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The Talk Show With John Gruber

259: ‘Start a Bakin’ Timer’ With Marco Arment

The Talk Show With John Gruber

John Gruber

Technology

3.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include MacBook Pro rumors, breakfast cereal, Siri frustrations, and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I don't remember if I was barefoot last show.

0:02.0

I'm pretty sure if this is not the first podcast I've recorded barefoot, this is the second.

0:10.0

I feel like at the beach you kind of have to be.

0:13.0

Because everything at the beach you're constantly going in and out between sandy and wet and dry and it's hot.

0:18.0

So your only choices are barefoot or full shoes I think.

0:23.0

Everything in between is not as good.

0:25.0

You're a flip-flop man.

0:27.0

They don't really stay on.

0:29.0

I'm big about walking.

0:31.0

I take long dog walks, I take bike rides and they just don't stay on for enough for that.

0:36.0

Unless you get the kind that are basically sandals that have a little backstrap.

0:39.0

At that point that's a sandal.

0:40.0

I like a flip-flop.

0:41.0

I do feel though that tiring.

0:45.0

You got to do a little curl with your toes to keep them on.

0:48.0

Kind of all the time.

0:49.0

There's a bicycle town.

0:53.0

I terrified of riding a bicycle with flip-flops.

0:57.0

Because I feel like I'm on the verge of scraping my toes out.

1:01.0

It's not quite as bad as riding a motorcycle with flip-flops would be, but it's not that much better.

1:07.0

My show has been very erratically more erratic than usual publishing-wise.

1:13.0

I just posted 258 yesterday but I need another July episode.

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