660: It’s All Chicken Salad
09 October 2025

660: It’s All Chicken Salad

Accidental Tech Podcast

About

    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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