Merlin Mann

4 days ago

☕ Merlin's on a Twitter break. Posting over at Kung Fu Grippe: http://www.kungfugrippe.com/ XO, MDM ☕

Merlin Mann

4 days ago

Can't decide if these sweatpants would look best as pedal pushers, clam diggers, or capri pants. Fall fashion can be such a hornet's nest.

Merlin Mann

4 days ago

It's like if Ignatius J. Riley had a blog. But, instead of Boethius, there's swears and untouched "Edit-Me" links. http://tinyurl.com/6q37e6

Merlin Mann

4 days ago

Whoa. People who donated to the Silkworm documentary get 43 live SKWM tracks recorded bet. 96-02. It's Indie Rock Christmas in my ears.

Merlin Mann

4 days ago

GUESS: If Google bought your app (but hasn't moved it to their single sign-on), your app's now in maintenance mode, and you work on AdWords.

Merlin Mann

4 days ago

I wonder if I could be in Mission of Burma for just, like...5 minutes -- like how they run flags up and down the Capitol's flagpole all day.

Merlin Mann

4 days ago

*plonk*...*plonk*...*plonk*.

Merlin Mann

4 days ago

I think it'd go: "Roughly wrong or roughly right, / Roughly loved at least one night... / Roughly! / La, la, la!" http://xrl.us/oozie

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

While I don't personally believe an alien flew people to Earth on DC-8s and invented human pain by bombing volcanos, I agree flying sucks.

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

@Kalli It only took quitting a McDonalds job plus 20 years for me to figure out what I wanted to do. I'll bet you're faster.

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

Still processing that I watched almost 5 min of a PowerPoint about "why LOLCats are funny" before leaving to drink. I CAN HAZ MAH TIEMS BAK?

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

Here's another neat thing to do "before you die" — set down the paperback about existential tourism and fucking *go outside*.

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

Oddly enough, now I really want a sandwich.

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

Something I wrote: life in sandwiches, paper, and new expectations. http://xrl.us/SandwichRedux

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

If you don't acknowledge your source in a book, you're either lazy or plagiarizing; in broadcast, the term is "new media strategy."

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

More credible NPR plug: "To learn more about $GUEST, visit $GUESTSITE.COM. Or, stop by npr dot org, and search for '$GUEST.'" Pure Win.

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

NPR drives traffic to their home page by never announcing any URL except their own: a proven web strategy also known as "being a huge dick."

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

IDEA: Google search feature called "Safire" -- find pages with the earliest usage of a given phrase. I'd use this _constantly_.

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

With respect, @tj and @Moltz, I think this URL might give Mr. McCain's SEO folks better data to crunch: http://xrl.us/oox4f

Merlin Mann

5 days ago

Pete Seeger's a genius and man of moral courage, and if this NPR show on him plays one more earnest, warbly folk song, I'll fucking lose it.