56: The Woodpecker

• Follow-up on software complexity: The Mythical Man-Month, No Silver Bullet, the original Agile manifesto, and what Agile has become.
• What we found most useful from our computer-science educations.
• Marco's impressions of his new Mac Pro.
• External disks, PCI-Express SSDs, and cable management.
• John buys a home-theater AV receiver. (The newer version he didn't need)
• Stereo vs. surround speakers, and integrated vs. external subwoofers. (Marco's tiny, buggy amp and great speakers).
• After-show: Pono, ABX tests, mp3ornot.

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