Episode 403: It's Just a Salad
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🗓️ 4 December 2018
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Discussed: Why Tuesday is the optimistic day; pourover coffee for Dan's wife; confirm shaming; updates on iPad keyboards and covers; approximately annual history of "Bawk Bawk!"; some thoughts on Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart; kids and learning Programming; the things that are difficult to teach anyone.
Links for this episode:
- Jay Little on Twitter: "@danbenjamin if you're still looking for a cheap ipad case, this one has been fine with strong magnets when closed and in the triangle https://t.co/I4DqGljeYi"
- Amazon.com: MoKo Smart Folio Case Fit iPad Pro 11" 2018 - [Support Magnetically Attach Charge/Pair] Slim Lightweight Shell Stand Cover, Strong Magnetic Adsorption, Auto Wake/Sleep for iPad Pro 11 Inch - Black: Electronics
- confirmshaming
- Melitta Coffee Maker, 6 Cup Pour-Over Brewer with Glass Carafe, 1-Count: Amazon.com: Home & Kitchen
- Amazon.com: Logitech Keys-To-Go Ultra-Portable Bluetooth Keyboard for Android and Windows, Black: Computers & Accessories
- Amazon.com: Logitech Wireless Keyboard | Keys-to-Go: Ultra Portable Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Desktop and More (Red): Computers & Accessories
- Thank you Easter Bunny, Bawk Bawk! - YouTube
- Swift Playgrounds - Apple
- Why this awful sounding album is a masterpiece - YouTube
- Captain Beefheart - Frownland - YouTube
- Logo (programming language) - Wikipedia
- Turtle graphics - Wikipedia
- Reconcilable Differences #39: Rocks Aren’t Magic - Relay FM
This week’s main topic covers teaching kids about technology. When, how, and what should young students learn about computers at school? How far have things come since Merlin’s Business Administration class and the lectures John suffered on RAM vs. ROM?
- Monster Factory: Fallout 4 — Episode 1 - YouTube
Griffin and Justin play around with Fallout 4, and incidentally create one of the most horrific creatures to ever roam the wasteland.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. |
| 0:02.0 | Hi, Merlin. How are you? |
| 0:03.5 | Good morning, Dan. How are you? |
| 0:05.2 | Doing pretty good. |
| 0:06.5 | Happy Tuesday to you. |
| 0:09.0 | You too. |
| 0:10.0 | Tuesday is the optimistic day, and here we are. |
| 0:12.5 | We've done it again. |
| 0:13.5 | The optimistic, the most optimistic day. |
| 0:16.0 | It's got a different valence. |
| 0:17.5 | It's today. |
| 0:18.0 | So it's an optimistic day. |
| 0:19.5 | Tuesday is a day when things can happen. |
| 0:21.0 | I feel like you're right. |
| 0:22.5 | Oh, well, so many other days you can just knock off. |
| 0:26.5 | Going to the law of large numbers. |
| 0:28.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:29.5 | I'm saying, Sunday, well, a lot of stuff's closed. |
| 0:32.5 | Friday, people are already phoning it in. |
| 0:35.0 | Saturday, it's already a little bit of a day off. |
| 0:38.5 | Monday can always be a holiday. |
| 0:40.0 | Friday can be a holiday. |
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