Episode 524: The Silver Linings Guy

DISCUSSED: iOS has gotten really good; still, there's some Apple stuff we'd love to see get better; some Covid updates; anxiety and OCD in these fraught times; finally, Dan and Merlin need your advice for some networking upgrades.

Links for this episode:

• How COVID-19 Affected People With OCD and Anxiety - The Atlantic
  The pandemic’s retreat doesn’t necessarily mean life will get easier for people with OCD.
  
• Is the Pandemic Breaking Our Backs? | The New Yorker
  Test-driving a batch of posture-enhancing devices that are supposed to make you stand tall.
  
• Amazon.com: TP-Link WiFi 6 AX3000 Smart WiFi Router (Archer AX50) – 802.11ax Router, Gigabit Router, Dual Band, OFDMA, MU-MIMO, Parental Controls, Built-in HomeCare,Works with Alexa: Computers & Accessories
  
• Firewalla | Firewalla: Cybersecurity Firewall For Your Family and Business
  
• Dramatic Drop in Colds and Flu Raises Question: Masks Forever? : Shots - Health News : NPR
  
• Cargo ship news is bad news.
  Max Cho, a product manager at Google, joins Felix Salmon and Emily Peck to talk about that cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal and its effect on supply chains, the bloodbath at Medium and the media in general, and what the post-pandemic return to the office will look like.
  
• Netflix - "Brian Regan - On the Rocks"
  
• Maria Bamford’s One-Hour Homemade Christmas Special! on Vimeo
  For you, my friends, a free- ONE HOUR HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - enjoy and download at your leisure- it's yours. Sell it at the Flea Market out of the back of your van with packs of socks and old phones!
  
• ReviewMeta.com - Amazon Review Checker
  ReviewMeta analyzes Amazon product reviews and filters out reviews that our algorithm detects may be unnatural.