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Merlin has thoughts on survival, aging, and whether to bother trying to understand whatever NFTs are. Next up, the triumphant return of "Cool Thing I Learned This Week" brings updates on iOS dictatio…

Your hosts discuss dramaturgy, package managers, and monospaced fonts.

Ladies?

Links:

• Ruby on Mac: Get Ruby working on your Mac in minutes with a single command.
• MonoLisa - A font family designed for s…

DISCUSSED: Dan misses going to the movies; cool ways to save your bacon in Git; and Merlin is excited about a (new to him) app for personal tracking and quantization.

Links:

• Dangit, Git!?! — Git is har…

DISCUSSED: Merlin runs the table this week with: unseasonable heat; the joy of realizing when someone obviously loved (and probably had to fight for) the thing that they made; and finally, an extende…

A classic odds n' sods episode. Merlin needs help with a journaling via voice solution; your hosts look at password enhancements in the Apple betas; praise for Apple's SF fonts and SF symbols; a trip…

Dan & Merlin are live from the show floor, sharing their thoughts on the WWDC 2022 keynote address.

Links:

• Apple Events - Apple
• ATP 486: Field Day at Apple Park — Accidental Tech Podcast
• Upgrade #410: Ap…

On memory, security, and sleeping injuries.

Links:

• The apps I use to read and write for this blog (Interconnected)
• Working Copy, Git on iOS

Considering the value of finding something new to suck at.

Runner-Up Titles

• Stop Trying to Meditate and Just Breathe
• I’m That Guy in My Own Head
• The Confidence of the New Idiot

Links:

• Willem Dafoe …

It's a very special "Oops! All Automation Check-ins" episode. But, of course—as always—there's also a philosophical component.

Links:

• Black Bear Head Mask Full Face Plush Bear Costume Deluxe Halloween …

DISCUSSED: Dan's new tenants flip him the bird, and Merlin has strong feelings about email.

Runner-up titles:

• Glass Surfing
• I Don't Believe in a Lizard Binary
• A Game Stop and a Bathroom
• A Mother S…

Your hosts are finally back in action with vital updates on #productivity and #creativity. Also, ginger ale and egg substitutes.

Links:

• 'Severance' creator Dan Erickson's Reddit AMA: 15 burning Lumon q…

DISCUSSED: Updates on new Plex functionality; praise for Severance; plus some updates on Merlin's new setup—and pursuing the life that you'd like to have.

Runner-Up Titles:

• Shoulders Come in Pairs
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DISCUSSED: Big news from Plex; Merlin has an expansive new computer project; and Dan continues to make his way at a new gig using his trusty calendar.

Links:

• End the Streaming Struggle with Plex | Plex…

DISCUSSED: Dan is doing new things that require a new approach to his calendar. Merlin proposes some appropriate Calendar Kyber Crystals.

Links:

• Twenty-Six Cameras: The Aviator (2004) with Merlin Mann …

DISCUSSED: Dan is back from reporting on the show floor; recommendations for some Back to Work-adjacent podcast episodes; incidental thoughts and advice on presentations as performance; everybody wan…

DISCUSSED: Dan and Merlin talk about Apple's latest event and consider what the future looks like from Cupertino.

Links:

• Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support
• AmazonSmile : Dry Erase Lapboards | 9 x 12…

Links:

• uBlacklist for Safari on the App Store — "Blocks sites you specify from appearing in search engine results"
• uBlacklist for Safari | Search Engine filter for Safari
• Why Are There So Many Bad Bosse…

DISCUSSED: the Russians are coming; Dan has thoughts on Marvel TV shows, and Merlin has thoughts on Hawkeye specifically; Merlin bravely and boldly recommends watching a film that's often considered …

DISCUSSED: your hosts can't complain (but, sometimes, they still do); a provisional craving for secular pre-cana; what are your canonical family holidays?; Dan has to sign something; a quick clarific…

DISCUSSED: boiling ATX water and the long-term return of the Bang-Bang Machine; thought-provoking insight on youth, hustle, and work-life balance from Slate Political Gabfest; and Dan tries his hand …