Discussed:

• the commercials you get in your head
• listener feedback on music management
• first results of Merlin's own deep dive on music management alternatives
• thoughts on the "safety" that ends up making us less safe
• the perverse magic of "ghoti"
• thoughts on Dan's cool new laptop
• getting the shell you want
• sometimes Daddy needs to go in the closet

Links for this episode:

• The Plain Text Project
  
• MusicBrainz Picard
  
• JRiver Media Center software
  
• Volumio - The Audiophile Music Player
  
• foobar2000
  
• MinimServer
  
• DLNA
  
• What is the difference between DLNA and UPNP? - Super User
  
• Audio Station | Synology Inc.
  
• La La Land: Galileo’s Warning — Cautionary Tales — Overcast
  
• Tim Harford — Podcasts
  
• The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety: Alan W. Watts: 8601300190136: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Ghoti - Wikipedia
  
• “Paranoid Android” by Radiohead — Strong Songs — Overcast
  
• Turbo Boost Switcher for OS X – rugarciap.com
  

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