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    #278: You’re a Dingleberry

    “I am the oven now.”

    January 16th, 2026 · 97 minutes

    Merlin shares his Large Appliance Results.

    (Recorded on Tuesday, January 6, 2026)

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    Links and Show Notes

    Credits
    Get a Job - The Silhouettes (1957)

    Dip dip dip dip dip dip dip…

    “…and that’s my trick.”

    Clemenza teaches Michael how to make sauce in The Godfather.

    10 Apple TV Tips from Stephen Robles - YouTube
    Princess telephone - Wikipedia
    Trimline telephone - Wikipedia
    Five products so over-engineered, they're actually kinda worse, by Zack Freedman - YouTube
    Zack Freedman’s 3D Filament Tier List - YouTube
    Jumperless V5

    The next generation jumperless breadboard.

    Colin M. Ford's screenshot of the “Writing Direction” menu items’ icons in iPadOS
    “The Staten Island of San Francisco” - jwz.org
    Merlin’s big toaster oven: the Breville BOV900BSSUSC
    John’s favorite toaster over: the Breville BOV650XL
    The smallest Breville toaster over: the BOV450XL
    Lawn Darts from the 1980s - Reddit
    Aerobie - Wikipedia
    Raclette - Wikipedia
    Raclette grill mistakenly placed in the wrong orientation
    Old Trapper beef jerky
    Fight Club (1999)
    Demotivators from despair.com
    Meetings: None of us is as dumb as all of us
    Merlin Mann: Who moved my brain? - YouTube
    Midnight Commander
    Tautulli for Plex
    Blu Lights (2023) season 1 - Wikipedia
    Downstream #107: A Thanksgiving Visit from Alan Sepinwall
    The Wire - Wikipedia
    Nicola Coughlan - Wikipedia
    Nicola Coughlan on The Graham Norton Show - YouTube
    Richard Dormer - Wikipedia
    Merlin’s Trakt.tv list: The Troubles & Northern Ireland
    Siân Brooke - Wikipedia
    Taylor Tomlinson - Wikipedia
    Kelsey Cook - Wikipedia
    The Troubles, by U2 - YouTube
    Watching TV Makes You Smarter - The New York Times

    "The total number of active threads equals the multiple plots of "Hill Street," but here each thread is more substantial. The show doesn't offer a clear distinction between dominant and minor plots; each story line carries its weight in the mix."

    7 - Wikipedia

    Most people in Continental Europe, Indonesia, and some in Britain, Ireland, Israel, Canada, and Latin America, write 7 with a line through the middle (7), sometimes with the top line crooked

    Local files - Spotify
    Georgia-Pacific to Close Its Foley Cellulose Facility in Perry, Florida

    The paper mill that Uncle Bill mentioned.

    NEVER Touch "The Cornballer" - Arrested Development - YouTube

    "Hot! Hot! Hot!"

    wisdom/3d.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom

    "Observations on things I've learned about life from 3D printing."