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It's that time again for my weekly update, which includes a short collection of noteworthy finds, posts that inspire, as well as a few reflections from the past week or two. I'll aim to land these in your inbox by the weekend, in time to...
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. Walter Hagen, 1956, The Walter Hagen Story I recently drove from Nova Scotia to Ontario and back, a trip I’ve been making for...
“Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. Sometimes it all comes together…” (And sometimes it doesn’t.) (From “The Bug” by Mary Chapin Carpenter)July 22, 2026Well, friends, I had been working on a piece of writing for...
Here’s the thing: iOS app development (and Mac, but to a lesser extent) is just constant churn. I thought I was getting a year off this year! But nope. There’s always something. Source: inessential: New NetNewsWire Crash in iOS 27 Beta...
Being on vacation always reignites my motivation to read books. I mostly read on my Kindle, but during this vacation I read an entire book on my phone. Because the ebook library service we have only exists as an app. While I do like...
I was busy at work for the most part this week. Yesterday, I finally published my portfolio. It took me a while to update it, and I am glad that it’s live now. I also (finally) finished reading The Count of Monte Cristo yesterday. I...
As a child, what was your relationship to the terms “strong-willed” or “obedient” re: yourself and/or your siblings?
I have news for you. Friends are often fair weathered and half the people who swear and promise to be there if you need them are either far away or far too busy when you need them the most.So, in all fairness to you, me or us and myself,...
What Has Come Before Structure Origins of the Structure Pacing Creators First Terminology Distinction What If I Don’t Care, Though In many ways, this post feels like a waste of everyone’s time to me. As I recall, I have said everything...
Another book I'm going to have to add to the pile. A fascinating chapter moves between Sumner’s laudatory musings about how “competition is hurrying on the survival of the fittest” and Carnegie’s more tormented conscience. The concept of...
I don’t do a lot of Python, at least not in my most recent life.1 However, I happen to have just written a production ML-DSA verifier in pure Python. It’s 350 lines of code (plus many more of tests), it supports all parameter sets, and I...
Personal Going through my journal it seems I did little this week outside of read, end up napping since I was reading in bed, then wake up and read again. Solid 9/10 week, no complaints 👌 Reading There are worse problems to have than...
It’s a thin soup at this point.
Poop 1While waiting to cross an intersection today, I noticed people on the far side of the road were staring at something to my right.I looked over my shoulder and saw a man standing in the middle of the crosswalk holding a leash, with...
To call this derivative is an understatement. But that's what this genre demands; rehash all your favourite media properties into something new. It's the literary equivalent of having your Transformers™ fight your He-Man© toys. The plot,...