Episodes
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Episode 560: The Cat of Amontillado
December 28th, 2021 | 1 hr 33 mins
Wrapping up the year with thoughts on unearned Covid optimism, defining "normal," Roomba training, Microsoft Visual Studio, plus a new (and decidedly more positive) reframing for New Year's resolutions.
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Episode 559: Grade on the Curve of Time
December 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 28 mins
Talking Spider-Man and phones for kids.
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Episode 558: Pseudism
December 14th, 2021 | 1 hr 31 mins
Merlin's Best of 2021™ kicks off with the return of "Cool Things I Learned This Week."
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Episode 557: Food Court of Pain
December 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 28 mins
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Episode 556: The Only Way Out Is Claws
December 3rd, 2021 | 1 hr 20 mins
The Boys are back, and they're not sure how big this thing gets.
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Episode 555: The Accretion of Non-Essential Things
November 16th, 2021 | 1 hr 35 mins
Merlin starts tentatively sketching a unified field theory for rethinking how we think about and use space.
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Episode 554: Not the Water's Problem
November 9th, 2021 | 50 mins 31 secs
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Episode 553: Bioavailable Chambers of Flexibility
November 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
This is what happens when Merlin stays up til 2 a.m. watching a movie and then has to record a podcast at 9 a.m.
Because, your day is a continuum.
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Episode 552: Youth is the Anomaly
October 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 30 mins
Considering how best to set up a device that provides structure and motivation without all that beeping, beeping, beeping.
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Episode 551: Life Is for Using
October 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 25 mins
You hosts talk about music, Apple Watch, and getting out of your kid's way. Also: life and MacBooks Pro.
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Episode 550: Ampersands and Raisins
October 12th, 2021 | 1 hr 39 mins
Your hosts dive further into browser extensions and why they're so critical to filtering your world.
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Episode 549: A Typical Feisty Boy Child
October 5th, 2021 | 1 hr 21 mins
Merlin shares a bunch of Safari extensions that do new stuff—or do old stuff in a cool or interesting way.