Ep. 441: "The Blessing of the White Dog"
Roderick on the Line
Merlin Mann
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2021
⏱️ 81 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, it's nice to stop by I like to stick my head over the fence every once in a while and just you know check in. I know you're a good neighbor and I thank you for picking up our mail while we work on. Oh, it's my pleasure. I sifted through a lot of it. I sorted a lot of it for you. |
| 0:29.0 | Thank you. We sort of made a different way, but I appreciate it. Thank you. |
| 0:34.0 | Well, you know, I think organization you can find it at any price and when a friend is there and like goes through your house and tries on some of your clothes and then does kind of a fancy German dance and them. |
| 0:45.0 | You know, I feel like that's a way of long distance bonding. |
| 0:50.0 | Speaking of fancy German dances today was the big Apple announcement did did they I know you have a lot of other Apple podcasts like I do. |
| 0:58.0 | Mac book weekly and Mac talk. |
| 1:02.0 | Mac book weekly I you know what that's pretty good enough to use that. Yeah, I do have a lot. I got to feed that beast baby. |
| 1:09.0 | I got to get that Janet that Macintosh content down their gullets. |
| 1:13.0 | No, but so but so I don't want you to burn any of that that top top content on this show. |
| 1:18.0 | Yeah, but just briefly today did they do it today? Did they solve the problem? Did they give you the thing that? |
| 1:23.0 | Oh, yeah, I mean, is there is the new thing going to be the thing that that makes it all worthwhile? |
| 1:28.0 | You know, I don't have anything particularly funny to say about this. They are releasing a Mac book pro that makes care. |
| 1:37.0 | Yeah, it's really good. And it fixes a lot of the shit that's been driving people crazy about a lot of Apple's laptops for a while. |
| 1:47.0 | It's been a little bit of a drag to get there, but they they basically every nerd's wish list was was granted. |
| 1:54.0 | Oh, wow. Bring nerd. Well, I mean one does not speak in that particular. No, there's always there's going to be a amongst the murder of nerds. |
| 2:04.0 | He's going to be somebody who's not happy, but I got rid of the touch bar, which nobody liked. |
| 2:09.0 | Oh, nobody liked me. You brought back MagSafe for the power, which is nice. |
| 2:14.0 | It's crazy fast. It's got a great chip. It's got beautiful screen. |
| 2:19.0 | What are the other things? Just a whole bunch of stuff. It's it's a, you know, a Merlin man. |
| 2:25.0 | What is my other podcast again, MacBook weekly? Yeah, MacBook weekly. |
| 2:29.0 | Merlin man, you know, a long time co host of MacBook weekly says two enthusiastic thumbs up. |
| 2:35.0 | Well, that's so exciting. I can't wait to consume this new Mac and Tosh product. |
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