On Episode 7 of The Pipeline, I talk with Merlin Mann. Merlin is the creator of 43 Folders, the co-host of You Look Nice Today, and the author of an upcoming book, Inbox Zero.

We talk about values, productivity, the lizard brain, self-discovery, mindfulness, buddhism, the new book, and a lot more. Please have a listen.

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Check out this CSS Border Radius Generator with Sliders. Instead of entering numbers manually, you just use a jQuery slider to tweak each corner’s radius on the fly.

This cool utility was created by Takaaki in response to a half-joking suggestion I made on an episode of The Dev Show. He did a great job on it, and released the code on GitHub.

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You may be asking: So why are you selling it, if it’s so awesome?

I’m upgrading one level to the Mackie 1660i. It’s the exact same mixer, but it offers two additional auxiliary ports (a total of four). When I purchased the 1220i, I didn’t anticipate I’d need more than two ports, but I’ve since realized that having the option to bring on several guests at once is important, and I’d also like to allow listeners to call as well. Because each guest on the podcasts needs their own auxiliary port and I only have two, I need to upgrade.

I purchased this mixer brand new about 3 months ago for $699. I have all of the original packaging, manuals, and warranty information, and I’ll consider any reasonable offer.

Please contact me if you’re interested.

A screenshot taken during the taping of The Conversation earlier today.

Cameron Moll’s amazing Colosseo Letterpress Poster is now available. Be sure to check out Moll’s behind the scenes video, which shows the incredible amount of time, effort, and craft that went into its creation.

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In Episode 6 of the Pipeline, I talk with Matthew Haughey, the founder of MetaFilter and publisher of the long-running weblog A Whole Lotta Nothing about the MeFi community, limiting its growth, the evils of VC, the PVRblog sale, and writing about deeply personal issues. Thanks again to Campaign Monitor for making the show possible.

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A great interview by design:related with DJ Neff regarding the totally awesome Chiquita Banana brand refresh.

Too bad Tropicana didn’t hire these guys.

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Filling the sponsor box this week is Alaska Robotics, a small group in Juneau making comics and short films, like The Last Unicorn, The Watch, and Buy Back Alaska.

[Become a sponsor]

This is exactly the kind of thing that I wish had existed on the web when I launched my first business back in the mid-90’s.

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Five minutes to write a blog post that changes everything, or five minutes to deliver an act of generosity that changes someone. Five minutes to invent a great new feature, or five minutes to teach a groundbreaking skill in a way that no one ever thought of before. Five minutes to tell the truth (or hear the truth).

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A handy border radius creator for making those clever curved corners in CSS.

Idea for improvement: use jQuery sliders for the radius adjustments.

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There is an oft-stated misconception that if a user never clicks on ads, then blocking them won’t hurt a site financially. This is wrong.

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I thought I recognized the source of the line drawing in that recent Apple patent application.

And yes, recognizing that this was in fact a scene from LOST and then being able to find the episode it came from almost instantly does confirm that I’m way too into the show for my own good.

[The] iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.

You’ll be able to pre-order both the wi-fi and 3G models from the Apple Store on March 12th, 2010.

I still don’t see iPads available for pre-order on Amazon yet.

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It feels like the right time for this change, and there’s no better way to get more people interested in Mac development than by lowering the price of entry.

And if you’re a Ruby developer, heck, even if you’re not a Ruby developer, check out MacRuby. The time is now.

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On Episode 5 of The Pipeline, I interview the multi-talented Shaun Inman, creator of Mint, Fever, IFR, and a new iPhone game, Mimeo and the Kleptopus King.

We talk about his creative process, how he went from a designer to a programmer and iPhone game creator, and a lot more. We even premier some of the music from Mimeo.

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The videos didn’t work, and there’s no difference in language acquisition between the children who watched the DVDs and the group who did not.

In fact, past analyses have found that infants who watch educational DVDs actually learn fewer words and score lower on certain cognitive tests by the time they reach preschool than kids who haven’t watched the videos.

More and more, it seems that television might not be great for little kids.

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In Israel, children are typically introduced to peanuts much earlier than in Europe and North America. That early exposure may desensitize children to peanuts, even in kids with a family history of food allergies.

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