s lifetime achievement award, and on weeknights, you can see him as the bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In March 2021, he put out his new album, We Are. But the title track from it came actually came out much earlier, last year, in June 2020. In this episode, Jon talks about how he drew from his roots, at a very personal level — and at a cultural, historical level — and wove all of it into the song.
For more, visit songexploder.net/jon-batiste.
‘Insidious’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan realize it’s not the house that’s haunted, it’s the pod. They head deep into the Further to rewatch the chilling horror film ‘Insidious,’ starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Ty Simpkins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
🎥 “Crystal Mountain” Guitar Cover
My cover of Death’s “Crystal Mountain”.
I wanted to try out recording myself – both video and audio – and see how it goes. The playing is far from perfect, but I’m reasonably ok with the take. It was a first take after all, just to try out this sort of thing. I simply hit re...
#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil
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🎬 The Godfather Part 2
Part 2 is on par with part 1, sharing the same minor criticism and major praise. Loved the background story about Vito Corleone’s life and how he became the “original” Godfather.
#169 – Ryan Hall: Solving Martial Arts from First Principles
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🎬 The Godfather
It’s a little intimidating to write about such a classic. But I agree it’s a great movie. Story, atmosphere, the filming, set design and costumes, acting: all superb. The only negative thing I can say, is that I sometimes found it difficult following the plot, with its many characters and all this macho mafia business.
Overall, though, it’s a classic for a reason!
This also must’ve been one of most explicitly violent movies at the time. And I found it amusing that I didn’t recognise Al Pacino and Robert Duvall at first, because I’m used to their much older faces from much more recent films.
Radiolab
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Escapescape
As we hit the one year mark since the first U.S. state (California) issued a stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we put out a call to see if any of you would take us to your secret escape spot and record audio there.
And you astounded us with what you broug...
422: Sell a Third Box
Neutral:
The Wheel(s) of Shame™
ProClip USA MagSafe holder
Tesla Model Y vs. Ford Mach-E
Tesla Model Y
Ford Mach-E
Follow-up:
Clubhouse no longer requires contacts access
Apple/ARM/TSMC
Long writeup (via Marc Kagan)
Fabricators
RISC vs. CISC
Family photo sharing ...
#168 – Silvio Micali: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Algorand, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
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‘Inside Man’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan revisit Spike Lee’s 2006 crime drama ‘Inside Man’ starring Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, and Christopher Plummer. Why? Beyond the obvious financial motivation, it's exceedingly simple ... because they can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
#167 – Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power
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📄 My sporadic and minimalist darkroom
How I use our little bathroom to make gelatin silver prints.
🎬 The Dead Don't Die
I came to appreciate Jim Jarmusch’s movies in recent years. But this was boring. The “Chardonnay”-scene was the only funny one. Well, and Iggy Pop as Zombie wasn’t too bad. But that was by far not enough to save the film. And it sure had potential with all those terrific actors. No, I’m sorry.
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Dispatch 14: Covid Crystal Ball
Last summer, at a hospital in England, a man in his 70s being treated for complications with cancer tested positive for covid-19. He had lymphoma, and the disease plus his drugs weakened his immune system, making him particularly susceptible to the virus. He wasn’t too bad o...