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Published 9 October 2023

Back at full co-host strength, Andy, Michael and Michael start off this show with a discussion about Andy’s recent Cybersalon event celebrating the Mosaic web browser’s 30th birthday. After a short conversation about the newly announced Raspberry Pi 5, the team gets down to talking about space!

First up, a first for the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) reported by an article in The Verge highlighting a fine of $150,000 issued to Dish Network for “not properly deorbiting it’s satellite.” This launches a further discussion about the Kessler syndrome and Purrgils (#NoSpoilers). The team returns back to terra firma with a song from Devo called Space Junk.

Next are a series of stories on user experience, beginning with BetterTouchTool and the co-hosts’ experiences with Stage Manager. Andy mentions that he still has a PowerMate controller (see show notes below to see one). Apple’s CarPlay has been in the news recently with some automotive manufacturers eliminating it as an option, but Porsche is zigging in the direction of even greater integration with CarPlay.

Staying on the UX theme, while rounding the bend to AI land, the team takes on stories from Humane and Rewind. Coming across the finish line for this episode, the co-hosts consider the change in LEGO employees’ business cards.

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Selected Article Links

I am at Newspeak House in London for Cybersalon, celebrating the 30th birthday of the Mosaic web browser (more or less)

— Andy Piper (@andypiper) 2023-10-03T18:05:49.782Z

Wikipedia article: Lynx (web browser)

Raspberry Pi News article: Introducing Raspberry Pi 5!