This week Merlin and John talk about
- John's trouble with his iPad and his computer after an OS upgrade (Technology)
- Roderick on the Line as a technology podcast (Podcasting)
- Overhearing other people's conversations (Attitude and Opinion)
- John's delay pedal in demo mode (Career)
- John is triple-booked for lunch (Currents)
- John interviews Adam Savage (Shows and Events)
- John's friend is running for the mayor of Seattle (Politics)
- John's relationship with his guidance counselor (Personal Development)
- How John's sister cut his night shirt in half (Stories)
- John's dream about being a bus driver in Ireland (Dreams and Fantasies)
The problem: "She had the No. 2 pencil", referring to John's guidance counselor at the Uni of Washington who used her power of transferring his semester credits to seduce him (personal development)
The show title refers to something Merlin said as they were talking about him being a lay-person these days when he is overhearing other people's conversations about technology.
John mentions he is writing a book, a copy of which is stored in iCloud.
At the beginning of the show, Merlin tells the story that he got a new 300W power supply for his computer, because it started to make trouble and he doesn't want to be uncertain about his computer as a tool. John jokingly remarks that he can feel the clean thump, like coming from an SBT. Merlin's intro lets John tell the story about a delay pedal that sometimes went into demo mode, his recent trouble with his iPad after an OS upgrade, and John's plans to get a drum machine app for the iPad.
