John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin ponder the upcoming Apple event, assess picayune physical details of the iPhone 5 and iPod touch, compare the newly announced pricing for the Microsoft Surface to its possible competitors, and discuss John's approach to getting value from Twitter.

Links for this episode:

• Pentagon Paradox: The Development of the F-18 Hornet, by James P. Stevenson
  
• Hypercritical #73: 22 Degrees
  
• Daniel Siders on sending a POST for each follower in Tent
  
• October 23 Apple event confirmed: “We’ve got a little more to show you” - Ars Technica
  
• McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle - Wikipedia
  
• iOS portfolio price distribution - asymco
  
• Thoughts on the Display, Price, and Name of the Impending Smaller iPad - Daring Fireball
  
• iPad (3rd generation) - Wikipedia
  
• Microsoft Surface will start at $499
  
• Just one example of a Totoro-themes iPad case on Etsy
  
• The Brief, by Richard Dunlop-Walters
  

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