Episode description

TOPIC: Nobody's favorite thing.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about update failures, magic, and attention.

Their ongoing dive into the fractured and frustrating world of the modern cord-cutter ecosystem continues.

It's ponderous.

Links for this episode:

• Star Wars Stickers on the App Store
  
• Sticker Pals: Animate Your Messages! on the App Store
  
• Amazon.com: Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router: Electronics
  
• Linksys WRT54G series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Brick (electronics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• A Brief Look at Texting and the Internet in Film - YouTube
  
• You Can’t Think and Hit at the Same Time | Quote Investigator
  
• The art of misdirection | Apollo Robbins - YouTube
  
• You Suck at Drinking: Matthew Latkiewicz: 9780762451043: Amazon.com: Books
  
• You Can Do Better - truTV - Official Site
  
• Sling TV - Watch Live TV Programming Any Time and Anywhere
  
• Watch in any room, on any screen. | TiVo
  
• Acromioclavicular joint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Sherlock (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? - YouTube
  
• Apparently Rihanna Can’t Wink and the Internet Is Losing It | TIME
  
• Jargon File - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Watch Annals of Ideas | The Tricks of a Master Pickpocket | The New Yorker Video | CNE
  
• Cortex #37: Doomsday Bunker - Relay FM
  
• David Brent's first scene - YouTube
  
• 5by5 | Back to Work #285: A Baller VCR
  

• Squarespace (Visit Squarespace.com/backtowork and use the code ITSYOURSHOW for a free trial and 10% off your first purchase).

• Zendesk (Visit zendesk.com/backtowork to learn more and to get native, in-app support to your app quickly and easily.)