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

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