Mac Poweriesers episode 599, a man of the people with Dr. Drain.

Hello, everyone. This is David Sparks, joined by my friend and yours, Mr. Steven Hackett. How are you today, Steven?

I'm good, David. How are you?

I am excellent, but I feel like today I really need to bring my A-game

because we have back on the show after like five years, Dr. Drain. Welcome to the show, Dr. Drain.

Hey, how you doing?

Good. I didn't realize how long it's been since you've been on the show.

And I'm really happy that you graced us with your presence today.

For those of you who don't know Drain, he can be found over at leancrew.com. That's from memory. Did I get it right?

That is correct.

Yeah. And he writes about automation, technology in general, and one of my favorite internet curmudgents, honestly.

Yeah. I don't write nearly as much as I used to, but we'll see how things go in the future.

Yeah. Well, I've said it before, but I love it when you like, because Dr. Drain, he has a secret identity because he's a professional out in the world.

I'm like me, he actually wants to like keep some privacy. I just gave up on that a long time ago, Dr. Drain.

But he is a very smart guy. So like when his lawnmower breaks, we'll get a very long post explaining why. And I like that.

Yes. After I'm done swearing. Yeah.

A couple of days.

I let it cool down a little bit.

Don't ever be around my house when it's time to put the Christmas lights out.

Now, really, is that a big deal? What's the what's wrong with the Christmas lights?

It's just Christmas lights are the worst. I mean, I will say that LED lights have gotten have are much better than what they used to be.

But every year, you know, you put them away. They're all fine. You take them out.

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