Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This week, John visits Mike the shipping guy, Federico’s philosophy on hardware takes a turn, John declares Apple Watch charging in the shower a myth, and we share videogame and TV picks, plus a deal.

Links and Show Notes:

Unplugged
• Big Mike’s Shipping Shoppe
• Charging the Apple Watch While Showering

Picks
• Federico’s Pick:
• Portal RTX – store.steampowered.com/app/2012840/Portal_with_RTX
• Portal with RTX Update Adds NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 With Ray Reconstruction, RTX IO & New Content – nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/portal-with-rtx-dlss-3-5-ray-reconstruction-update
• RTX Remix – nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/rtx-remix/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
• John’s Pick:
• Alien Earth on Hulu – hulu.com/series/alien-earth-ac314a24-c615-48ee-8e24-b26de75e64ef

Unwind Deal
• Snowpiercer TV Series, Complete Boxed Set in TV app for $11.99 for 4 seasons/40 episodes – tv.apple.com/us/boxset/snowpiercer-the-complete-series/umc.cmr.its.se.2regsh0kcl9u21slpvr6mcz3n?showId=umc.cmc.1un15wysjxygnn49uxgfyd5dr&at=1001l3bhP&ct=msdeals

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Timestamps:

00:00 - A Visit with Big Mike
01:32 - Exploring Software Over Hardware
03:03 - Unwind Plans Gone Awry
04:34 - Charging the Apple Watch While You're In the Shower
06:46 - Portal RTX
11:20 - Alien Earth
13:42 - Unwind Deal