Podcasts about atype808

Dani and Alex brave the heat to get together and talk about language learning apps! Alex has been using DuoLingo recently, while Dani has been using Memrise, so they compare the two offerings based on their own tastes and experience. Finally, Alex gives some insight into the Swedish education system and their approach to testing.Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.Show Notes Gion Matsuri The Warriors Xenophon’s Anabasis Anki Memrise HelloTalk DuoLingo TinyCards SuperMemo James Heisig’s “Remembering the Kanji” Swedish user decks on Memrise First 5000 words in Spanish Knowledge Economy

Alex finally watches Blade Runner 2049 with proper sound, which has him thinking about apocalyptic science fiction tropes. Dani is sceptical about AI. Alex’s son watches Star Wars for the first time. Dani is sceptical about the “Let’s remake Star Wars” initiative.Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.Show Notes Flying Tiger Village Vanguard Blade Runner 2049 Shorts 2036: Nexus Dawn 2048: Nowhere to Run Black Out 2022 The Animatrix DUST Mis-drop Fetch! Faces in Things Ex Machina Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979)

Dani and Alex get together just after Sweden’s midsummer festivities, which sets them off on a path thinking about traditional festivals around the world. They talk a little bit about Japan’s approach to religion, as well as some of the not-necessarily-religious beliefs and superstitions which have developed there. After that, the path makes a sudden turn toward shop layouts and the question of linearity vs. freedom in shops, museums, art galleries, and video games.Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.Show Notes Swedish midsummer Maypole Wheel of the Year Mulled wine / glögg San Jose Greek festival Hatsumōde Shichi-Go-San Reiki Life of Pi Rokuyō Seimei Handan Yakudoshi Blood type personality theory An approach to holistic level design

Alex manages to get his hands on some Yorkshire Tea in Sweden! Dani gives an update on how his first online bilingual D&D game went, and they discuss the phrase coined by St. Vincent, “sell your own myth, but never buy it”.Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.Show Notes Yorkshire Tea Masala Chai Samovar Tea Lapsang Souchong Pu’er Tea Roll20 Ernie Ball St. Vincent Ernie Ball / St. Vincent video Terry Gilliam: “Ofender a la gente es muy importante” Dani’s one Instagram photo How Instagram Threads Became the WikiHow for Gen Z

Dani buys some gear; Alex tells us all about his monumental gig and about the latest advances in instrument tuning technology. They also discuss GDPR (the ship that launched a thousand emails), and the merits of various computer keyboards.Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.Show Notes King Crimson Bryan Adams Tony Levin Fender Precision Bass BOSS TU-70 TC Electronics Polytune Peterson StroboClip HD Music Memos “True Temperament” Fretting System General Data Protection Regulation Chris’ new ergonomic keyboard Das Keyboard IBM Model M Apple Extended Keyboard II Happy Hacking Keyboard Japanese Keyboard UK Keyboard US Keyboard Spanish Keyboard TypeMatrix Keyboards

Alex and Dani reminisce about news aggregators old and new, Alex forgets what a C# is, and Dani looks for answers in the pages of Marcus Aurelius.Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.Show Notes Flipboard RSS Google Reader Daring Fireball Semantic satiation Nathan East Cody Wright Sanskrit Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Patanjali’s yoga sutras Double slit experiment Mr. Nobody

Dani talks about his trip to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon, and gives us an update on his progress with Spanish. Alex falls off his skateboard, and makes a recording with his father.Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.Show Notes Monument Valley Uluru Grand Canyon Antelope Canyon Sedona “O” (Cirque du Soleil) The Venetian Las Vegas Horseshoe Bend italki HelloTalk MyLanguageExchange El Ministerio del Tiempo La Casa de Papel / Money Heist Variflex skateboards (this is what Alex used to ride in the 80s) Cruiser skateboards The Maypole Station 13

Alex gives us his impressions of Boston and tells us all about the latest game from Vitei Backroom, Paper Valley. And having seen it on the plane, he is finally ready to join Dani in an analysis of Blade Runner 2049.Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM.Show Notes gv.vim Boston Seaport PAX East Oculus Game Days Paper Valley Gameplay footage and interview with our very own Alex! That Game Company Atomic Blonde Downsizing Straight outta Compton Blade Runner 2049 Benjamin Wallfisch Ex Machina

Dani invites special guest Temma onto the show to talk about his experiences as a Japanese person growing up in England, before eventually moving back to Japan as an adult. After that, they talk at length about the history of the ancient and traditional game of go, from its inception in China 2,500 years ago up to the recent triumph of AlphaGo against current-day professional players. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Wikipedia on dialects vs. languages “A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.” Dani’s blog post: Graphical log with vim-fugitive Silver week Koseki Jūminhyō Go AlphaGo Deep Blue Lee Sedol Yūzō Ōta Hon'inbō Shūsaku Go Seigen Cho Chikun Cho Hun-hyun Ke Jie SmartGo goproblems.com online-go.com Rules of Go Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go 素人(アマ)と玄人(プロ)  

Alex is back from Finland, and Dani is deactivating his Facebook account. They talk UI/UX, and the relative merits of considered design and user customisability, in the context of digital audio workstations and text editors. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes History of Finland Finnish language Finnic languages Uralic languages Proto Indo-European Scots language Scots Wikipedia Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained Eventbrite Doorkeeper meetup.com Game Developers’ Conference PAX East Renoise Reaper Winamp Inkscape Blender S—ty UI/UX Analogies Vim Emacs vim-fireplace vim-fugitive Magit Ableton Live  

Alex is travelling to Finland, and Dani is playing Alto’s Odyssey on iOS. They talk Grand Prix, games emulation, and digital archival in general, before disagreeing about the audio quality of vinyl records, and pondering the ramifications of YouTube’s automated copyright infringement detector. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes TWSBI ECO Mika Häkkinen The Beast from the East Zamboni Alto’s Adventure Alto’s Odyssey Review on MacStories Amiga Forever archive.org Hewlett-Packard historical archives destroyed in Santa Rosa fires Golden record on Voyager Taylor Swift “Reputation” Limited Cassette Tape Edition Mike Patton & John Zorn at The Chapel Mike Patton Faith No More Mr. Bungle Fantômas John Zorn Alhambra Love Songs Naked City Spillane Six Litanies for Heliogabalus The Roses of Heliogabalus Game Piece John Cage Adam Neely Melodysheep, Timelapse of the Entire Universe Cassetteboy Reaction video deemed fair use in YouTuber court battle Everything is a remix

Dani celebrates the arrival of his new fridge, before Alex quizzes him on fountain pens, paper, ink, and all things stationery! Alex laments the surprising amount of paper he’s had to deal with in Sweden, but applauds the lack of paper money. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Dani’s new fridge The history of refrigerators on Wikipedia Why does a single compartment refrigerator have the freezer always at the top? Parker Vector Pilot V5/V7 Uni-ball Vision Pilot Custom Heritage 912 Tomoe River Kyo-no-oto Nurebairo Ink Sailor Jentle Yamadori Ink Diamine Ancient Copper Lamy Safari mbra Dark Lilac Petrol Pilot Metropolitan Pilot Cocoon Ballpoint pen artwork TWSBI Diamond 580AL Nagasawa Original Sailor Demonstrator Bullet Journal TWSBI Eco 1.1 Stub Red Dot Award The Talk Show In The Rush Toward A Cashless Society, The Poorest Are At Risk Of Further Exclusion Das Offene Meer Gun Deck Wallet  

Alex and Dani compare American and Japanese gyms (or at least their amenities), Alex gives us a band update, including a discourse on the Swedish singing voice, and Dani embarks on his latest linguistic adventure. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Gigout — Toccata in B Minor Onsen Abba — One of us Clannad — Now is here Theme from “Robin of Sherlock” Theme from “Last of the Mohicans” Bee Gees — How Deep is your Love OWLs and NEWTs Anki Diccionario de la lengua española Dani’s under-appreciated tweet Patrick Rothfuss The Name of the Wind El Nombre del Viento italki  

Dani has a new computer, Alex has a new band, and together they embark on a discussion of musicianship in Sweden and Japan, DuckDuckGo’s new privacy plugin, and ad blockers in general. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes iMac Pro MacBook “Adorable” ShaderToy Unity Unreal Engine Renoise Call Recorder for FaceTime Nori Katsuobushi “Freedom” by George Michael “Space Oddity” by David Bowie Eddie Izzard - Christian Singing DuckDuckGo: “Privacy, simplified” Terms of Service; Didn’t Read Opera Daring Fireball Pro Tools Adobe Creative Cloud Bitwig  

Alex and Dani compare Christmas and New Year in English-speaking countries and Japan, which leads to a long tangent about Japanese trains, drinking, and business culture, before finally returning to New Year and telling each other their respective resolutions for the year ahead. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Japanese New Year Hatsumōde O-zōni Yasaka-jinja チカン｜アカン Japan Railways (JR) Japanese railway conductors pointing at things Hankyu Railways Moneydance  

Dani and Alex talk about Boxing Day and similar festivities, and briefly discuss colour schemes for text editors, before getting to the real meat of the show: their thoughts on the latest Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Boxing Day Bonfire Night Australia Day Simple Radio Vinyl FM Classic FM Man in the Mirror Hovver Bovver Castle of the Winds Why old computers are beige Bill Moggridge GRiD Compass Telephone model Renoise Amstrad PCW Leisure Suit Larry Monokai Solarized Gruvbox PragmataPro Night Shift  

Alex and Dani finally talk about videogames! In this episode, they each recount the computers of their youth and the games they played on them: Dani had a ZX Spectrum and Alex went from the Apple II through the Commodore 64 and finally onto the Commodore Amiga. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes ZX Spectrum ZX80 ZX Spectrum Vega Manic Miner Jet Set Willy Monty on the Run Auf Wiedersehen Monty Horace series Hover Bovver Dizzy series Technician Ted Bruce Lee Elite Elite: Dangerous Karateka Prince of Persia Game & Watch Apple II Autoduel Zenith Z-89 Zork Dungeon Roguelike Brogue Captain Goodnight Commodore 64 SID chip Commodore Amiga Double Dragon II: The Revenge Music tracker Demoscene KVR Audio One Synth Challenge Shadertoy Bitcoin’s energy consumption, explained Starglider 2 Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe  

Dani and Alex discuss the effects of Wikipedia and the internet in general on the whiling away of time, before paying tribute to Malcolm Young. Alex is still searching for a band in Sweden. They end by taking a deep dive into various task management strategies and to-do list apps. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Sam Neill Screenshot of the vandalised version Encyclopædia Britannica BBC Radio 4 Flight of the Conchords The Archers Chérie FM Malcolm Young AC/DC Back in Black You shook me all night long Thunderstruck Highway to Hell Iron Maiden Queen The Police “Mutt” Lange Sannomiya Counter-Strike Clear Things Omnifocus EpicWin TaskPaper Org-mode Bullet Journal Spaced Repetition Wunderlist Todoist Trello Getting Things Done by David Allen FreeMind MindNode iThoughts  

Alex and Dani talk about comedy across different cultures, the inexorable creeping darkness of the coming Swedish winter, Twitter’s move to increase tweet lengths to 280 characters (so long as you’re speaking the right language), Reddit chat, and social media in general. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes The Office U.S. Dubstep The Simpsons Manzai Rakugo 饅頭怖い Manjū Kowai (performed in English) The Fast Show Jesse’s Diets Harry Enfield and Chums Self Righteous Brothers Kevin becomes a teenager Fast Forward Club Buggery Clarke and Dawe The front fell off The Castle The Dish Tiger & Dragon Trick Ikebukuro West Gate Park Twitter expands to 280 characters Reddit beta testing chat WhatsApp Ello Dani’s single instagram photo Pinterest Kansai Functional Dōjō on Doorkeeper Myspace Soundcloud Bandcamp DreamHost  

Dani and Alex discuss the quirks of daylight saving time and international timezones in general, which for one week only has brought them an hour closer together. Alex grounds his cables and fixes the resultant buzzing, while Dani introduces two new companions into the household! They end with a nostalgia trip over the tabletop roleplaying games of their youth, how Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition compares, and how you can get started if you haven’t played before. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes KRACK overview from Kudelski Security Do Androids Dream of Electric Greeks? Timezone map Timezones in Antarctica Balanced audio Natsu and Fuyu This episode’s special guest editor Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons Dani’s support correspondence Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition in Japanese GURPS Autoduel (Computer Game) Autoduel (GURPS) World of Darkness Robotech Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game Shadowrun Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set d20 Calculator  

Alex and Dani serve up a platter of little topics, including: Alex’s new microphone, the reputation of different countries for their food, more on Facebook’s business model, the recent WPA2 KRACK exploit, movies and science fiction, last week’s neutron star collision, and the repercussions of astronomical events through history. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Blue Yeti Microphone Heil PR 30 B McVitie’s biscuits in France McVitie’s TV advert in France Vegemite Marmite Bovril Ovaltine Charlie’s reddit comment about tracking in shops KRACK Attacks: Breaking WPA2 Ars Technica on the WPA2 flaw The Guardian’s bad article about WhatsApp The Guardian’s article about how that other article was bad Terminator 2 anniversary Blade Runner: 2049 Loving Vincent 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 floating pen scene Interstellar The Martian Neutron star collision SN 185 supernova  

Dani and Alex catch up on Sweden vs. Norway, before Alex reviews his new chair, which has finally arrived! They talk about typeface design and the changing face of the font industry, switching from Google to DuckDuckGo, and whether or not there is any truth to the adage, “if you aren’t paying for it, you are not the customer, you are the product”. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Ischial Tuberosities Rebuild Alex’s Capisco Puls Skolar Macron New Athena Unicode Google Fonts DuckDuckGo Opera Gearslutz KVR A-Town  

Alex and Dani discuss their international presence, and try to inspire a bit of friendly competition between Sweden and Norway. Dani follows up on studying Japanese using the AJATT method, and Alex looks forward to beginning his study of Swedish. Alex introduces Dani to the beauty of table tennis. Discuss this episode on reddit at /r/Station13, or contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Myrath Their cheesy music video Mount Doom Elizabeth Báthory All Japanese All The Time Table Tennis Jan-Ove Waldner Table Tennis Grips Chinese penhold grip (video) Station 13 subreddit  

Dani attempts to explain to Alex the appeal of black metal, which naturally leads to a conversation about jazz fusion and highly technical music in general. They make their first attempt at talking about language learning, but inevitably get distracted by the notion of innate vs. learned talent. Contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Alex’s Capisco Puls Kneeling Chair Gary Willis Cradle of Filth Nymphetamine Fix: An arrangement for classical/fingerstyle guitar Nymphetamine Bitter Suites to Succubi Nymphetamine Fix tablature Nymphetamine Fix piano arrangement Christine Palethorpe’s YouTube channel Lilypond Corpse paint Progressive metal Turisas Amon Amarth Folk Metal Bathory Cruelty and the Beast Elizabeth Báthory Neoclassical metal Math metal Jazz fusion Al Di Meola Pantera Dream Theater Darkane Armageddon Delain Oriental Metal Nu-metal Japanese Language Proficiency Test All Japanese All The Time “Hand” (手) + “Bag” (袋) James Heisig’s “Remembering the Kanji” Lisp  

Alex is looking for a new office chair now that he’s found a place to live in Sweden. Dani saw the Great American Eclipse (partially), and talks about his visit to one of Amazon’s new physical bookstores. Contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Steelcase Gesture review on the Wirecutter The Sweet Home Herman Miller Aeron HÅG Capisco Puls Herman Miller Setu UK Number Plates .WAD file format Warwick Castle trebuchet Trebuchet sets a building on fire PCalc James Thomson Vert XE Currency Great American Eclipse Eclipse path of totality Google Maps traffic overlay during the eclipse @swiftonsecurity on mobile cell tower deployment Smarter Every Day Amazon Books Ἅρειος Ποτῆρ καὶ ἡ τοῦ φιλοσόφου λίθος

Dani completes a multi-wedding tour of England. Alex gets his flight upgraded on the way to Sweden. Both of them remain awed by the majesty of space, and repulsed by the infamous KIX-SFO morning sandwich. Contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Clickspring clock video Hello Internet Miguel’s rain video Warwick Castle Trebuchet Jousting at Warwick Castle Footlights Rowan Atkinson Stephen Fry Hugh Laurie French & Saunders Pink Floyd Ali G Punting Cambridge Botanical Gardens King’s College Chapel Liddell & Scott Greek Lexicon Ely I spy with my little eye Animal, vegetable or mineral / twenty questions IFF (Interchange File Format) Emirates Rogue One Ghost in the Shell (Live Action) Ghost in the Shell (Anime) Standalone Complex Beat Takeshi Nerdwriter: How not to adapt a movie Melatonin  

Alex triggers a brief metaphysical digression on the nature of time and space, and Dani clarifies some of the points made last episode about internet security. Alex’s watch needs a new strap, which prompts a discussion about the pleasure to be gained by owning a mechanical watch. Alex talks about his two years working in industrial design, and how that experience has informed his approach to design in other fields, such as video games. Contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Kerckhoffs’ principle Rules for adjective order in English 1Password Security Design LastPass Technical Whitepaper iOS Security (iOS 10) Defakto Watches Diving Watch Archimede Watches Ickler Factory Automatic watch Defakto Akkord Review on Worn & Wound (this is the Akkord Modular, which is a different model from Alex's but similar) Stowa Marine Original Review on Worn & Wound ToxicNATOs Worn & Wound HODINKEE Morita Aluminum Industry Rogue Nethack Dwarf Fortress

Dani and Alex talk about games they used to play as children, Dani’s recent Skype hack and how you, dear listener, can avoid the same fate, and the merits of open source software. Contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show notes British Bulldog Conkers Marbles Sagrada Família Have I Been Pwned? @troyhunt on Twitter 1Password LastPass KeePass KeePassXC (Mac) Side-channel attack Caesar cipher The Cathedral and the Bazaar Open source Free Software The Free Software Foundation The GNU Public License (GPL) Viral license The (2-Clause) BSD License The MIT License The Apache License (v2.0) The zlib license xkcd Information entropy

Travel tips from Station 13! Alex shares advice he learnt during his honeymoon in Greece and Germany, and Dani talks about the best places to have a sit down and a think in Kyoto. Alex watches a video of sumo-wrestling robots, which naturally leads to a conversation about vacuum cleaners. And lastly, they discuss standing desks, and the advantages and disadvantages of open-plan offices. Contact us on twitter! Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes Elephant skull Sounion The Parthenon Ryōan-ji The Oracle of Delphi Munich Jizō-in (Dani’s favourite thinking spot) ROBOT SUMO! Robot Wars AlphaGo Roomba Jarvis Bamboo (Dani’s desk) Aeron chairs

Alex and Dani talk briefly about frogs in Japan before embarking on a beautiful journey through E3, superhero comics, MacGyver, the Silmarillion, and Greek mythology. Contact us on twitter!  Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes E3 GDC The new Spider-Man game X-Men What if Peter Parker had to destroy Spider-Man? Asterix the Gaul MacGyver Mission: Impossible The Silmarillion Robert Fagles’ translations of Homer The Iliad The Odyssey JRR Tolkien book Beren and Lúthien published after 100 years Beren and Lúthien C.G.P. Grey’s Middle Earth videos Part 1 Part 2 Japanese Self-Defence Force Kibasen

Dani and Alex go over the results of Dani’s recent driving test.  They talk about the fifth incarnation of the Japanese indie games festival, BitSummit, where Alex’s studio won an award! Finally, Alex waxes lyrical about the ancient Japanese art of “kibasen”. Contact us on twitter!  Alex is @ATYPE808, Dani is @danielpwright, or you can get podcast updates @Station13FM. Show Notes FastMail limits BitSummit Tokyo Game Show A 5th of BitSummit Dōjin Paper Garden, by Vitei Backroom Reveal trailer Stifled, by Gattai Games Kibasen (騎馬戦) One-on-one Free-for-all battle