Reconcilable Differences

The podcast discusses frustrating experiences with unresponsive tradespeople, the challenges of home repairs and renovations, and the difficulties in finding quality painters. They also explore their journey with AI technology, focusing on ChatGPT and generative AI. The hosts discuss the complexity of Google and the challenges of finding accurate information online. They touch on trust and verification in search engines and code, and their frustration with plugins in CSS cascade. Additionally, they explore the power of synthesizing data with Google Sheets and the potential risks of relying too much on technology.

Subtitle: An Aunt, An Uncle—Panama!John reports in with his Vacation Results, but he seems reluctant to set Merlin up with his aunt. This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DIFFS. Hypercritical Shirts: Hypercritical shirts are sold only every five years, so don’t wait! The sale ends on Saturday, August 12th. Links and Show Notes: For this month's members-only bonus show, your hosts discuss Hack My Home and the world of home makeover TV shows. You can sign up today to hear all the member episodes, get more bonus stuff, and, yes, support our program. (Recorded on Tuesday, July 25, 2023) Credits Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano Music: Merlin Mann The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. Hypercritical ShirtsHypercritical shirts are sold only every five years, so don’t wait! The sale ends on Saturday, August 12th. Glass - Photo sharing app for iOS The Strawberry Queen (2021) Mattituck Strawberry Festival (2023)The festival also hosts the crowning of the Strawberry Queen, a talent show, and the World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship. Seinfeld episode where Jerry's dentist converts to Judaism Chicago's White City The Incredible Story Of The 1893 World's Fair - YouTube Kitchen Nightmares Season 5 Episode 16 - Amy's Baking Company Bristol, Rhode Island's 4th of July Parade See Rock City Usage I DislikeAn Epicenter of Wordsmithing…for the Enterprise. The Theme Park History of The Haunted Mansion - YouTube Hack My Home - Netflix

Subtitle: Numbers Go UpJohn interrogates the source of Merlin's recent infection. This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DIFFS. Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Links and Show Notes: Things kick off with an exploration of sharing a mic on-stage and the Battle of Stalingrad. John reminds Merlin he's repeatedly tried to get him into airplane videos. John's effort to get his username on a new site is being thwarted by a mom who claims to work too hard. Lemongrab is discussed, and this leads to a real time review of your hosts' avatars on select streaming service. On my account? Merlin shares that he needs to watch TV with his kid at night in order to feel alive. A case is made for normalizing rest, and Merlin shares his worst-received onsite corporate visit. John has been lifting very light weights, and Merlin suggests John start really focusing on his core. There's a brief discussion of Steven Spielberg in general and Jaws in particular. John informs Merlin that he's pronouncing the name of the movie wrong. Merlin teaches John how to pronounce an umlaut, and John reciprocates by explaining the automotive traffic of Long Island. Unsurprisingly, this leads to yet another discussion of pronunciation, accents, and regional usage. Then, Merlin tells John about a time he barfed jimmies really hard. (Recorded on Tuesday, July 11, 2023) Credits Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano Music: Merlin Mann The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora sing into the same microphone The Mustard YouTube channel about airplanes The Real Engineering YouTube channel Real Engineering on the SR-71 Blackbird The SR-71 engine Hannah Gadsby: Nanette Hannah Gadsby’s Disastrous ‘It’s Pablo-matic,’ at the Brooklyn Museum – ARTnews.com New York: A Documentary Film by Ric Burns Mitski SMISKI Jaws Fishing with John The Mary, Merry, Marry map 22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English The Flop House pronunciation letter from episode #399 (starts at 1:36:33) That Mitchell and Webb Look Snooker 1 - YouTube Lip-ribbon microphone - Wikipedia Why Hitler Lost the War: German Strategic Mistakes in WWII - YouTube Xenu - Wikipedia Adventure Time - Best Of Lemongrab - YouTube Empire State Building | All the Secrets of the Engineering Wonder - YouTube John Lurie - Wikipedia The Simple Solution to Traffic - YouTube Renderings released for controversial 50-story SF tower How Merlin talks (according to a New York Times quiz) uBlacklist for Safari on the App Store

Subtitle: Every scallion contains a continuum.John has questions about Merlin's recent Wedding Results. This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code DIFFS at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Links and Show Notes: A question about question marks becomes a fairly detailed exploration of proper calendar usage and workplace culture. This inexplicably leads to a conversation Merlin recently had about engineering. John has some Follow-Up on how Vision Pro might handle being used in unusual situations. Casting the right shadow is hard. Next up, John has questions about Merlin's new interest in onions. Plants are discussed. For the main topic, John has questions about Merlin's recent Wedding Results. John also tells Merlin things he should have said on other podcasts. For this month's members-only bonus show, your hosts discuss Spider-Man: Across the Universe (2023). Also: a surprising amount of R.E.M. talk. You can sign up today to hear all the member episodes, get more bonus stuff, and, yes, support our program. (Recorded on Tuesday, June 27, 2023) Credits Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano Music: Merlin Mann The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. Green Grow The Rushes - R.E.M. Fables of the Reconstruction Green Grow the Rushes, O - Wikipedia Green Grow the Rushes-O, performed by King Solomon's Singers The Case Against Travel - The New Yorker Roderick on the Line #502: Dr. GuyThe episode of Roderick on the Line where John Roderick and Merlin talk about their difficulties doing everyday things that other people do without much struggle. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Fountains of Wayne Hotline, by Robbie Fulks Wolf Children (2012) Every Frame a Painting: Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy Every Frame a Painting: Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy Every Frame a Painting: Wolf Children (2012) - The Lateral Tracking Shot Diminished / I'm Not over You - R.E.M. The Abyss (1989) Child Ballads - Wikipedia Folk Britannia Part 1 of 3: Ballads and Blues - YouTube Molly Gaebe and Leila Bozorg Marry in Big Indian, N.Y. - The New York TimesMolly Gaebe proposed to Leila Bozorg with a rainbow fabric ring and the help of the couple’s favorite drag queen.

As a main topic, your hosts talk about Apple's recent Vision Pro announcement. This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by: Burrow: Get $75 off your Burrow purchase—plus, fast & free shipping. Links and Show Notes: In follow-up, John addresses a question from one of Merlin's co-hosts in which John agrees that Merlin is weird. Also, there's a new movie that John saw and that Merlin hasn't (at the time of recording), and John wants Merlin to figure out how it lost part of a star on his letter box dee. (Recorded on Tuesday, June 13, 2023) Credits Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano Music: Merlin Mann The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. Sesame Street - Pinball Number Count - YouTube ‎John Siracusa’s films - ★★½ - Letterbox Dee"John has watched 212 films rated ★★½ " ‎Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) ‎Air (2023) Sony Patent to Skip Commercials by Yelling Brand Names - Snopes.comYelling "McDonalds!" to end a television commercial for the fast-food restaurant is just one example of many "interactive commercials" contained within this patent. A closer look at Apple’s Vision Pro keyboard and other controls - The Verge

Subtitle: Keep the honest people honest.At last, the pop quiz show. This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code DIFFS at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Then, for this month's members-only bonus show, your hosts discuss their summer plans. (Recorded on Tuesday, May 30, 2023) Credits Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano Music: Merlin Mann The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. Master & Commander member special episodeGo to the Relay FM Membership page, then click "Access members-only podcasts", then look for “Relay FM Crossover” and click "Subscribe." Finally, pick one of the subscription methods shown. ATP #537: Worse Than All of Our ToiletsThe pre-WWDC episode where we do "exit interviews" for all current Apple operating systems. None pizza with left beef John's Mac OS X reviews Desert Island Discs - WikipediaGuests are also automatically given the Complete Works of Shakespeare and either the Bible or another appropriate religious or philosophical work. BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island DiscsEight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives. Essays: The Process of Security - Schneier on SecuritySecurity is a process, not a product. Products provide some protection, but the only way to effectively do business in an insecure world is to put processes in place that recognize the inherent insecurity in the products. The trick is to reduce your risk of exposure regardless of the products or patches. Huskee trash can Merlin Bird ID app – Identify the birds you seeIdentify the birds you see or hear with Merlin Bird ID

Subtitle: John is Merlin's gashapon.How would your hosts approach teaching the other to be them? This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code DIFFS at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Burrow: Get $75 off your Burrow purchase—plus, fast & free shipping. Links and Show Notes: Things kick off with some sundry food talk. John shows no interest in party-cut pizza or fruit juice concentrates, and Merlin identifies a perplexing class of food that's made of the wrong food. Follow-up brings updates on how John tries to make his app play nice with macOS weirdness, and there's some important reconsideration regarding what Larry Mullen, Jr. actually said about the location where The King was laid to rest. Speaking of music, with pretty much zero provocation, Merlin launches into a jeremiad about a pet peeve with bad needle drops. What a waste. Finally, your hosts talk about the movie, Gattaca (1997). John saw it a long time ago, and Merlin has watched it most of the way through. John dutifully lays out a bulleted list of items Merlin needs to immediately start changing about himself. (Recorded on Tuesday, May 16, 2023) Credits Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano Music: Merlin Mann The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. My Next Guest Needs No Introduction Mr. Show: Gay Son/Grass Valley Greg - YouTube ATP Eats: John’s of Bleecker Street John’s of Bleecker Street Goldbelly Little Original Joe'sA dragon great green. Why the green great dragon can't exist When a quote is not (exactly) a quote: The Business of America is Business Edition | Inside AdamsMany people have likely heard a quote attributed to President Calvin Coolidge,  “The business of America is business,” but this is a misquote. The real quote is a little bit different and the context in which it was said is not likely what most would expect. Why does the Front and Center Settings window appear when I log in? U2: Rattle and Hum (1988) Larry Mullen Jr. says… Gattaca (1997) Trading Places (1983) The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) My Fair Lady

Subtitle: John will live in her backpack like Yoda.For a main topic, John has a new project involving music playlists. Generational divides are identified, and we learn the lengths to which John will go for his ungrateful children. This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code DIFFS at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: Things kick off with Merlin giving John a pop quiz on music and a font. Merlin would also please like a special episode for his birthday. After an admittedly overdue U2 Tangent, John gives Merlin a pop quiz on what their show is about. Then, Merlin clarifies what John can expect from an omnibus "Before Show" super-episode. Follow-Up covers John's count of Steam games, much Succession lore, plus you, the listener's, stated position regarding the correct toothbrush water temperature. Also, Merlin has finally rid himself of a problem with a meddlesome dæmon. Finally, Merlin reveals one of the numerous ways in which he is a terrible liability. For this month's members-only bonus show, there's more on playlists and disambiguation, with Merlin offering an impassioned paean to the magic of scene naming—including improbable places we might benefit from standardization in the future. Music is so good, you guys. You can sign up today to hear all the member episodes, get more bonus stuff, and, yes, support our program. (Recorded on Tuesday, May 2, 2023) Credits Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano Music: Merlin Mann The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. Mr. Show - "The New Ku Klux Klan" - YouTube Florence + The Machine - "Tiny Dancer" - (2018) - YouTube Womprat: “The font you’re looking for.”❝The font you’re looking for❞ Mondegreen - WikipediaA mondegreen is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning What is "usernoted" and why is it eating my CPU? - Ask Different History - Admiral Farragut Academy Brian Cox explains Logan Roy's birthplace confusion (starts at 31:46) Roman Roy does not have a wife and kid Caitlin FitzGerald - Wikipedia Alexis Floyd - IMDb When Harry Met Sally Karaoke Machine - Singing Machine at The Sharper Image - YouTube Merlin's "Pretty Maids" Spotify playlist MusicBrainz PicardPicard is a cross-platform music tagger powered by the MusicBrainz database. John's Spotify playlist for his daughter (minus the tracks that aren't on Spotify) Standard (warez) - Wikipedia

Subtitle: One Must Imagine Biff HappyJohn tells Merlin about Steam, and Merlin catches John up about Merlin. This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by: Burrow: Introducing the new Outdoor Collection. Get 15% off your first order. Links and Show Notes: Merlin explains his laundry number, and John has some quick Follow-Up on bathroom cups. (Recorded on Monday, April 18, 2023) Credits Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano Music: Merlin Mann The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. Frequency illusion - Wikipedia Steam Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter Gabriel’s Steam music video Women's page - Wikipedia Do By Friday

Subtitle: “I’m Not Worried. I’m Concerned.”What happens in the bathroom can no longer stay in the bathroom. This episode of Reconcilable Differences is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code DIFFS at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes: For this month's members-only bonus show, Merlin shares his surprising Vacation Results. You can sign up today to hear all the member episodes, get more bonus stuff, and, yes, support our program. (Recorded on Monday, April 3, 2023) Credits Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano Music: Merlin Mann The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. How To Pronounce Slainte - YouTube Florence Y'all Water Tower - Wikipedia Toilet seat example of Secret Weird Things People Do Poll: Do you have a cup in the bathroom? Poll: For non-cuppers only Non-Cupper Definition of Terms I’m Sorry, WHAT Does the Peloton CEO Do Every Morning? Photos of attic water tanks in Ireland Water tank house diagram Rat-Water thread with Kieran Healy David O’Doherty's comedy song about his water tank Back to Work #85, featuring a public bathroom RPG Things I recommend you buy and use, by Sam Bowman Pink Uber | Do By FridayThis week’s challenge: share private mind motions.