November 7, 2017 at 10:00AM •
1 hour 44 minutes
TOPIC: Trials, Trophies, and Trying Harder.
This week, the boys arrive from either the past or future to talk about Dan's spoon problem, the refuse racket, the slog of incremental improvement, the perils of black and white thinking, folding paper seven times, and Dan’s mad cart-riding skills.
This leads to this week’s main topic: an epic exploration of success and failure. No spoilers, but this is a good one.
October 31, 2017 at 3:00PM •
1 hour 21 minutes
Dan and Merlin talk about Halloween, the Chromebook, Apple, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), and hair removal.
October 24, 2017 at 2:00PM •
1 hour 29 minutes
TOPIC: Too much ambiguity in time.
This week, your hosts discuss hot weather adjustments, Merlin's Skype woes, the state of the union on Skype replacement contenders, ruminations on Mac troubleshooting, the fraught future of retail comic book stores, a side rant on the really dumb economics of the comics industry, hobby shop nostalgia, lobby bell techniques and triangle mounting options, some great tips for pressing things on iOS Safari, the joys of Safari Reader mode, Chrome vs. Safari, changing our browser habits, and Dan's weird screen problem.
Then, Merlin just goes freaking OFF on the problems with how we talk about time.
October 23, 2017 at 5:00PM •
1 hour 19 minutes
TOPIC: Turns out.
This week, the boys talk about audio problems, hot dogs, kegeling, Merlin's next meet-up, Tsum Tsums, comic suggestions, Battle of the Sexes, excellent recent TV series, All the President's Men, the app Pacifica, warming buns, Dan's encounter with Koo Koo Kanga Roo, a dearth of good information about VPNs (yikes!), levels of "Turns Out," a podcast episode about gluten, and hot phones with possibly low batteries.
In a very surprising "turns out," Dan has a surprising call that leads to a very interesting experience with a hardware device. Dan really wants macOS on an iPad. Don't at him.
There's also some fruitful if fraught discussion about habit-building. Merlin is not a fan of "The Countdown."
Dan is attacked by a sky spider and might have to move now.
October 10, 2017 at 3:00PM •
1 hour 21 minutes
TOPIC: Surface Tension.
This week, Dan and Merlin discuss names of cities in Florida, wireless neckbands, elliptical bikes, chore systems (and parental withholding), iOS battery life, canny Mac laptop battery monitoring, how battery cycles work, Todd, and things you already know (unless you don't already know them).
Two pretty good YouTube channels are recommended.
Your hosts talk about that weird thing where iOS throws up a password pop-up, including some recent bad news on how it might be exploited. Gross.
There's also some exciting news about possible Brand Synergies.
Things wrap with responding to listener questions about smart home location woes and choosing a VPN.
Murrrrrrph!
October 3, 2017 at 3:00PM •
1 hour 40 minutes
TOPIC: You're not supposed to pet the car.
This week, Dan and Merlin discuss Nest Cam updates, Ring doorbell tracking, Echo family additions, HDMI questions, the fraught landscape of 4K HDR TV stuff, and how shopping makes Merlin feel kind of vulnerable.
Two excellent music podcasts are recommended.
Dan has a new MacBook Pro and a lot to say about it.
Merlin introduces something he calls "Power Puttering."
September 26, 2017 at 2:45PM •
1 hour 22 minutes
TOPIC: Publix Hustle
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about grocery store promotions, transactional help, the racket of school photos, Occam's Razor for public schools, Time Machine troubleshooting, the scourge of The Crackle, and BMO the salesman.
The boys help a lot of people by responding to listener questions about the state of Siri, making friends after college, and the seeking of universal truth.
September 19, 2017 at 3:30PM •
1 hour 21 minutes
After some Followup and Front Matter, your hosts dive into iOS 11. (Spoilers: it's really good.)
September 12, 2017 at 4:45PM •
1 hour 36 minutes
This week, Dan and Merlin convene to talk about today's big Apple event.
September 5, 2017 at 3:00PM •
1 hour 32 minutes
This week, Dan has useful updates on Windows backup options and answers questions about building a Hackintosh. Both of your hosts extoll the virtues of their new Apple TV remote case dinguses.
The big topic this week is Nintendo Switch, and Dan has a lot of great stuff to share about his family's first weekend with their new console. (Spoiler: everybody likes it!)
Your hosts respond to listener questions about iOS wishlist items and how to freshen up a moribund OmniFocus setup.
