Episode 33: The Hypocrite You Can Live With

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin have a totally natural emotional reaction to the unreasonable demands they place on themselves after reading The Spongebob Report. Maybe they wouldn't have offended non-ex-Marines if they had just taken some time and consulted their Manager of Expectations.

Links for this episode:

• kung fu grippe - [Probably the Greatest Keynote Slide of All Time]
  
• Dan Benjammin' (danbenjammin) on Twitter
  
• Eddie Van Halen: The Complete 1978 Interviews
  
• [Dan] with the Les Paul (circa 1991) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• Is SpongeBob SquarePants Bad for Children? - NYTimes.com
  
• kung fu grippe - ["the visual equivalent of being told you’re eating human flesh"]
  
• Macramé - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks (Amoeba Records) - YouTube
  
• Ashton Kutcher's Lady in Her Panties
  
• Hypercritical #33 [Jay-Sir on Markdown and why he doesn't use it]
  
• Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science - Magazine - The Atlantic
  
• snopes.com: Microwaving Plastic Releases Cancer-Causing Agents
  
• FAQs: Using Plastics in the Microwave
  
• Tech Myth: Is it Safe to Microwave Plastic? | Apartment Therapy Unplggd
  
• Chancre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• AwayFind - Mobile notifications for priority messages. The email management solution for Gmail and Exchange.
  
• Gesneriaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Caillou: Games, Coloring and Activities | PBS KIDS
  
• Designing With Web Standards, 3rd Edition
  
• Won’t somebody please think of the gerbils? [dive into mark]
  
• Blueprint: A CSS Framework | Spend your time innovating, not replicating
  
• The Effects of Fast-Paced Cartoons
  
• Nickelodeon Responds to Study Claiming ‘SpongeBob’ Hinders Preschoolers’ Attention Spans - ABC News
  
• Dorf on Golf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Dorf On Golf 1 of 3 - YouTube
  
• Build and Analyze #42 [Dan explains 'The Double Speed Bit']
  
• Don Draper: "No. You do not 'COVER' for me; you MANAGE people's expectations."
  

Sponsored by Campaign Monitor and Shopify.