Recorded January 11, 2020

Nate and Ryan are back from the Christmas break and brought stories from their trips and adventures. Nate also reminisces about some of the very thoughtful gifts he has given to his wife in the past. Ryan brings up his desire for this year to be a year of progress and Nate plans to have a year of the same. After commiserating about the lack of a modular Mac in their lives, they partook in a Double-thickness Strawberry flavored Calpis. For the Media this week they talk about a classic that Ryan somehow missed in his childhood, the Iron Giant, during which they discussed timing, being who you choose to be and why Iron Giants dream of electric sheep.

Christmas Break Adventures

• Kidzania
• Tokyo Disney Resort
• Spa Resort Hawaiians

Christmas Gifts

• Lixil shower head
• Shower head holder
• Thermometer

Yearly Theme

We forgot to mention, but this topic is based on the Cortex yearly theme structure. You can learn more about that listening to the following Cortex episodes.

• Cortex #62: 2018 Yearly Themes
• Cortex #79: 2019 Yearly Themes
• Cortex #95: 2020 Yearly Themes
• Nanowrimo

Thoughts on the Mac Pro

• 2019 Mac Pro
• Beige G3 tower
• iPod second generation
• Blue and White G3
• Samsung T5 SSD
• Blackmagic Design mini recorder

Calpis Strawberry

• Asahi Drinks (Japanese link)

What Ryan's been playing

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

The Iron Giant

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp
• Related media
  • The Incredibles - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Ratatouille - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • Tomorrowland - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
  • The Incredibles 2 - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp

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