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Comfort Zone is a weekly podcast in which @birchtree.me, @nileane.fr & @chrislawley.me talk about a new piece of tech they’ve been using, then take part in the dreaded challenge, where one of the hosts will challenge the others to mix things up.
Comfort Zone, Episode 90: I Paid for Those Pixels
Comfort Zone, Episode 90: I Paid for Those Pixels
@birchtree.me demands we roast his home screen, @nileane.fr drops some knowledge on SSDs, and (almost) everyone has fun with Pokémon.
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Comfort Zone, Ep 89: Pizza is an American Invention, and it Involves Pineapple
@chrislawley.me has a confession to make, @birchtree.me admits something about his watch, and @nileane.fr challenged the boys to take their phones off silent.
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And this week on Cozy Zone, Matt asks the question: what would life be like if they suddenly couldn't use any Apple products? He basically destroys any life Chris has.
(We swear we recorded this before ATP released theirs.)
Comfort Zone, Episode 88: Execute a Leveraged Takeover of MacStories
Chris wants to know what the deal with Discord. Niléane has a massive backlog of things to talk about. And everybody does their best with Apple's Creator Studio.
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Comfort Zone, Ep 87: I'm Holding Up Poop
@birchtree.me wants to do an AI check in, @chrislawley.me serves a master class on 3D printing, and @nileane.fr is away, so the dads talk a little Formula 1…just a little.
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Comfort Zone, Episode 86: 40% Sickos
Comfort Zone, Episode 86: 40% Sickos
@birchtree.me wants to talk about his (quick) notes, @nileane.fr brings 3(!) topics, and everyone brings old(?) tech back from the dead.
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A censored screenshot of the Cozy Zone Star Wars Tier List
Today in the Cozy Zone, we tier listed *all* of the Star Wars movies and TV shows. Surely none of that will be controversial right?
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We had some URL encoding issues in the show notes for the latest episode which meant none of the links to our Minecraft screenshots were working.
It should be fixed now, but you'll need to re-download the episode in your podcast app of choice.
Sorryyyy 🙏
Comfort Zone, Ep 85: What is This, 1995?
@chrislawley.me has a Creator Studio, @birchtree.me has a less official Creator Studio, and the whole gang shows off their Minecraft houses as part of @nileane.fr's challenge
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+ This week's Cozy Zone, we roast each other's backpacks. One's all black, one's is full of color, and the other is just a mess!
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Comfort Zone, Episode 84: Where is Everybody?
@birchtree.me's on his own for this one, as Chris and Niléane managed to both get sick at the same time. Fear not, we get to rant and rave about the latest "Xbox"!
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Comfort Zone, Episode 83: Are You Predicting Doom?
Comfort Zone, Ep 83: Are You Predicting Doom?
@nileane.fr battles the modern era of smart mice, @chrislawley.me has a new way of keeping up with everything everywhere all at once, and the whole gang battles it out with MagSafe accessories.
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Comfort Zone, Episode 82: Mine's Bigger than Matt’s
Comfort Zone, Episode 82: Mine's Bigger than Matt’s
@birchtree.me needs some help figuring out what browser to use, @nileane.fr has a new game show, and @chrislawley.me challenges the gang to clean up their desk area.
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+ In this week's Cozy Zone, the trio spent some time discussing the tricky business of streaming music and how we actually get artists paid.
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Comfort Zone, Ep. 81: Our 2026 Tech Predictions!
The gang reflects on their predictions from 2025 and then make their 100% Correct Predictions for 2026. No boring predictions here, we start at Pro predictions and go all the way to Pro Max.
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Comfort Zone, Episode 80: My Pink Booties
Comfort Zone, Episode 80: My Pink Booties
@chrislawley.me reflects on a big year of changes, @birchtree.me has turned his garage into a mini-factory, and the gang buys clothes, but in a techy way.
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This week in the Cozy Zone: we drafted fonts! As you can imagine, strong opinions were felt.
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Comfort Zone, Episode 79: I Got a Flu From This Keyboard
@chrislawley.me is making a bunch of changes going into 2026, @nileane.fr has another snazzy audio app update, and everyone navigates the pain of trying to use a new keyboard layout.
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This week's Cozy Zone is the challenging TimeGuessr, where you look at a photo and guess where and when it was taken. Easier said than done, or is the gang going to set a new world record?
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Comfort Zone, Episode 78: Entering My Dad Era
Comfort Zone, Ep 78: Entering My Dad Era
@birchtree.me wants to give the AirPods Pro 3 a piece of his mind, @nileane.fr has another old school music app for the Mac, and everyone brings their best Black Friday deals (tiny bit late 😅).
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+ This week in Cozy Zone, the gang created an Apple accessory tier list, and dear listener, the knives come out.
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Comfort Zone, Episode 77: It's Charlie Chapman's Fault
Comfort Zone, Episode 77: It's @charliemchapman.com's Fault
It's the window management episode! @chrislawley.me has even more iPad news, and AeroSpace nearly tears the gang apart.
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Comfort Zone, Episode 76: Sorry, Danielle
Comfort Zone, Episode 76: Sorry, Danielle
@nileane.fr fris getting bold with laptop appendages, @chrislawley.me is nostalgic about the iPad Pro, and everyone gets weird with text files as part of @birchtree.me's challenge
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+ This week in the Cozy Zone, the gang finally comes together to roast your desk setups 😈
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Comfort Zone, Episode 75: Klack to the Extreme
Comfort Zone, Episode 75: Klack to the Extreme
@birchtree.me has a mouse that looks like a zebra, @nileane.fr quotes some cool new stuff in the Mastodon world, and everyone pitches their dream app (one of them may already exist!).
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This week in the Cozy Zone, the gang discusses what they think they're in the top 1% of the world at. Sports? Cooking? Something weird that will make everyone look at them different from now on???
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Comfort Zone, Episode 74: Freak'n Toad
Comfort Zone, Episode 74: Freak'n Toad
@chrislawley.me simplifies his backpack, @birchtree.me has complex feelings about the new Affinity Studio, and @nileane.fr's challenge has her questioning the sanity of the American suburbs.
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+ This week in the Cozy Zone, @nileane.fr challenged the dads to a wild mini game of internet football (⚽ football, not 🏈 football)
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Thumbnail for episode 73: Niléane is sad and holding a controller, Matt is showing a voice recording app on his phone, Chris is making an angry face while playing on his Nintendo Switch 2
Comfort Zone Ep 73: Boom, Firefox Out of the Question
@nileane.fr is experiencing the lowest lows with gaming, but @chrislawley.me is full of joy. Meanwhile, the gang's attempts to use local LLMs ranges from similar low lows to joy as well.
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For an upcoming episode of Cozy Zone (our weekly bonus podcast!), send us your desk setups!
We will be roasting them all on the show 😇
