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This is one of the awesome things about having an espresso machine at home. I love watching the hot coffee “drilling” into the ice 📷.
In my never ending quest to encourage movement away from corporate social media (Facebook, X, Tiktok and all the rest) and towards the indie web, here are another two free feedreaders to help you master your feed. What do I mean by that?...
The AI Boom won't end in extremes, but even the middle ground brings challenges governments and tech companies aren't ready for. Society needs to demand guardrails before a crisis happens.
Spain overcame decades of anxiety, rebuilt its identity, and redefined what winning as a team means. That transformation can teach organizations about leadership and team culture.
Here’s one I saw on Mastodon. I love his style and subject matter. You can see his work here: https://www.simon-bailly.com/
For a long time, I have been known as DJ Digital Italic. However people have gotten very confused and so today I’m changing my DJ name to The Cubicgarden. Digital italic, came about when I was starting my move from vinyl to MP3’s (yes I...
I finally decided to commit to doing a Cornell Woolrich biography and have a publisher. Just a small one so I don't know how much publicity we can get, but I will do my best. I have my title, I have my table of contents and I have...
July was kind of a weird month environmentally. Heat waves. Power outages and road closures due to storms. Hazardous air quality. Maybe I got a lot done creatively because of avoiding all the bad stuff outside. 📬 In this issue: Zines...
I’m on a mini quest this year to see if I can hear or see 365 different species of birds. Between trips to France, Costa Rica and Eastern North America I have logged 305 so far. I’m going to have to do some serious birding during the...
Ward Farnsworth is an old favorite around here; see my reviews of his Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric (LH, The Millions) and Farnsworth’s Classical English Metaphor (LH). He has now sent me a copy of his latest magnum opus, The...
Content warning: pet death. We had to say goodbye to Bruno yesterday. I can't really explain how much I'm going to miss Bruno. There's empty space that he would normally occupy. We had him since he was a puppy and we could not have loved...
I’m going to take the next week off from this blog. I only announce this in case someone notices and gets worried, which is highly unlikely but you never know. It’s not for any burnout or CFS reason. I’m feeling as OK as I ever do. I...
Let's say there is a statement in math T that you wonder whether it's true or false. You may even make a conjecture of which way it goes. Do you have a rooting interest? I may think T is true, but if someone proves T or proves NOT(T) my...
Saying “Hey, watch this video that was uploaded to Facebook / Instagram / TikTok” to someone without an account on Facebook / Instagram / Tiktok is just as bad as a paywall after two sentences.
My son is bringing his girlfriend to our house for a bit and this sort of warning will never stop being funny to me. My other son texts this as well when his girlfriend comes around. 😂 (❗️Disclamier, I am not just constantly naked)