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Comfort Zone

Niléane is out, so Chris and Matt are left to fend on their own. Chris steals like an artist and Matt defends a new purchase.

Ruminate

Some snack reviews from the festive period, Robb was on another podcast, and John is on his way to CES.

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Magic Rays of Light

Sigmund and Devon share one Apple TV wish each for 2025 and recap season two of Shrinking. Devon also reviews Sigmund’s Christmas gift to him, A Real Pain.

MacStories Unwind

This week, John fills in Federico about pod people, creepy robots, light masks, AI BBQ, and other weird and wonderful sights from CES 2025.

Comfort Zone, Episode 31: OLED Dreams and Studio Display Realities Show Notes

Weekly Topics

LG 32”” UltraGear 4K OLED monitor

Other Things Discussed

Cortex Episode 162

HabitKit

Foodnoms

Matt’s video on the LG monitor (retina discussion starts at the 3 minute mark)

What is retina?

Retina calculator

Pixels per degree calculator

Matt’s dock setup 1

Matt’s dock setup 2

Matt’s dock setup 3

Matt’s dock setup 4

MacWhisper

Follow the Hosts

Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Ruminate, Episode 200 - Gingerbread Is Having a Resurgence Show Notes

Clear Ketchup

Oreo Gingerbread Cookie Sandwich Biscuits 154g | Sainsbury’s

The Facts About Your Favorite Foods and Beverages (U.S.) | Lay’s Potato Chips - Nashville Hot Chicken Flavored - 7.75 oz

Conduit #91: Robb Knight made this for himself, and maybe you too. - Relay FM

How long since Robb watched Mean Girls?

EmojiStorm

CES 2025: What to Expect from NPC and MacStories - MacStories

Atari’s striking new Gamestation Go handheld features some really unusual hardware features | Eurogamer.net

MCON: The Switchblade of Mobile Controllers | By Ohsnap by Dale Backus — Kickstarter

Bionic #73: Live from CES, “How is your CES?” - Relay FM

Shrinking and Apple TV in 2025 Show Notes

Here To Help | Apple

Pre-Roll

PrismXR Carina D1 Charging Dock for Apple Vision Pro

Belkin Travel Bag for Apple Vision Pro

Apple Vision Pro All-Metal Stand

Apple TV News

HDMI 2.2 announced with 96Gbps bandwidth for 4K480, 8K, 16K, more | FlatPanelsHD

Theater 2.0

Apple Fitness+ Announces Strava Integration, New Workout Programs, and More

Nikki Glaser Opening Monologue | 82nd Annual Golden Globes

Releases

Adventure: Ice Dive

‎Skate City: New York

‎Gears & Goo

‎Three Kingdoms HEROES

Final Fantasy+

‎Trials of Mana+

‎Rodeo Stampede+

‎It’s Literally Just Mowing+

Extras

Critics Choice Awards

Malala Yousafzai on Apple News In Conversation

Bad Sisters — Extending Worlds: The Forty Foot and Ireland Coast

Slow Horses — Jackson Lamb Arrives Unannounced | Scene Read

Blitz — Reconstructing the Blitz | Production Design

Fly Me to the Moon – Lance Vespertine Explains It All

Fly Me to the Moon — Jim Rash Reacts to Out of this World Pick Up Lines

Another Take with Channing Tatum & Scarlett Johansson | Colin Jost Cameo Scene

Hugh Howey and Graham Yost Reddit AMA

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott

Wicked Director Jon M. Chu Makes Movie Magic with Apple Vision Pro

Recap

Shrinking

TV App Highlights

Flow

The Traitors

Up Next

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

A Real Pain

Squid Game

What If…?

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MacStories Unwind, ‘Weird CES’ Show Notes

Links and Show Notes

Cute and Creepy Robots

Mirumi

Ropet

Mirokaï

Pod People

Infrared saunas

Full-body massage chairs

Light Mask and Facial Recognition Mask

Light Mask

Facial Recognition Mask

AI BBQ

Holograms

Example

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