DISCUSSED: Merlin is having a strange day, and Dan notices everything; please remember that fear and stress and anxiety are pretty terrible motivators; praise for On Becoming a God in Central Florida and 1Password; security theater vs. security reality; Dan's new mouse is as quiet as a…what's the word?; Brushing with Hardest Available Toothbrush Considered Harmful; Dan is gently exposing his son to one of the great films. So what?; a couple great pieces on making actual good passwords; recommendations for a Sondheim special and a terrific YouTube guy; extensive advice and suggestions for a listener moving to a Mac; learning almost anything is a lot like learning The Metric System; and, finally, praise for the great Peter N. Lewis.

Links for this episode:

• Multiple Level Thinking | Levels Of Thought In Poker
• 378-lion-tiger-horse-monkey.html" class="link">Ep. 378: "Lion, Tiger, Horse, Monkey" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin MannThe Problem: John has rarely driven a car hard and hung it up wet.
• 379-garbage-island.html" class="link">Ep. 379: "Garbage Island" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin MannThe Problem: John feels like the world is changing.
• 380-the-impossible-me.html" class="link">Ep. 380: "The Impossible Me" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin MannThe Problem: John is trying not to paddle alone in life.
• Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams | 1Password
• Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration - YouTube
• When can Mario retire? | Unraveled - YouTube
• brian david gilbert - YouTube
• Merlin Mann on Twitter: "You know it's been a sound night's sleep when you wake up at 3:50am thinking, "Huh. It's been a while since I watched Holy Mountain." https://t.co/aVbNYqwTIV" / Twitter
• Toward better Master Passwords | 1PasswordThe strength of a password creation system is not how many letters, digits, and symbols you end up with, but how many ways you could get a different result using the same system.
• xkcd: Password Strength
• COVID-19 Response - Removing trial limits to help businesses work securely from home | 1Password
• Amazon.com: Logitech M330 Silent Plus Wireless Mouse – Enjoy Same Click Feel with 90% Less Click Noise, 2 Year Battery Life, Ergonomic Right-Hand Shape for Computers and Laptops, USB Unifying Receiver, Black: Computers & Accessories
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Book 3 (Audiobook) by J.K. Rowling | Audible.com
• Bartender 3 - Organize your menu bar icons on Mac
• Mizage - Shush
• Daring Fireball: Interarchy Interview: Peter N Lewis and Matthew Drayton
• The Holy Mountain (HD Trailer - HD) | ABKCO Films - YouTube
• The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play: Fiore, Neil: 8601400338544: AmazonSmile: Books
• Work in multiple spaces on Mac - Apple Support
• Witch · Many TricksThe built-in macOS app switcher is great if all you use are one-window applications. But you probably have many windows open in many apps, possibly with many tabs, and navigating them all is a pain. Enter Witch, with which you can switch everything…
• uBar - The Dock replacement for the MacThe Dock replacement for the Mac. Boost your productivity with the most advanced and versatile app and window manager for the Mac.
• Moom · Many TricksMoom makes window management as easy as clicking a mouse button—or using a keyboard shortcut, if you're one of those types of people.With Moom, you can easily move and zoom windows to half screen, quarter screen, or fill the screen
• folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac!BetterTouchTool is a great, feature packed app that allows you to customize various input devices on your Mac.
• Keyboard Maestro 9.0.5: Work Faster with Macros for macOSWhether you are a power user or just getting started, your time is precious. So don’t waste it. You can quickly benefit from Keyboard Maestro. Let Keyboard Maestro help make your Mac life more pleasant and efficient.
• Kirsten Dunst Just Couldn’t Let Go of On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Vanity Fair
• On Becoming a God: Seasons, Episodes, Cast, Characters - Official Series Site | SHOWTIMEThis dark comedy series stars Kirsten Dunst as Krystal Stubbs, a minimum-wage water park employee who lies, schemes and cons her way up the ranks of the cultish, multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme that drove her family to ruin in the first place.
• Acorn 6 | Full Featured Photo Editor for the MacAcorn has everything you need in an image editor.
• Pixelmator PhotoA powerful photo editor created exclusively for iPad.
• LaunchBar 6Start with a single keyboard shortcut to accessand control every aspect of your digital life.
• TextExpander – Communicate SmarterEasily insert text snippets in any application from a library of content created by you and your team.
• JAY-Z - Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)... - YouTube

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