Comfort Zone

Matt'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"!
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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Main topics
ROG Xbox Ally X
Matt's review
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Niléane battles the modern era of smart mice, Chris has a new way of keeping up with everything everywhere all at once, and the whole gang battles it out with the best dang MagSafe accessories you've ever seen.
This week's Cozy Zone, we roast you home screens again! This one has bar none the weirdest home screen I've ever seen. You just gotta listen to understand why, but we might be cursed now.
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Main topics
BetterMouse
Reeder
Other things
Atkinson Hyperlegible
Geist
Ben Vallack
Swapmod
Intricuit
Aerospace
ROG Xbox Ally X
Logitech made an oopsie
Mode Anthracite keycaps
DOCKCASE Magnetic Visual
Clicks Power Keyboard
MagicMount Flask
Nomatic Wallet
VÄSTMÄRKE
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Chris on YouTube
Matt on Birchtree
Niléane on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Mastodon
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Matt needs some help figuring out what browser to use, Niléane has a new game show, and Chris challenges the gang to clean up their desk area.
This week's Cozy Zone, the gang discusses their tech white whales. If they had unlimited funds, what would they buy? A nice camera? A beefy computer? A whole company?!
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Main topics
Helium
Zen
Dia
ChatGPT Atlas
Perplexity Comet
Other things
Chris' Gridfinity Setup
Last.fm
HermitCraft desk mat
IKEA monitor arm
Matt's desk before
Matt's desk after
Forecast
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Chris on YouTube
Matt on Birchtree
Niléane on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Mastodon
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It's the annual predictions episode! The gang reflects on their predictions from 2025 and then make their Guaranteed To Be Correct Predictions for 2026. No boring predictions here, we start at Pro predictions and go all the way to Pro Max.
This week's Cozy Zone has everyone discussing the tricky business of streaming music and how we actually get artists paid.
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Chris reflects on a big year of changes, Matt has turned his garage into a mini-factory, and the gang buys clothes, but in a techy way.
On Cozy Zone, we draft fonts…for real this time!
Want more from the gang? Cozy Zone is a bonus podcast every Monday where we let loose on all sorts of fun topics. You can get cozy with the Comfort Zone crew for just $5/month or $50/year, which not only makes the bonus episodes possible, but supports Comfort Zone, too.
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Main topics
beyerdynamic DT. 770 Pro X
Bambu Lab A1 mini
Other stuff we talked about
The Opposite of Snow Leopard (2025 predictions episode)
Ora Browser
Ozlo Sleepbuds
Anker Soundcore A20
IKEA SKÅDIS
Star Wars Galactic Racer trailer
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic trailer
Resident Evil Requiem trailer
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Chris on YouTube
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