This week’s challenge: eat at a pet store.

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Show Notes

• Merlin's Self Hypnosis Tape
• Streamdeck 5.0
• Nanette
• Nanoleaf
• Most Days - Merlin Mann
• The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done - Cal Newport
• Merlin's Bass
• Merlin's Acoustic Guitar
• WWDC 2021 Keynote
• Bo Burnham: Inside
• Cancel Culture - You're Wrong About
• Words That Mean Nothing
• Oprah Winfrey & The “Wagon of Fat”
• Cortex Subtle Notebook
• The First Page is Profound
• Cancelled - Contrapoints
• Shamed and Confused - On the Media
• WNYC Fires Bob Garfield, Co-Host of ‘On the Media’
• AP acknowledges ‘mistakes’ but stands by firing of Emily Wilder
• Reinforcement
• The Social Dillema
• Investigation Update on Salmonella from Dog Treats
• Minecraft’s newest update adds copper and rude goats - The Verge
• Rick Montgomery
• "I guess I owe you a Coke"
• "Oh, dear. Send a ham to his widow."
• Apple Begins Streaming Spatial Audio and Lossless Tracks on Apple Music - MacStories
• Amazon's Kindle Gets Unjustified at Last - Six Colors
• PageMaker
• Down the Rabbit Hole: Widows, Orphans, Rags, and Rivers (typesetting don’ts)
• "We Should Improve Society Somewhat" (source of show art, by Matt Bors)
• Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise Canceling Overhead Headphones
• Easy Guitar Lesson - Walk-ups and Walk-downs
• How to Play a G Over F Sharp (G/F#) Chord on Guitar
• Mayor of Simpleton - XTC
• Unsatisfied - The Replacements
• September Gurls - Big Star
• Merlin's Big Star Spotify Playlist
• Photograph - Def Leppard
• Working for the Weekend - Loverboy
• Reconcirable Differences
• Tik Tok and dissonance do not mix - Adam Neely
• Bulgarian folklor- Kaval sviri
• Dobro Dosli
• Loopback - Rogue Ameba
• Darth
• Drill
• "Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They're all just out of frame, laughing too." - Nathan Fielder
• Chris Glass on Twitter
• Anna Debenham on Twitter
• Jack Quaid on Twitter
• Lily Sullivan on Twitter
• Out of Context Gilmore Girls
• Out of Context
• Philips Hue gets a sleeker new app rebuilt ‘from the ground up’ - The Verge
• Shortcuts for Mac: the Future is Now - MacStories
• West Side Story - Opening Credits
• It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Bloopers Playlist
• Mary Lynn Rajskub
• The Criterion Collection
• Latest on Netflix
• Letterbox
• Just Watch
• Milkbone
• Salt/Mineral Lick
• Prices for Pet Food, 1997-2021
• Blue Buffalo
• Millet
• Foods You Can Share With Your Dog

Next week's challenge: watch Bo Burnham: Inside.

This week’s challenge: fix an automation.

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Edited by Quinn Rose

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Show Notes

• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Maureen Ponderosa
• Acorn App
• Monorail Simpsons
• Monodraw (ASCII Editing App)
• Maladroite Cheval./Humanity Horse
• Joe Rosensteel's “It's Always Sunny” Recommendations
• Rob McElhenney's Favorite Lines From 'It's Always Sunny...' and 'Mythic Quest' | Best Lines
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: How NOT To Suck After 13 Seasons – Wisecrack Edition - YouTube
• The Very BEST It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia BLOOPERS - YouTube
• How "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" Handles Controversial Humor - YouTube
• insidegui/PodcastMenu: Put Overcast on your Mac's menu bar
• Does Charlie Day have a tattoo? : IASIP
• Charlie Day Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Veronica Mars
• The Gang Does a Clip Show
• Pride Skittles 2021
• Inside - Bo Burnham
• Art is Dead - Bo Burnham
• Teens, tech, and emotions: How Bo Burnham graduated to “Eighth Grade”
• Eighth Grade
• PodcastMenu
• Guilherme Rambo
• Overcast
• Handmaid's Tale
• 10 Strikes and You’re Out – the iOS Feature You’re Probably Not Using But Should
• How “Master” and “Slave” Terminology is Being Reexamined in Electrical Engineering - News
• MQTT
• Z-Wave
• Zigby
• Eve
• Wemo
• Thread
• Stream Deck
• Bitfocus Companion
• Home Assistant
• iDevices
• Battlestar Galactica
• Why are all the papers and books octagonal in BSG?
• Phillips Hue
• Share Control of Your Home with HomeKit
• Scoot Scoot
• Synology - DiskStation DS920+
• Make Rebecca Great Again
• Eve Smart Plug and Outlet
• Eve Weather
• Eve Door and Window Sensor - Amazon
• HomeKit Quick Tip - DOUBLE the functions of your EVE BUTTON - YouTube
• Myke Hurley
• Celebrate Your Unique Listening Style With Spotify’s Only You In-App Experience — Spotify
• Cortex
• The Aristocrats Joke
• Campaign for the neologism "santorum" - Wikipedia
• The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant - YouTube
• BenQ ScreenBar LED Monitor Light
• Harry Caray
• Space, The Infinite Frontier: Dr. Kent Wahler - SNL
• Candice?

Next week's challenge: eat at a pet store.

This week’s challenge: analyze something with a spreadsheet.

You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!

Edited by Quinn Rose

Engineered by Cameron Bopp

Show Notes

• Merlin's Clacky Keyboard
• LUMI
• ROLI
• Mrs. Choksondik
• Adam Neely
• Hook for MacOS
• GarageBand
• Cameron Bopp
• Seussical
• Fake Book/Lead Sheet
• What is the Real Book? (a jazz shibboleth)
• Cranking
• The Internet is My Religion
• Dave Weigel - Twitter
• The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
• TORRES
• TORRES Tiny Desk Concert
• TORRES - “Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head”
• U-Haul Lesbian
• U-Haul Lesbian Moment
• Florence and the Machine - “Tiny Dancer”
• Van Halen - “Unchained”
• Livejournal
• The Long Winters
• Blogger
• Moveable Type
• Tumblr
• kung fu grippe
• Discord
• The Second Self, Twentieth Anniversary Edition | The MIT Press
• Finsta
• “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson | The New Yorker (1948)
• The High School Reunion | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Wiki | Fandom
• Alex's Crappy Router
• Alex's Fantastic New Eero Router
• The High School Reunion
• Thread
• Thread (network protocol)
• Eve Smart Plug Power Meter
• Alexa
• Phillips Hue
• Scott Pilgrim : Bread Makes You Fat?
• Google Sheets
• Google Sheets 101: The Beginner's Guide to Online Spreadsheets
• Cautionary Tales – Wrong Tools Cost Lives
• Man has wrong leg amputated in 'tragic' hospital mix-up
• Causality Podcast
• I’ll Do The Procrastination Episode Tomorrow

Next week's challenge: fix an automation.

This week’s challenge: remix a snack.

You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!

Edited by Quinn Rose

Engineered by Cameron Bopp

Show Notes

• Tina Belcher Groans - Youtube
• Back to Work 531: Where Grog Got Eaten
• Gender-neutral title
• Hurricane Neddy - Wikipedia
• Oh, Fudge! | A Christmas Story - YouTube
• Twitter may be working on Twitter Blue, a subscription service that would cost $2.99 per month - The Verge
• The Technium - Kevin Kelly
• 43f Podcast: John Gruber & Merlin Mann’s Blogging Panel at SxSW | 43 Folders
• Scared Shitless | 43 Folders
• iMac G3 400 DV (Slot Loading - Fruit) Specs (Slot Loading DV, M7493LL/A*, PowerMac2,1, M5521, 1821): EveryMac.com
• Alex’s New thing is called FACTORYSETTING5, and it’s on Patreon.
• Ultra-wideband - Wikipedia
• 5G - Wikipedia
• Oliver Sacks: His Own Life | American Masters | PBS
• Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive - Wikipedia
• Nonbinary: What Does It Mean?
• FTM Top Surgery Costs - Price List by Surgeon
• Membership - Relay FM
• International WELL Building Institute ‘WELL Seal’ 30’’ TV Commercial featuring Lady Gaga - YouTube
• Quote by Stephen R. Covey: “If the ladder is not leaning against the right …”
• Amazon.com | iSi Classic MeshSodamaker for Making Carbonating Beverages, 1 Quart, Stainless Steel: Seltzer Bottles & Chargers
• Something for Everyone : Claim Jumper

Next week's challenge: Analyze something with a spreadsheet.

This week’s challenge: stop swearing.

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Edited by Quinn Rose

Engineered by Cameron Bopp

Show Notes

• The Simpsons - The Best of Patty and Selma Roasting Homer
• Keyboard Sizes
• Keyboard Maestro Roulette
• Obsidian
• Electron
• Emotional Labor
• Grace!
• WHOOSH!
• Character Actress Margo Martindale
• “In My Pants”
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Grey’s Anatomy
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Charlie the Mad Munchkin - YouTube
• Bluth Chicken Walk from Arrested Development
• Sam Rockwell
• Brunswick Stew
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Pacific Rim - Official Trailer - YouTube
• Flowers for Charlie
• Charlie Day
• The Day Man
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Dayman Scene - Youtube
• Nightman Song - It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Youtube
• Nanthan Fielder
• Kayfabe
• Dire Straits - “Money For Nothing” - YouTube
• Bear Creek - YouTube
• Back to Work 530: Nouns in America
• 5ives: Five Excellent Words
• Audio Hijack
• Pro Tools
• Magnets: Charlie’s Favorite Thing
• Vestaboard
• Vestaboard: Arriving Home - Youtube
• Grand Central Terminal’s ‘Big Board’ Is Getting Replaced With ‘Brighter’ Screens - Gothamist
• US3501761A - Remote-controlled display device for selectively displaying signs or words - Google Patents
• The Computer-free Automation of a Jukebox (Electromechanics) - YouTube
• /Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind/ - Amazo
• That Anxiety You’re Feeling? It’s a Habit You Can Unlearn.
• Homebrew
• MoKo Computer Desk Mat
• Heavens to Murgatroyd!
• Heavens to Murgatroyd - Youtube
• The meaning and origin of the expression: Heavens to Murgatroyd

This week’s challenge: watch Made for Love.

You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!

Edited by Quinn Rose

Engineered by Cameron Bopp

Show art by Emma Mann

Show Notes

• Rabbit rabbit rabbit - Wikipedia
• Popplers Song from
• John Mulaney - "…and you're a horse."
• The Horse Whisperer (1998) - IMDb
• 5by5 | Back to Work
• Tweetbot for iOS
• Hook – Links beat searching
• Geekbench 5 - Cross-Platform Benchmark
• Stress Leave: What It Is and How to Take It
• This BoJack Horseman Episode Is a Must-Watch, Even If You’ve Never Seen the Show
• Two Kids In a Trenchcoat | Know Your Meme
• Vincent Adultman | BoJack Horseman Wiki | Fandom
• 5by5 | Back to Work #529: Different Flavors of Fear
• Daria - Wikipedia
• Darlene Conner | Roseanne & The Conners Wiki | Fandom
• 5by5 | Hypercritical #42: The Wrong Guy
• “The Subtle Notebook” graphic notebook by Cortex Podcast. | Cotton Bureau
• Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM
• John Roderick on String Art Owls, Copper Pipe, and Bono's Boss
• Maladroite Cheval. (aka "Humanity Horse")
• Itchy & Scratchy & Marge/Quotes | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom
• Meet the Life Hackers - The New York Times
• Made for Love (TV series) - Wikipedia
• Made for Love (novel) - Wikipedia
• Guest Stars You Didn’t Know Were on ‘It’s Always Sunny’ - Page 4
• “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Flowers for Charlie (TV Episode 2013) - IMDb
• Pacific Rim (film) - Wikipedia
• The Blues Brothers (1980) - Nazis Take a Dive Scene
• “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet” A Dark Quiet Death (TV Episode 2020) - IMDb
• USS Callister - Wikipedia
• Westworld (TV series) - Wikipedia
• Margaret McPoyle | It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Wiki | Fandom
• As You Know - TV Tropes
• Original “Got Milk?” Commercial - Who shot Alexander Hamilton?

This week: a very special episode

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Edited by Quinn Rose

Engineered by Cameron Bopp

Show Notes

• Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories: Rick James (Chappelle’s Show)
• BoJack Horseman - Wikipedia
• Ship of Theseus - Wikipedia
• Flat Display Mounting Interface - Wikipedia
• Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM
• Among Us - Wikipedia
• Roblox - Wikipedia
• Minecraft - Wikipedia
• Homerpalooza - Wikipedia
• Are You Being Sarcastic? - YouTube
• O. Henry - Wikipedia
• USBPre 2 - Sound Devices
• Amazon.com: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB Audio Interface (3rd Gen) with Pop Filter & XLR-XLR Cable Bundle: Musical Instruments
• Blackmagic Design
• Amazon.com: BenQ Screenbar E-Reading LED Monitor Light/ Monitor Lamp with Auto-Dimming and Hue Adjustment Features, Matte Black USB Powered Office Lamp (ScreenBar_Black) Complements with backlight/RGB setups: Computers & Accessories
• Designing With Web Standards: Zeldman, Jeffrey: 0752064712015: Amazon.com: Books
• Common HTML Tags
• CSS - Wikipedia
• What Is Semantic HTML and Why You Should Use It
• About Variables in CSS and Abstractions in Web Languages | CSS-Tricks
• Code folding - Wikipedia
• Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined
• Black and white everyday shoes. Best walking shoes | Comfortable shoes | Atoms Model 000 | Atoms.com
• Atoms Everyday Mask – Reusable, Comfortable Face Mask | Atoms.com
• TextMate: Text editor for macOS
• Sublime Text - A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose
• Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 13
• Jay Miller - YouTube
• https://codepen.io/savant/pen/vOQvQa
• Website design software | Adobe Dreamweaver
• How to make innovative and fast websites with Espresso
• Font Book User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
• Less Css for .NET
• TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac
• Marked 2 - Smarter tools for smarter writers
• Boots, Shoes & Sandals | Dr. Martens Official
• Most Comfortable Shoes for Everyday Wear | Atoms.com
• Kizik: Hands-Free Shoes | The Easiest Shoes You’ll Ever Put On
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Wikipedia
• YouTube
• Amazon.com: Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide (9780385348270): Cleese, John: Books
• DSM-5
• Padded cell - Wikipedia

This week’s challenge: get focused.

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Edited by Quinn Rose

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Show Notes

• Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (Official Video) - YouTube
• "Everything is legal is New Jersey."
• "Take a break."
• Noise problems caused by audio cable
• Colm Wilkinson - Bring Him Home (Les Misérables)
• Sundial - Wikipedia
• Who Shot Who In The What Now? (The Simpsons) - YouTube My name is Mr. Burns - The Simpsons - YouTube
• Who Shot Mr. Burns? - Wikipedia
• Metric time - Wikipedia
• 1957 Demonstration of American Dialects/Accents
• Simile and Metaphor—What’s the Difference? | Grammarly
• https://dobyfriday.com/episodes/223
• Obsidian
• Hook – Find without searching
• How I Use Hook With Craft - Jay Miller
• Obsidian Features
• How To Make Notes and Reminders With Siri on HomePod - MacRumors
• hum - smart connected toothbrushes from Colgate
• Pokémon Smile
• Anthony Rapp - Wikipedia
• No Day But Today - Rent
• Take Me Out Tonight - Rent
• Rent (2005) OST Take Me or Leave Me - YouTube
• Idina & Kristin - Tony's 2004 - Defying Gravity - YouTube
• Show Clip - Wicked - "Popular" - Original Cast - YouTube
• Jennifer Holliday - "And I Am Telling You" - YouTube
• Jennifer Hudson - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going - YouTube
• TOPPOP: The The - "Uncertain Smile" - YouTube
• Mystikal - "Here I Go" - YouTube
• 1957 Demonstration of American Dialects/Accents - YouTube
• Stikkit: Magic words, functional emails, and a handy cheat sheet | 43 Folders
• Meet Sandy | 43 Folders
• Craft - Create Amazing Documents
• Macdrifter
• Do Good By Friday
• Mac Keepers and Sleepers
• My Secret Sauce of Blogging
• Clubhouse Is Booming. So Is the Ecosystem Around It | WIRED
• BoJack Horseman - Wikipedia
• The Handmaid’s Tale (TV series) - Wikipedia
• Princess Carolyn Ringtone
• Rick and Morty - Wikipedia
• Veronica Mars - Wikipedia
• Party Down - Wikipedia
• Apple Pay will soon work on BART and Muni – TechCrunch
• Apple Pay Landing Page | Ventra
• Mad Men and the End of Cigarette Advertising | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News
• Stimming - Wikipedia
• Compliance Will Not Save Me - The Atlantic
• How the George Floyd Policing Act could bring us closer to actual justice
• Ian’s Awesome Counter - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer
• The Merlin Show (2007) - s01e04 - John Vanderslice Part 01 - YouTube
• The Merlin Show (2007) - s01e10 - John Vanderslice Part 02 - YouTube
• Minus.app — Minimal Productivity for macOS
• Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support

This week’s challenge: watch WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn.

You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!

Edited by Quinn Rose

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Show Notes

• VaccineFinder - Find COVID-19 vaccine locations near you
• Merlin's Covid Bookmarks
• Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM
• Grey Worm Being Adorable for 5 Minutes Straight - YouTube
• Brienne of Tarth vs the Hound - YouTube
• Coronavirus: Fact vs Fiction - Podcast on CNN Audio
• Quote by Kurt Vonnegut: “Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the...”
• New details shed light on Gaetz’s Bahamas trip - POLITICO
• ‘Like the Tiger King Got Elected Tax Collector’: Inside the Case That Ensnared Matt Gaetz - The New York Times
• Have The Gossip Bloggers Behind Perez Hilton And Lainey Gossip Changed?
• Watch WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
• WeWork isn’t a tech company; it’s a soap opera - The Verge
• Boiling frog - Wikipedia
• The Scorpion and the Frog - Wikipedia
• WeWork S-1

This week’s challenge: Name a shame.

You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!

Edited by Quinn Rose

Engineered by Cameron Bopp

Show Notes