ldstephens weblog
ldstephens weblog
ldstephens
A weblog by ldstephens. This is my little corner of the web where I share whatever’s on my mind: stories, random thoughts, and the occasional rant.
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August 19, 2026 My sites have never been hugely popular and I’ve never had a large audience except for blips and spikes here and there. But that’s not why I have a website. I make blakewatson.com for myself. I do it so I can copy a link...
August 17, 2026 Translation: No one can ever again use Claude for proofreading their own prose unless they’re willing to risk that the whole thing might be flagged as having been generated by Claude. John Gruber
August 15, 2026 Since I moved my email back to Gmail, I’m letting my Fastmail subscription expire at the end of the month. I still get a few emails trickling in from various places to my @ldstephens.com address, so I wanted a way to make...
August 12, 2026 I saw this in my RSS feed this week. It caught my attention, so I wanted to learn more about it. Embedded watermarks in text When a supported Claude model generates text, it weaves an imperceptible watermark directly into...
August 10, 2026 Brandon shared a link to "The Guy at Wawa" story yesterday. I really enjoyed it so I thought I would share it with you all. The Guy at the Wawa After reading the story, I visited the author’s blog and found a few other...
August 3, 2026 I watched a video yesterday about moving from third-party productivity apps to Apple's built-in Notes and Reminders, getting ready for Siri AI. The reasoning: Siri AI is going to work best when it's pulling from Apple's...
August 2, 2026 I spent 20 years in the equipment leasing business, so I have a lot of experience reading and interpreting lease agreements. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind before signing up. First, read the lease agreement...
July 24, 2026 Garmin announced this week that it's acquired TrainingPeaks and TrainHeroic. Garmin hasn't said much else. The press release is thin on details, so I've got some thoughts about what this could mean. I started using...
July 21, 2026 I've been thinking about this a lot lately: security and privacy are often discussed as if they're the same thing, or at least on the same team. They're not. They represent two distinct concerns, and I've come to believe...
July 17, 2026 I haven't been blogging much lately. Nothing's interesting enough to write about. Every day I open my MacBook and stare at a blank screen, wondering what I'm going to do with myself. I know some part of every day goes to...
July 9, 2026 Well, that was one hell of a Fourth of July weekend. Friday evening, July 3rd, a thunderstorm blew through and knocked out our power and internet. A tree came down with it and took out the power line and internet line to the...
June 25, 2026 MacBook Neo ($100 increase) 256GB: $599 to $699 512GB : $699 to $799 […] 13-inch MacBook Air ($200 to $800 increase) 16GB, 512GB: $1,099 to $1,299 32GB, 4TB: $2,699 to $3,499 15-inch MacBook Air ($200 to $800 increase)...
June 24, 2026 Earlier this month, I wrote a post titled "Someone convince me to use Chrome". Since then, I've been using Chrome as my primary browser. As a result, I've become more mindful of my site's browser analytics. Looking at my...
June 21, 2026 I saved a guide called npm: A Free Guide for Beginners to GoodLinks the other day. This morning, I wanted to read it and keep it for future reference, but I realized GoodLinks isn't where I want to store this kind of...
June 17, 2026 I got a notice the other day that iA Writer version 8 is out. The new Command Palette caught my eye, and after checking it out, it’s definitely handy. I actually just wrote about how much I use the Command Palette in...