Stationery Adjacent

Alright my lovers? Gurt smashing episode this week.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/191

"When I was a lad we lived in a shoebox and ate gravel". Stuart meanders off in that aimless way old men do, and uses Eurovision to make Justin's ears bleed.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/190

Listeners Rebecca, Phil, and James hijack the show with questions, and frankly, the whole thing is better for it.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/189

Justin takes his first steps as a stationery manufacturer, outlining a design for his Daily Journal.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/188

Stu makes the tech work on his Linux machine, giving Justin a whole new set of audio issues with which to deal.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/187

Doing Hard ThingsJustin proposes an excellent topic, which Stu hijacks, barely letting Justin get a word in.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/186

Stu has a new computer on a goofy European operating system that is making Justin's life hell when trying to post a show! The lack of shownotes, brought to you by Linux.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/185

Is working from home all over? Was it ever anything other than a coping strategy?Recorded on Liberation Day. No. It was. Really. They called it that.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/184

Justin is surrounded by fishing paraphernelia and recording from his kayak.Stu's furious at politicians playing fast and loose with the lives of American Servicemen and Women. Please note - Stu does NOT advocate violence, a conviction that does not always get to his tongue on time.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/183

Stu's on a mission to find and adopt ugly softwareShow notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/181

The boys almost avoid discussion of geo-politics, but Stu still manages to whine and whinge about first world problems.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/181

Stu melts down at the perceived loss of a great ally in the United States, while Justin considers a future without Bourbon.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/180

Why do we accept mediocrity from certain sectors? Tech? Travel? And not from others; retail, fashion?Two ageing men shout at the clouds, the airlines, Tech bros and petrol heads. If we missed anyone - let us know...Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/179

Intricate discussions on the tactical nuances of Football, or American Football as everyone else calls it.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/178

Stu didn't do the show notes this week, so he has already failed his Focus 2025 goals, in Justin's opinion.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/177

Justin obtains a Gladiator while Stuart retires again.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/176

Your hosts retreat from life, looking inward for some semblance of sanityShow notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/175

What on earth is going on? The longer they live, the more bewildered our hosts become about what's happening.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/174

It's a jungle out there.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/173

Episode 172 - Ding Dong Merrily on HighShow notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/172

The usual incoherent grumbling precedes agreement on the importance of taking control of digital distraction machines before the machines take control of us.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/171

Hard to believe. But Justin and Stu haven't finished getting old yet. Is Justin really shaping to box YouTube influencers?Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/170

Stu saves money, by spending a whole load of time, energy...and money.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/169

Stu's five point plan for dealing with To Do List overwhelm and sage advice from Justin for those times it feels life is getting on top of you.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/168

Should recording your tasks become a task in itself? Justin and Stu discuss whether loosening the reins on task management is a sensible adjustment or a sign of the rot setting in.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/167

Stu and Justin show their ages as they discuss the mix tapes of our lives and try to develop modern mix tapes of our lives. Bring the No. 2 pencil and join in.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/166

Justin asserts that less brain rot is good for him (maybe drink less of it, then?), while Stuart gets all gooey over Slow Horses. (No, that is not a euphemism.)Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/165

Justin takes on a route march on the bear trails before planning, preparing and serving a vegetarian feast. Then he's against the clock to prepare the home for the onslaught of the Canadian winter. Stu is mostly eating.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/164

The Strenuous Life Challenge. Justin has been out being manly. He and Stuart discuss the power of accountability when taking on new things and making positive changes.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/163

Two devastatingly fashionable men about town explore their journeys to the top of the haute-couture pyramid and why hoodies are, in fact, the apex.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/162

Justin schools Stu on the difference between reading and listening. Avis flings Stu's data across the interweb and Justin rediscovers people. No pets were eaten in the making of this podcast.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/160

Does September still hold significance? Stu and Justin discuss what going back to school means - now and then. Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/160

Justin and Stu go back to dead old men's views on virtues and how to track them. Is there any place for these in modern life?Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/159

Does a classical education influence us as adults? Do we pursue happiness or pleasure? Justin and Stu discuss the idea.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/158

Stu has become a huge soccer fan (well, mostly Mrs. L.) and so we reflect on the differences between expectations and framing that were shown in the recent tournament. How do these mindsets affect us?Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/157

Stu's been buying some new and pretty toys from Ugmonk, so we talk about how we use them and how we fit everything on our desks!Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/156

Where should people explore the analogue and why? Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/155

This week, Justin and Stu talk about the very topic that is top of the investor lists this year - AI. What is it, and where do with think it's going? Is it really us, or just a simulation?Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/154

Removing things from your life.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/153

Removing things from your life.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/152

What do the boys hope for from Summer '24?Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/151

Carping on, again.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/150

Justin and Stu muse on what retirement means.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/149

Stu is revisiting email again….and we have to ask….” but why, Stu, but why?” What's happening, and why the change? What's the problem that you are trying to solve?Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/148

What's the perfect vacation, both with and without family? Where do Justin and Stu want to disappear?Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/147

Stu has been playing with a Windows PC and is surprised at how far the platform has come. With some of the more recent and less successful Apple products not hitting the mark, we discuss whether we think Apple has peaked.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/146

Podcasting has evolved - and continues to evolve. Stu and Justin evaluate our experiences with podcasting as a medium - both as consumers and producers and try to figure out where the future lies.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/145

An exercise: Before becoming a total recluse and living only with your immediate family, you can have one meal with three guests, living or dead. Who's coming, and what's on the menu? Listen to Stu and Justin's guests and why!Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/144

One notebook to rule them all. Which would we choose? Join Justin and Stu this week as they discuss the finer points of stationery notebooks and pick "the one."Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/143

If you had only one pen for the rest of your life, what would it be? Today, Stu and Justin figure out what the perfect pen would be. As always, we approach it from completely different angles.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/142

Does music move your soul? Does it change your life? Justin and Stu discuss music's profound impact on us and share our journeys.Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/141