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Railroad Tiles is from the same designer duo who also brought us Railroad Ink and Dragon Castle. A quick way to describe the game is advanced Carcassonne. This is a tile laying game, and you get to place meeples. But this is not a fair...
Key themes include:Challenging the Baseline: The creator critiques the common discourse around a "literacy crisis," arguing that instead of chasing a general reading baseline, individuals should focus on developing their own unique...
Julian Fong, a software engineer at Pixar, wrote a short thread on Mastodon with an interesting take I haven’t seen before: I still don’t use any AI code in my work, but I have to review more and more of it these days. One of the things...
Glasses are my lifeline; without them, the world is a blur, and everyday tasks become a struggle. Losing them is my biggest fear.
Key Takeaways:Moving Beyond Moral Supremacy: The creator discusses how modern discourse often treats reading as a marker of high intellectual status or moral superiority. They argue that reading should be viewed as a personal system for...
I was traveling last week, and thus missed farmers market, where there were probably some early apples: Lodi at least, and maybe Vista Bella. ¶ I made it to an orchard on Friday. Things looked pretty good there! ¶ Hutchins Farm, in...
Apologies in advance for a gross (and kind of dumb) subject. San Francisco has its fair share of oddball characters. One of my favorites is the artist who plants tiny American flags into piles of feces they find along Valencia Street....
One of my kids is excited for the release of Dune: Part Three. We were talking about Dune, how the movies broke up the enormous book, and got on the topic of “sandtrout”.
My biggest dream? Easy. It was about Godzilla. Not like a movie premiere or anything. There was just an actual, 400-foot Godzilla hanging out in the parking lot of my apartment complex. Right by the dumpster. The weird thing wasn’t even...
Spraying something is usually a five-minute job that feels like a most-of-the-day job. Sometimes I complete an entire year of seasons just thinking about it. You have to find the sprayer. Find the product. Read the microscopic...
An alarm woke me up on Monday. It was loud and it wasn’t coming from my phone. I stormed to the kitchen, trying to guess which appliance could produce such a terrible noise. Nothing seemed suspect. I unplugged the microwave. And waited....
Hudson Yards, Framed – New York, New York After playing briefly with the Leica M Monochrom, I’m back to the Leica D-Lux 8, a much easier camera to use. The M Monochrom is a slow, deliberate camera when I’m enjoying the craft of...
A few brief thoughts as I wind down the weekend. Today I felt happy in a way that I haven't felt in a long time. Reflecting on that feeling, I attribute it to spending time on the indieweb, which has motivated me to learn, to create, and...
Do you loathe online banking as much as I do? Does your bank make online banking more cumbersome each week in the name of "combating fraud" and "staying compliant" with anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing laws? Have you...
StarringReeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Patrick Page, and Amber GrayDirectorBrett SullivanOverviewThe Myth. The Musical.The tragic love of Orpheus and Eurydice is intertwined with the complex relationship of Hades and...