Cameras, car infotainment systems, Apple TV Guide, bug bounties, and why podcast MP3s aren't VBR.

• John's camera hunt continues
  • The tradeoffs of zoom lenses
  • Sony Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm lens
  • Sony RX10 III superzoom that John probably should get, but won't
  • Fuji X-T2
  • Sony A7R II, Marco's camera
    • iFixit teardown
    • Sony A7 II, the cheaper, older one
    • Differences between A7 II and A7R II
  • Olympus OM-D E-M10, Casey's camera
    • Panasonic Summilux 25mm f/1.4 Micro 4/3 lens, Casey's 50mm-equivalent
• The mediocrity of car infotainment systems
  • QNX powers BMW iDrive
  • Worse Products Through Software
• The ARM Mac feedback that won't die
• Planet of the Apps announces their advisers
  • Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Cork'd
  • Winecast
• Apple TV Guide
• Apple launches bug bounties
  • The Verge's take
  • Tweet with picture of bounties
  • Securosis's take
• Apple's new diversity numbers
• Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
• Post-show: Why podcasts aren't VBR MP3s
  • MP3 file structure
  • More on frame headers, including the Xing VBR jump table
  • Existing standard ID3 tags that could solve the problem, but appear not to be supported by anything:
    • ASPI: Not precise enough for long podcasts.
    • MLLT: Provides any precision level. A good candidate, but unsupported everywhere.
  • A VBR version of this episode with Xing and MLLT tags
    • Compared to the CBR version, it's 25% smaller with better quality during the theme song

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