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DISCUSSED: iOS has gotten really good; still, there's some Apple stuff we'd love to see get better; some Covid updates; anxiety and OCD in these fraught times; finally, Dan and Merlin need your advic…

DISCUSSED: DST and rebooting sleep; some quick documentary talk; a challenging H.R. Giger poster; updates on sane prepping, looking at some interesting sources for electric power; on rational preppin…

Diving deep on the power of infrastructure. Yes, for you, too.

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• The new, improved StyleStealer for Marked 2 - BrettTerpstra.com
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DISCUSSED: Merlin has a lot to say about fizzy water and the drugs of Florida; someone please help Dan get his old Twitter name; talking recent media and deciding when a kid is "ready" for it; some M…

Preparing isn't just for preppers. But, how do you incorporate scope and infrastructure without turning into a nut?

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• Four-Day Work Week Gains Popularity Around the World - Bloo…

DISCUSSED: Dan has updates on Texas's recent weather events and the unanticipated cascading effects on complex and interconnected infrastructures; then, for dessert, your hosts explore the delights a…

DISCUSSED: As The Lone Star state struggles with a surfeit of anomalous weather events, your hosts dig into the challenges inherent to all sorts of complex, interconnected systems.

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DISCUSSED: Doing pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good; Dan discovers a shark is menacingly circling one of his product names; there's a reason Merlin is not in the corner office; your hosts fondly rec…

No way am I even going to attempt a description this week.

With that said:

[this is a good one]

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DISCUSSED: There are things that one wants to see less or fewer often; is this particular button actually hooked up to anything?; there is literal must-see TV and you must see it literally immediatel…

DISCUSSED: Dan continues to explore the exciting possibilities of his latest hardware acquisition.

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• Wisdom From Merlin
  Or: “Everybody likes being given a glass of water.”

  It's …

DISCUSSED: life's relentlessness continues apace; Cash enjoyed Dan's modified Godfather trilogy; celebrating Lil' Inappropriate Books; a terrific recent use of "Layla"; some Inside Baseball talk abou…

DISCUSSED: Merlin looks at a shelf and then, for some reason, discusses it; walls and Japanese beds and jokey-sized dishwashers all benefit from wheels; life is different when you live on a boat; it'…

DISCUSSED: Making a problem go away is not the same thing as solving the problem.

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• Craft - Create Amazing Documents
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DISCUSSED: The generational struggle to understand things we can't understand, dealing with other people, and Star Wars.

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• Craft - Create Amazing Documents
  
• Craft Review: A Powerf…

DISCUSSED: Habits, cycles, and patterns of thinking. Why it's difficult to rehearse success—but surprisingly easy to rehearse failure.

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• Linky Linky - This has to become a regul…

DISCUSSED: From Jerry Lewis to a drinking bird in a scant 80 minutes.

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• Opinion | Your Brain Is Not for Thinking - The New York Times
  
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DISCUSSED: lot of projects going on!; praise for Nicki Minaj; some recent TV shows that are important to your hosts; Merlin is a little obsessed with a new Mac productivity app; interrogating problem…