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TOPIC: Wow, times change.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the challenges and opportunities of subscription-based payment models. When do they work (or not) and how quickly does autopay fatigue kick in?

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  Ungainly X-Mann Meetup #13 — Merlin Mann
  
  


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  Starz Launches Standalone Streaming Service | Variety
  
  


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  The New TextExpander | Smile
  
  


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  TextExpander Updates Focus on New Service – MacStories
  The biggest changes to TextExpander on the Mac and iOS are not the apps themselves, but the new service that ties them together.
  


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  Starz hits Apple TV with $8.99/month package, Twitter scores live NFL “Thursday Night Football” streams | 9to5Mac
  
  


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  Amazon.com: On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (9780060891541): William Zinsser: Books
  
  


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  On Writing Well - William Zinsser - Paperback
  
  


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  On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
  
  


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  Dim your screen further than Control Center allows (and other cool iOS 8 tricks) | iMore
  
  


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  Hemingway Editor
  
  


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  Headhunters (2011) - IMDb
  
  


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  Das Keyboard - The Ultimate Mechanical Keyboard Experience for Badasses
  
  


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  Daniel Bryan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  Rorschach (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  Watchmen (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  Watchmen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  'Superman,' The Inside Story: Director Richard Donner Remembers Meeting Stallone to Play the Lead, Working With Brando, and a Near-Fatal Knife Attack - Hollywood Reporter
  
  


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  Adventures of Superman (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  District 9 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  Daniel Bryan's retirement speech - WWE Raw 2.8.16 - YouTube
  
  


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  Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens Movie Review
  
  


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  Raising Arizona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  DisneyToysFan - YouTube
  
  


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  Elsa and Anna Bean Boozled Challenge. DisneyToysFan. - YouTube
  
  


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  Xuxa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  Xuxa (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  Larry David: A Pretty Good Tribute - YouTube
  
  


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  Eclipse desktop & web IDEs
  
  


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  Atom
  
  


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  Ruby on Rails IDE :: JetBrains RubyMine
  
  


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  Squarespace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  TextExpander Dev | Simply Indispensable
  
  


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  Shareware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  Kagi — Home
  
  


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  Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 11
  
  


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  Steam (software) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  


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  Who the F*@% is Frank Zappa (Save the Vault, Tell the Story) by Alex Winter — Kickstarter
  
  


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  Lotteries: America's $70 Billion Shame - The Atlantic
  
  


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  Xuxa - "trampoline" episode (Part 1) - YouTube
  
  


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  The Dalrymple Report: Episode 28: Rat on a Stick
  Jim and Merlin talk about the highlights from NAMM, Sherlocking, and the blues.
  

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