Note: March 28 2023, 4:33pm ›

Color me extremely surprised to read a take like this on an automotive-focused site, but I’m glad someone is saying it: It’s Not the Bike Lane’s Fault You’re a Bad Driver

I’m sorry to break it to anyone who has trouble keeping their car out of a bike lane (or off a concrete barrier), but it’s not the bike lane’s fault you’re a shitty driver. If you hit something stationary, that’s your fault. Pay attention to the fucking road while you’re driving. It’s not too much to ask when other people’s lives are literally at stake.

Needless to say, I gave the comments on this one a wide berth… but I’m pretty sure I could tell you what 99% of them would be like: “buT cYClistS dOn’T pAy rEGiStraTion oR TAxEs”, “bUT cyCLisTs bReAk tRAFfiC lAwS alL tHE dAMn TimE!”, and all the other tired old deflections from the fact that if you’re driving a car, you should be paying attention to what’s going on around you so that you don’t kill anyone.

Note: March 28 2023, 4:14pm ›

A wholehearted and unreserved “hell yes!” from me for Cable Sasser’s assertion that Apple Passwords Deserve An App.

In my dumble opinion, Apple should:

• Break Passwords out into a standalone app, with an actual fully resizable window (!!), and full, proper UI for most of its features
• Make Passwords a toolbar item in Safari for easy access and to be top-of-mind for the user
• Stick to a basic feature set, but do that well

Like Sasser, I’m a 1Password user and I share his reservations about where their VC funding will lead them, and was also kind of disappointed by their move from a native Mac app to an Election-based (🤢) one. But for me, the biggest impediment to changing over is how hidden away password management is on Apple’s platforms; and because it’s not right there and easy to interact with, it just doesn’t feel fully-baked, so I’m reluctant to trust it with my passwords (which I know it my own dumb psychological problem, but still).

Note: March 17 2023, 10:19pm ›

This is brilliant, especially the “all I heard were shells… falling, on the concrete” and “slice like a ninja” bits. And the Hugo Weaving bits. Actually, just all of it.

Note: March 17 2023, 6:27pm ›

Macro photography and cross-sections? Yes, please.

Jason Kottke posted a write-up of Open Circuits a few weeks back, and as soon as I saw it, insta-purchase.

Note: March 17 2023, 4:39pm ›

I’m trying to wrap my head around the ActivityPub spec with a view to building federation into this site. At first glance, it seems relatively straightforward (at least conceptually), but when you dig in and actually try to implement it, it gets complicated real quick.

I know I could use a service like Bridgy Fed, but a) I don’t want my username to be @campegg.com@campegg.com, which is how Bridgy is set up; and b) where’s the fun in doing that? (Although I may spend some time investigating if there are any Python/Django libraries that could make life easier.)

Note: March 17 2023, 2:42pm ›

After trying—and failing—to find ENZSO on every streaming service I could think of, I made my first purchase on Bandcamp today.

Such a great album… the orchestral version of Message to My Girl is just incredible.

Note: March 14 2023, 9:46am ›

Accurate:

(As an aside, I’m trying to avoid directing embedding tweets anymore because Twitter is a complete shitshow and when it all falls over, I don’t want my notes to break. Linking screen captures is not an ideal solution, but it will do for now.)