Comfort Zone

Niléane falls into a 20 hour Astroneer hole, Chris hands his whole life over to an AI assistant named Jarvis, and we find the most ridiculous ways to hold your phone that money can buy.
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Arc is shutting down for good on December 22
Astroneer
Jet Lag: The Game
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
ChatGPT Dots
Parchment
DualSense Edge
The wild (Ferrari vent mount)
The terrible (Bugatti phone mount)
The insane (Himalayan crocodile iPhone case)
MagSafe air vent mount
TORRAS Ostand Q3 Air
rcmd

0:00 - Intro
3:18 - Matt from Wish
5:37 - Chris is off to Hollywood
8:18 - A new window manager tease
10:22 - Goodbye (for real this time) Arc
16:12 - Astroneer
35:57 - Listener emails
44:38 - Still no iPhone Duo
46:30 - ChatGPT Dots
1:03:59 - Astropad Workbench and PS5 controller
1:08:45 - Matt's luxury phone holders
1:17:01 - Chris's MagSafe air vent mount
1:20:41 - Niléane's ring stand case
1:27:58 - Next challenge: a Mac app switcher
1:29:54 - Outro

Wide cars, your next gaming addicitons, Unread 5, raosting our desktops, and shaming someone's computer choices? What could be more Comfort Zone?
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That's one hell of a wide car
Star Wars Galactic Racer
Ultrapool
Balatro
Parakeet is way faster
Unread 5
Chris's desktop
Matt's desktop
Niléane's desktop
Superset
Eve temperature sensor
ChatGPT dots
Chasing the Knife

The gang is all back together after so long away! We're indie, but we're still the same 3 quirky people you and love. Chris remains the only one of us Apple cares about, Niléane has more browser news than you know what to do with, and Matt is getting got by the RAMpocalypse.
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Comfort Zone rocks
Comfort Zone on YouTube
The Register links to Birchtree
Dia doing Dia things
Search browser
Horse browser
Just the Browser
Help Matt stress test Birchfeed

Matt has some pretty good but not perfect Switch 2 controllers. Niléane has a new set of headphones and assures us she doesn't have a problem. And everyone tries to make the best gaming recommendations for their co-hosts.
This week's Cozy Zone We had a lively discussion about the new The Mandalorian and Grogu movie.
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Things discussed Mobapad M12S
FIIO FT1 headphones
Fields of Mistria
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Town to City
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Metal Wolf Chaos XD (video)
Big Walk
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Follow the Hosts Chris on YouTube
Matt on Birchtree
Niléane on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Today's episode is all about tier listing the contenders to be the new Euro banknotes. What will these Americans think of Europe's next top currency?
This week's Cozy Zone is a very fun "name that app" game as Matt trots out some of the really weird apps from his Mac's Applications folder.
Want more from the gang? Cozy Zone is our member's only show and is $5/month or $50/year. Bonus episodes for you,
Feedback? Questions? Let us know!
Things discussed Proposed new € banknotes
Follow the Hosts Chris on YouTube
Matt on Birchtree
Niléane on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Bluesky