Episode description

• updates on travel and packing
• a new notebook Merlin likes
• finding a notebook that accommodates both your brain and the shape of your day
• Merlin's bespoke six-block notebook method
• Dan struggles mightily with his hotel room
• a notional badge for gauging lifetime exposure to a ubiquitous TV celebrity
• some more travel talk, including the promise for a future dedicated episode on travel updates
• a suggestion for trying iOS Voice Control
• finally, in some detail, we return to Synology Corner

Links for this episode:

• STANDARD ISSUE NOTEBOOK No.12 | GREEN – DesignWorks Ink
  
• STANDARD ISSUE NOTEBOOK NO.3 | GREEN – DesignWorks Ink
  
• Having a bad day? Dave Eggers can help. — The Ezra Klein Show — Overcast
  
• Tweet on iOS Voice Control
  
• Use Voice Control on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
  
• How to use Voice Controls on iPhone and iPad | iMore
  
• The Trick That Lets You Set Your Hotel Thermostat to Any Temp You Want
  
• Amazon.com: WD 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN: Computers & Accessories
  
• Seagate Expansion Desktop 8TB External Hard Drive HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop (STEB8000100)
  
• WD 8TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 - WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN
  
• Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage – Frustration Free Packaging (ST4000VN008)
  
• “The Theme System Journal” graphic notebook by Cortex Podcast. | Cotton Bureau
  
• Panobook – Studio Neat
  
• Mead Data Center - YouTube
  
• Mead Data Center & The Organizer (1986) Trapper Keeper - YouTube
  
• Amazon.com: Inteset 4-in-1 Universal Backlit IR Learning Remote for use with Apple TV, Xbox One, Roku, Media Center/Kodi, Nvidia Shield, most Streamers and other A/V Devices: Electronics
  

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