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Smoking is one of those habits I buried, but it refuses to stay buried. I was a teetotaler for most of my life until I got a taste of a cigarette and liked it. Before I could even register what was happening, I had moved on to a pack a...
I wanted to show you a year’s worth of messages from my barber’s software, because this is what software should be. No spam, no upsells, no growth hacks, no unwelcome cuteness or puzzling verbosity. It’s so curt and straight to the point...
I’ve been thinking about my mom lately, for no real reason except that the happiness of her memories is now greater than the sadness of not having new ones. One of my favorite things I’ve done was to sit down with her and write down...
From Robin Sloan: Yet we should never forget that the product of work isn’t only the work — it’s also the worker. Doing the work changes you; the up-close experience transforms your capabilities and even your desires. Insights and...
More than three decades after Twin Peaks wrapped its initial run, I am always amazed to find original props that have both survived the years and remained unexamined. This piece, which actually served as two different props, has a...
Konstantin Knop wrote to me about a weighing puzzle. Apparently, the balance scale keeps inserting itself into our conversation. Puzzle. There are several coins, each weighing either 10 grams or 11 grams. Determine the parity of the...
The login screen of any web application is the equivalent of that application telling you “In order to access YOUR data in MY database, prove you are who you say you are.” You’re authenticating with the application so that you can have...
I shared about the vision and evolution of my website so far in a show and tell in Dec 2025
I have a new open access journal article out in Democratic Theory, “The Last Argument for Democracy: The Unsettling Reliance of Embedded Democracies on Authoritarian Specter Regimes.” As it’s open access, there are no paywalls. You can...
We start our journey back home today. Today’s leg takes us from Avila Beach, California to Gallup, New Mexico. Looks like 811 miles with an estimated time of around 12 hours. 🚙 It will, of course, take longer. 😃
ideas for things i'd like to try: making a frame loom and weaving on it (but what?) a big one or a little one, to then sew the pieces together? more sewing but more flexibility on what to make try sprong (with store-bought, maybe...
An intersting guid for archivist wanting to create disk images of floppy disks with the intention of preserving them for the long-term.
I've been using the built-in 10 Gigabit Ethernet on my Mac Studio for a few years. It works fine: I can edit 4K video straight off my NAS over the network, and run backups at around 1 GB/sec. But... I want more. I upgraded my rack and my...
Project Runway's producers came up with a decent challenge! And then piled several hats on top of each other. One of those hats, Stassi Schroeder, didn't show, nor did Nina Garcia.
Late last year we had an issue where our inverter panel reported an “Unknown Fault”, showing garbage on the screen. I reset the inverter, and the fault went away. Recently, I had the same “Unknown Fault” and garbage display… but...