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We start off this time with Mike's crankiness about missing a three-game sportsball series between the Red Sox and the Yankees due to podcast recording, before heading head-first into a sizable tech news week. Microsoft had their world rocked by a withdrawal of a recommendation from Consumer Reports based on above-average number of issues reported by readers. Mike and Charles look into the numbers, the survey methods, and other data, finding that while the problem reports are higher than average, it's not nearly as alarming (at least in lieu of more evidence) as other media outlets have made out. They also analyze the decision of the developers of Ulysses to go subscription and the new value proposition; speaking of surprises, Disney announced that they will pull out (most?) of their products out of Netflix so they can start their own streaming service; and Mike's latest hardware reviews, including a new Thunderbolt dock, and yet another Thunderbolt eGPU breakout box, along with more insight on when it might be time to jump into these devices. Also on tap for this week: Twitch launches a desktop app for the Mac; the sounds of silence (#seewhatididthere) are climbing up the iTunes charts (and we'll tell you why and an old-school alternative); our own Space Javelin Back-to-School hardware guide (and sponsor-free advice); and the incredibly strange tale of the crowdfunded submarine and the missing woman -- and if that doesn't sound like the title of a Hardy Boys thriller, we don't know what does. All that plus vaguely inappropriate jokes, our usual cynical stink-eye, and more. it's an hour well wasted, cadets, so climb aboard!