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- Apr 3, 20241h 0m
Episode 644: A Tony Bennett Hair Hat
An important discussion about aging as examined and explained through the lens of James Howlett.
- Apr 1, 20241h 29m
Episode 643: The Price of Lies
Merlin thinks LLMs have raised the bar for voice assistants in general and Siri in particular. Dan and his kid watch the excellent HBO series, Chernobyl. Merlin’s weird, truncated contexts in Things.
- Mar 20, 20241h 42m
Episode 642: A Better Roll of Toilet Paper
Your hosts discuss facial hair, notebooks, the metric system, flexing about local weather, and becoming the bathroom supplies you want to see in the world.
- Mar 13, 20241h 17m
Episode 641: Germans in the Wild
Travel is not always about traveling, but it is definitely always about your life.
- Mar 12, 20241h 19m
Episode 640: Bob's Big Mess
A classic odds n' sods episode. Plus, Merlin has thoughts about memory and ecosystems, and Dan is considering jetting through an eclipse. e640 Bob Evans https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/316b04e9-2b1f-4ccb-98f1-28fe023874a8/9RoymJk5.jpeg
- Mar 5, 20241h 15m
Episode 639: The Commodore's Club
Dan talks about what he's learned from traveling a bunch, and Merlin thinks a lot of weirdness comes from our twin fears of boredom and inconvenience.
- Jan 23, 20242h 14m
Episode 638: A New Kind of Bullet
A classic odds n' sods episode.
- Jan 17, 20241h 35m
Episode 637: The Minimally Viable Log Cabin Channel
Merlin conducts a deep dive on being busy versus being time-constrained, and Dan has some updates on his task management odyssey.
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