On War & Propaganda
I found an apt user comment in the New York Times comments section for an article this week: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/world/europe/ukraine-missile-kostiantynivka-market.html?smid=nytcore-io…
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Making a floating pyramid in Minecraft :-)…
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The time of VS Code
After a decade of Vim, Emacs and SublimeText, I think it's time to switch to a text editing environment that is both powerful, customizable, and shared with the vast majority of everyone I'm g…
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Monthly Recap -- August 2023
Major update(s) * Finished my seventh 1000-piece puzzle (will share details soon, and … gonna take a break from these now) * Watched a performance of Matilda at MVCPA Minor update(s) * Beach tr…
Taking breaks
I throughly approve of this way to run a restaurant 😊…
On cultural literacy
… Or the lack therof Extract here from the foreword to “classic myths to read aloud” (highly recommend getting this to read with kids!)…
"AI crap"
From the post of the same name by Drew DeVault: You will never trust another product review. You will never speak to a human being at your ISP again. Vapid, pithy media will fill the digital world ar…
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On "dabbling" and "doing"
(Another old draft ...) A post by Mark McElroy encapsulated my own troubles and intentions over the years: I’ve always been a magpie of ideas. I’m drawn to the new, the bright, the shiny. I scoop th…
Audiobook Price Comparison
Here's something I listened to recently, "The Coddling of the American Mind", as available for purchase across different platforms: Audible (Amazon) is selling it for $12.60 (or 1 credi…