The Talk Show With John Gruber

143: ‘A Squirrel Eating a Duck’ With Merlin Mann

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Merlin Mann returns to the show. Topics include Winter Storm Jonas, the politics of sick kids, sweating out a fever, people going insane over the rumors that the next iPhones will omit the standard headphone jack, the seven-hour The Godfather Epic, and more.

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    • Backblaze’s online speed test.
    • 2007 New Yorker story on commuters in Atlanta.
    • The original 2007–2009 run of The Talk Show.
    • Merlin Mann and John Gruber’s 2009 talk at SXSW.
    • Clever fake “FIFA corruption scandal” Twitter account, which seemingly predicted World Cup matches before they were played.
    • Online petition asking Apple not to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from new iPhones.
    • Team Negative One’s new samizdat restoration of a 35mm print of the 1977 theatrical release of Star Wars.
    • The Atlantic: “Milk, Bread, and Eggs: The Trinity of Winter-Storm Panic-Shopping”.

      • This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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