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Favoriting December 18, 2023: What's the BEST app?

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Listener comments!

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Webhamster Henry:

My apps are the best apps!😃📱🎶🙉
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ultradamno:

Matt! Techtonwicks!
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Joey C:

Matt-Tonics
  6:01pm
P-90:

“Tech Warwick”? Is this really happening?
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ultradamno:

I like Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeños!
  6:01pm
Yes:

I need quick money, Is there a new app for that?
  6:01pm
David (in London):

Evening Mark and all Technoids.
  6:01pm
Sam:

What’s the best ape?? Bonobo!!
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Chris Hiatt:

Blue cheese shortbread! Would you like a napkin?
  6:02pm
David (in London):

Ah, Matt, not Mark then I assume?
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chresti:

Hi Matt and Techton-0-Matts!
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Chris Hiatt:

It doesn't have any picture, but it has a heckuva sound.
  6:04pm
Yes:

😎
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Bas NL:

Hi Matt! All!
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Joey C:

Garbage-Tech
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Fredericks:

So is this a music show? or is Matt going to tell us how to get rid of our privacy?
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ultradamno:

I was going to say, I thought the two of you were going to do your Bert & Ernie tech show...get well soon Mark!
  6:06pm
P-90:

I like how Matt pronounces “program” with an Austrian accent, like a Bond villain or something
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
Ciggy:

The best App is the "unofficial" Woof Moo (WFMU) App for my android
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chresti:

Just talk about reverb..
  6:07pm
mr 6:

Matt Warwick is actually an AI experiment by Mark Hurst
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
Chris Hiatt:

Hey Matty Warwick, how's Brucie coming along with the piano lessons?
  6:07pm
P-90:

What was the topic(s) originally planned for the Mark/Matt version of this?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
bleubombersune:

Good evening Matt & Olivia
  6:09pm
jake:

Besides the WFMU app, the best is the NJ transit app
  6:10pm
P-90:

Letterboxd is pretty good. So we’re starting on a high note.
  6:10pm
Andres:

By far most used app on this device is WFMU iOS app, followed by clock/alarm/timer app and then browser.
  6:10pm
Tom from Stirling:

Play a tech-y song, or two. To kill some time.
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DjLorraine:

Hello autoMattonics.
  6:11pm
Ernst Unding:

Highly riled right now
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Joey C:

My best APP is "Countdown." Free app that keeps track of life events. Give you days until, and how many days have passed since. How I use it? My daughter's wedding countdown. I started a new job, so I know how many days ago I started there. Simple, fun and useful.
  6:12pm
jake:

NJ transit app! Buy bus tickets LAST-MINUTE
  6:12pm
jake:

So crucial for a Jersey public transporter, NJ transit app
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paddy in matawan:

Goat Simulator
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Acid Cazh:

The first app I ever downloaded onto my iPhone in 2010, was "Tuner Lite" — a guitar tuner. I use it almost daily, and I've used it almost daily for more than thirteen years.
  6:12pm
Tom from Stirling:

Poor Mark. Look what's happening to his show.
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pgalub:

I kinda like NYC MTA Bus Times.
  6:13pm
jake:

What’s goat simulator…?
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ultradamno:

I use the WFMU app everytime you see me on here (and sometimes that you don't), I have the SOMA, Luxuria and KBOO apps for other radio listening, which are good. I have the you tube app, but never use it except on the PC.
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DjLorraine:

Phone Story. i never play it tho
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The Chief:

Love that they let Matty do this.
  6:13pm
P-90:

There’s a FREE DONUT APP?!!!
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mndave:

↳ paddy in matawan @6:12
LICK BONUS
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chresti:

sigalert is one, weather underground is another..
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bleubombersune:

APT35 of Iran is a cool apt
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ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @6:13
Thank god I was calling in....
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paddy in matawan:

↳ jake @6:13
Exactly what it sounds like. Be a goat. Do goat things.
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Ciggy:

Mwah
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Chris Hiatt:

Radio Garden is pretty cool.
  6:14pm
jake:

Lol Dean!!!
  6:14pm
Deano de los Muertos:

I was on hold the entire time!!!
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Lee B:

Gixen is good, it an ebay bidding app...
  6:15pm
Deano de los Muertos:

And they were not playing the show on hold as usually happens
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ P-90 @6:13
I wrote a set of Donut Apple Message Stickers, technically an app.
  6:15pm
Deano de los Muertos:

Did not hear the rules on hold
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Lee B:

Matt, have you tried Good To Go? It's an app that let you buy cheap food from restaurants so it doesn't get tossed out...
  6:16pm
mzmm:

better than seven-second delay!
  6:16pm
jake:

Good To Go is very Garbage Time it’s true
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paddy in matawan:

↳ Chris Hiatt @6:14
I can't live without TuneIn Radio. I wish Radio Garden was easier to use. Also it's missing Chromecast support.
  6:17pm
jake:

Kanopy is a great app—free movies and TV shows with your local library card!
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dale:

shazam was a game changer for me.

when is a website an app? isn't an app just a quicklink to the site sometimes?
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Letterboxd > IMDB
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Joey C:

Shout out to Mark Hurst- Hope you feel better soon, maestro.
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ jake @6:17
Yeah I love Kanopy and I like their new pricing scheme!
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ultradamno:

IMDb used to be one of my social media sites, before they took the comments away because we can't have nice things.
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Folsom:

Letterboxd sounds like untapped, just trying to show off what you watch/drink.
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ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @6:19
(in fairness, it really did get pretty nasty)
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tim:

↳ Joey C @6:18
Mark’s gonna need another week off to recover from this show.
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Deano de los Muertos:

fine. I change my answer to the Final Fantasy VII app..can play the entire game on my phone. And it obviously can play the 9:42 music at times.
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Chris Hiatt:

↳ dale @6:18
Totally. I can always tell much later, when I have been using the app at the local stupid supermarket: lots of REO Speedwagon and adjacent nonsense.
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Ben from Newark:

I use Letterboxd all the time as my official guide on what movies to see and which ones to skip
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Joey!:

Hey Olivia!! Hey Matt!!
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ultradamno:

Yeah, if the app comes with the device out of the box and it can't be deleted, it doesn't count
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
diciassette:

One of my favorite apps is called "Talk Dim Sum." That's what it does! You can look at dim sum and practice pronouncing it.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
Deano de los Muertos:

sounds like Simon
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diciassette:

↳ diciassette @6:23
But it doesn't give you free stuff, sadly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
Jim the Poet:

I like the WFMU app
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Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Jim the Poet @6:23
he hung up on me for that
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dale:

↳ Chris Hiatt @6:20
keep riding the storm out!
  6:25pm
Glenn:

Oh no
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dale:

i though matt might have a domino's pizza app on his phone.
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Jim the Poet:

oops don't hang up on me
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mndave:

someone spell the name of that tappy-tap app
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
Jim the Poet:

I love too good to go
  6:26pm
olivia:

Hatsune Miku i think
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b!!!:

↳ mndave @6:25
www.colorfulstage.com
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mndave:

↳ b!!! @6:26
much thanks!!
  6:28pm
Secretary of Balloon Doggies:

Sky Map is a cool app!
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ultradamno:

I use Shudder a lot too, maybe more than Netflix at this point.
  6:29pm
queems:

i missed the first half, hello
  6:29pm
paddy:

i miss flappy birb
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Deano de los Muertos:

I remember flappy bird for sure
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mndave:

Flappy Bird was probably removed because it was blatantly ripping off Mario Bros but you literally would just tap the bird through the tubes. I remember hearing other people on a bus in DC playing it through their earphone-bleeding in like 2014
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Folsom:

wow people don't know apps that came out 10 years ago
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Juli:

Saving this episode!!
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Folsom:

Also get Libby and Hoopla that also connects to your library like Kanopy.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Deano de los Muertos:

Google Earth is cool too, but Mark will hunt me down…with bow and arrow of course
  6:31pm
Secretary of Balloon Doggies:

Also Exit Strategy if you use transit in NYC. Tells you exactly where on the train to go to be positioned for each exit and transfer (also has system and surface maps)
  6:31pm
Mark:

Watch the Chelsea Hotel documentary on Kanopy. Powerful.
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mndave:

Merlin Bird ID is great - either upload a photo of your BOI (bird of interest) or describe its characteristics
  6:32pm
queems:

+1000000 for nj transit
  6:32pm
mr 6:

Matt will not disagree Pokémon Go is the best app
  6:32pm
Lieutenant Lambrusco:

This guy is so silly….
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Deano de los Muertos:

sure wish I had that in 2010, catching my 4:30 trains to Hoboken
  6:32pm
wenzo:

Tempted to call in just to get hung up on but I won’t.
  6:33pm
queems:

+10000000000 for pokemon go
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HyperDose:

Game Boy emulators are the best thing to play on mobile
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listener 126464:

scallops wrapped in bacon
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Juli:

Clothing is
Art
  6:34pm
noiseician (Sean):

Since y'all were talking about illegal downloads, Seeker is a great app. Soulseek for Android!
  6:36pm
chresti:

Mom needs to text!
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Dano59:

↳ mndave @6:31
Merlin's bird-call ID is amazing! (I wish Icould get a version for my older iPhone SE)
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Deano de los Muertos:

volunteer to cohost more often, Matt. I’m sure Mark love/hates it and you’re a good odd couple 😆
  6:36pm
paddy:

WINNER WINNER
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Deano de los Muertos:

that is a great sounding app
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Deano de los Muertos:

↳ HyperDose @6:34
😮 I used to play a sega Genesis emulator on a laptop in the ticket booth at a slow movie theater
  6:40pm
queems:

picture this is another good plant id app
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Handy Haversack:

I got nothing for this one. Just to say that even the Merlin bird app is a location stealer that backdoors to Google. Nothing is safe. Throw away your phones and join me on the Dark Side.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
Deano de los Muertos:

my dad laughs at the fact that wild turkeys can fly but not land “they just smash into the tree”
  6:41pm
queems:

i’ve never seen any turkeys on valley road
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HyperDose:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @6:38
Apparently the GameCube emulator is the most stable one. Need to put a Nintendo 64 emulator on this laptop
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ultradamno:

Gang is apparently a correct word for group of turkeys birdfact.com...
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
Deano de los Muertos:

I worked in Clifton for 6 years but never saw turkeys there, some in Rutherford though…and I think the shiny objects is ravens
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:43pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ HyperDose @6:42
I only really love one or 2 GameCube games, never actually owned one. Was a college roommates
  6:43pm
Andres:

Jersey turkeys are bad boys. That’s some Canada Goose type attitude. Local wild turkeys here are shy and deferential.
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DjLorraine:

(Long) Cooked oatmeal?
  6:44pm
morphe':

Crows are not so into Baubbles... they are into food and carrion and ... Magpies are more known for shiny bits and getting stuff ... hence my name Ekster = Magpie en Nederlands....
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HyperDose:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @6:43
N64 and PS2 were my only consoles. Really want a Nintendo Switch since they're remastering a bunch of stuff
  6:44pm
P-90:

“Helicopters ‘n’ Velociraptors” would be a cool app
  6:44pm
chresti:

Crows, ravens love peanuts in the shell
I throw them on the roof at work
  6:46pm
jake:

Used to live on that wild turkey block by Clifton
  6:46pm
queems:

i feed peanuts to the turkeys at my partner’s house. there are like 3-6 of them living in the trees
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Webhamster Henry:

I have like a gross of synthesizer and effect apps.
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Handy Haversack:

Turkeys are pretty awesome.
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mndave:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:46
iOptigan and Model D are fantastic, as you likely know!
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Webhamster Henry:

The app version of my son's game is coming out in January...
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Deano de los Muertos:

↳ HyperDose @6:44
I do still own an N64 and Genesis. Fairly sure they both still work, now I want to hook them up permanently
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ultradamno:

Is there an app for keep track of how many bald eagles you've killed?

I mean, it would just kind of be for those two guys, but...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
mndave:

↳ ultradamno @6:47
illEagle?
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Fredericks:

Should you cook the oatmeal before putting it out?
  Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
SeaCreature:

Dang it, I just logged back in and I’ve missed this?!?
  6:48pm
queems:

was it ringwood
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HyperDose:

As far as small mobile game developers go, I really enjoy what Fire Maple Games puts out. For fans of classic point-and-click adventures like Myst!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
ultradamno:

↳ mndave @6:48
Bang! Title search done!
  6:48pm
morphe':

APPs - The Gov't of Israel and the IDF are using an AI App called "The Gospel" [true story] and it might be the worst App as it targets "targets" including Israeli Hostages trying to surrender to the IDF but shot dead by the IDF ...
  6:48pm
P-90:

What’s the name of the hiking app again?
  6:49pm
queems:

alltrails
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HyperDose:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @6:47
If you want to hook them up to an HDTV look up popular upscaling devices on reddit. They're getting pretty good
  6:49pm
Deano de los Muertos:

So much hiking down here, I’m finding. I lived minutes from Cheesequake for 5 years, now near Hartshorne and Huber.
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joe mulligan:

the best app is WFMU seriously
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
NotARealDoctor:

Can't call in because I'm at work but wanted to chime in with the TuneIn app because I use it constantly for listening to WFMU
  6:49pm
P-90:

Thanks @queems
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ mndave @6:47
I have used iOptigan to make a listener polka for Stashu! (Polka Killer)
  6:50pm
queems:

anytime
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Deano de los Muertos:

↳ HyperDose @6:49
Will do
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SeaCreature:

I like the fmu app for its endless malfunctions
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dale:

i have a nypl liberry card number through libby but when i try to select a branch on kanopy it doesn't even find the nypl.
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Matt, Olivia. We're all doomed.
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dale:

next time do what's the WORST app.
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ dale @6:50
Yet another reason to move to the Mid Hudson Valley!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ dale @6:50
Pretty sure NYPL dropped Kanopy over privacy concerns.
  6:51pm
Hendrix wolfbat:

hi guys are yall gonna list all the apps people suggested somewhere?
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HyperDose:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:50
And we're about to be progged! 🎺🎸
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AMYGDALA:

Late to the show, so it may have been mentioned...SHAZAM music recognition, because although I love Jeff Sarge and his Reggae Schoolroom, he doesn't record a playlist.
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mndave:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:50
Conversations with creators and thinkers who are charting the way forward in a tech-saturated society
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dale:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:51
d'oh!
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Deano de los Muertos:

↳ HyperDose @6:48
I was also mesmerized by Myst, but I was still a child at the time it came out. I do remember the Cave text game. Xyzzy
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ultradamno:

↳ dale @6:51
I can imagine Mark at home making notes for that very answer show
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dale:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:51
don't think i can even join thrall library here in middletown. town of wawayanda voted down the teeny tax increase to allow us to use the library system.
  6:53pm
queems:

that’s awesome
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DjLorraine:

I use embiggen
  6:53pm
hammy:

any games made by zac gage. his games rock
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HyperDose:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @6:52
Had a cousin who briefly stayed with us and kept a notebook of the clues. Helped me understand it more
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dale:

↳ dale @6:52
...i can walk in, just can't take anything out.
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Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Hendrix wolfbat @6:51
Good idea..hopefully Matt will add them all to the playlist
  6:54pm
jeanne from NW CT:

What is it ? Nightshade?
  6:54pm
P-90:

(don’t tell Mark that Matt gave the green light to AI on the show)
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Jim the Poet:

I paid this caller to say this
  6:54pm
jake:

Jim the Crowet, Crowetry, Crowems
  6:55pm
queems:

crowetry
  6:55pm
jake:

Queems we’re on the same wave
  6:55pm
wenzo:

I love crows too… if there was an ap that let you talk to crows I’d get that… it could be called Murder…
  6:55pm
queems:

totally, it was a good one
  6:55pm
wenzo:

My old neighbor claimed that when he was a kid his family trained crows to weed their garden
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Jim the Poet:

Coincidentally there is a Crow Poem Sequel tonight I will dedicate to Matt
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Dano59:

that 'planets 2.0' sounds proprietary -- my favorite astronomy app is Night Sky and it's free . Compass points, outlines of the animals/gods the constellations represent, and planets and stars all look as they do.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ HyperDose @6:53
I’d love to attempt Myst as an adult. Closest thing I can compare to at my age was King’s Quest (believe my friends and I started on VI or VII)
  6:56pm
Mare:

Presents?!! What kind of presents??
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ultradamno:

I remember seeing James Spader on TV saying someone told him owls were stupid....which, from reputation, you'd think would be the most erudite of birds.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
chresti:

Crows remember you and will follow you!
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Jim the Poet:

I was always surprised that that Owl bit into the tootsie roll center of the tootsie pop
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Chris Hiatt:

This has been a lot of fun. Thanks for holding it down, Daddy Garbage!
  6:57pm
Hendrix wolfbat:

matt , why crows and not ravens?
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Juli:

I adore YouTube lol
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mndave:

↳ chresti @6:57
Chickens can remember around 100 faces, cannot imagine what crows have on us
  6:58pm
P-90:

@Jim: as were we owl
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Dano59:

well, the FMU app and the YouTube app are about the same age ... out of step, Olivia? naaaah
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Deano de los Muertos:

Tomorrow is gonna be the first Garbage Time is miss in almost a year…..ah, the holiday life of a meat cutter: there is none.
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Deano de los Muertos:

so thank you for this, Matt and Olivia!
  6:59pm
queems:

thank you both/all
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b!!!:

Thanks Matt and Olivia!
  6:59pm
jake:

Sorry Mark but our individual opting out to tech monopolies won’t overthrow capitalism! We can watch YouTube sometimes while we organize our coworkers and neighbors to win a socialist future
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
chresti:

Ravens rule!
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Juli:

www.youtube.com...
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Bas NL:

Thanks Matt! Thanks Olivia!
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Hendrix wolfbat:

it's kinda weird that no women called in
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AMYGDALA:

↳ Jim the Poet @6:55
Jim, where we can find Crows 1.0? Bad Animals, date?
Many thanks!
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jake:

Thanks Olivia and Papa Garbage
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Juli:

Thanks Everyone!
Thanks Matt & Olivia!!!
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ultradamno:

↳ Jim the Poet @6:57
...and undermining the results of his scientific inquiry in the process!
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HyperDose:

Thanks Matt and Olivia!
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Troy:

Waze is pretty good
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bleubombersune:

Thanks Olivia & Matt
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P-90:

Thanks Matt and profuse thanks to Olivia for sticking around and making it a duo
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chresti:

Thanks Matt and Olivia!
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Jim the Poet:

↳ AMYGDALA @6:59
How smart are crows?

Corvids are large, big-brained birds
that often live in intimate social groups
of related and unrelated individuals.

They are known to be intelligent—
capable of using tools, recognizing
human faces, and even understanding
physics—and some researchers believe
crows may rival apes for smarts.

Crows know the difference between
Jeff Bridges and Beau. Crows know
the difference between The Velvet Underground
and The Velvet Underground with Nico

Crows know how to tie a bolo

They know how to go with the flow.

They know when to hold them and they know when to fold them.

They know pinots, they know bordeauxs

They know Baudelaire, they know Rimbaud.

Crows know all the right answers on Game Shows

Crows have read all of Foucault. All of it.

They probably know where wojambo is.

Crows know calculus, ekphrasis, telekinesis, sex magick,
they know how to use an abacus

They totally get the end of the sopranos

Crows know why I always get the tower card in tarot

They can name all the pharaohs, even the really boring ones. They know how to spell pharaoh, which I do not

Crows know what you're supposed to know better than you're supposed to know it

It isn't easy to know what a crow knows, just so you know. So now you know! Unless you're a crow. Then you knew.
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AMYGDALA:

↳ Jim the Poet @7:06
This is fantastic Jim - love it! Thank you, much appreciated!
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Jim the Poet:

↳ AMYGDALA @7:09
There's a sequel tonight!
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AMYGDALA:

↳ Jim the Poet @7:15
Way cool! Thanks so much for the heads up...Hope I can catch it. If not, I'll rewind the archives.
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SeaCreature:

This has been swell! Thanks
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AMYGDALA:

Here are most – possibly all - of the apps mentioned by callers, posters and hosters…. from the fantastic fill-in of Mark Hurst’s informative show TechTonic by the super-entertaining duo of Mark&Olivia on Dec. 18th at 6PM. I highly recommend rewinding archives if you missed it. Please do your research on the appropriateness and safety (and legality) of an app that may be of interest. Please pardon the length of the list:
CountDown – track life events by date as they occurred
SigAlert – traffic
WeatherUnderground – umm, not sure, traffic maybe?
TooGoodToGo – borderline spoiled food for sale
Kanopy – free movies & TV; with a card from a local library
Letterboxd (IMDB) – all things movies; reviews, discussions, and the like.
PeriodicTable – cool app for info. on all of the elements from Actinium to Zirconium
SkyMap
Planets 5.0
Night Sky
Shutter – waste time creating attention-grabbing pics for all of your social media sites
Shudder – stream horror and other gory crap
ExitStrategy – get off the New York trains like a pro
Seeker
Clash of Clans – some sort of game, file under mindless
RoadBlock – a game that you’ll lose every time if you’re over 30
AllTrails – get lost in the Pine Barrons and then fire up your phone to try to get home. Free version and fee version; hiking trails
MerlinBirds – offering from Cornell U. They may be in bed with The Google to track your every move. This according to listener Handy – thanks for the heads up Handy!
PlantNet – easily determine whether you’re growing Sativa or Indica!
iNaturalist
PlantNet
Chess – the game. The avail assortment is virtually endless. Make new synapses while using your Smarter-than-you phone
SlyDial – bypass having to speak to that chatty-Cathy or anyone else…just call them and be directed to their voicemail.
Voice Activated Recorder
NJ Transit – move about the Garden State on a bus or train with ease

I applaud Mark and Olivia and the many callers and posters for their contributions, insights, and humor. It was truly a gem of a show, in my less-than-humble opinion.
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AMYGDALA:

oops - sorry - I omitted two apps from the list...

- TuneInRadio - radio from (virtually) every conceivable nook and cranny on the globe.

and of course....

- the highly-coveted WFMU app
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AMYGDALA:

↳ AMYGDALA @11:17
Pardon me, I meant to say Matt & Olivia filled in for Mark - not Mark & Olivia filled in... I offer up my profuse apologies for the glaring error.
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