Episode 160: Reverse Spider Sense

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about shaving, lights, and Dan's amazing new superpower.

Links for this episode:

• 5by5 | CMD+Space #85: Being a Geek, with John Siracusa
  This week Myke is joined by John Siracusa. They discuss what it means to be a Geek and explore what John is geeky about.Special guest John Siracusa.
  
• Ep. 98: "A Mastiff of Spinach" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
  The Problem: They made John check his jingle stick.
  
• Twitter / settern: I don't think I'm going to ...
  (In which Serenity gets 59,000 on Threes)
  
• Moxibustion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Moxibustion (Chinese: ?
  
• Amazon.com: Braun Series 7- 790cc Pulsonic Shaver System, Silver: Health & Personal Care
  
• Shaving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  There are two types of manual razors: straight razor and safety razors. Safety razors are further subdivided into double-edged razors, single edge, injector razors, cartridge razors and disposable razors.
  
• Be A Part Of It
  
• Zero Charisma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Zero Charisma is a 2013 American comedy film written by Andrew Matthews and co-directed by Matthews and Katie Graham. The film premiered at the South By Southwest film festival in 2013 and later screened at multiple North American Film Festivals including the Maryland Film Festival, the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal and the Newport Beach Film Festival.
  
• How Light Affects Our Sleep | Mark's Daily Apple
  Blue light has its place, of course. A British study found that blue light-enhanced white lights in the workplace improved alertness, performance, and even nighttime sleep quality in employees. That’s during the day, though, when blue light exposure is normal and expected. Nighttime exposure to blue light disrupts our sleep hormones. Television, computer screens, even digital clocks with blue numbers – they’re all common sources of late night blue light that can affect our production of melatonin.
  
• troglodyte mode
  Programming with the lights turned off, sunglasses on, and the terminal inverted (black on white) because you've been up for so many days straight that your eyes hurt (see raster burn). Loud music blaring from a stereo stacked in the corner is optional but recommended.
  
• Silver Surfer Soars Back Into Stores from Dan Slott And Mike Allred - Updated - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors
  
• Lectric Shave
  
• Dollar Shave Club - Our Blades Are F***ing Great
  

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