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Everyone in tech is running the same playbook. This is about the people who refuse to - and why conviction, not consensus, is the only real moat left.Chapters00:00 — How Starbucks became a coffee com… Read more
It's been a rough week, but in some ways things are starting to look up. I'm doing a slightly better job saying "no" at work, and have managed scale back my hours slightly. Granted, things are still not where I'd like them to be, but...
the oasis is dryLiterally the first time trying to draw water. A B M
Safari broke tap to top for tabs (say it three times fast), and Bear added two-fingers gestures. Ivory – a Mastodon client for iOS – tries a different approach in a slightly different setting. The normal tap to top gesture works as...
Ten times the result, and less work than doubling. I read 10x Is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy1 expecting motivational arithmetic but got something of an argument about subtraction. You can reach 2x by doing more of...
The three-LP box set Guitar Music from ECM, released in 1981, was conceived by ECM’s French branch as more than a sampler. Coordinated by Hans Wendl and Gérard Desfoux, it gathers seven guitarists whose six- and twelve-string...
Flash games have been added, found under the Games tab! More to be added in the future!
Tuesday night, I was watching a YouTube video where someone mentioned that they've went for a run every day for the past ten years1. When the YouTuber said that, I thought, I wish I could be that kind of person. Then I thought, How do I...
Today has, somewhat surprisingly, been a day of progress. Surprisingly because I was dealing with the pains on and off today. I was fine when I went to bed, then got awakened by the pain in the wee hours of the night. I managed to...
A 1001 MIDNIGHTS Review by Bill Pronzini JOSIAH E. GREENE – Madmen Die Alone. Morrow, hardcover, 1938. Joseph Parisi, a homicidal inmate at the Exeter Hospital insane asylum, turns up missing one night. Circumstances are such that it is...
NEYO is a cafe a little ways away from Koenji station, and next to a local park. I will say the coffee is not amazing (a little on the bitter side) but the vibe is nice and it turned out to be a very convenient place to get some...
Kane Kyne Enterprises runs a sensationalist newspaper/TV empire. As is often the case in crime reporting movies, it’s not enough for these guys to cover the big serial killer story, they have to solve it before the cops do, in order to...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “The last hereditary Welsh prince, Owain Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, built Powis castle as a craggy fort in the 13th century; the estate was his reward for abandoning Wales to the rule of the English monarchy. But...
other things said cowling Yesterday :: Wednesday, 12th of August 2026
Flowers in a Crystal Vase, Edouard Manet, oil on canvas, 13 x 19 in. (33 x 25 cm). In the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. Manet is best known for his figurative work, of course, but I particularly enjoy his still life...