Songs of war, songs of life
Sometimes there’s a “just right” aesthetic about a piece of art. If you get it, you get it. It’s a gut level infantryman song. Obviously dated because it’s about events from over two decades ago.…
Making languages
An excellent look behind the scenes, of fictional languages in popular works today. I've been curious about whether or not the new Dune movie would feature "the J-word", and looks like…
Roam and Raycast
“Quick capture” is important, especially if you have too much of a “monkey mind”. I use Roam as a combination of bullet-journal, and thinking playground, but there can be friction in using it when no…
On heros becoming villains
It has been surreal to watch several of my early heroes become "villains" Matt Taibbi: got turned on to him after insightful reporting after 2009 (remember Goldman Sachs as giant squid) --…
A tale of three agents
I had an experience that I feel encapsulates the tradeoff between a few different products that each claim to replace part of the “general search experience”. I asked the following question: How can…
Link curation re-evaluation
Some random thoughts here, on the topic of “sharing bits of what I come across”. I’ve had this Wordpress blog for over 12 years (including items that started here, and other sources ingested here ove…
Wiring up
(Originally a draft post for a longer series on “the first day of the 90s”) I found this piece amusing and naive. “The Internet in the 90s” is something that will be revisited later, but for now, her…
De-Googl-ifying
It has been 10 days now since I last used Google Search. It feels crazy to say that, but it’s true. I don’t make these changes lightly. A quarter ago , I was musing on whether I should pay for one…
Two staffs
One is a rainbow unicorn my daughter hasn’t touched for a couple years now, and the other is part of something I used at Halloween.…
Of Selfies with Seals
As seen on a pier in Half Moon Bay.…
Graphs going up #2
Higher interest rates have a way of letting you know what your debt is. I hear Argentina has recently shown a compelling alternative.…
Pen & Paper
Getting back to more use of pen and paper this year — or rather, continuing my use in a different way, learning from my own use over the last few years. This is one of them, a place for “daily dumps…