Aliens Land Here

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A podcast about tech, cars, software development, and nostalgia. (But oddly, not aliens)

Richard Kalling, Mark El-Wakil


    • Oct 8, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 7m AVG DURATION
    • 31 EPISODES


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    S3E2: Rainbows are Illegal in Russia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 76:03


    Mark and Richard talk about the September Apple event. Yes, this was recorded a month before release… We had a few non-technical difficulties… Also one technical difficulty. No, we did not storm Area 51, thanks for asking.

    S3E01: A Perfectly Safe and Legal Speed

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 112:20


    Mark and Richard talk about Mark trying out the Oculus Quest, Richard’s MacBook Pro Repair Experience, Mark’s new P100D and Richard’s Cross Country U-Haul Trip.

    S2E20: Nested Spoilers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 74:15


    Mark and Richard talk about Panic’s Playdate, Google Merging with Nest, 3d Touch with a lengthy aftershow talking about Star Trek, Game of Thrones and Westworld.

    S2E19: TSA Pre ✓ for News

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2019 70:53


    Mark and Richard speak with Scroll CTO Kushal Dave. They talk about Scroll and the Macbook Pro refresh. Richard gives his initial impressions of the Oculus Quest.

    S2E18: Last Month Tonight

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2019 85:32


    Mark and Richard talk about the Apple Services event from March, Google Stadia, and the Oculus Rift S

    S2E17: 0% Body Fat

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2019 61:32


    Mark and Richard talk about the Model Y, Nintendo Instruction Manuals, Dwarf Fortress, Climbing and new iPads/iMacs.

    S2E16: Macbook Nerd

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2019 46:27


    Mark and Richard talk about Tesla Updates, Alex Trebek, Hololens 2, USB 3.0 and more MacBook Pro hate.

    S2E15: Do your Homework!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2019 62:15


    Mark and Richard talk about Otoscopes, Folding Phones, Apple Credit Cards, Transitioning to ARM, and Doug Bowser. Featuring lots of Street Fighter 2 nostalgia in the aftershow.

    S2E14: I have KMFDM on my Tesla servicing report

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 70:37


    Mark and Richard talk about VR, Tesla Pricing Changes, Tesla Servicing, the Facebook Enterprise Certificate debacle and the Six Colors Apple Report Card.

    S2E13: I had to change the wifi network on my bed

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 69:07


    Mark and Richard talk about spam calls, Ubiquiti, Github and Unity support for SpatialOS.

    S2E12: There's only one space on the 64 bit raft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 81:58


    Richard and Mark discuss Brookhaven, Intel’s stackable CPUs, rev.ai and Ubiquiti networking.

    S2E11: Infinite Rubber Duckies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2019 47:43


    Mark and Richard talk about more video games, including Doom (2016), Donut County, and various Oculus VR Games.

    S2E10: With Apologies to John Romero

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2018 57:24


    Mark and Richard talk about Sigil, VR, Doom, Donut County and Just Shapes and Beats.

    S2E9: Robot Cat

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018 61:30


    Mark and Richard talk about Richard’s new Mac Mini, and setting up new computers.

    S2E8: All Electric Cars Are Free

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2018 79:01


    Mark and Richard talk about changes to Tesla’s offerings, electric incentives and the iPad Pro.

    S2E7: So good, but so painful

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2018 64:03


    Mark and Richard talk about the October 2018 Apple event, and a little bit about Coda with VPNs.

    S2E6: You had a friend once, but you burned it in a fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2018 48:29


    Mark and Richard talk about Audio Hijack, Anki Vector, Tesla (again) and Oculus Quest (again)

    S2E5: Angry Jellybean

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2018 76:59


    Mark and Richard talk about the Teslas that they have owned and driven.

    S2E4: The Full Carmack Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2018 86:34


    Mark and Richard talk about Oculus Connect and the past, present and future of VR.

    S2E3: Space Pipe

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018 59:55


    Mark and Richard talk about our orders, Nintendo Switch Online and the NVIDIA 2080.

    S2E2 No round Apple Cinema Display announced today

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2018 69:22


    Mark and Richard talk about the fall iPhone event.

    10. We wanted to not die in the vehicle while testing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2014 30:06


    Mark and Richard talk about the Tesla P85D, car automation, and the Darpa Grand Challenge.

    9: The child of the iPad 2 lives on

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2014 6:17


    Mark and Richard give very brief impressions on the October 16th Apple event a couple minutes after it ended.

    8: You're having an out of body experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2014 71:08


    We speak briefly about the Shell Shock bug before moving on to Oculus Connect and our impressions of the current state of DK2 software.

    7: Welcome to BallmerMan Live, Battlefest!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2014 55:16


    We talk about why we pre-ordered the iPhones that we did, Apple Watch pricing, the state of Microsoft as a company (including their purchase of Minecraft), and Ballmerman!

    6: Yo for rich people

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2014 84:49


    A special edition Aliens Land Here. We moved up our schedule to talk about the recent news.

    5: Secure by default!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2014 76:05


    Mark talks about his trials and tribulations with PHP. Also, we get excited by the prospect of 5K displays coming soon, talk about Celebgate and the state of password management, and discuss the recent Samsung/Oculus announcement.

    4: They'll swing into action and accidentally wipe their hard drive

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2014 78:19


    We talk about Hyperlapse, delve into what it means to be a computer user, and take wild guesses as to the nature of the giant building involved in Apple’s September 9th announcement. Also, a card trick.

    3: Orange Finger Software LLC

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2014 93:33


    In Episode 3 Mark and Richard discuss what it’s like to be an independent developer and how to survive in a market where good free or cheap software is getting more prevalent. Also, the word “Microbolometer” is used during follow-up. We think that’s a pretty cool word.

    2: They aren't interested in the VR, they just want the apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2014 62:17


    We talk about our RSS addictions, Richard’s new FLIR_ONE, Oculus DK2 and Google Cardboard, Mark’s new headphones and microphone, and the kragle!

    1: Can we land in your ears?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2014 86:32


    The first episode of Aliens Land Here. A collector's item! Mark and Richard discuss iOS 8, make wild guesses about the next iPhone, talk about Mark's new laptop, pine for Retina desktop displays and discuss in-car displays.

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