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#252: Briefly, It Was the Future.

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#250: Water Hammer

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John has a new project and Merlin has a new Thought Technology.

#249: Tally Ho

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Rebuilding "Tally Ho."

#248: Safflower Wednesday

November 21st, 2024 · 95 minutes

Election results.

#247: Milk, Milk, Milk

November 7th, 2024 · 94 minutes

Main topic this week is "ceilings and floors."

#246: Helicopter Don

October 25th, 2024 · 96 minutes

John has a new angle on smart home monitoring, and Merlin shares some new thoughts about "The Godfather" (1972).

#245: The One That's Glistening

October 11th, 2024 · 79 minutes

The uneven paces of technological and personal progress.

#244: Hillbilly Pâté

September 27th, 2024 · 78 minutes

John and Merlin argue about whether John's new avatar is extremely bad.

#243: Sleep the Clock Round

September 13th, 2024 · 84 minutes

Your hosts relitigate this shameful cultural moment in which people keep blaming sweet precious angels for human stovetop cock-ups.