Limitless Possibility

Hosted by Luc-Olivier Dumais-Blais and Yanik Magnan

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254

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Jun 2026

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EN-US

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A fortnightly podcast focusing on geeky topics that are mostly, but not always, tech-related.

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October 23, 20141 hr 14 min

1: On the iOS 8 Launch

Luc-Olivier goes through a list of issues found in iOS 8 that rubs him the wrong way. Related Links Apple releases iOS 8.0.1 with fixes, but many users reporting it breaks Cellular + Touch ID | 9to5mac Loss of cellular service or ability to use Touch ID after updating to iOS 8.0.1 on iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus iOS 8.0.1 May Have a Link to Apple Maps Fail From 2012 iOS 8 Causing Widespread Bluetooth Connectivity Issues in Cars - Mac Rumors Apple seemingly removing HealthKit compatible iOS 8 apps from App Store due to issues (U: Apple statement) | 9to5mac Federico Viticci's comment about HealthKit Apple temporarily pulls blood glucose measurements from Health app - Analog Senses Bug in iOS 8's 'Reset All Settings' Option Also Erases iCloud Drive Documents - Mac Rumors My IPhone 4s is not sending text messages to just one person. Help! | Apple Support Communities iOS 8 Adoption Stagnates Just Two and a Half Weeks After Launch - Mac Rumors Daring Fireball: Note to Self: It’s the Storage Space, Stupid

November 9, 20141 hr 21 min

2: Mobile Payments

Yanik goes through a history of mobile payments, comparing the mature Japanese ecosystem to the blooming American one. Related Links FU: iOS 8.1 and iCloud Issues FU: Instacast's developer on iOS 7 silent push notifications / background fetch Japan Railway & Transport Review Issue #50 (Sep 2008): IC Cards Polygon: Nintendo eyes expansion of digital payment on New Nintendo 3DS This Week in Tech #481: Good Touch, Bad Touch In Beta #10: Wave Your Dongle Here Snarketing 2.0: Failed CurrentC TechCrunch: CurrentC Is The Big Retailers’ Clunky Attempt To Kill Apple Pay And Credit Card Fees Kirk Lennon: How Apple Pay Really Works and Why You Should Begin Using it Immediately The Verge: Grocery chain Meijer breaks with other CurrentC retailers to accept Apple Pay halcy's takeaway from the whole situation

November 24, 20141 hr 11 min

3: Feelings about the iPad

Luc-Olivier shares his feelings about his adventure trying to use his iPad more often.Related LinksFU: iOS 8.1.1 is outFU: Viticci's tweet about iOS 8.1.1 BetaFU: 1Password is happy about iOS 8.1.1FU: iOS 8.1.1. installation sizeFU: 9to5mac: Staples turns on Apple Pay support at its retail stores ahead of Black FridayFU: Tech in Asia: Apple set to make even more money in China as it adds UnionPay support to App StoreFU: David in New York corrects Yanik on MetroCardiPhone Model comparison - WikipediaiPad Timeline - WikipediaMacBook Timeline - Wikipedia

December 7, 20141 hr 32 min

4: Look Ma, No Subs!

Yanik takes you through his journey learning Japanese as he prepares for the JLPT.Related LinksFU: One Tap LessFU: Six Colors: How Apple can boost my iPad productivityFU: Pocket Blog: The Screen-Size Debate: How the iPhone 6 Plus Impacts Where We Read & WatchWikipedia: Charter of the French Language (Bill 101)All Japanese All The Time and Fluent in 3 MonthsJapanese EngadgetJapanese Language Proficiency TestAnki, the spaced repetition system Yanik usesEos, the teaser page

December 21, 20141 hr 27 min

5: The Current State of Streaming Services

Luc-Olivier talks about the current state of streaming services. Related Links FU: Yanik buying Mighty Gunvolt on his New 3DS with Suica FU: The Verge: Apple Pay now supports the cards that make up 90 percent of credit card purchases in the US FU: The Verge: Google Wallet for iOS now supports Touch ID and helps you split the bill FU: Keith Rabois w/ Semil Shah, Dissecting Apple Pay FU: Luc-Olivier used his iPad to post the last episode Taylor Swift removes all her music from Spotify | Daily Mail UK On Taylor Swift’s Decision To Remove Her Music from Spotify | Spotify Blog $2 Billion and Counting | Spotify Blog Spotify Explained | Spotify Artists Spotify Royalties | Wikipedia

January 4, 20151 hr 20 min

6: Flappy Yo. & Dragons

How Yanik came to accept free-to-play games and why you should too. Related Links CrunchyRoll: Hi-sCool! Seha Girls Episode 9: Weapon Enhancement Succeeds at a 50% Rate, but It Sure Feels Like 15% to Me Puzzle & Dragons Tech in Asia: Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency Deems ‘Kompu Gacha’ Sales a Violation of Law Gamasutra: Puzzle & Dragons & Monetization: How Great Game Design Drives GungHo's Global Hit Gamasutra: How Puzzle & Dragons Does It GDC Vault: P&D Postmortem A list of the 135 arcades that closed in Japan in 2014 CROSSxBEATS (Japanese) Phantasy Star Online 2 (Japanese), Arks Layer which does the English translation PSO2 Cirnopedia: AC Shop, a list of all the items purchasable with AC on PSO2 8-4 Play 12/26/2014: LAST PODCAST (I GAVE YOU MY HEART) Monster Strike New York Times: ‘Monster Strike’ Gives Former Social Media Giant Mixi a Second Act Terra Battle GameSpot: Nintendo: Free-to-play is hurting our hardware business Kotaku: So What Did You Think Of Bravely Default's Second Half? (SPOILERS) The Dallas Morning News: Nintendo tries out real-life price haggling in ‘Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball’ for 3DS Tiny Cartridge: Even more customization for your 3DS home menu! insert credit: who killed videogames? (a ghost story)

January 18, 20151 hr 20 min

7: Real Big Software Companies (Sorry MSFT)

What the hosts are eagerly awaiting in 2015. Realtime Followup: In this episode, Yanik says the protagonist of Hatoful Boyfriend is a pigeon. This is incorrect, the protagonist of Hatoful Boyfriend is a human girl. We deeply regret this error. Related Links FU: PlayStation Store Update 1/13 FU: Asahi Shimbun report on F2P game usage and trends (Japanese) FU: Tiny Cartridge: Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Edition is happening FU: Stack Overflow: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function json_decode() Apple planning Apple Pay expansion into Canada as soon as March | 9to5Mac Latest iOS 8.2 iPhone beta adds Apple Watch Bluetooth support, confirms app | 9to5Mac Apple Watch iPhone ‘Companion’ app revealed w/ new Watch features, monograms | 9to5Mac Apple - CarPlay Apple CarPlay - Wikipedia Coming Soon: Android Auto Android Auto - Wikipedia Open Automotive Alliance Open Automotive Alliance - Wikipedia Apple CarPlay Demonstrated In A Ferrari FF At The Geneva Motor Show - YouTube Mercedes-Benz TV: Apple CarPlay in the new C-Class. - YouTube #CES 2015: Parrot RNB6, the most connected in-vehicle infotainment system | Parrot News Parrot's new dashboard wants to turn your old clunker into a smartcar | The Verge CES 2015: VOLKSWAGEN INTRODUCES ADVANCED GESTURE CONTROL AND NETWORKING FOR A NEW AGE OF MOBILITY Chevrolet's 2016 Volt has CarPlay support | The Verge Ford's Sync 3 drops Microsoft, but can it fix the connected car? | The Verge Ford will let third-party navigation apps run on cars with Sync 3 | The Verge Ford’s New Sync 3 – Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know [Video] | TFLCar.com Verizon Vehicle turns your old ride into a connected car | The Verge Neutral #4: If You See A Cursor, They Blew It Tapbots: Tweetbot for iPad Limitless Possibility #1: On the iOS 8 Launch Wikipedia: Yo-Kai Watch Clyde Mandelin's Let's Play of Yo-Kai Watch, live translated into English Wikipedia: YÅkai Yanik's extensive video game wishlist

February 8, 201540 min

8: Pilot: Sad Mac

Special Episode: While Yanik is enjoying Japan, we decided to air a special episode. This week's episode is our second pilot. It was recorded nearly one year ago when Yanik and I were tinkering with the idea of starting our own podcast. Enjoy ! The iMac Yanik bought before starting college back in 2008 dies, and he decides to explore how the role of the personal computer has evolved since then, and considers possible replacements for his iMac. (Recorded on April 27th, 2014) Related Links Luc-Olivier's & Yanik's iMac Core 2 Duo 2.66 20-Inch (Early 2008) Specs I did say Mid 2008 but I meant Early 2008. Sorry -L iPhone 3G iPod Touch (First Gen) Yanik's beloved Mac OS 8.5 Panic's Transmit, and the user guide for Transit 1.0 which is specifically the version mentioned Facebook Paper, Reeder (and the Mac beta), Diet Coda Yanik's Polyphonic Room Tweetbot for Mac and Twitterrific for Mac, the Twitter clients we use I finally switched to Tweetbot for Mac -L Editorial Pythonista For the young whippersnappers: compact discs and the Sony Discman. Yanik's MacBook Air Core 2 Duo 1.6? 11-Inch (Late 2010) Specs Retina MacBook Air The much-loved 12-inch aluminum PowerBook G4 Luc-Olivier's MacBook Pro with Retina Display Core i7 2.7 15-Inch (Early 2013) Luc-Olivier's MacBook Air Core i5 1.7 13-Inch (Mid 2011) Specs I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode | Yield Thought iPad + Linode, 1 Year Later | Yield Thought Xcode on iPad – Cannot find a good link :( I think I was referring to that app http://dringend.cc -L Textastic - Text, Code, and Markup Editor with Syntax Highlighting - FTP, SFTP, Dropbox - for iPad

March 1, 20151 hr 2 min

9: Game Development with LÖVE

Yanik talks about his experimenting with game development. Related Links FU: The developer iTunes connect snafu FU: Apple will fight iOS bugs with first-ever iOS Public Betas: 8.3 in March, 9 in summer | 9to5Mac FU: Revealed: The experts Apple hired to build an electric car | 9to5Mac FU: Apple Hairball? Ex-GM CEO Says Building Cars May Not Be Worth It - Bloomberg Business FU: Apple reportedly poached employees from A123 Systems to work on battery tech, now faces unfair competition lawsuit | 9to5Mac FU: Bloomberg: Apple planning to launch its own car by the year 2020 | 9to5Mac Wikipedia: ResEdit Wikipedia: QuickTime VR Wikipedia: TimeSplitters 2 cocos2d LÖVE - Free 2D Game Engine Lua's official site Wikipedia: Lua (programming language) Wikipedia: Prototype-based programming LÖVE Wiki: Game Distribution Useful modules: Donut, lovebird

March 15, 20151 hr 32 min

10: Spring Forward Event

Luc-Olivier & Yanik give their 2 cents about the Apple Spring Forward Event. Related Links FU: Limitless Possibility #4: Look Ma, No Subs! FU: Yanik's JLPT N2 certificate FU: Wikipedia: Stagecast Creator HBO NOW The new MacBook ATP #107: We Get the Most Boring Tips Federico Viticci's photos of the new MacBook Macworld: Lab tested: The Mac Pro Daisy Chain Challenge stratechery: Mobile First Apple Watch Appple Watch Gallery John Gruber and Marco Arment discussing their wrist circumference on Twitter Daring Fireball: Apple Watch Prelude ResearchKit