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Last month, we visited the tulip fields in Lisse, near the Keukenhof gardens, every year, these fields burst into color and lot of people come to visit them. If you are ever in the area around April or May, it’s worth a visit!
It’s becoming one of those days where I discover even more new people with blogs. Some people out there are fun, some serious, others are grumpy… At this rate I won’t stop writing emails all morning. And you know what, I think I’d like...
In the 24 hours before I started writing this post, Plausible told me joost.blog had 254 visitors. My server logs told me 536 fetches over the same window came from on-demand AI bots like ChatGPT-User and Claude-User. Those bots only...
This week I have been looking inside public Docker images, with the aim of finding API keys etc. inside, and then reporting them and claiming bug bounties. It has been a partial success, in the sense that I found loads of private...
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Mother Goose...
I am reading Creative Authenticity by Ian Roberts. I’ve only just started, so I haven’t made up my mind about it yet — perhaps it will improve as I wade deeper. One quote from the first chapter on searching for beauty aligns with my...
21 May 2026 Yesterday morning four peregrine falcon chicks were banded at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning by Patti Barber, Endangered Bird Biologist from the PA Game Commission (PGC). This is the third year Carla has...
A new study of corporate communications has revealed a startling linguistic absolute: any professional who begins a sentence with “I don’t mean to beat a dead horse” will immediately engage in a prolonged, systematic, and entirely...
A modern handheld with a nostalgic heart
I was walking down a street on Long Island when I saw an interesting building. The gable roof extended past the front facade, to give the front porch a pediment top. This house is probably no more than 60 or 70 years old, but that kind...
Make it simple. Simple works.
💭 You're context switching like a pro. Your hypercurious mind is drawn to even the smallest details, fascinated and totally absorbed within seconds. Your attention is all over the place,...