Merlin tries a new way of writing online, and John thinks about what it really means to own your web presence.

Merlin tries a new way of writing online, and John thinks about what it really means to own your web presence.

In this month’s member bonus episode, your hosts catch up on this new era of Survivor.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, February 4, 2025)

I accidentally made this website into a newsletter, and it looks like almost fourteen people accidentally signed up for it. Which is awesome and weird. Thank you.

This week's topic: The Simpsons Kitchen Gag.

This week's topic: The Simpsons Kitchen Gag.

'So Peggy invents a game of her own called "Spin The Choice" as she finds out online that people like to spin and choose in their games.'

"After Stampy wrecks the Simpsons' house and eats all the food, Homer decides to sell Stampy to an ivory dealer."

"So, when I would walk backstage, if I saw a brown M&M in that bowl … well, line-check the entire production. Guaranteed you’re going to arrive at a technical error."

Oobleck!

Seaman apprentice is the second lowest enlisted rate in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps just above seaman recruit and below seaman

"They were using a freaking ladder for God's sakes!"

"The current TestFlight build WILL NOT ACTUALLY RECLAIM DISK SPACE"

Updates on match cuts, the college ranking racket, and some historical perspective on t-dropping.

Follow-Up brings updates on match cuts, the college ranking racket, and some historical perspective on t-dropping.

The main topic is kind of hard to pin down, but it might come down to a word choice on a website. Making it an ideal topic for this program.

In this month’s member bonus episode, there's some more discussion of scrobbling and media consumption, plus John watched The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015), and Merlin wants to hear how it went.

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"The selectivity racket is driven by the US News & World Report Rankings…"

'English speakers have been glottalizing the letter “t” since at least the mid-19th century.'

Merlin introduces a new segment, and John shares Application Results.

Merlin introduces a new segment, and John shares Application Results.

(Recorded on Tuesday, December 17, 2024)

The origin of the Lucky Dip.

Stuart Wellington: “ And the final third category, of course: Lucky Dip! That’s where we randomly roll, and the game gets a little bit crazy.”

More Lucky Dips.

"a game in which you pay to pick a prize out of a container with many different prizes in it, without being able to see what you are picking"

(Apparently, it's kind like what we yanks call a "grab bag.")

John has a new project and Merlin has a new Thought Technology.

John has a new project and Merlin has a new Thought Technology. It is, admittedly, early days for both projects.

In Follow-Up, listeners share advice on avoiding YouTube spoilers and John figures out why his brain thought "safflower."

As a main topic, John is dealing with a new large appliance, and Merlin thinks he might be the only one who ever cleans out the lint trap.

In this month’s member bonus episode, John pitches Merlin on the new Dune show, and Merlin has a bone to pick with Survivor.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, December 10, 2024)

Rebuilding "Tally Ho."

Things kick off with a listener's field report that a millennial tic has been spotted in the wild. John says Merlin mispronounces his mispronunciations wrong.

The main topic is on Rebuilding Tally Ho, a YouTube series about an ambitious project to restore a century-old sailing yacht.

(Recorded on Tuesday, November 26, 2024)

"im-POOR-uhn."

“Hi. My name's Leo, and I'm a boatbuilder and a sailor, and I'm on a mission to rebuild and restore this 109 year old classic sailing yacht, Tally Ho.”

Election results.

Election results.

Then, in this month’s member bonus episode, your hosts debate the merits of self-checkout.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, November 12, 2024)

This again. Jiminy. Well, once more, let’s talk around another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something about it.

Main topic this week is "ceilings and floors."

In Follow-Up, listeners share updates on John's new smart home hub. Also, there's a new installation of Dog Justice Corner that finds some cheeky chappies getting ASBO'd by the bobbies.

This week's main topic is ceilings and floors. Can metaphorical limits help us make smarter decisions and mitigate risk given incomplete information? John thinks Merlin is way too optimistic about meatballs, and Merlin thinks gift cards might be hillbilly bitcoin.

(Recorded on Tuesday, October 29, 2024)

Directed by: Alex Lockett & Margaret Qualley

John has a new angle on smart home monitoring, and Merlin shares some new thoughts about "The Godfather" (1972).

In Follow-Up, John has updates on his health journey, and Merlin shares a fun cameo appearance by the Magic Marker System. Also, there's a new twist on the Millennial Tic project.

John has a new angle on smart home monitoring, and Merlin has some new thoughts about The Godfather (1972).

In this month’s member bonus episode, your hosts discuss the importance of door management.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, August 20, 2024)

The episode where we discuss the Waffle House Magic Marker System™.

"Easy!"

The uneven paces of technological and personal progress.

Merlin checks in with John to see if he's started noticing the Millennial Speech Tics. Of course, this leads to a lot of discussion about how people do and don't talk.

In Follow-Up, John shares a French meat word, and then he updates us on his health.

The main topic this week seems like it's going to be about best practices for phone charging. Fortunately for the listener, it broadens into a slightly more interesting exploration of the uneven paces of culture, technology, and personal habits.

(Recorded on Tuesday, October 1, 2024)