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Episode 158: Merlin-Sized Hole


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TOPIC: Why We Have Doors.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about internet nostalgia, hacking vs. whacking, and why we have doors for a reason.

Links for this episode:

  • FAQ Friday - What have you wondered about sleep? : askscience
    Tips for a good night of sleep are usually referred to in a scientific context as "good sleep hygiene". Here is a list from the National Sleep Foundation.
  • Finger protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    In computer networking, the Name/Finger protocol and the Finger user information protocol are simple network protocols for the exchange of human-oriented status and user information.
  • Defeating Email
  • farce definition - Google Search
    a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
  • Adventure Time #24 - Comics by comiXology
    Princess Bubblegum faces the consequences of her science experiment gone wrong as she finally finds a way to save the day! But is it too late? Find out if Princess Bubblegum is able to right all her wrongs or if her friends will never be themselves again, it's a crazy conclusion to this arc!
  • Jack-Jack Attack. on Vimeo
  • Showbot
  • Eudora (email client) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Eudora - New mail - - YouTube
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