DISCUSSED: Your hosts talk about some of their favorite Mac apps available via Setapp.

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Episode 588: Quid Pro Crow

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An important discussion about aging as examined and explained through the lens of James Howlett. Links:David Ferrie - WikipediaMerlin's Wisdom Project — "It's only advice for you because it had to be advice for me."

Max Eisenhardt (Earth-616) | Marvel Database | FandomMagneto | X-Men Wiki | Fandom

Episode 644: A Tony Bennett Hair Hat

Merlin thinks LLMs have raised the bar for voice assistants in general and Siri in particular. Dan and his kid watch the excellent HBO series, Chernobyl.





Merlin’s weird, truncated contexts in Things.
Links:Seven Little Pieces of My Heart — Merlin really likes music, and he has a delightfully economical way to share it with you.
Dr.Feelgood 【She Does It Right】 - YouTubeHisashi Ouchi, The Radioactive Man Kept Alive For 83 DaysThe Chernobyl Podcast | HBO - YouTubeBleachers - Tiny Moves (Official) - YouTubeUnder the Radar #289: Vision Pro Numbers - Relay FMextratone/siri: complete list of siri voice commands — siri voice commands list

Episode 643: The Price of Lies

Your hosts discuss facial hair, notebooks, the metric system, flexing about local weather, and becoming the bathroom supplies you want to see in the world.

Links:Amazon.com : kleid 8902 Notebook, 0.08 inch (2 mm) Grid Notebook, A5, 0.08 inch (2 mm) Grid, Olive : Office ProductsKleid StationeryKinokuniya USAAmazon.com: Maruman MNEMOSYNE Notebook 8.27 x 5.83 Inches (A5), 5mm dot grid, 80 Sheets (N105), white : Everything Else — Merlin's notebook.Amazon.com: Kinsa Smart,Fever, Digital Medical Baby, Kid and Adult Termometro - Accurate, Fast, FDA Cleared Thermometer for Oral, Armpit or Rectal Temperature Reading - QuickCare : Health & Household — Merlin's thermometer.Le Grand K – Saint-Cloud, France - Atlas Obscura — The former global standard for the exact mass of one kilogram sits under lock and key outside Paris. Metric Paper - YouTubeSMISKI - 【OFFICIAL SITE】SMISKIShopkins Brand Page - Moose ToysMerlin's Wisdom Project — "In thinking about optimizing how you work, try to distinguish between the parts of your job that are necessarily difficult versus the parts that are harder than they actually need to be. The former is the reason that you get the big bucks, and the latter is the reason why you may often feel like the bucks should be bigger."sam elliott young - Google SearchThe Cornell Note Taking System – Learning Strategies CenterEx-Men: Wolverine - YouTube

Episode 642: A Better Roll of Toilet Paper

Travel is not always about traveling, but it is definitely always about your life.

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Episode 641: Germans in the Wild

A classic odds n' sods episode. Plus, Merlin has thoughts about memory and ecosystems, and Dan is considering jetting through an eclipse.





Episode 588: Quid Pro Crow

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