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"In one particular the civilized man still is brother to the savage: His thoughts seldom rise above the dust of which he is made." —Robert Quillen, "When Guests Saw Only the Parlor, There Was Trash in the Closets", The State, October 22,...
First day of school. My one and only agenda item for today. 😂 in: notes tagged: work
Remember when Threads promised to join the fediverse and totally botched it and made it only one way?
I hacked some brambles and because not much else in my garden is thriving I thought why not commemorate these absolute troopers. This bramble is trying to avoid being hacked by pretending it is a rose. This bramble gives no shits and is...
Hey y’all, I’m here today with a PSA that I find myself repeating multiple times a day, every single day. And I’m going to do it again. AI is wrong a lot. And I mean a lot. Both about inconsequential things and extremely consequential...
Here’s a commercial for the Honda Del Sol from 1995.It’s very Bondian, from the music to the casting to the theme. So much so, that MGM sued Honda and made them pull it off the air.The lawsuit accuses Honda of copyright infringement and...
Back in the mid-90s, there was a very short-lived primetime show called Fortune Hunter. I can’t find a full episode (only five of them actually aired), but here’s a short promo video.Carlton Dial was a literal fortune hunter — he did...
An author is never more vulnerable than when they have a book coming out, so I’ll often reach out to their publicists and snag them for an interview. In this case, the publicist reached out to me, and I’m very glad she did, because I’ve...
The slate wagon body is simple, and ingenious. First, the sides are dropped into holes in the floor. These needed to be drilled out, although I just waggled a tapered reamer in to make them larger. Lashings of MEK softened the plastic so...
See my letter, “Inside the man is a teenager.”
In the words of Jonathan Coulton: “Doesn’t matter who you areHow your week has been so far’Cause you know when lunchtime comesThat everything will be okay Hooray, pizza dayHooray, pizza day” The pizza was good. Hails!
Artist and filmmaker Erik Winkowski’s “Zinemail No. 1” and “Zinemail No. 2” (and now “Zinemail No. 3”) are some of the most interesting uses of the Substack platform I’ve ever seen, so I asked him if he’d do a typewriter interview. It’s...
A blackout I put at the top of my letter, “Summer Catch-up.” I haven’t done these in a while. Takes a bit to get back into them.
. ‘Reading Magazines’ day at St Bride Foundation at part of the London Design Festival in September The programme for Reading Magazines: 300 Years of Magazine Evolution is now in place. The event is being organised by Steve Watson at...
I have made expensive mistakes. With my first salary, I bought an Adobe Creative Suite Professional license for 1.500 € and a Maya Complete license for 5.500 €, because I was certain I would become a 3D artist. I did not. Then I upgraded...