Month: March 2021

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Frigidly Non-Orientable Desserts

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Zak and Liz talk about non-dairy Klein bottles and more Subway standards of identity.

Recorded on January 30, 2021.

Alternative Frozen Desserts
– Flavors – Cado Ice Cream
– Ice Cream Chemistry – American Chemical Society
– Ben and Jerry’s for Dogs
– Non-Dairy Flavors – Ben and Jerry’s
– Why the Chunks? – Ben and Jerry’s
– Oat Frozen Dessert – Oatly
– Atom Extensions
– Oatly Carton
– Uline Homophobic – Politico
– Talenti Gelato
– Stanpac
– DariFill
– Upside Down Ice Cream
– The Shape of a Product Can Serve as a Trademark
– Klein Bottle – Wikipedia
– Handmade Klein Bottle – Amazon
– Measured Liquid Pourers – barsupplies.com
– Kleinbottle.com
– Acme Corporation – Wikipedia
– A responsible adult says no to non-orientable shapes – kleinbottle.com

Subway Tuna
– You’re Wrong About
– Subway’s Tuna is (allegedly) Not Tuna – NBC News
– Ichthus – Wikipedia

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Speedily Lucky Pillows

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Zak and Liz talk about why pillows are the key to American exceptionalism, Minecraft speedrunning, and how to generate the perfect shallot.

Recorded on January 16, 2021.

The Book With The Main Character – Indiebound

American Pillow Talk
– Biden’s January 6th Speech – C-Span
– Evil Pillow Man Met With Trump About Martial Law – Vox
– David Hogg’s Anti-MyPillow – NBC News
– John Green, War, and Nouns – Charlie Westerman on Medium
– Polyphasic Sleep – Wikipedia

Minecraft Speedrun Drama
– Speedrunning – Wikipedia
– Speedrunning Is Awesome, And Here’s Why – hbomberguy on YouTube
– Super Monkey Ball by Helix – GDQ on YouTube
– Super Mario Odyssey Speedruns – speedrun.com
– Minecraft Speedruns – speedrun.com
– TASBot – Wikipedia
– Piglin – Minecraft Wiki
– Dream – YouTube
– How Lucky is Too Lucky? – Stand-up Maths on YouTube
– Choco Mountain (3/3 weathertenko) – Summoning Salt on YouTube
– Developers React to Speedruns Playlist – IGN on YouTube

Shallot Storage
– Shallot – Google Images
– Generative Adversarial Network – Wikipedia
– Spore Spine Editor – Salooverall on YouTube

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Rurally Bred Dogs

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Zak and Liz talk about herding sheep, missing beef, the new and different Department of Agriculture, and some graffiti.

Recorded on January 2, 2021.

Dog Facts
– Border Collies need a job! – Border Collie Help
– Milwaukee City Bike Parking – Department of City Development
– Bike Parking Styles – Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals

Beef
– The Happiness Project – Gretchen Rubin
– Impossible Meat
– Do By Friday
– Reusable Q-Tip – LastObject

USDA
– Tom Vilsack – Wikipedia
– Vilsack Abruptly Quits – Modern Farmer
– Biden picks Vilsack – Modern Farmer
– Government Cheese – Wikipedia
– Rural Electrification Act – Wikipedia
– USDA Rural Development Agency – Wikipedia
– Department of Health and Human Services – Wikipedia
– Strong Towns
– Human Subcultures Are Nested Fractally – XKCD
– High School Never Ends – Wikipedia

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