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    <title>Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Dev”</title>
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  <title>232. Where's the Poem, Zaborowske?</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Lords: Chris and Dev. We discuss taking improv classes, practicing three keyboard layouts at the same time, the perils of store brand salt, I Once Snorted an Eight Ball with Santa, and whether everyone's creative ideas are derivative</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Lords:
* Chris
* Dev
  * https://devinbusha.artstation.com/
Topics:
* Taking Improv classes has been life changing.
* Practicing 3 keyboard layouts at the same time
* I bought store brand salt. You wouldn't think this would be a big deal but it turns out to be
* I Once Snorted an Eight Ball with Santa, by Richie Zaborowske
  * https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/i-once-snorted-an-eight-ball-with-santa
* Are all creative ideas very derivative, or is it just my ideas
Microtopics:
* Pickleball.
* Weird shapes the birdie flies in.
* The sport that has level design.
* Mindful breathing.
* You are now breathing mindfully.
* Looking forward to being at square one.
* Getting the real data once you stop paying attention.
* Thespians in High School.
* Spinning a wheel to figure out what emotion to feel.
* Whether the yes and rule only works for comedy.
* Pancakes. Are. Starchy.
* Being late to your job that's on fire because you were stuck behind the fire truck.
* Celebrating your own failures.
* How to play Lemmings in 2024.
* Self-esteem.
* Immediately vibing with a new sport.
* Autotuning except it's completely manual.
* A bunch of joysticks that you twiddle with your fingers to do letters.
* Colemak vs. Colemak DH.
* Keyboards that are laid out in columns.
* Splitting up the typing test into QWERTY, Dvorak and Colemak.
* Palm Pilot Graffiti.
* The Lord's Prayer in Gregg.
* Shorthand. (Originally called Briefhand.)
* Good ciphers for room escape puzzles.
* Are QR codes based on the mazes in Zelda 2?
* Flaky sea salt vs. coarse sea salt.
* Adding a biting experience to make your food more heterogeneous.
* Edible chemistry.
* The last time you pinched salt.
* Audially-rewarding salt grinders.
* Science Youtuber Hank Green.
* Warning pregnant women to not eat too much salty licorice.
* Supertaster-outing Tic Tacs that regular people love but supertasters immediately vomit.
* We've got a level six kaiju supertaster on our hands!
* The guy who gets paid too much to taste ice cream.
* The kind of person who doesn't salt their food but instead repeatedly licks a salt lick throughout the meal.
* Heads swirling around like snow globes.
* A poem that doesn't do anything with line breaks but does do something interesting with sentence lengths.
* A poem that you might read on a bathroom stall.
* Wearing the little hat and pulling on the cord that makes the horn toot.
* The ecology that grows around the dumpster.
* The crane swinging porta potties around.
* An extremely expensive way to have fun 
* Heading towards the era of having kids.
* Asking for payment for software that is not being maintained.
* Minesweeper but X.
* An idea that is worth doing but not obviously worth doing.
* How to make Missile Command fun in a new and interesting way.
* A boxing essay with questionable authenticity.
* Strategies for enjoying Frog Fractions.
* Rangers and the new way they handle animals.
* Yes-anding whatever ideas come to you.
* Ancient primals that were interlocked in battle.
* Someone thinking of an idea.
* Constantly listening for cues.
* What do inanimate objects do?
* Buying a giant bag of googly eyes and putting them on everything.
* Not posting on Twitter. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Chris</li>
<li>Dev

<ul>
<li><a href="https://devinbusha.artstation.com/" rel="nofollow">https://devinbusha.artstation.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Taking Improv classes has been life changing.</li>
<li>Practicing 3 keyboard layouts at the same time</li>
<li>I bought store brand salt. You wouldn&#39;t think this would be a big deal but it turns out to be</li>
<li>I Once Snorted an Eight Ball with Santa, by Richie Zaborowske

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/i-once-snorted-an-eight-ball-with-santa" rel="nofollow">https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/i-once-snorted-an-eight-ball-with-santa</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Are all creative ideas very derivative, or is it just my ideas</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Pickleball.</li>
<li>Weird shapes the birdie flies in.</li>
<li>The sport that has level design.</li>
<li>Mindful breathing.</li>
<li>You are now breathing mindfully.</li>
<li>Looking forward to being at square one.</li>
<li>Getting the real data once you stop paying attention.</li>
<li>Thespians in High School.</li>
<li>Spinning a wheel to figure out what emotion to feel.</li>
<li>Whether the yes and rule only works for comedy.</li>
<li>Pancakes. Are. Starchy.</li>
<li>Being late to your job that&#39;s on fire because you were stuck behind the fire truck.</li>
<li>Celebrating your own failures.</li>
<li>How to play Lemmings in 2024.</li>
<li>Self-esteem.</li>
<li>Immediately vibing with a new sport.</li>
<li>Autotuning except it&#39;s completely manual.</li>
<li>A bunch of joysticks that you twiddle with your fingers to do letters.</li>
<li>Colemak vs. Colemak DH.</li>
<li>Keyboards that are laid out in columns.</li>
<li>Splitting up the typing test into QWERTY, Dvorak and Colemak.</li>
<li>Palm Pilot Graffiti.</li>
<li>The Lord&#39;s Prayer in Gregg.</li>
<li>Shorthand. (Originally called Briefhand.)</li>
<li>Good ciphers for room escape puzzles.</li>
<li>Are QR codes based on the mazes in Zelda 2?</li>
<li>Flaky sea salt vs. coarse sea salt.</li>
<li>Adding a biting experience to make your food more heterogeneous.</li>
<li>Edible chemistry.</li>
<li>The last time you pinched salt.</li>
<li>Audially-rewarding salt grinders.</li>
<li>Science Youtuber Hank Green.</li>
<li>Warning pregnant women to not eat too much salty licorice.</li>
<li>Supertaster-outing Tic Tacs that regular people love but supertasters immediately vomit.</li>
<li>We&#39;ve got a level six kaiju supertaster on our hands!</li>
<li>The guy who gets paid too much to taste ice cream.</li>
<li>The kind of person who doesn&#39;t salt their food but instead repeatedly licks a salt lick throughout the meal.</li>
<li>Heads swirling around like snow globes.</li>
<li>A poem that doesn&#39;t do anything with line breaks but does do something interesting with sentence lengths.</li>
<li>A poem that you might read on a bathroom stall.</li>
<li>Wearing the little hat and pulling on the cord that makes the horn toot.</li>
<li>The ecology that grows around the dumpster.</li>
<li>The crane swinging porta potties around.</li>
<li>An extremely expensive way to have fun </li>
<li>Heading towards the era of having kids.</li>
<li>Asking for payment for software that is not being maintained.</li>
<li>Minesweeper but X.</li>
<li>An idea that is worth doing but not obviously worth doing.</li>
<li>How to make Missile Command fun in a new and interesting way.</li>
<li>A boxing essay with questionable authenticity.</li>
<li>Strategies for enjoying Frog Fractions.</li>
<li>Rangers and the new way they handle animals.</li>
<li>Yes-anding whatever ideas come to you.</li>
<li>Ancient primals that were interlocked in battle.</li>
<li>Someone thinking of an idea.</li>
<li>Constantly listening for cues.</li>
<li>What do inanimate objects do?</li>
<li>Buying a giant bag of googly eyes and putting them on everything.</li>
<li>Not posting on Twitter.</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Chris</li>
<li>Dev

<ul>
<li><a href="https://devinbusha.artstation.com/" rel="nofollow">https://devinbusha.artstation.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Taking Improv classes has been life changing.</li>
<li>Practicing 3 keyboard layouts at the same time</li>
<li>I bought store brand salt. You wouldn&#39;t think this would be a big deal but it turns out to be</li>
<li>I Once Snorted an Eight Ball with Santa, by Richie Zaborowske

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/i-once-snorted-an-eight-ball-with-santa" rel="nofollow">https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/i-once-snorted-an-eight-ball-with-santa</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Are all creative ideas very derivative, or is it just my ideas</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Pickleball.</li>
<li>Weird shapes the birdie flies in.</li>
<li>The sport that has level design.</li>
<li>Mindful breathing.</li>
<li>You are now breathing mindfully.</li>
<li>Looking forward to being at square one.</li>
<li>Getting the real data once you stop paying attention.</li>
<li>Thespians in High School.</li>
<li>Spinning a wheel to figure out what emotion to feel.</li>
<li>Whether the yes and rule only works for comedy.</li>
<li>Pancakes. Are. Starchy.</li>
<li>Being late to your job that&#39;s on fire because you were stuck behind the fire truck.</li>
<li>Celebrating your own failures.</li>
<li>How to play Lemmings in 2024.</li>
<li>Self-esteem.</li>
<li>Immediately vibing with a new sport.</li>
<li>Autotuning except it&#39;s completely manual.</li>
<li>A bunch of joysticks that you twiddle with your fingers to do letters.</li>
<li>Colemak vs. Colemak DH.</li>
<li>Keyboards that are laid out in columns.</li>
<li>Splitting up the typing test into QWERTY, Dvorak and Colemak.</li>
<li>Palm Pilot Graffiti.</li>
<li>The Lord&#39;s Prayer in Gregg.</li>
<li>Shorthand. (Originally called Briefhand.)</li>
<li>Good ciphers for room escape puzzles.</li>
<li>Are QR codes based on the mazes in Zelda 2?</li>
<li>Flaky sea salt vs. coarse sea salt.</li>
<li>Adding a biting experience to make your food more heterogeneous.</li>
<li>Edible chemistry.</li>
<li>The last time you pinched salt.</li>
<li>Audially-rewarding salt grinders.</li>
<li>Science Youtuber Hank Green.</li>
<li>Warning pregnant women to not eat too much salty licorice.</li>
<li>Supertaster-outing Tic Tacs that regular people love but supertasters immediately vomit.</li>
<li>We&#39;ve got a level six kaiju supertaster on our hands!</li>
<li>The guy who gets paid too much to taste ice cream.</li>
<li>The kind of person who doesn&#39;t salt their food but instead repeatedly licks a salt lick throughout the meal.</li>
<li>Heads swirling around like snow globes.</li>
<li>A poem that doesn&#39;t do anything with line breaks but does do something interesting with sentence lengths.</li>
<li>A poem that you might read on a bathroom stall.</li>
<li>Wearing the little hat and pulling on the cord that makes the horn toot.</li>
<li>The ecology that grows around the dumpster.</li>
<li>The crane swinging porta potties around.</li>
<li>An extremely expensive way to have fun </li>
<li>Heading towards the era of having kids.</li>
<li>Asking for payment for software that is not being maintained.</li>
<li>Minesweeper but X.</li>
<li>An idea that is worth doing but not obviously worth doing.</li>
<li>How to make Missile Command fun in a new and interesting way.</li>
<li>A boxing essay with questionable authenticity.</li>
<li>Strategies for enjoying Frog Fractions.</li>
<li>Rangers and the new way they handle animals.</li>
<li>Yes-anding whatever ideas come to you.</li>
<li>Ancient primals that were interlocked in battle.</li>
<li>Someone thinking of an idea.</li>
<li>Constantly listening for cues.</li>
<li>What do inanimate objects do?</li>
<li>Buying a giant bag of googly eyes and putting them on everything.</li>
<li>Not posting on Twitter.</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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