Episodes
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Episode 31: You Can Polish AC/DC All Day Long
August 30th, 2011 | 1 hr 42 mins
With Dan on sabbatical, Merlin is joined by John Roderick of The Long Winters to talk about life as a bull in a china closet, craving real-world constraints, making better records, and being banned for life from Interpol's corn chip bowl.
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Episode 30: I'm Not Working in an Abattoir
August 23rd, 2011 | 1 hr 37 secs
With Dan on sabbatical, Merlin is joined by Jonathan Coulton to talk about traveling, horn sections, and Jonathan’s new album, "Artificial Heart."
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Episode 29: I Download FLAC
August 16th, 2011 | 1 hr 22 mins
With Dan on sabbatical, TV's Rob Corddry talks with Merlin about Getting Things Done, writing, fear, and finding success as a blood-soaked clown.
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Episode 28: One Little Red Egg
August 9th, 2011 | 1 hr 25 mins
Dan and Merlin talk about kid stuff, including the threat of Hot Wheels® donation, the inevitability of skinned knees, the nefariousness of the hospital gift basket, plus an important way every Dad has to go pro.
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Episode 27: Danny, Hold the License Plate
August 2nd, 2011 | 1 hr 24 mins
Merlin and Dan discuss the shameful state of film school, the realities of Ape Law, Merlin's rock opera, and the subliminal downside of Spongebob's big promotion.
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Episode 26: Spaghetti Guy Hits Close to Home
July 29th, 2011 | 1 hr 33 mins
This week Wutang Dan and The MZA bring the ruckus to finding a job, selling your Mustang, and putting your house on the market: remember that you can't negotiate with reality, Merlin can't do anything to make you love him, enthusiasm is irreplaceable, and
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Episode 25: My Food Court of Functionality
July 22nd, 2011 | 1 hr 13 mins
Dan and Merlin talk about nerds getting problems and about using Markdown in BBEdit, Textmate or any text app because you need to find tools that remove friction, not distractions.
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Episode 24: The Daddy for your Destiny
July 12th, 2011 | 1 hr 32 mins
Dan's in a closet, but Merlin has a lot of FU from the last show: good jobs don't get posted on Craigslist and while you may not know what's gonna happen next, you're not just gonna install Xcode and retire on your angry bird so either do your research, g
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Episode 23: Failure is ALWAYS an Option
July 5th, 2011 | 1 hr 17 mins
This week, Dan and Merlin determine that even the Chico Marx of notebooks is the right one if you're writing in it, failure is ALWAYS an option: fully committing didn't do Pickett any good, but you should commit to narrowing scope and deciding what succes
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Episode 22: My Baby Likes Aluminum Foil!
June 28th, 2011 | 1 hr 10 mins
This week, Merlin and Dan share their Pick: The Macintosh Computer.
Also, a 17-minute experimental startup sound, catching conflicts, shivving the stagecoach, machine-gunning with SoundMaster, the dangers of ResEdit, and the future of recumbent bike ba
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Episode 21: Assistant TO the Regional Monkey
June 22nd, 2011 | 1 hr 1 min
Merlin and Dan talk about the problem of permanent zeroes, desiring not to desire, why "hypocrisy" is killing you, stepping back on the path without apologizing, Merlin's new tattoo, and—yeah—going a little easier on yourself.
Also, how almost everythi
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Episode 20: Muscle of Failure
June 14th, 2011 | 1 hr 13 mins
Merlin and Dan talk about getting started, putting on your shoes instead of shopping for pedometers, false dilemmas, doing as much work with your hands as you've done in your head, why you should leave some water in the pump, meta-fiddling, and getting be