This is brilliant, especially the “all I heard were shells… falling, on the concrete” and “slice like a ninja” bits. And the Hugo Weaving bits. Actually, just all of it. | Continue reading
Macro photography and cross-sections? Yes, please.Jason Kottke posted a write-up of Open Circuits a few weeks back, and as soon as I saw it, insta-purchase. | Continue reading
I’m trying to wrap my head around the ActivityPub spec with a view to building federation into this site. At first glance, it seems relatively straightforward (at least conceptually), but when… | Continue reading
I made my first purchase on Bandcamp today.Such a great album… the orchestral version of Message to My Girl is just incredible. | Continue reading
We were lucky enough to be offered my wife’s boss’ season tickets to see the Rangers vs the Capitals… they were _amazing_! (And the Rangers won!)… | Continue reading
Accurate:(As an aside, I’m trying to avoid directing embedding tweets because any more because Twitter is a complete shitshow and when it all falls over, I don’t want my notes to break… | Continue reading
For some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about the database antipattern lately, and—while I’m not too concerned that having my content stored in SQLite will result in it becoming … | Continue reading
“A Good Shit Pizza must not… include chicken. We still have standards.”100% agreed. Chicken has no place on a pizza. And (this is a very US-midwest-centric one, admittedly) neither… | Continue reading
Sounds reasonable to me. | Continue reading
Too cold and much too breezy this morning, so I talked myself out of the early run. But I’ve never been a big fan of the evening run… running after work always feels so much harder.… | Continue reading
“Vomit” isn’t the first word that springs to my mind, but “American chocolate is awful” (the mass market brands, at least) is a hill I will die on. | Continue reading
FYI: sushi, beer, sake, wine and whiskey are not conducive to getting up early and going for a run. Even waiting until later in the day doesn’t really make it much better.… | Continue reading
Cool, but not super cold this morning and I was feeling OK, but really do need to stop just rolling around and start doing some proper workouts.… | Continue reading
Now this is what we should be using generative AI for.every american president, but they're all cool and they all sport a mullet 46. Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/qoE9AJSxj5— Cam Harles… | Continue reading
Been feeling a little off for the last couple days, so just easing back into it this morning. Lots of yesterday’s snow still around, along with some patches of black ice… had a couple of sketchy mom… | Continue reading
It was below freezing this morning (and I was feeling a bit lazy), so postponed the run until this afternoon, which was probably a good call.… | Continue reading
My old triathlon coach used to say "it doesn't get easier, you just get faster" but right now, it feels like neither of those things are happening. On the plus side, my legs felt much freer this mor… | Continue reading
A couple of technology/economics experts rip into what they see as a growing AI bubble in a big way in this article in Salon. Their argument centers on the premise that while the various Large Langu… | Continue reading
Another great piece on how our attention is being eroded for profit; this time it’s an interview with Johann Hari, author of Stolen Focus. The parallels between our increasing inability to focus and… | Continue reading
Not a terrible run, but couldn't keep my mind on the job this morning… spent the whole time thinking about semi-random crap, rather than focusing on the job at hand.… | Continue reading
TIL that the original GPS voice that ended up in billions of navigation systems was an Australian, “because the Australian accent was considered the most pleasant English-speaking accent to listen&n… | Continue reading
The cover article from this month’s HBR is so, so good: Beware a Culture of Busyness.”…when it comes to corporate life, busyness is not a virtue, and it is long past time that o… | Continue reading
Afternoon Run: one of Cam Pegg’srun | Continue reading
Tantek posted this short piece about the evolution of smart products in the IndieWeb chat earlier; it’s an interesting read on a couple of different levels. Firstly, you could sub out “I… | Continue reading
A Run in the Park: a photo by Cam Pegg | Continue reading
Sunset Session: a photo by Cam Pegg | Continue reading
The last few runs haven’t been super, but I have felt like my stride was starting to free up a bit. This morning was the complete opposite; legs felt dead. The cold didn’t help, either—or the wind c… | Continue reading
Table Tennis Time: a photo by Cam Pegg | Continue reading
Morning Run: one of Cam Pegg’srun | Continue reading
I found this piece that links capitalism and loneliness (via Manu) more than a little depressing, maybe because I can somewhat relate to sentences like this:The sheer mass of individuals that… | Continue reading
Aaron Ross Powell’s piece on the media’s seeming inability to work out how to use Mastodon—and the usual conclusion that it’s far too complex for the average person—is … | Continue reading
I’ve been using Raycast for a bit over a week now, and continue to be thoroughly impressed by it. More than ever before, I’m finding myself keeping my hands on the keyboard and not havin… | Continue reading
You’d think that the idea of using plain language to communicate clearly would be self-evident, right? But apparently using clear, straightforward language “dumbs down content and thus i… | Continue reading
Hot damn… the new season of Ted Lasso is only 4 weeks away! | Continue reading
Seven years ago today, I got on a plane to New York City with a one-way ticket and no idea what was going to happen next. | Continue reading
Apparently, Microsoft is planning to roll out its its “ChatGPT-like” AI in the Office suite pretty soon. But but BUT… if it’s not exposed via an anthropomorphized paperclip, I don&… | Continue reading
Morning Run: one of Cam Pegg’srun | Continue reading
Have been spending some time recently trying to wrap my head around the ActivityPub spec and I think I’m beginning to wrap my head around how it all fits together… might have to have a play wi… | Continue reading
For some unknown reason, I have had this stuck in my head for the last couple of days and don’t want to suffer alone any more.You’re welcome. | Continue reading
One of the many things I am grateful for is that [meatball Wednesdays at Sanpanino](https://www.sanpanino.com/location/sanpanino-west-village/) survived the pandemic.… | Continue reading
A worthwhile read by Dan McQuillan: We come to bury ChatGPT, not to praise it. I’ve played with ChatGPT a bit, and it’s kind of cool and interesting, albeit with a lot of obvious flaws, … | Continue reading
I’ve been playing with Raycast on my Mac and have quickly become a huge fan; it’s seamlessly replaced Magnet and LaunchBar (which are both fantastic pieces of software!) for me. | Continue reading
I missed this in the swirl of other stuff going last week, but Boeing has delivered the final 747 to roll off the production line. The flight path for the maiden flight of the last “Queen of t… | Continue reading
They weren’t both for me. 🙂… | Continue reading
Just enough snow overnight to make it pretty slick this morning. Another easy 20 mins focusing on breathing drills… definitely easier than last week, but my respiration and heart rates are still a w… | Continue reading