Weigh Your Own Packages and Print Your Own Shipping Labels
Dana’s tip for anyone who ships things regularly: the post office counter rounds your package up to the next full pound, and that adds up fast over…
Tip of the Day
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Use Venmo to Split the Dinner Bill So Nobody Has to Do Math at the Table
Dana’s fix for the inevitable bickering over who owes what at a group dinner: pay the full bill yourself, then use Venmo to split it however many…
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Tip of the Day: Don’t Install Software Updates the Day They Drop
Dana’s rule: never install a software update the day it drops, or even the day after — especially on Apple products. Let other people find the bugs…
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MiniMax-M2: The Local AI Model to Run If You’ve Got 32GB
Gene’s running MiniMax (MiniMax-M2, the open-weight model from Chinese AI lab MiniMax) as his local LLM, and says it’s the fastest option out there if your machine…
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Why You Should Never Trust the Preset Tip Percentage on a Checkout Screen
Rob Dew’s actual on-air tip of the day, sparked by a viral clip of a restaurant checkout screen: don’t trust the preset percentage buttons (15/20/25%) on card…
Acetone: Matt Long’s Actual Tip of the Day — Cheap, Multi-Purpose Cleanup
Guest co-host Matt Long’s official, on-air “tip of the day” was refreshingly simple: acetone. He uses it to restore old whiteboards he pulls out of the dumpster…
RAM and Storage Prices Are Spiking — Here’s How to Track Them Before You Buy
A real, practical heads-up buried in the show’s “clip of the day” segment: RAM and storage drive prices have spiked hard this year, driven by data centers…
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Teach Your AI Assistant a Voice Shortcut to Control Your Smart Speakers
Adam’s follow-up tip of the day in the same segment — he calls it “the sexier tip.” Rather than fighting with a smart-speaker app’s own controls (he…
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Phone-Camera Trick to Check Dead Remote-Control Batteries
Dana’s actual on-air tip of the day — he’s the one who created the segment, and this is the one he picked: if an infrared remote control…
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podcastindexrobot.com — Point Your AI Robot at Any Podcast and Skip the Ads
Adam built an MCP server (a connector that lets an AI agent query a data source) on top of the Podcast Index, the free, open podcast database…
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Tip of the Day: Go to a Drum Circle — Even If You’ve Never Played a Drum
Rob’s actual on-air tip of the day: go find a drum circle and join in, even if you’ve never played a drum in your life. He described…
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Mint Mobile — Mobile Plans for Cheap
Gene’s real-world carrier endorsement: Mint Mobile for $240 a year ($20 a month) and says he uses 17GB data a month. For only $16 a month, you…
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GrokBot — A Secondhand “My Life Has Changed” Story
J.Cal relayed an unprompted testimonial from a friend of his wife’s — a single mom working from home in Dallas — about Grok’s AI agent: “She says,…
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Muse, Part 2 — Customizing Your Own AI Agent and Making It Save You Money
Since the #1906 Muse post already went out, here’s the follow-up: Adam’s been digging into how customizable the thing actually is. Every Muse agent starts from an…
Jabra Enhance Hearing Aids — Adam’s Real-World Endorsement
During a debate about Meta’s new audio-only Ray-Bans, Adam made the case for his actual daily-driver hearing aids instead: Jabra’s. “My hearing aids is fantastic… there’s different…
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iPhone Trick: Hold the Space Bar to Move Your Cursor
Dana’s second on-air “tip of the day” this episode is a genuinely handy iPhone trick: when you need to get your text cursor back into the middle…
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Never Tell the Truth on a Security Question
Dana’s own on-air “tip of the day” bit this episode, and it’s a genuinely good one: never answer bank/account security questions honestly. “When you have to do…
Gold Goats and Guns (Tom Luongo) — Again
Adam name-checked Tom Luongo’s Gold Goats and Guns again this episode: “Luongo understands this stuff like nobody else does. I’ll have to listen to his latest analysis.”…
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Health Sharing Over Insurance — CrowdHealth via Tina
Adam’s been on health sharing instead of traditional insurance for years — currently Christian Health Ministries, previously Samaritan Ministries. Tina is on CrowdHealth and likes it a…
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Dropbox, Grokbot, and Eggbot — Dana Brunetti’s AI Workflow
Dana Brunetti’s actual Tip of the Day pick: anyone building AI agents/bots beyond a basic ChatGPT or Claude chat session should look at Dropbox specifically for how…
