Do By Friday

Merlin Mann and Alex Cox
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Mar 10, 2023 • 44min

With Respect, Col. Yarmulke

This week's challenge: watch Survivor.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksConsent decree - WikipediaApollo Creed - WikipediaCreed III - Wikipedia"The Stallone Tangent" - Episode #133 - The Flop House PodcastOperation Finale - WikipediaEichmann in Jerusalem - WikipediaPol Pot - WikipediaDeceased grandma has the last laugh as her ashes blow back in the face of family - YouTubeAndrew Tate and his swords - YouTube'Survivor 44' First Look Trailer | New Season This Spring - YouTube‘Survivor’ 44: Meet The Cast I EXTENDED - YouTubeSurvivor 44 | Know-It-Alls Premiere Recap – RobHasAwebsite.comStephen Fishbach | Survivor Wiki | FandomChristian on Survivor David vs. Goliath - S37E10 - YouTubeFiddler on the Roof - WikipediaBroadway Star Ben Platt Condemns ‘Evil’ Neo-Nazis After ‘Parade’ ProtestThe Simpsons - Rabbi Krustofski - Ethical Question - YouTubeTop ScallopsRecorded Wednesday, March 8, 2023Next week's challenge: just breathe.
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Mar 2, 2023 • 1h 3min

Grand Wizard of Nothing

This week's challenge: run your life with ChatGPT.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksAstonishing X-Men By Joss Whedon & John Cassaday Ultimate Collection - Book 1: 9780785161943: Joss Whedon, John Cassaday: BooksMips - Safety for helmetsBye Bye Blue: A Lament for the Classic Divvy Bikes | NewcityDivvy's New E-Bike Fees Pricing Out Some Riders, Users Say23 Riveting Ridesharing Industry Statistics [2023]: Facts About Ridesharing In The U.S. – ZippiaThere's an Entire Instagram Account Devoted to Destroying Rideshare ScootersCory Doctorow: Science Fiction is a Luddite Literature – Locus OnlineU.S. Intelligence: foreign rivals didn't cause Havana Syndrome : NPRVallas and Johnson Headed to Chicago Mayoral Runoff, Lightfoot Denied Second Term | Chicago News | WTTWRaycast AINew chatOpenAI announces an API for ChatGPT and its Whisper speech-to-text tech - The VergeDiffusionBee - Stable Diffusion App for AI ArtuBlock: A no-nonsense ad blocker.Theory of mind - WikipediaELIZA - WikipediaRecorded Wednesday, March 1, 2023Next week's challenge: watch Survivor.
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Feb 23, 2023 • 1h 59min

Remember.

This week's challenge: make a bibliography.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox.------Show Links🤖 Clearly-labeled links to Merlin's ChatGPT transcripts:How do you remember things?How do you punctuate a year?…and the restSpotify – Pretty MaidsWhy I’m worried about Apple Music – Six ColorsAcorn 7 | Full Featured Photo Editor for the MacPerform quick actions in the Finder on Mac - Apple SupportUpgrade #447: I've Got a Lot of Code in the Catalogue - Relay FMDownstream #38: Aggressively Fine - Relay FMThe Art of PantsWeRateDogs® on Twitter: "This is Wu. She hasn't gotten her hourly hug yet and would like someone to please address this immediately. 13/10Capybara with mandarin orange on head みかんを頭にのせるカピバラ 伊豆シャボテン動物公園元祖カピバラ露天風呂 MAESTRO ZEN - YouTubeCards Against Humanity writers are battling an AI on Black Friday to keep their jobs - The VergeCards Against Humanity's Black Friday A.I. ChallengeStable Diffusion in your pocket? “Draw Things” brings AI images to iPhone | Ars TechnicaGuy Uses MidJourney AI To Create Every U.S. President As A Pixar CharacterRainman Suite - YouTubeSwingers (1996 film) - WikipediaWhy a Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled - The New York TimesBing’s Chatbot Declares its Love and Elon Musk Rewrites the Twitter Algorithm - The New York TimesHow to (Definitively) Pronounce Linux - Daniel Miesslerbios - Merlin likes to change his Twitter bio for some reason. #runxBack to Work Episode 607: Age of GarbageI tried using AI. It scared me. - YouTubeChat GPT: Google Apps Script helpWhat Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?—Stephen Wolfram WritingsThe 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book): Mace, Nancy L., Rabins, Peter V.: 9781421422237: Amazon.com: Books(Recorded Wednesday, February 22, 2023)Next week's challenge: run your life with ChatGPT.
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Feb 17, 2023 • 1h 56min

A Person of Problems

This week's challenge: revisit Obsidian.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox.------Show LinksU-Haul Lesbian Moment | Do By Friday Justin Roiland: Inside the ‘Rick and Morty’ Co-creator’s Implosion – The Hollywood Reporter Inside the Implosion of Justin Roiland’s Animation Empire | annotated by Merlin The Devolution of Rickety Cricket - YouTube It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | From Holy to Homeless: Rickety Cricket | FXX - YouTube Ruth (biblical figure) - Wikipedia #89: 10 rules of productive online communication - an honest guide :)))) Justin Roiland: Inside the ‘Rick and Morty’ Co-creator’s Implosion – The Hollywood ReporterJoss Whedon Allegations: The Undoing of the ‘Buffy’ Creator674: Get a Spine! - This American LifeMasters of Sex - WikipediaTowardsness & Awayness Motivation are fundamentally asymmetric - Malcolm OceanRomeo + Juliet - Wikipedia43f Podcast: John Gruber & Merlin Mann's Blogging Panel at SxSW | 43 FoldersSXSW 2009 | FlickrInducer Original - Help Relieve Congestion, HeadacheEliot Rosewater - WikipediaAir gap (networking) - WikipediaHacker Lexicon: What Is an Air Gap? | WIREDHere is how you break up with a friend 👍 #mentalhealth #relationship... | TikTokObsidianObsidian Admonition - Fork My BrainObsidian Callouts - Fork My Brainblacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview: A high-performance data index and query language over Markdown files, for https://obsidian.md/.Obsidian Dataview for beginners - YouTubeExcalidrawAdvanced Tables Plugin - Share & showcase - Obsidian ForumZotero | Your personal research assistantSilentVoid13/Templater: A template plugin for obsidianchhoumann/quickadd: QuickAdd for Obsidianpjeby/tag-wrangler: Rename, merge, toggle, and search tags from the Obsidian tag paneRecorded Wednesday, February 15, 2023Next week's challenge: make a bibliography.
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Feb 11, 2023 • 1h 43min

Secret Gland

This week's challenge: listen to binaural audio.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox.------Show LinksThe Nightman Cometh - WikipediaIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - The Nightman Cometh Live Performance - YouTubeUncle Jack Kelly - All Scenes - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - YouTubeObsidian Canvas - ObsidianScrivener | Literature & LattetoketaWareMind Map & Brainstorm Ideas - MindNodeCraft - The Future of DocumentsNotion – One workspace. Every team.nebokav index cards - Google SearchNabokov wrote most his novels on 3” x 5” notecards, keeping blank cards under his pillow for whenever inspiratio… | Novel writing, Writing inspiration, Writing lifeCunningham & Cunningham, Inc.FandomFancam Assembly - SNL - YouTubeSUCCESSION S02E09 | You can't make a tomlette without breaking a some Gregs - YouTubeCorecore | Know Your MemeYANSS 230 – Britt Frank’s advice for escaping life loops, dealing with trauma, and building the psychological momentum required to get yourself unstuck – You Are Not So SmartYANSS 252 – Why procrastination is neither a weakness nor a character flaw – You Are Not So SmartCategory mistake - WikipediaWhy Buddhism Is True - WikipediaBinaural recording - WikipediaDummy head recording - Wikipediaatmos - Google SearchDolby Atmos - WikipediaWhat is Apple spatial audio? How it works and how to use it | Tom's GuideOdio | AR soundscapes for iOSPortal - An Immersive Spatial Audio App For Focus, Sleep & EscapeThe Blurred Crusade - Wikipedia(2) The Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox - Recording the Voices - YouTubeFantastic Mr. Fox (film) - WikipediaYou Look Nice TodayR&D - A Guide to Creating Spatial Audio PodcastsBinaural Beats: What Are They and What Are the Benefits?Recorded Wednesday, February 8, 2023Next week's challenge: revisit Obsidian.
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Feb 4, 2023 • 1h 27min

Sorry, Sweetheart

This week's challenge: explore Mastadon.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksPatrick Rothfuss - Official WebsiteThe Kingkiller Chronicle - WikipediaManure Digester — Unattended Consequences — Overcast“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma—van der Kolk M.D., BesselThe Body Keeps The Score | Bessel van der Kolk, MD.Draw Things: AI-assisted Image GenerationThe generative AI revolution has begun—how did we get here? | Ars TechnicaAI Image Generators Keep Messing Up Hands. Here's Why.You Need an Agent of Chaos - The Incomparable Mothership #213 - The IncomparableTick, Tick... Boom! (film) - WikipediaNever Let Me Go (2010 film) - WikipediaThe Lost Daughter - WikipediaMerlin Mann, For NowFont AwesomeMerlin's Wisdom Project (Draft) · GitHubGhost World (film) - WikipediaThe Final Pam | Polygon Wiki | FandomHatsune Miku on David Letterman! (FULL) - YouTubeInternational Talk Like a Pirate Day - WikipediaPlaydate. Pre-order now!Readwise Reader | The first read-it-later app built for power readers.Ivory for iOSHome - MastodonRecorded Wednesday, February 1, 2023.Next week's challenge: listen to binaural audio.
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Jan 26, 2023 • 1h 45min

Two Ways to Motivate a Donkey

This week's challenge: dream in A.I.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show Links👉 Images for this episodeTIME TIMERRelay FM Family Feud - YouTubeHow to Map Your Own Nervous Sytem: The Polyvagal Theory - The Movement ParadigmTowardsness & Awayness Motivation are fundamentally asymmetric - Malcolm OceanInbox | ReadwiseThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma: van der Kolk M.D., Bessel: 9780143127741: Amazon.com: Bookskottke.org - home of fine hypertext productsSilkscreen is a small free font for your Web graphicsHow We FeelStable Diffusion OnlineDiffusionBee - Stable Diffusion App for AI ArtHow Computers Dream with David Holz - What Future with Joshua TopolskyGetty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content - The VergeBedroom in Arles - WikipediaMidjourneyBill Hader's Killer Lorne Michaels Impression(Recorded Wednesday, January 25, 2023)Next week's challenge: explore Mastodon.
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Jan 19, 2023 • 1h 44min

The Realms of Charlene Tilton

This week, the hosts explore the quirky platform omg.lol, diving into nostalgia and the charms of simpler digital tools. They discuss the balance between quick answers and deeper curiosity in a tech-driven world. The conversation shifts to the complexities of independent media, humor in conversations, and their personal anecdotes about magic and creativity. The speakers reflect on the emotional landscape of software tools and user experiences, advocating for a more meaningful and personalized approach to content creation.
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Jan 17, 2023 • 2h 26min

Noteworthy Skulls

This week's challenge: watch This Place Rules.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show LinksGlass frog - WikipediaChicago Museum Campus | Enjoy IllinoisMuseum of Science and IndustryCalifornia Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, CASea of Skulls | Sea Lion Skulls Exhibit at the AcademyUrban Dictionary: mann's assumptionOldest Skeleton of Human Ancestor FoundTusher African Hall | California Academy of SciencesDik-dik - WikipediaAmazon river dolphin - WikipediaSurvivor Christian's Ponderosa - YouTubeCommunity Theme by The 88 - At Least It Was Here (Full song and Lyrics) - YouTubePaddington 2 - WikipediaThe Lobster - WikipediaPodcasting Microphones Mega-Review – Marco.orgNeumann KMS 105 - Live Vocal Condenser MicrophoneEarthworks ETHOS Broadcast Condenser MicrophoneLars von Trier - WikipediaRian Johnson - WikipediaMartin Scorsese Cameo in Taxi Driver - YouTube‎Merlin's Weird Movies for Weirdos, a list of films by Merlin Mann • LetterboxdForrest Gump with Jamelle Bouie by Blank Check PodcastFight Club - WikipediaThe Sixth Sense - WikipediaServant (TV series) - WikipediaUnbundling Tools for ThoughtReadwise Reader | The first read-it-later app built for power readers.The Weakerthans - WikipediaWhy the Creators of "Everything Everywhere All At Once" Treat Their Partnership Like a MarriageAll Gas No Brakes - YouTubeO Block - YouTubeIs 'All Gas No Brakes' Over? - The New York TimesThis Place Rules | Watch the Movie on HBOGavin McInnes - WikipediaEnrique Tarrio - WikipediaRemember When Kamala Harris Compared January 6th to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor? - YouTubeWill Sommer - The Daily BeastThe Sword and the Sandwich | Talia LavinIdeas That Changed My Life · Collab FundHow Greendale Won The Debate! | Community - YouTubeChokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory DoctorowNapoleon Dynamite Top Ten Signs You're Not The Most Popular Guy In High School | Letterman(Recorded Wednesday, January 11, 2023)Next week's challenge: play with omg.lol.
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Jan 17, 2023 • 1h 39min

Common Cavity

This week's challenge: Celebrate Coxmas 2022.You can hear the BEFORE show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!------Edited by Alex Cox------Show Links‎John Siracusa’s ★★½ films • LetterboxdBack to Work Episode 601: Big BroomSPOILERS for Breaking Bad - Inside The Season 4 FinaleApple's AR/VR Headset Said to Feature Digital Crown, Waist-Mounted Battery Pack, and More - MacRumorsHow to Reduce Litter Box Odors | Self-Cleaning Litter-RobotDisturbed - Down With The SicknessHow Many Holes Does a Human Have? - YouTubeCaptain Goes to PetsmartOf Montreal Outback Steakhouse Commercial - YouTubeSesame Street: ABC-DEF-GHI SongSesame Street (Bert &) Ernie--I'd Like to Visit the MoonReconcilable Differences #199: Reverse Gift of the Magi - Relay FMPentatonix - Carol of the BellsTabs versus Spaces - YouTubeNetatmo : same home, just smarterDay One Journal AppCARROT Weather for iOS and AndroidUsing IFTTT with Day One - Your Journal for Life | Day OneThe Shit Show • furbo.orgOviduct - WikipediaAll Apple Keynotes Chatbot on ContextKeynote - Features - AppleInstapaper LogoEnjoy the Official Coxmas 2022 Presentation(Recorded Wednesday, January 6, 2023)

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