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    #8: With Special Offers

    November 4th, 2014 · 78 minutes

    Special guest Scott McNulty joins Jason and Myke to talk about the new Kindle Voyage and why we use Kindles. Plus follow-up about TestFlight, annoying things people do in the Apple Store, and the introduction of our new cheese vertical.

    Guest Starring: Scott McNulty

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    Links and Show Notes

    Scott McNulty (@blankbaby) | Twitter
    Marco Arment on Twitter: "My TestFlight beta was approved for external testing in 1 day."
    Martin Hering on Twitter: "Instacast 5.0.3 beta rejected during Testflight review because iCloud hangs the app in iOS 8.1. See this tweet: https://t.co/6NkAoBR7gD"
    Food in Jars - A blog dedicated to canning, preserving, and pantry staples made from scratch.
    Six Colors: Thirty days of creative abandon
    National Novel Writing Month
    Amazon's flagship Kindle Voyage e-reader now available in the UK for £169
    calibre - E-book management
    Random Trek - a podcast from The Incomparable
    Scott McNulty's stack of Kindles