Binary Jazz

In the first episode of Hanukkah we decide that Lazaretto is a rebranded pickup trucks in other countries or some kind of music thing, we talk about different emoji dialects, things we’re sort of advertising, Chris’ D&D workflow, Friday rituals, activated tomatoes, and silence.

* Things we’re not advertising (but we’re kind of advertising):* Radiolab* DeployHQ* Buddy.works* Slack (and, indirectly, SalesForce, I guess?)* Notion* RPG Campaign in Notion template* Adventure Zone* Syrinscape* How to Get Your Hands on All Dressed Chips (thrillist.com)* Penzey’s Spices (penzeys.com)

In this post-United Statsian-Thanksgiving episode, we discuss “pronking”, which might sound like something dirty, unless it’s actually some kind of sport. Also chess, Gary’s podcast, Golden Girls and first jobs.

* Den minsta av segrar (?? Gary submitted ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) (Spotify)* PornHub Insights (PornHub) (TIL PornHub has a data analysis site)* The Joy of Pronking (Atlas Obscura)* “Stotting” (or “Pronking”) is a behavior exhibited by many types of gazelles… (Reddit)* Stotting (Wikipedia)

This episode, Gary and Chris hypothesize about the meaning of knolling, whether it means a road trip to a nice grassy area or living in small clusters of people away from society in a cave somewhere. Also, good things on the internet, Chris’ Moral Ambiguity & Dragons, Gary’s existential musings and weekend home improvement projects.

We never actually get to the real meaning of knolling.

* The Dodo (YouTube)* Faerie Dust (Chris’s homebrew D&D drug rules, work-in-progress) (Homebrewery)* Throw Momma From the Train: Cows! (YouTube)* Narsehole (Kickstarter)* We never talked about what Knolling actually is:

It’s a process of arranging related objects in parallel or 90-degree angles as a method of organization.

The term knolling was coined in 1987 by a janitor name Andrew Kromelow who was working at Frank Gehry’s furniture making shop. The story goes that Kromelow would neatly arrange the jumble of the day’s tools at right angles on the benches as he cleaned up. He dubbed the practice knolling because it reminded him of the right angles in Florence Knoll’s angular furniture (Gehry was designing for Knoll at the time).

* Zen and the Art of Knolling (Make)* Creative Trends Close-Up: Flat Lay in Fashion, Food, and Social Media (Shutterstock Blog)

This episode, both Gary and Chris, having both played instruments in band, know the topic, so instead we talk about COVID, state voter information, delivery people of all kinds

* Orba by Artiphon (Artiphon)* Vibe Cat? (YouTube)* Embouchure (Wikipedia)* Your Chart (Chani Nicholas)

We’re back from an extended hiatus due to illness, work schedule changes, travel, and generally 2020. We spend so much time just catching up that we didn’t have time to topic! Chris gets a COVID test, we talk about how masks, like, work, food Chris can’t taste, pets (and wild animals), and Halloween costumes.

* Chris’ new kitten (Twitter)* Plague doctor (Wikipedia)* Misfits Market (use COOKWME-GJ7LFH to get 30% off your first box)

Gary Exotic

In this episode, we discuss a swirling miasma of topics around metaphysics and spirituality. Said Gary, “apologies if I spout wild theories about the nature of everything…” and also “it’s gonna get weird.” Also, caring/not caring about tropical storms, voting by mail, the number of types of whisks we can name and whether cheesecake is a cake or a pie (spoiler: we’re all wrong).

* Tropical Storm Sally (WUnderground)* Utah declares state of emergency after windstorm knocked down thousands of trees (Salt Lake Tribune)* Salt Lake City’s new $4.1 billion airport is now open, has a smooth takeoff (Salt Lake Tribune)* Your body language may shape who you are, Amy Cuddy (TED)* Miasma (Merriam-Webster)* Miasma Theory (Wikipedia)* Germ theory of disease (Wikipedia)* 11 Different Types of Whisks (Home Stratosphere)* Cheescake classification (Wikipedia)

In this episode we talk about the dystopian present, Enya, Chris’s D&D adventure on DMsGuild, Gary’s running shoes and having three ears. We try to determine if selcouth is sanitized speech or selling something at inappropriate times, and discuss ballet slippers of couthness. Also labor(/labour) working day and sex-ru org. Please email us to tell us what we’re wrong about.

In this episode we talk about pets and loss, math, and anti-gantt-ers. Also Gary goes on a field trip and considers running.

In this episode, Gary tries to remember what “aquiline” means, we discuss (and, occasionally sing) the popular tune by Jethro Tull, and ponder why leaves fall from trees.

In this episode we try to determine what kind of tool a gabelle is and how it might be used, and whether or not it’s at all related to the American singer Patti LaBelle. Also: work stuff, how not to be an asshole on the internet, New Carolina and patterns for life.