: I love this kind of stuff… when we humans aren’t busy being horrible to each other and …
: Currently reading: Future Ready by Stephanie L. Woerner… I attended a webinar presented by Dr …
: A week(-ish) into the Arc experiment, and I think I’m going to stay with it. It took a few …
: Tears of the Kingdom sold 10 million copies in its first three days on sale… staggering. This is a …
: That article I posted earlier got me thinking about something else: when it comes to note-taking, I …
: This blended-wing aircraft concept is super cool… I would switch to buying tickets from any airline …
: Well. That was pretty much perfect. #TedLasso
: Of course we should all be working less… makes total sense, but good luck with that. We are …
: I don’t entirely buy into the premises of the argument in Automate the CEOs (I think …
: 99% of my (computer-related, at least) problems could be solved if I actually R’ed TFM instead of …
: I’m trying Arc again. I really want to love it—‘Spaces’ in particular is killer …
: I’ve seen this skyline so many times over the last seven years, but sometimes I still can’t believe …
: I’ve been a bit on the fence about this season of Ted Lasso, but the penultimate episode …
: Filed under “dumb shit”: my office building replaced the number pads with badge readers …
: So, so good: Kenny Log-Ins. I know where I’ll be sourcing my next password from.
: So yeah… this sounds about right.
: The biggest downside to moving to Micro.blog? Not being able to use Ivory any more.
: Took some time this afternoon to tidy up the VPS I used to serve my old site; there was a (probably …
: It looks like MSG might be making a comeback. Uncle Roger is going to be so happy (since, according …
: After a few fits and starts, I’m getting the hang of working with Micro.blog and getting …
: Wondering what Link smells like has never occurred to me. That aside, this WIRED interview with …
: I need to spend some more time with it, but my initial impressions of Micro.blog are very good; the …
: After thinking about it for a while, I decided that I was spending more time building and …
: Tears of the Kingdom first impressions: it’s just like Breath of the Wild, in the best …
: Vanmoof came up with an infuriatingly clever way to reduce shipping damage. I love this kind …
: Most of the “business” books I’ve come across recently weigh in at ~300 pages. I …
: Erin Kissane’s Blue skies over Mastodon post has been linked to like freakin’ everywhere …
: I installed Little Snitch Mini on my Mac a couple weeks back, and it has been fascinating—and …
: Taking a look at where books are set in the US was a fun Sunday morning distraction… it’s no …
: I managed to get my grubby little mitts on an invite to Bluesky (thanks, Ryan!) and it’s… OK, I …
: Hold up a minute… ice cream might be a health food?! Assuming this is real and not some kind of play …
: I backed GoldenEye 007: The Making of an N64 Classic as soon as I heard about it, and my copy …
: I’m not into making games, but a few of the concepts in How To Make Good Small Games can be …
: I screwed up: I did some Really Dumb Stuff and deleted a bunch of content from the past few days. …
: To watch later: Becky Chambers & Annalee Newitz: Resisting Dystopia. Known for challenging …
: While I generally find myself nodding along with Manu’s posts, I really only half agree with his …
: Finally got around to watching the Ahsoka trailer… it looks good—maybe not Andor good, but still …
: I noticed some very mixed feelings while watching the Boston Marathon this morning. A big part of …
: Tracy nails pretty much all of the emotional obstacles that I encounter when thinking about what I …
: OK, time to start again. This time, I’m going to track my progress and—hopefully!—document some of …
: Well that was a wild ride! After giving up on Wordpress as a potential Django replacement, I spent a …
: A book that “… posits that we—and Americans, especially—have fetishized work to the …
: Only four weeks until Tears of the Kingdom! Circumstances are a little different now from when I got …
: Some very interesting thoughts from Alex Murrell on how pretty much everything is trending towards …
: I’ve been meaning to link to this article on how Big Tech are purposefully making their core …
: There’s been a pretty noticeable uptick in the amount of spam email I’ve been getting at …
: From 🧱 to 📱—TIL that the mobile phone turned 50 years old this week.
: Manu nails it with his take on excerpt-only RSS feeds: RSS is not a notification system. It’s …
: GQ’s profile of Tim Cook is worth a read, but one quote in particular outlines an idea that I wish …
: After thinking about it a bit more, I’ve started messing around with some backend stuff; you …
: May 12th can’t come fast enough! I was borderline obsessed with Breath of the Wild—the whole open …
: Being a fan of both “soft” SF (such a silly name for the genre!) (but also, go read Becky …
: I’ve recently been thinking about what I want this site to be, and the more I think about it, …
: Color me extremely surprised to read a take like this on an automotive-focused site, but I’m …
: A wholehearted and unreserved “hell yes!” from me for Cable Sasser’s assertion …
: I’m trying to wrap my head around the ActivityPub spec with a view to building federation into …
: After trying—and failing—to find ENZSO on every streaming service I could think of, I made my first …
: For some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about the database antipattern lately, …
: “A Good Shit Pizza must not… include chicken. We still have standards.” 100% …
: “Vomit” isn’t the first word that springs to my mind, but “American chocolate is awful” (the mass …
: A couple of technology/economics experts rip into what they see as a growing AI bubble in a big way …
: Another great piece on how our attention is being eroded for profit; this time it’s an interview …
: The cover article from this month’s HBR is so, so good: Beware a Culture of Busyness. …
: Tantek posted this short piece about the evolution of smart products in the IndieWeb chat earlier; …
: I found this piece that links capitalism and loneliness (via Manu) more than a little depressing, …
: Aaron Ross Powell’s piece on the media’s seeming inability to work out how to use …
: You’d think that the idea of using plain language to communicate clearly would be …
: Seven years ago today, I got on a plane to New York City with a one-way ticket and no idea what was …
: Apparently, Microsoft is planning to roll out its its “ChatGPT-like” AI in the Office …
: Have been spending some time recently trying to wrap my head around the ActivityPub spec and I think …
: A worthwhile read by Dan McQuillan: We come to bury ChatGPT, not to praise it. I’ve played …
: I’ve been playing with Raycast on my Mac and have quickly become a huge fan; it’s …
: I missed this in the swirl of other stuff going last week, but Boeing has delivered the final 747 to …
: Ben asked “What’s the last book you read and loved?” — for me, Becky Chambers’ The …
: Filed under No shit, Sherlock—“Americans are increasingly disgruntled at work”. Of …
: I would probably class myself as “metaverse skeptical”… I am not strongly anti-, but I …
: Interesting comparison of ChatGPT and Claude, two generative “AI” assistants. Definite …
: Whoa! Loving these renders of unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright buildings by Spanish architect David …
: I started reading WIRED after stumbling across it in my university library back in the mid 90s, and …
: If you have a MasterClass subscription, I would highly recommend checking out Neil Gaiman talking …
: I’ve just started (re-)reading Nick Earls’ Brisbane Rewound Trilogy (Bachelor Kisses, …
: Jetlagged AF. But on the upside, I used my 3am wake up to finish Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a …
: Also, while I was home, I went walking on grass with bare feet every day. Can’t remember the last …
: Heading back Stateside after (a far too quick!) two weeks home in Australia and prepping myself for …
: I have been in Australia for four days now. I have eaten Vegemite on toast for breakfast five times …
: BRB… heading home for the first time in nearly five years.
: I’m really digging Molly White’s statement and answers for a hearing being run by the …
: So there’s apparently a movie coming out in February that’s “inspired by true events” titled Cocaine …
: The world needs more people like Ben.
: Tracy asks “is blogging self indulgent?”, which may be the first counterexample to …
: Potentially controversial opinion: Andor is the best Star Wars ever made. (Also, the post-credits …
: Seeing a ton of Aus peeps showing up on Mastodon, which is pretty rad.
: I muted the word “Musk” on Twitter, and now my timeline only has like 3 tweets in it. …
: Is anyone surprised with the outcome of …
: From a colleague this morning via Slack: “I asked a friend who works at Twitter how …
: I found myself nodding along with everything Kailash Nadh had to say about the “web3” thing. But …
: Who wouldn’t want a 10,001-piece, (almost-) 5-foot-tall LEGO Eiffel Tower?
: Colin asks “how do you balance creation vs consumption?”. It ebbs and flows, and I think in general …
: It’s great to see more people popping up on Mastodon (if you’re heading that way, I’m …
: Ouch: “What’s the point of paying for a status symbol that announces your status as pathetic?”
: The vast (VAST!) majority of Twitter threads piss me off—to the point that I’ve muted …
: I’m not much for novelty clothing, but would think about getting a pair of …
: I’ve been a fan of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency for a long, long time now, but this …
: Some worthwhile ideas to consider in Optimizing For Feelings by the folks from The Browser Company: …
: As a relatively recent audiobook convert, this piece by Meghan O’Gieblyn struck a chord. It …
: I usually try to avoid indulging in schadenfreude, but in this instance, I’m going to roll …
: This visualization of objects in LEO is simultaneously kinda cool (look at all the things!), a …
: I realize that it’s a long way from the point of the article, but WTF is a “cozy …
: How is it that we can stream GPU-intensive video games, but are still stuck with shitty, laggy VNC …
: If you’ve got a minute or two to spare, go fill out Ben’s survey. As someone who has recently …
: “…the more I learned, the more ludicrous it became“—Jeremy captures almost exactly …
: This subway sandwich (note: it’s a collaboration between Katz’s and Alidoro, not a sub …
: I know a few people (mostly looking at you James 😉) that might be interested in this press release …
: If this article doesn’t convince you that our tech billionaire overlords have NFI what they’re …
: If you want to learn how to make your own version of a £3.94 toaster for only £1187.54 (😱), take a …
: ICYMI, NASA—deliberately!—crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to try and divert it, …
: I spent several hours last night banging my head against a wall trying to get Wallabag set up. A …
: I loved Nina Li Coomes’ article about rewatching Spirited Away; it’s a film I can (and do!) go back …
: Lots to unpack and think about in today’s Galaxy Brain; creativity as “a by-product of mastery,” …
: Thematically related to the bookmark I posted earlier today: W3C TAG Ethical Web Principles. …
: TIL a name for something I see almost every day, but for which I didn’t have a good label: …
: (Note: I’ve had this article open in a tab for weeks now, and I was going to write something a …
: A couple of trivially interesting Melbourne-related things I saw this morning: Melbourne made …
: Since I got injured last year, running and I have not been great friends, but I do miss having …
: The Verge is trying something “new” (is it new? Or maybe “different” is a better word?): We …
: Had a bit of a poke around the Steve Jobs Archive that launched yesterday… had seen/heard some of it …
: Farewell, iPhone mini, we hardly knew ye. 😢 (Seriously, am I the only person on earth who likes …
: Apparently Facebook doesn’t know where all of your personal data is… unless it’s …
: I pretty much agree with everything in this article from WIRED; the “harm reduction” …
: I don’t think I’m sad about the impending disappearance of Metrocard vending machines, but I did …
: I started my experiment with “immersion reading” this afternoon. Initial thoughts: It’s a very …
: Couldn’t agree more with this NYT article… as much as—or maybe because—I love the books, …
: “I’d far rather be happy than right any day.” —Slartibartfast
: The whole piece is subscriber-only, but it’s worth reading the non-paywalled bits of the latest …
: Jim Nielsen is (at least!) a million times better than I am when it comes to anything …
: James posted a link to this New Yorker Article about Hacker News from 2019 in the IndieWeb chat a …
: Inspired by attending the RENDER(); Tools for Thinking conference a couple of weeks back, I’ve …
: One of the (many!) concepts that I learned about at the Tools for Thinking conference last week was …
: It’s a point of personal pride that I avoid reading listicles (but a point of personal shame …
: Don’t subscribe to sites that do news as a business is a great rule of thumb for choosing what to …
: If you’re interested in the oddities of technology, there are some weird and wonderful things …
: While I’ve been messing about with various types of code for a long time now, it’s all been directed …
: The NYT has had a pretty strong interactive essay game going for a while now, and today’s one …
: We’ve been watching Industry over the past 5 or so nights and it’s one of the least good things I’ve …
: Domino’s is shutting down their Italian operations. Who’d have thought that trying to …
: This post by Simon Collison made me feel all the feels. Certainly sad, but also hopeful. I’ve …
: I’ve been trying to read more—with varying amounts of success—and the …
: Whoa. Heavy nostalgia vibes… a new version of Winamp has just been released. The bad news is …
: I could not agree more with Manu’s four pieces of advice for people getting started with RSS, …
: Taking a cue from Ben Werdmüller, I cobbled together an OPML file of my RSS subscriptions (but …
: Tiny review: I’m thoroughly enjoying Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot books… the lack of an antagonist …
: Quite a bit of alignment between the “bad coffee” thing I posted the other day and Ruben’s piece on …
: After much (too much!) messing about, I think I’ve managed to work out syndicating notes from …
: My recent—and upcoming—reading seems to be leaning towards books about books. Not …
: The whole concept of “connected eyewear” is pretty ridiculous; Google Glass was moderately terrible, …
: I realize that the point being made in The Case for Bad Coffee isn’t so much about the quality of …
: For the record, Chris isn’t the only person who reads my domain as “camp …
: Python keeps surprising me with …
: I can’t believe I’d never heard of Melvin Kranzberg’s six laws of technology before today: …
: Turns out that blockchains are, in fact, not decentralized and are often running on outdated …
: File this one under "very-cool-but-incredibly-fucking-sad-that-it's-necessary": Maldives reveals …
: I’ve never really been an audiobook person, but I recently picked up the audio version of The …
: Another of those instances where I could basically quote the whole article... Bruce Schneier On the …
: I've been reading Fred Wilson's blog for as long as I can remember... it's been one of the mainstays …
: I can’t believe I’m about to link to a (gasp!) Gawker article, but this one made me laugh: I Should …
: I was today years old when I learned that Portland, OR is further north than New York City.
: Are You Really Muted?: A Privacy Analysis of Mute Buttons in Video Conferencing Apps: In the …
: Currently waiting for a flight at LaGuardia, and it’s kind of weird to see so many people without …
: Keeping this post handy for the times I need to explain RSS to people (which admittedly isn't all …
: Even outside of the context of the article it is taken from, this opening paragraph by Ruben Schade …
: Today is the last day I can say that I’m in my early 40’s and for that statement to be, you know… …
: Wow... the Tolkien Estate has posted a bunch of rare and previously-unpublished stuff to their new …
: I finally got around to enabling Universal Control between my Mac and iPad this morning and it’s one …
: Things have been… unsettled… recently, so updates have been pretty few and far between. I’m hoping …
: Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, writing for WIRED: If a user has to pay to be part of web3, and if web3 …
: I found the last point in Tom Stuart’s latest weeknotes much funnier than I probably should have.
: Gotta say that I really enjoyed The Book of Boba Fett (even if a couple of episodes were more a …
: I didn’t know it, but the story of the ‘high five’ couple on Wikipedia is exactly what I needed to …
: For no good reason, I've had this quote on my mind recently: "I distinguish four types [of …
: “What exists, exists so that it can be lost and become precious.” Lisel Mueller, In Passing
: Unfortunately, the people who really need to read this probably never will, or if they do, they …
: I don't know whether I like this idea or not, but creating another 1,760 acres of Manhattan is …
: I'm a huge fan of Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive explainers, and his latest on GPS is (once …
: I’ve only read the first page of Chuck Klosterman’s But What If We're Wrong? and can already relate …
: I don’t always agree with Malcolm Gladwell (but he’s far smarter and more successful than I am, so …
: TIL 🤔🤯: “Earth’s Moon is about 1/400th the diameter of the Sun, but it is also 1/400th as far from …
: "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." —Blaise Pascal
: This is some bullshit right here. I'm very, very skeptical of the claim that iCloud Private Relay …
: I watched a couple of movies today: Atomic Blonde and Jason Bourne. Both were fine as rainy …
: There are very few people whose opinion on crypto(graphy)-related stuff I hold in high regard, but …
: We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites. Yes. Yes we should. But for people who came of …
: I unsubscribed from the Marginal Revolution RSS feed today. I've been meaning to do a bit of a cull …
: I am neither strongly pro- nor strongly anti-crypto, but I am extremely skeptical about the …
: 100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying. Lots of these I'm cool with: On the …
: They really didn’t bury the lede on this one: Mammals can breathe through anus in emergencies. …
: A new WIRED? I will be watching to see how this plays out. I’ve read WIRED since I was at university …
: The 1904 Olympic marathon was wild; the runner that was originally thought to have won turned out to …
: Watched the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett today; definitely has some strong Mando vibes …
: Merry Christmas and Godspeed, JWST!
: OH MY FUCKING GOD, GET THE FUCKING VACCINE ALREADY, YOU FUCKING FUCKS
: While I think the there is potential (that we are a very long way from realizing!) in the underlying …
: From this morning's WITI: Vulture's ranking of every James Bond film from worst to best. While I …
: 🌩 Ever thought about where lightning comes from? Yeah, me neither.
: TIL that there’s such a thing as a bearcat. And apparently, bearcats smell like popcorn.
: I turned on the spatial audio thing on my iPhone/AirPods Pro a couple of days ago; it’s not …
: Three more JWST links, all worth checking out: How the James Webb Space Telescope works in …
: What an amazing idea! Like, insanely clever… it’s a source of clean water even in relative arid …
: If—for whatever reason—you feel like ratcheting up your anxiety levels, check out the Busy Simulator …
: I read through this article on the James Webb Space Telescope this morning and 🤯🤯🤯. I have a coffee …
: A little late on this one, but I just found out that Brooklyn Grange have started operating a …
: Kinda wild thought experiment posited by Kevin Kelly. I have no idea what sort of argument someone …
: TIL that the flat, color-blocked style of illustration that is almost ubiquitous on startup websites …
: This is pretty cool: a web demo of Oskar Stålberg‘s Townscaper. I bought it for my Switch back in …
: This is the best refutation of the (fallacious) “I have nothing to hide” argument about privacy I’ve …
: Kottke posted about this yesterday, but Tuesday’s WITI covered a topic near to my heart: the murder …
: I am starting this Thanksgiving with a bit of a post-Covid vaccine booster hangover, and even though …
: It occurred to me earlier that I've never really sat down and thought about why I spend time messing …
: “Your work will be endless, but your time is finite. You cannot limit the work so you must …
: Filed under definitely-not-light-reading-but-sounds-fascinating: Algorithms to Live By by Brian …
: This is why your TV was so cheap.
: I’ve had a long-running admiration of/obsession with Andy Matuschak’s working notes. This is partly …
: Is it wrong for a 40-something year old to want a LEGO set for Christmas? Because I would totally …
: Why is it so hard to find a (relatively) simple method to sync a directory on a Mac with a directory …
: I came across the IndieWeb community recently and have spent a bit of time poking around the site; …