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Merlin has thoughts on survival, aging, and whether to bother trying to understand whatever NFTs are. Next up, the triumphant return of "Cool Thing I Learned This Week" brings updates on iOS dictation and a very Merlin video about organization. Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on. —Nick Fury, The Avengers (2012) Links:5 Principles of Organization - YouTube — via Brad Siefert (@bksiefert)Siri: Everything You Need to Know - MacRumorsiOS 16 dictation: Much improved, but up to Google Pixel standards? - YouTubeLight as a feather, stiff as a board - Wikipediawisdom/wisdom.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom — "It's only advice for you because it had to be advice for me."Quotes to get right. #runx — "Authoritative-ish citations are added and updated as available."

Your hosts discuss dramaturgy, package managers, and monospaced fonts. Ladies?Links:Ruby on Mac: Get Ruby working on your Mac in minutes with a single command.MonoLisa - A font family designed for software developers. Font follows function.iTerm2 - macOS Terminal ReplacementFonts - Apple DeveloperDownload the Atkinson Hyperlegible Font | Braille InstituteInconsolata - Google FontsThe Elements of Typographic Style: Bringhurst, Robert: 9780881791327: Amazon.com: Bookswisdom/wisdom.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom

DISCUSSED: Dan misses going to the movies; cool ways to save your bacon in Git; and Merlin is excited about a (new to him) app for personal tracking and quantization.Links:Dangit, Git!?! — Git is hard: messing up is easy, and figuring out how to fix your mistakes is impossible. Git documentation has this chicken and egg problem where you can't search for how to get yourself out of a mess, unless you already know the name of the thing you need to know about in order to fix your problemBearable | Mood & Symptoms Tracker App | All of Your Health in One Place — Track anything and discover how it affects your health.John Dickerson on Twitter: "For you sleep obsessives. https://t.co/nDlqkhWFvC" / Twitter[OC] 2 years of my GF and I tracking the sleep quality impact of various choices/behaviours. These were the 8 most significant effects : dataisbeautifulExist · Understand your behaviour.Gyroscope · Your Personal Health CoachAFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES | American Film InstituteAmazon.com : Packer's Pine Tar Soap 3 Pack | The Original Men’s Bar Soap With Natural Pine Tar and Pine Oils | All Natural Pine Soap Bar with No Harsh Chemicals. (3 BAR PACK) : Nutritional Supplements And Vitamins : Beauty & Personal Caremerlinmann/dbf-voice-log: Alex and Merlin want to just say things into the air. — Alex and Merlin just want to yell things into the air.fish shellSeconds Pro Interval Timer on the App Store

DISCUSSED: Merlin runs the table this week with: unseasonable heat; the joy of realizing when someone obviously loved (and probably had to fight for) the thing that they made; and finally, an extended meditation on a phone charger and the decisions that seek to bridge past and future.Links:Blot – A blogging platform with no interface. — Blot is a blogging platform with no interface. It turns a folder into a website.How to use Blot - Blot — Blot turns a folder into a blog. When you put files inside your blog’s folder they become blog posts. Posts - Blot — A collection of guides to formatting your posts and pages.Metadata - BlotConfigure - BlotWhy I Went HTML Only :: Barry Hess :: bjhess.comThe most minimal blog you can find – The Jolly TeapotSF Symbols - Apple DeveloperFonts - Apple DeveloperDEWENWILS Remote Control Outlet Wireless Wall Mounted Light Switch, Electrical Plug in On Off Power Switch for Lamp, No Wiring,100 Feet RF Range, ETL Listed,Programmable - - Amazon.comWatch Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey | Netflix Official SiteQuick Journaling | Drafts DirectoryProphet's Prey (2015) - Plot Summary - IMDb — When Warren Jeffs rose to Prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, he took control of a religion with a history of polygamous and underage marriage. In a short time, Warren managed to expand these practices and the power of his position in unprecedented ways.AmazonSmile: Anker 633 Magnetic Battery (MagGo), 10,000mAh Foldable Magnetic Wireless Portable Charger, 20W USB-C Power Delivery for iPhone 13/13 Pro / 13 Pro Max / 12/12 Pro and 12 Pro Max (Black) : Cell Phones & Accessories — Merlin likes this.Assemble diary | Drafts DirectoryProphet's Prey (2015) - Reference View - IMDbNotes - Blotwisdom/wisdom.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom — "It's only advice for you because it had to be advice for me."Merlin Mann on Twitter: "You can tell when somebody really loved what they were making." — "You can tell when somebody really loved what they were making."T. Rex Dinosaur Fossil Exhibition 76940 | Jurassic World™ | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop USBro Thor’s New Asgard 76200 | Marvel | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop USLEGO® Friends Toys | Official LEGO® Shop USPeoples Temple - FoundSFBacon Ray - "Dance of the Monotremes" (The Swab, 1999) — On Merlin' band's last record, they made a song that included every fact they knew about the platypus—ultimately celebrating the distinctive parenting skills of a loving monotreme mother.

A classic odds n' sods episode. Merlin needs help with a journaling via voice solution; your hosts look at password enhancements in the Apple betas; praise for Apple's SF fonts and SF symbols; a trippy video about paper sizes (and the universe); and, oh, those whacky Mormon sects.Links:A-Series Paper Size Dimensions (inches, cm, mm) - Neenah PaperA5 in InchesCharles and Ray Eames - "Powers of Ten" (1977) - YouTubeCGP Grey - "Metric Paper" - YouTubePowers of Ten (film) - Wikipedia — Charles and Ray EamesMove beyond passwords - WWDC21 - Videos - Apple DeveloperApple Passkey Demo with Hanko Authentication APIFonts - Apple Developer — These typefaces offer the control and flexibility to optimally display text at a variety of sizes, in many different languages, across multiple interfaces.SF Symbols - Apple DeveloperMeet the expanded San Francisco font family - WWDC22 - Videos - Apple DeveloperWhat's new in SF Symbols 4 - WWDC22 - Videos - Apple DeveloperQuick Journaling | Drafts DirectoryWindsor (typeface) - Wikipedia

Dan & Merlin are live from the show floor, sharing their thoughts on the WWDC 2022 keynote address.Links:Apple Events - AppleATP 486: Field Day at Apple Park — Accidental Tech PodcastUpgrade #410: Apple Park Vibe Check - Relay FMCan Stimulating the Vagus Nerve Improve Mental Health? - The New York TimesThis Optical Illusion Has a Revelation About Your Brain and Eyes - The New York TimesThe Office Monsters Are Trying to Claw Their Way Back to 2019 - The New York TimesApple WWDC 2022 keynote in 24 minutes - YouTubeApple Events - AppleBody Language Behaviors From a Retired FBI Agent to Improve ConfidenceFormer FBI Agent Explains How to Negotiate | WIRED - YouTubeFormer FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language | Tradecraft | WIRED - YouTubeMacBook Air 2022 vs MacBook Pro 2022: Which new MacBook should you buy? | Tom's Guide

On memory, security, and sleeping injuries.Links:The apps I use to read and write for this blog (Interconnected)Working Copy, Git on iOS

Considering the value of finding something new to suck at. Runner-Up Titles Stop Trying to Meditate and Just Breathe I’m That Guy in My Own Head The Confidence of the New Idiot Links:Willem Dafoe Breaks Down His Career, from 'The Boondock Saints' to 'Spider-Man' | Vanity Fair - YouTubeReconcilable Differences #182: Disapproval Has a Scent - Relay FMCelery and Cum - After Show | Do By Friday on PatreonAudioDharmaAmazon.com: Mindfulness in Plain English: 9780861719068: Gunaratana, Bhante: BooksSleep Hypnosis for Anxiety Reduction & Reversal - YouTube — Welcome to this guided self hypnosis experience for helping you reduce and reverse your symptoms of anxiety, along with allowing you to create your best and easiest bedtime sleep. Sleep Hypnosis for Calming An Overactive Mind - YouTube — Welcome to this guided hypnosis for sleep and sleep meditation experience, with spoken suggestions for relaxation accompanied with a soundscape of soothing background sleeping music. AudioDharma - Andrea FellaBuddhism Plain and Simple: The Practice of Being Aware Right Now, Every Day: Hagen, Steve: 9780804851183: BooksBuddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs: Hagen, Steve: 9780060730574: Books: Amazon.comWilliam Ackerman - "Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter"Outkast - "Roses" (Official HD Video) - YouTube"I forgot my mantra." - YouTube

It's a very special "Oops! All Automation Check-ins" episode. But, of course—as always—there's also a philosophical component.Links:Black Bear Head Mask Full Face Plush Bear Costume Deluxe Halloween Party Animal Head Masks : Toys & GamesDefining a Hyper Key · GitBook — BetterTouchTool (starting with version 3.540) allows you to use Caps Lock as a Hyper Key. A Hyper Key is a magical key which automatically presses all the standard modifiers (ctrl+shift+cmd+opt). Why would you need that? Because on macOS many of the easy to reach shortcut combinations are already used by the system or by some app. By using the Hyper Key can can define shortcuts in BTT that are pretty much guaranteed to not be used anywhere else (who would want to press e.g. ctrl+shift+cmd+opt+ P). This makes room for tons of easy to remember and easy to use shortcuts. Celery and Cum | Do By Friday — This week's challenge: Catch up with Bunch.StopTheMadnessStopTheMadness for Safari SupportHomeControl Menu for HomeKit on the Mac App StoreController for HomeKit – Your Smart Home Companioninsidegui/PodcastMenu: Put Overcast on your Mac's menu bar — PodcastMenu is a simple app which puts Overcast on your Mac's menu bar so you can listen to your favorite podcasts while you work.BrettTerpstra.comMarkdown Service Tools - BrettTerpstra.comCharlie Parker - A Night in Tunisia (featuring the Famous Alto Break) - YouTubefolivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!Keyboard Maestro 10.1: Work Faster with Macros for macOSUse macOS keyboard shortcuts – Apple Support (AU) — You can customise some keyboard shortcuts by changing the key combinations.Stream Deck | elgato.com

DISCUSSED: Dan's new tenants flip him the bird, and Merlin has strong feelings about email. Runner-up titles: Glass Surfing I Don't Believe in a Lizard Binary A Game Stop and a Bathroom A Mother Son Relationship That Is Weird The Allergies of Childhood Medium-Sized Important Breakthrough The Cultural Installation of Fear Links:Stories Behind Some of the Weird Stuff on ‘Severance’ - The New York TimesThe complete FUN TO IMAGINE with Richard Feynman - YouTubeBusted! How to Handle the Police Until You Get a Lawyer - by Mary Griego - YouTubeGoogle Search Operators: The Complete List (42 Advanced Operators)Welcome to Bunch - Bunch.appIntroducing Bunch - Bunch.appFonts - Apple Developer — Get the details, frameworks, and tools you need to use system fonts for Apple platforms in your apps. These typefaces offer the control and flexibility to optimally display text at a variety of sizes, in many different languages, across multiple interfaces. BBC - Richard Feynman: Fun to Imagine — Gifted physicist Richard Feynman (1918-88) was known as the 'great explainer' due to his ability to help non-scientists imagine something of the beauty and order of the universe as he saw it. In this series, Feynman looks at the mysterious forces that make ordinary things happen and, in doing so, answers questions about why rubber bands are stretchy, why tennis balls can't bounce for ever and what you're really seeing when you look in the mirror.1Password 8 for Mac | 1Password — The world's best password manager is now even more powerful. Designed for uncompromising protection and productivity on macOS.StopTheMadness — StopTheMadness is a web browser extension that stops web sites from making your browser harder to use.StopTheMadness for Safari SupportBlue Ruin (2013) - Reference View - IMDbGreen Room (2015) - Reference View - IMDbAll About Swallows' Nests and Nesting Habits - Birds and Blooms — An open cup made of pellets of dried mud mixed with grass and lined with feathers.