Subtitle: The folder is called “Pepperoni.”

How does John generate all that cool chapter art?

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Links and Show Notes:

Things kick off with John sharing some breaking news about The Flop House, plus it's clear that Merlin's Britishisms are becoming numerous, invasive, and a little un-American.

Next up, Merlin wonders how John generated all that cool chapter art for a recent ATP special. (Hint: some of it was automated; some of it was not.)

And, finally, Merlin decides to apply Theory of Mind to predict why John hasn't watched the Billy Joel special yet. Subsequently, John is pitched on why this program probably represents essential viewing for him and his people.

In this month’s member bonus segment, John has book-adjacent questions about Merlin's Wisdom Project.

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(Recorded Tuesday, July 22, 2025)

Credits

• Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
  


• Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
  


• Music: Merlin Mann


• The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley

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Flop House Mini 132: Stu Brings Down the Hammer

This is the Flop House mini episode where Stuart Wellington fulfills John’s request to explain the Warhammer 40,000 episode of the Secret Level animation anthology series on Amazon Prime Video.

Secret Level episode 5: Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear - Wikipedia

Secret Level episode 5: Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear - Amazon Prime Video

"Faff" in the Oxford English Dictionary

Substage

The Mac app for using an LLM to take actions in the Finder.

ATP Tier List: Pizza Toppings

ATP Member Specials

Billy Joel: And So It Goes - HBO

HBO’s Big Beautiful Billy Joel Documentary Delivers Maximum Piano Man Per Minute - GQ.com

Hicksville, New York - Wikipedia

Hicksville, New York - Google Maps

The Gilded Age (TV series) - Wikipedia

Billy Joel - Live in London (March 13, 1978) - YouTube

Lorraine Bracco - Wikipedia

wisdom.limo

The fun URL for Merlin’s Wisdom Project.

Merlin’s Wisdom Project on GitHub

Inspirado for Merlin’s Wisdom Project

The Art of Pants

Reconcilable Differences #3: Helena Sell - Relay