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For the past 6 months, I’ve typed almost zero lines of code by hand. So do I still call myself a coder? Kinda. If your role is purely to code, you have to admit the job today is drastically different from 5 years ago. Here’s what I think...
For ages now I've been having guilt about not blogging "enough". I know there's no such thing as enough, but I still feel it, and I'm kind of tired of it. I posted about what fun I had making my Neocities page, and it dawned on me that I...
I solved the puzzle ‘Friday Crossword’ in 36:02 with 1 friend using @crossmate.inqk.net
When I say stuff like "the internet used to be great," I'm talking about an experience of the web in which bookmarking was important. Because, like, bookmarking was important. It still is. Bookmarking is about agency, choice, discovery,...
“are you serious?” sulking with your arms crossed and eyes rolled wearing a diy name bracelet
Yes, I finally went through my photos! June 27: Pitt River.Female blackbird on a lily pad.Pitt River.Scenery along the DeBoville Slough.Blue damselfly.Scenery.A farm along the Alouette River.American Robin in a tree.A Tiger Swallowtail...
Downtown Austin – Austin, TX – Fujifilm X-E5 – Classic Retro This Classic Retro Recipe began as an accident. The Fujifilm X-E5 has a Film Dial, but Classic Negative was excluded as a default option; however, you can set it (or any other...
Remember when I wrote about the approximately 14,000 decisions involved in choosing a picket fence? Well. The fence is finished, the decisions have been made and there's no changing anything now. This is the day the brick columns were...
Joseph Cox, 404 Media, last month: ShinyHunters published the [Madison Square Garden] data on Tuesday. The full file download is nearly 45GB. A spokesperson of the group sent 404 Media a smaller sample of the data. One file includes what...
A Wall of Texture – New York, New York This may look like other skyscraper picture, and it is, but there is something interesting going on. The two buildings on either side in the foreground are both older brick buildings. Then, in the...
This morning, I made sure to give the garden beds a through watering before things got too hot. I found this. On the one hand, I was happy to see another poppy blooming. On the other, I was sad to see one of the flower buds got chomped!...
Yesterday, I found Seth Godin’s riffs: a collection of his best quotes from his blog. He’s one of the writers I’ve stolen from. Here are my favorites: “Seek out the smallest viable audience, not the largest possible one.” The smallest...
A note: This is a blogpost about the Maine politician Graham Platner, who just today dropped out of his race due to some pretty awful sexual assault allegations. I won't be discussing those in detail, but hefty CW if you need it. There's...
So… it’s getting pretty hot out there… We’re currently under a weather advisory, due to the heat. Sunday, we’re looking at a potential high of 35C/95F. The weather warnings are saying the humidex could reach 45C/113C Ugh. Today, we...
This post risks sounding a little holier-than-thou so I want to preface it: Obviously I do not have any answers to life’s questions regarding how to make a difference in the world. I’m just some guy. But something I think about a lot is...