Episodes

  • Episode 644: A Tony Bennett Hair Hat

    Episode 644: A Tony Bennett Hair Hat
    Apr 3 2024
    An important discussion about aging as examined and explained through the lens of James Howlett.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 643: The Price of Lies

    Episode 643: The Price of Lies
    Apr 1 2024
    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.
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Episode 642: A Better Roll of Toilet Paper

    Episode 642: A Better Roll of Toilet Paper
    Mar 20 2024
    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.
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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • Episode 641: Germans in the Wild

    Episode 641: Germans in the Wild
    Mar 13 2024
    Travel is not always about traveling, but it is definitely always about your life.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Episode 640: Bob's Big Mess

    Episode 640: Bob's Big Mess
    Mar 12 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode 639: The Commodore's Club

    Episode 639: The Commodore's Club
    Mar 5 2024
    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.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 638: A New Kind of Bullet

    Episode 638: A New Kind of Bullet
    Jan 23 2024
    A classic odds n' sods episode.
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    2 hrs and 14 mins
  • Episode 637: The Minimally Viable Log Cabin Channel

    Episode 637: The Minimally Viable Log Cabin Channel
    Jan 17 2024
    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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    1 hr and 35 mins