Episode 599: Self-Involved at Scale
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🗓️ 6 December 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
DISCUSSED: a classic odds n' sods episode encompassing a missing remote (and a failed system), some wallet FU, cool help with playlist management, unsubscribing in dribs and drabs, and a big-ass RV.
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- We Toured The Most FUTURISTIC Motorhome in the World! - YouTube
- Building a Camper I can Tow with my Bike... Detailed Build - YouTube
- ChatGPT
- No. 3236: The Humble Index Card — Today, the humble index card. The University of Houston presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
- Soundiiz - Transfer playlists and favorites between different streaming services
- Amazon: Your Email Subscriptions
- Avoiding Cloudy Iced Tea | Cook's Illustrated — Cloudiness in tea is caused by caffeine and tannins bonding with each other when tea is refrigerated or iced.
- Why is my Iced Tea Cloudy? | Red Rose — To prevent cloudy iced tea, you should allow the tea to cool down to room temperature before you add any ice or cold water.
- Inside (2023) - IMDb
- Merlin's Weird Movies for Weirdos, a list of films by Merlin Mann • Letterboxd — Keep yourself occupied with these weird movies for weirdos. I want so many more movies like these.
- Some Next-Level Shit, a list of films by Merlin Mann • Letterboxd — This is movie fandom on Difficult Mode.
- Solar Lights Outdoor, AmeriTop Super Bright 1600LM LED 6000K Solar Motion Sensor Lights with Wide Angle Illumination; 3 Adjustable Heads, IP65 Waterproof Outdoor Security Lighting (White) - - AmazonSmile — a/k/a "Solar Boy"
- Touring the MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE in the United States! - YouTube
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Dan. |
| 0:02.0 | Hello, Merlin. |
| 0:04.0 | Hello. |
| 0:05.0 | Are you recording our program? |
| 0:07.0 | I am recording the show. |
| 0:08.0 | Hello. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm seven minutes late and I am very sorry. |
| 0:12.0 | It's okay. It will be deducted from your total allotment of time spent on the show for the year. |
| 0:18.0 | Ah, one quarter portion. |
| 0:21.0 | Dan, I keep losing the remote. |
| 0:25.0 | What to the garage? |
| 0:27.0 | Yes. You don't have one little things you can type on the side of the thing and do the thing? |
| 0:32.0 | Yeah, we do. |
| 0:34.0 | Sure. |
| 0:36.0 | You type the code in. |
| 0:38.0 | Yeah, if we could get electric in our garage, we could get that. |
| 0:41.0 | What do you have to open the garage by hand like in a silence of the last? |
| 0:45.0 | No, that is a manual remote. |
| 0:47.0 | Oh, I know what you're talking about where she gets the jack and she leaves the car with the guy. |
| 0:52.0 | Miss Muppet. |
| 0:54.0 | Ah, and now here's the thing, Dan. |
| 0:57.0 | I don't drive a car, but I have things I need to get to in the garage, slash basement, sorry, Circusa. |
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