This week's challenge: Watch Trust Us, This Is All Made Up (2009).

• Trailer for Trust Us, This Is All Made Up
• Opinion | Kyle MacLachlan: How David Lynch Invented Me - The New York Times
• Thomas Flight - "Why Were David Lynch's Movies So Strange?"
• "It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it."
• The Joan Rivers anecdote
• ‎Some Good Movies About Making Art, a list of films by Merlin Mann • Letterboxd

Recorded on Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025.

This week's challenge: make a no-coding app.

Recorded on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025.

This week's challenge: play Balatro.

(Recorded Wednesday January 1, 2025.)

This week's challenge: something involving Valley of the Dolls (1967).

(Recorded Wednesday December 18, 2024.)

Merlin edited this and then got it out as soon as possible. Also, the announcer for this episode is named "Imogen," and we like them. Further notes to follow, as time allows.

Also? We love you. Thanks for being our dear pal.

Links

• IMDb: Valley of the Dolls (1967)
• Casting the Women of Valley of the Dolls | PT 1 - YouTube
• Tickled (2016) - Reference View - IMDb
• Flightless Bird: Rabies — Armchair Expert
• Flightless Bird Podcast
• Podcast Notes – Six Colors
• More Podcast Workflow Tweaks – Six Colors
• Merlin’s Post – BlueSky
• Lipsynca – Lip Sync Performer
• The Rest is History Podcast

Hey, it's been a while, so have a free bonus episode.

Recorded Wednesday December 11, 2024.

Merlin edited this and then got it out as soon as possible, purely for his own sanity.

Notes to follow, as time allows.

Also? We love you. Thanks for being our long-suffering pal.

This week's challenge: use voice to text.

You can support Do By Friday and find The Aftershows at giveusyourfuckingmoney.com.

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Produced and Edited by Alex Cox

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Show Links

• 420: Beauty of the Lonely Boys (Merlin Mann: Part 2) – Overtired
• Mr. Show - Pre-Taped Call-in Show - YouTube
• Introducing canvas, a new way to write and code with ChatGPT. | OpenAI
• Hearing Aid feature for AirPods Pro 2 | Apple - YouTube
• AirPods Pro 2 - Hearing Health - Apple
• AirPods Pro 2 - Hearing Health Feature Availability - Apple
• Hearing Aid feature for AirPods Pro 2 | Apple - YouTube
• 4 ways you can use ChatGPT's Canvas mode to improve your daily life | TechRadar
• Daytum
• Episode 220: Pissbeards and Pooh Corner | My Brother, My Brother and Me Wiki | Fandom
• Ezra Klein on What’s Wrong with Trump - YouTube
• Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’ - The Atlantic
• What's the Matter with Kansas? (book) - Wikipedia

Recorded Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024.

Next week's challenge: find five funny hellos.

This week's challenge: get somebody excited about something.

You can hear the aftershow and support Do By Friday on Patreon!

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Produced and Edited by Alex Cox
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Show Links

• Trump cuts short his town hall Q&A in favor of songs from rally playlist - CBS News
• WATCH: Trump decides to stop town hall event and play music after 2 medical emergencies - YouTube
• Donald J. Trump For President Rally Songs - playlist by Cody Porter | Spotify
• Trump presses comedian Theo Von on 'cocaine' use #shorts - YouTube
• The Land of the Large Adult Son | The New Yorker
• Every Day Is Halloween - YouTube
• 20th CENTURY WOMEN | Here Come The Art Fags - YouTube
• Born Yesterday - YouTube
• John Cleese on Creativity In Management - YouTube
• Argument Clinic - YouTube
• 3 German Shepherds Review Foods - YouTube
• What Does That Bark Mean? - The Atlantic
• Cesar Millan Puts Cartman Into Submission - SOUTH PARK - YouTube

Recorded Wednesday, October 16th, 2024.

Next week's challenge: exclusively use voice to text.

This week's challenge: make a puzzle.

You can support Do By Friday and find The Aftershows at giveusyourfuckingmoney.com.

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Produced and Edited by Alex Cox
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Show Links

• Trump’s Rambling Speeches Reinforce Question of Age - The New York Times
• One Day More | Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary | TUNE - YouTube
• Elon Musk at Trump rally in Butler, PA: FULL SPEECH - YouTube
• Roboism #56: Elongated Muskrat - Relay FM
• Do We Dare Call It Fascism?
• On Not Writing About New College - ungainly
• Frog (fastening) - Wikipedia
• Pelisse - Wikipedia
• Fantasy Gachapon | The Adventure Zone Wiki | Fandom
• XY problem - Wikipedia
• ‎StopTheMadness on the Mac App Store
• Strands: Uncover Words. - The New York Times
• Lexical Quality
• Falling Behind

Recorded Wednesday, October 11th, 2024.

Next week's challenge: get somebody excited about something.

This week's challenge: use Claude.

You can find The Aftershows at giveusyourfuckingmoney.com.

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Produced and Edited by Alex Cox

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Show Links

• John Dickerson breaking down the VP debate between Walz and Vance - YouTube
• Keynote Speaker - Jay Miller - YouTube
• Better - Merlin Mann
• How to create your own VPN with Tailscale to get around stupid free WiFi network rules and protect your traffic
• How Tailscale works
• IP/DNS Detect - What is your IP, what is your DNS, what informations you send to websites.
• NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
• Merlin's Wisdom Project (Draft) · GitHub
• Meet Claude \ Anthropic
• How can I create and manage Projects? | Anthropic Help Center
• Memory and new controls for ChatGPT | OpenAI
• Memory FAQ | OpenAI Help Center
• Distributed AI Research Institute | DAIR
• OpenAI makes its AI speech engine available to developers
• Roboism #71: Stroke the Button - Relay FM
• 418: S-Tier Face (Merlin Mann: Part 1) – Overtired

Recorded Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024.

Next week’s challenge: make a puzzle.

This week's challenge: watch Chimp Crazy.

You can hear the aftershow and support Do By Friday on Patreon!

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Produced and Edited by Alex Cox
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Show Links

• Republicans’ racist, cat-eating conspiracy theory about Haitian immigrants | Vox
• Origin of Trump and JD Vance’s lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets revealed | The Independent
• Undecided voters give Harris a look — but not a commitment — after the debate
• Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris: See Tim Walz react live - YouTube
• Hear what Bill O'Reilly thinks of Harris and Trump's debate performances
• Trump's surprise appearance at debate spin room
• "Harris Was Relentless In Her Prosecution Of Donald Trump" - John Dickerson - YouTube
• Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Anne-Sophie Mutter /Mutter Virtuosi Ensemble - YouTube
• SNICKERS Minis Size Chocolate Candy Bars Family Size Bag, 18 oz | SNICKERS®
• A week after the DNC, the content creators it invited have some notes : NPR
• Social Media Influencers to Speak at the Democratic Convention - The New York Times
• Find 'hottties for harris' on TikTok | TikTok Search
• No Dogs or Cats Were Harmed In the Making of This Post-Debate Podcast | WIRED
• Jessie Gender - YouTube
• Shows - YouTube Kids
• Play in Your Waiting Room - YouTube
• Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online | AP News
• This free TV comes with two screens - The Verge
• Travis (chimpanzee) - Wikipedia
• Chimp Crazy | Official Teaser | HBO - YouTube
• Spotlight (film) - Wikipedia

Recorded Wednesday, September 11th, 2024.

Next week's challenge: chair yoga.