The Parent Privilege
A lot of talk about “privilege” has (at least in recent years) been linked to race — but privilege comes in different shapes and sizes. One form of privilege that I have (greatly!) enjoyed is support…
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Getting past a ghost Apple ID
(In case anyone else has run into this problem, let me just describe how I fixed it) I wanted to reset my macbook before giving it away (have done something similar before, for ipad/iphone etc over t…
2015: A(nother) great year for movies
I've talked about a year when loads of awesome movies (or at least that's how I remember it) came out: 2006. Another year that sticks out is 2014. For me, that year was packed with unforgetta…
A pen-written short post
Brilliant Fun
Embarked on the "Complex numbers" series at Brilliant, highly recommend. Spend maybe a minute or two daily, not a lot. There's quite a lot you can pick here, and unlike me, you might w…
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…
Old Drafts
I just found a bundle of about 20 draft posts I'd written. Over time there are just so many "stashes" like this. I'm not even sure what to do with them. I could just copy-paste th…
Thoughts on Micro.blog
I annually review the places I write at -- whether long pieces, or short pieces, or a few words, or just images. One of these was a foray with Micro.blog, and I was wondering whether it might replace…
Annual recap: 2023
Last year: https://abacusnoir.com/2023/01/01/annual-recap-2022/ Year before last: https://abacusnoir.com/2021/12/30/annual-recap-2021/ Longer trips * Switzerland * Banff * Maui * Disney + Univ…
The power of art
From a book I’m slowly reading right now, “The Creative Act”…
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…