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I was reading the Lobsters thread about the article “A researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets” when I left a comment about my own struggles with receiving emails for other Sean Conners. That started a thread...
My days feel different when I start with email, book sales, or social media. Daniel Miessler wrote in Creativity vs Consumption: If there’s one metric to watch for managing your happiness level, it’s Creativity vs Consumption. After a...
An ongoing collection of blogging resources: Blogging Tips and Advice Why and how to write things on the internet https://www.benkuhn.net/writing/ Blogging myths https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/06/05/some-blogging-myths/ How to write more blog...
Without preamble and in no particular order: I thrive in small groups and can be extremely chatty and even somewhat gossipy under the right conditions. In groups larger than 6-8 people, I generally recede into the background and become...
This was going to be a "I'm exhausted" post but instead the process of actually starting to write woke up my brain. And now you have to deal with it too. Effort is relative to your level of energy sometimes.I created my first note in...
I know it’s weeks away but… I’m ready for flannel shirts and broken-in jeans. I’m ready for Bean Boots and shirt jackets. I’m ready for chunky wool sweaters and corduroy. I’m ready for more pockets and layers. I’m ready for fall.
Biscotti are a favorite to have in my cookie tin. A recipe makes lots, but they keep forever and are perfect with the last few sips of morning coffee. If I didn’t know about the cornmeal in these Cocoa-Cornmeal Biscotti, I probably would...
There's a new trend I've been hearing about online for some years now, and it's been making me sick the more I think about it. Tradwives. I won't go into what a tradwife actually is, you are probably well aware of who these social media...
I have been mulling over free speech since my previous post on the topic. Despite the response my blog post got from BD's crowd, I myself am certainly not anti-free speech. I've come to realize that my fundamental difference with...
I love pets, I love the Middle Ages, so how could I resist this book! As with most of my book reviews I’ll just share some bits I found interesting and talk a bit about what I think here and there, if needed. I will also share a few...
It’s happening again. The staff where I live now have mostly taken to addressing me as Mr. Arnold — because to lots of Americans (of whatever origins), Mr. Zwicky seems to be simply unpronounceable, a hurdle too high. This produces a...
(Previous chapter)“I, Matteu, take you, Alessandra”—Matteu sighed with galaxies in his eyes—“to be my wife. I vow to be faithful to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. You,” he broke, “are the light of my life. I...
In 1976, after a period of unemployment in Connecticut, my father accepted a job with Save the Children (US), as country head of their operations in Bangladesh. He and I and my stepmother Nancy moved to Dhaka (then spelled Dacca) around...
Odd human trafficking spy/rescue story, less furious than The Furious but overall better, set in 1900ish San Francisco. Yet another movie where newspaper men have to solve local crimes themselves, sneaking around to find kidnapped brides...
You have probably seen Joule Work Desktop on LinkedIn by now. Sebastian Steinhaeuser showed how it prepares him for a customer meeting. Philipp Herzig called it the new SAP GUI, with a smile, and demonstrated a workflow across email, a...