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 dictation and a very Merlin video about organization.

Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.

—Nick Fury, The Avengers (2012)

Links:

• 5 Principles of Organization - YouTube — via Brad Siefert (@bksiefert)
• Siri: Everything You Need to Know - MacRumors
• iOS 16 dictation: Much improved, but up to Google Pixel standards? - YouTube
• Light as a feather, stiff as a board - Wikipedia
• wisdom/wisdom.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom — "It's only advice for you because it had to be advice for me."
• Quotes to get right. #runx — "Authoritative-ish citations are added and updated as available."

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 software developers. Font follows function.
• iTerm2 - macOS Terminal Replacement
• Fonts - Apple Developer
• Download the Atkinson Hyperlegible Font | Braille Institute
• Inconsolata - Google Fonts
• The Elements of Typographic Style: Bringhurst, Robert: 9780881791327: Amazon.com: Books
• wisdom/wisdom.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom

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 hard: messing up is easy, and figuring out how to fix your mistakes is impossible. Git documentation has this chicken and egg problem where you can't search for how to get yourself out of a mess, unless you already know the name of the thing you need to know about in order to fix your problem
• Bearable | Mood & Symptoms Tracker App | All of Your Health in One Place — Track anything and discover how it affects your health.
• John Dickerson on Twitter: "For you sleep obsessives. https://t.co/nDlqkhWFvC" / Twitter
• [OC] 2 years of my GF and I tracking the sleep quality impact of various choices/behaviours. These were the 8 most significant effects : dataisbeautiful
• Exist · Understand your behaviour.
• Gyroscope · Your Personal Health Coach
• AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES | American Film Institute
• Amazon.com : Packer's Pine Tar Soap 3 Pack | The Original Men’s Bar Soap With Natural Pine Tar and Pine Oils | All Natural Pine Soap Bar with No Harsh Chemicals. (3 BAR PACK) : Nutritional Supplements And Vitamins : Beauty & Personal Care
• merlinmann/dbf-voice-log: Alex and Merlin want to just say things into the air. — Alex and Merlin just want to yell things into the air.
• fish shell
• Seconds Pro Interval Timer on the App Store

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 extended meditation on a phone charger and the decisions that seek to bridge past and future.

Links:

• Blot – A blogging platform with no interface. — Blot is a blogging platform with no interface. It turns a folder into a website.
• How to use Blot - Blot — Blot turns a folder into a blog. When you put files inside your blog’s folder they become blog posts.
• Posts - Blot — A collection of guides to formatting your posts and pages.
• Metadata - Blot
• Configure - Blot
• Why I Went HTML Only :: Barry Hess :: bjhess.com
• The most minimal blog you can find – The Jolly Teapot
• SF Symbols - Apple Developer
• Fonts - Apple Developer
• DEWENWILS Remote Control Outlet Wireless Wall Mounted Light Switch, Electrical Plug in On Off Power Switch for Lamp, No Wiring,100 Feet RF Range, ETL Listed,Programmable - - Amazon.com
• Watch Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey | Netflix Official Site
• Quick Journaling | Drafts Directory
• Prophet's Prey (2015) - Plot Summary - IMDb — When Warren Jeffs rose to Prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, he took control of a religion with a history of polygamous and underage marriage. In a short time, Warren managed to expand these practices and the power of his position in unprecedented ways.
• AmazonSmile: Anker 633 Magnetic Battery (MagGo), 10,000mAh Foldable Magnetic Wireless Portable Charger, 20W USB-C Power Delivery for iPhone 13/13 Pro / 13 Pro Max / 12/12 Pro and 12 Pro Max (Black) : Cell Phones & Accessories — Merlin likes this.
• Assemble diary | Drafts Directory
• Prophet's Prey (2015) - Reference View - IMDb
• Notes - Blot
• wisdom/wisdom.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom — "It's only advice for you because it had to be advice for me."
• Merlin Mann on Twitter: "You can tell when somebody really loved what they were making." — "You can tell when somebody really loved what they were making."
• T. Rex Dinosaur Fossil Exhibition 76940 | Jurassic World™ | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US
• Bro Thor’s New Asgard 76200 | Marvel | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US
• LEGO® Friends Toys | Official LEGO® Shop US
• Peoples Temple - FoundSF
• Bacon Ray - "Dance of the Monotremes" (The Swab, 1999) — On Merlin' band's last record, they made a song that included every fact they knew about the platypus—ultimately celebrating the distinctive parenting skills of a loving monotreme mother.

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 trippy video about paper sizes (and the universe); and, oh, those whacky Mormon sects.

Links:

• A-Series Paper Size Dimensions (inches, cm, mm) - Neenah Paper
• A5 in Inches
• Charles and Ray Eames - "Powers of Ten" (1977) - YouTube
• CGP Grey - "Metric Paper" - YouTube
• Powers of Ten (film) - Wikipedia — Charles and Ray Eames
• Move beyond passwords - WWDC21 - Videos - Apple Developer
• Apple Passkey Demo with Hanko Authentication API
• Fonts - Apple Developer — These typefaces offer the control and flexibility to optimally display text at a variety of sizes, in many different languages, across multiple interfaces.
• SF Symbols - Apple Developer
• Meet the expanded San Francisco font family - WWDC22 - Videos - Apple Developer
• What's new in SF Symbols 4 - WWDC22 - Videos - Apple Developer
• Quick Journaling | Drafts Directory
• Windsor (typeface) - Wikipedia

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: Apple Park Vibe Check - Relay FM
• Can Stimulating the Vagus Nerve Improve Mental Health? - The New York Times
• This Optical Illusion Has a Revelation About Your Brain and Eyes - The New York Times
• The Office Monsters Are Trying to Claw Their Way Back to 2019 - The New York Times
• Apple WWDC 2022 keynote in 24 minutes - YouTube
• Apple Events - Apple
• Body Language Behaviors From a Retired FBI Agent to Improve Confidence
• Former FBI Agent Explains How to Negotiate | WIRED - YouTube
• Former FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language | Tradecraft | WIRED - YouTube
• MacBook Air 2022 vs MacBook Pro 2022: Which new MacBook should you buy? | Tom's Guide

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.

Links:

• Willem Dafoe Breaks Down His Career, from 'The Boondock Saints' to 'Spider-Man' | Vanity Fair - YouTube
• Reconcilable Differences #182: Disapproval Has a Scent - Relay FM
• Celery and Cum - After Show | Do By Friday on Patreon
• AudioDharma
• Amazon.com: Mindfulness in Plain English: 9780861719068: Gunaratana, Bhante: Books
• Sleep Hypnosis for Anxiety Reduction & Reversal - YouTube — Welcome to this guided self hypnosis experience for helping you reduce and reverse your symptoms of anxiety, along with allowing you to create your best and easiest bedtime sleep.

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 Party Animal Head Masks : Toys & Games
• Defining a Hyper Key · GitBook — BetterTouchTool (starting with version 3.540) allows you to use Caps Lock as a Hyper Key. A Hyper Key is a magical key which automatically presses all the standard modifiers (ctrl+shift+cmd+opt).

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

Runner-up titles:

Links:

• Stories Behind Some of the Weird Stuff on ‘Severance’ - The New York Times
• The complete FUN TO IMAGINE with Richard Feynman - YouTube
• Busted! How to Handle the Police Until You Get a Lawyer - by Mary Griego - YouTube
• Google Search Operators: The Complete List (42 Advanced Operators)
• Welcome to Bunch - Bunch.app
• Introducing Bunch - Bunch.app
• Fonts - Apple Developer — Get the details, frameworks, and tools you need to use system fonts for Apple platforms in your apps. These typefaces offer the control and flexibility to optimally display text at a variety of sizes, in many different languages, across multiple interfaces.