Episode 551: Life Is for Using

Oct. 19, 2021

DISCUSSED: Your hosts talk about music, Apple Watch, and getting out of your kid's way. Also: life and MacBooks Pro.

Links for this episode:

• Michael Penn - Try - YouTube
  
• Michael Penn – Try Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
  I would choose to accuse you
  Strike the fire
  Issue a decree
  Ask you why
  Watch you take the fifth as I
  Give you the third degree
• Michael Penn: Try (Video 1997) - Reference View - IMDb
  Music video for Michael Penn's 'Try', shot by Paul Thomas Anderson and other cast and crew from 'Boogie Nights' in a single take in the longest hall-way in North America.
• Exile from Dongletown – Six Colors
  
• Under the Radar - Relay FM
  From development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar is all about independent app development. It's never longer than 30 minutes.
• 2022 Apple Hardware Calendar by Stephen Hackett — Kickstarter
  A custom wall calendar for Apple nerds, featuring important dates concerning the company's various hardware products.
• Merlin's Wisdom (Draft)
  An admittedly ambitious project to document as much of the best life stuff I've figured out in one place. A work in progress.
• Children of Men: Don't Ignore The Background - YouTube
  
• Children of Men 2006 Long Take - YouTube
  
• Children of Men 2006 Long Take 2 - YouTube
  
• Children of Men 2006 Long Take 3 - YouTube
  
• Everyday Use - Wikipedia
  The story follows the difference between Mrs. Johnson and her shy younger daughter Maggie, who both still adhere to traditional black culture in the rural South, and her educated, successful daughter Dee, or "Wangero" as she prefers to be called, who takes a different route to reclaiming her cultural identity.
• [Fiction] Everyday Use, By Alice Walker | Harper's Magazine
  “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts!” she said. “She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.”
• Blow the dust out of the connector - The Old New Thing
  “Okay, sometimes the connection gets a little dusty and the connection gets weak. Could you unplug the connector, blow into it to get the dust out, then plug it back in?”
• Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me (HQ) Official music video - YouTube
  "I've got a pistol for action."
• 'Crazy Train' from "Thirty Years After The Blizzard" DVD - YouTube