Episode 294: Sufficiently Advanced Friendship

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TOPIC: How to pester people responsibly.

• Dan's a little under the weather.
• Maybe kids should be in balls. Who knows?
• "Wrap a hot towel around your head."
• Westworld. It's definitely a thing.
• Follow-up…
• TaskPaper 3.5 is awesome.
• Yes. There are good board games. Sorry about that.
• How Merlin made Candyland more interesting. But only a little.
• Followup on smoke detectors. What a mess!
• More advice on covering up dumb LED lights.
• Merlin has an amazing rice cooker.
• Harry Potter talk. Movies we like, etc.
• Cool new Harry Potter prints.
• MAIN TOPIC: How to pester people responsibly.
• Trouble getting a response: what's the real problem here?
• Merlin learned a lot from being an unsuccessful project manager.
• If your results are at odds with your expectations? Something isn't working.
• Dan talks about his new interest in informal journaling.
• Writing is a 3D printer for your thoughts.

Links for this episode:

• Strange Animals (@Strange_Animals) | Twitter
  
• TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac
  
• 3M Lithographers Tape 616 Ruby Red: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
  
• 5by5 | Back to Work #293: The Frame for Our Relationship
  
• TaskPaper – Plain text to-do lists for Mac
  
• Universal Security Instruments | Home
  
• Zojirushi
  
• Amazon.com: Zojirushi NS-ZCC18 10-Cup Neuro Fuzzy Rice Cooker, 1.8-Liters, Premium White: Kitchen & Dining
  
• Amazon.com : Mahatma Long Grain Jasmine Rice, 32 oz : Jasmine Rice Produce : Grocery & Gourmet Food
  
• Olly Moss on Twitter: "Announcing 7 new officially licensed Harry Potter art prints, produced in collaboration with @Pottermore. Link: https://t.co/jU85tYnUet https://t.co/yMNcoN5Kht"
  
• Home / OLLY MOSS SHOP
  
• Harry Potter Print Set / OLLY MOSS SHOP
  
• Acceptance and commitment therapy - Wikipedia
  
• Wrap A Hot Towel Around Your Head - YouTube
  
• Robot & Frank (2012) - IMDb
  
• Mars Sazerac | Bob's Burgers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia
  
• Connie Sellecca. Nothing wrong that, huh | The Nap quotes
  Connie Sellecca. Nothing wrong that, huh?
  
• Unit testing - Wikipedia
  
• Kobayashi Maru - Wikipedia
  
• Quote by Pema Chödrön: “You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just th...”
  “You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.”
  
• Apollo Robbins: The art of misdirection | TED Talk | TED.com
  
• Tony Buzan | Inventor of Mind Mapping
  
• Mind map - Wikipedia
  
• Preposterous TV censorship: Fight a Stranger in the Alps - YouTube
  

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