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Scorching days seem to be a feature of the summer now, but there are still lots of jobs to do at the Fromebridge Reserve with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. The species rich grassland contains a couple of fenced of pens with various...
Dear Constant Reader, Happy Friday! Before we get to your tip, I want to remind you about my on-line classes. The third Tuesday of every month at 7pm Eastern I’m offering a talk on history or costuming or whatever strikes my fancy. I’m...
My friend and former GitHub coworker Jason Rudolph died in May 2026. With the consent of his family, I’m writing about some of my memories of Jason. Platform I first properly (and in meatspace) met Jason when I joined GitHub’s “Platform”...
lingthusiasm:ALTALTALTALTALTHere are two shapes. If you had to assign the name “bouba” to one of them and “kiki” to the other, which name would you give to which? If you think about it, you probably have a guess… In this Lingthusiasm...
I am generally not someone who cares much for easter eggs (unless they come with interesting stories), but John Gruber’s one-liner made me pause: Joanna Stern explains why this emoji is correct today: 📅. (This one too: 📆) I thought this...
Recently I’ve been kind of sad about the idea that, despite having thousands of pictures of my children, they aren’t recorded on any film negatives at all. The digital record is extensive, and it’s objectively pretty safe since I’ve...
I think BROADCASTED was a fantastic first album from Air Credits but then I was less wowed by their interim releases until this one: this one brings back their theatricality, their futurism, their humor, their fat beats and smooth...
If consciousness — and consequently, intelligence — is in fact a fundamental force of the cosmos {like gravity, electromagnetism, the strong and weak nuclear forces} then it’s literally like finding free money on the ground, pretty much...
Some much-needed and long-delayed holiday time with my girlfriend this week! I had booked two rooms in the Holiday Inn Express in Shrewsbury, England, mainly because it had air-conditioning. As is often the case with this chain, the...
Happy Friday! Today is National Tattoo Day (I have many tattoo ideas and exactly zero tattoos), National Lottery Day (I always wish to win but never play), and another summer Friday off! I haven’t blogged regularly since July because...
It’s hard not to have tragic copywriting as a programmer. As we stepped into this indie scene, it was (and is) all too common to ship something like this: The Button Label Test - A Live Audit What will happen when you tap? Humanize copy...
Read the full post at - Why read novels? via Dynomight Love this -> https://dynomight.net/novels/ I like the Socratic questioning of a generally unquestioned “good” thing. But really, why read novels? I’m partial to Theory 4, Theory 7,...
Streaming fatigue continues. The Verge captures the slow, steady movement that is backlashing streaming consolidations and DRM lock-ins. Also, a minor point not often cited, is bandwidth issues: It’s not just the cost of streaming that I...
We’re currently waiting for Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin to issue final approval of the historic settlement in the Bartz v, Anthropic copyright infringement lawsuit. (If you need a refresher, my past blog posts include a general...
[After Pistol Pete, there was Johnny Gun. Most today remember Pete Maravich, but far fewer recall Johnny Neumann. Understandably so. Maravich had a phenomenal college and, at times, pro career, while Neumann excelled in the college game...