Accidental Tech Podcast

56: The Woodpecker


Follow-up on <a href="https://twitter.com/drdrang/status/441962334420889600">software complexity</a>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month">The Mythical Man-Month</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet">No Silver Bullet</a>, <a href="http://agilemanifesto.org/">the original Agile manifesto</a>, and <a href="http://pragdave.me/blog/2014/03/04/time-to-kill-agile/">what Agile has become</a>.
What we found most useful from our computer-science educations.
Marco's impressions of his new Mac Pro.
External disks, PCI-Express SSDs, and cable management.
John buys a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007JF85WE?tag=siracusa-20">home-theater AV receiver</a>. (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B981F1U/?tag=siracusa-20">The newer version he didn't need</a>)
Stereo vs. surround speakers, and integrated vs. external subwoofers. (<a href="https://www.nuforce.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;layout=item&amp;id=9&amp;Itemid=192/">Marco's tiny, buggy amp</a> and <a href="http://www.paradigm.com/products-current/type=bookshelf/model=atom-monitor/page=overview">great speakers</a>).
After-show: <a href="http://www.ponomusic.com">Pono</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABX_test">ABX tests</a>, <a href="http://mp3ornot.com/">mp3ornot</a>.

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Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.