Episode 285: A Baller VCR

TOPIC: Kids don't need VCR Plus+.

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their series on updates.

The topic this week is all about media consumption—in particular, the massive changes to how they learn about, locate, obtain, schedule, and consume media over the past decade or so.

Sure, there's the usual old man talk about how How It Used To Be, but there's a heavy focus on how these changes are changing the way media is funded and produced. What's that media landscape gonna look like when a 5-year-old playing with an iPad becomes the producer of media in a very few years?

Links for this episode:

• iOS, Android, and macOS Apps Now Open Source | Simplenote
  
• The Inner Light (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The Measure of a Man (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Star Trek: The Next Generation In 40 Hours — Maxistentialism Blog — Medium
  
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine In 82.5 Hours — Maxistentialism Blog — Medium
  
• Random Trek | "Death Wish" (VOY) with Merlin Mann (Episode 55)
  
• Creamed, Canned And Frozen: How The Great Depression Revamped U.S. Diets : The Salt : NPR
  Do people think about food more in times of scarcity than in times of plenty? Married culinary historians Jane Ziegelman and Andy Coe think so. Ziegelman and Coe are the authors of A Square Meal, which examines the impact of the country's decade-long Great Depression on American diets.
• HBO 1983 Intro (HBO) - YouTube
  
• Researcher finds huge security flaws in Bluetooth locks
  
• Amazon.com: CISNO Studio Condenser Mic Microphone Shock Mount With Metal Wind Screen Pop Filter Combo Mask Shield For Recording: Musical Instruments
  
• Kevin Kline Takes a Bow, Several Times - Here's The Thing - WNYC
  Kevin Kline is one of the most acclaimed entertainers working today. So how did the kid from St. Louis end up with an Oscar, two Tony awards, and a career that has intersected with those of Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury, John Cleese, and Kenneth Branagh, to name just a few?
• My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Helping Twilight Win The Crown - (HD) - YouTube
  
• Trump: What's the Deal? Trump: What's the Deal?
  
• Pessimists Archive (@PessimistsArc) | Twitter
  

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