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merlinmann / 2026-01-21-dead-drop-mamet.md
Created January 22, 2026 07:57
MEMENTO MEMINISSE - A Scene in the Style of David Mamet

MEMENTO MEMINISSE

A Scene in the Style of David Mamet

INT. SHABBY OFFICE - NIGHT

Rain on the window. MERLIN at a laptop. The TERMINAL glows.
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merlinmann / gist:e3895000d9f6787a517fd128cf08e21a
Last active January 20, 2026 13:16
How Claude Code integrates with Drafts app - for Greg Pierce

Drafts Integration with Claude Code

For: Greg Pierce, Drafts developer
From: A Claude Code user's repo

The Setup

Claude Code is Anthropic's CLI tool for AI-assisted coding. It runs in Terminal/Prompt and has filesystem access plus shell execution. This creates an interesting integration point with Drafts.

How We Connect

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merlinmann / Good Names.md
Last active November 29, 2025 22:58
Good names of real people

good real names runx

  • Hampton Fancher
  • Dexter Fletcher
  • Learned Hand
  • Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  • Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
  • Evans Evans
  • Vincent Dixie
  • Focus Solomon
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merlinmann / TodayToday.js
Created October 28, 2025 19:12
Find (or generate) a 'Today' file in Drafts.app
let now = new Date();
// Format date in Pacific Time
let options = {
timeZone: "America/Los_Angeles",
weekday: "long",
year: "numeric",
month: "2-digit",
day: "2-digit"
};
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merlinmann / Secret-Brits.md
Last active January 9, 2026 08:23
Secret Brits
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merlinmann / say-to-yourself.md
Last active November 28, 2025 03:12
Pay attention, and you'll learn when to say one of these.

useful things to say to yourself runx

  • not now
  • Stay on target
  • STOP!
  • Just keep doing the thing.
  • Whatever. You’ll get it next time.
  • What exactly are you saving this for?
  • I've decided not to let it bother me.
  • Remember your toolbox.
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merlinmann / pope-or-nope.html
Created March 1, 2025 07:32
Pontiff Status Dashboard
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Is the Pope Alive?</title>
<style>
body {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
display: flex;
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merlinmann / dog actors.md
Created February 26, 2025 20:47
movies with really good dog actors

movies with really good dog actors runx

  • The Thing (1981)
  • The Zone of Interest (2023)
  • Mad Max 2 (1981)
  • Barry Lyndon (1975)
  • The Thin Man (1934)
  • Chungking Express (1994)
  • Bad Monkey (2024)
  • Angie Tribeca
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merlinmann / Mike Schuriverse.md
Created November 28, 2024 19:41
A Unified Field Theory of the Mike Schuriverse

A Unified Field Theory of the Mike Schuriverse

  • The Office - Can I be loved?

  • Parks and Rec - Can I be useful?

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Can I be respected?

  • The Good Place - Can I be redeemed?

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merlinmann / flintstones.md
Created August 23, 2024 00:31
Every day, somebody's born who's never seen "The Flintstones."

Every day, somebody's born who's never seen "The Flintstones."

Cincinnati's independent UHF channel 19 (WXIX, get it?) used to have a "1 O'Clock Movie" that ran for two hours every weekday afternoon. They were mostly old black and white films that, even with all the commercials, often ran shy of the 120-minute block allotted.

When they had to fill the extra time, they'd run a "Questions to the Station Manager" segment, where viewer letters were read and the manager responded on-air. Why'd you stop running Ultraman? (Too violent). Why'd you stop showing pro wrestling? (Too violent). How come you show so many commercials? (Well. We're a business and stuff).

Anyhow. One time a viewer expressed her frustration that WXIX was still showing reruns of The Flintstones, a dumb kid's cartoon that hadn't even been on the air in almost a decade ferchrissakes.

The manager calmly explained that, in addition to lots of kids enjoying the show, you have to keep in mind that, believe it or not, that show is stil