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Episode 564: The Elephants of Style


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DISCUSSED: 🐇🐇; Dan shares follow-up on surviving his Covid week; a listener emails the show with a fascinating offer; your hosts discuss childhood mail; in Breaking News, the actor, M. Emmet Walsh is still alive; it's fun to say "Jackery"; praise for Maira Kalman; some initial thoughts on Apple's Universal Control; and finally, advice on the wisdom of running betas.

Runner-Up Titles
  • The Elephants of Style
  • A Birthday Party for Monkeys
  • Poor Professor Lumens
  • Links:

    • Fred Rogers inducted into the TV Hall of Fame - YouTube — Fred Rogers' induction into the TV Critics' Television Hall of Fame is especially touching when Jeff Erlanger, who had visited on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood as a boy in a wheelchair, surprises Fred by making the presentation on stage.
    • Next Stop Grand Central: Kalman, Maira, Kalman, Maira: 9780698118881: AmazonSmile: Books — At Grand Central Station, Chief of Police George Coppola finds lost people, and Mr. Chidchester, head of the Lost and Found, finds lost dogs. Marino Marino makes oyster stew, while thinking up interesting math problems. A man in a porkpie hat buys cherry pies. Maira Kalman's stylized artwork, along with entertaining text, brilliantly captures the excitement of Grand Central Station, "the busiest, fastest, biggest place there is."
    • The Elements of Style [Illustrated]: Strunk Jr., William, White, E. B., Kalman, Maira: 8601400937754: AmazonSmile: Books — The only style manual to ever appear on a bestseller list now refreshed by one of our most beloved illustrators.
    • merlinmann/taskpaper-config: Merlin's TaskPaper Configuration Files
    • Do By Friday — A weekly challenge show hosted by Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.
  • Cinemorgue Wiki | Fandom — Cinemorgue Wiki is an encyclopedia that is dedicated to documenting which actors or actresses "died" in which movie or TV show.
  • M. Emmet Walsh | Cinemorgue Wiki | Fandom
  • Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM — John Siracusa and Merlin Mann try to figure out exactly how they got this way.
  • BEST SEX POSITION FOR YOUR ZODIAC SIGNS - Dimepiece LA — "Scorpio Helicopter."
  • The Power Station - Some Like It Hot - YouTube
  • Robert Palmer - New Day Rising - YouTube
  • Jackery Explorer 1000 Portable Power Station
  • Jackery Explorer 500W Portable Power Station
  • Jackery Explorer 300 Portable Power Station
  • 100W Solar Panel, Foldable with USB & DC ports – Jackery
  • Multi Mount System | elgato.com
  • Birthday problem - Wikipedia — In probability theory, the birthday problem asks for the probability that, in a set of n randomly chosen people, at least two will share a birthday.
  • Browse National TV Ads - iSpot.tv
  • Planet Hulk - Wikipedia
  • Comparing Lumens and Watts by LEDified — One of the most common questions that consumers have about LED lighting is how lumens compare to the wattage rating, watts being something that we are all so used to seeing on incandescent bulb packaging.
  • What is Apple Universal Control and how does it work?
  • How to Set Up Universal Control Between Mac and iPad - MacRumors
  • Universal Control for iPad and Mac was worth the wait - 9to5Mac
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