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Sun, 09 Feb 2025 18:13:28 -0400

I published a repo for an Alfred workflow that I made for searching my links using the GoodLinks app on macOS.

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:59:57 -0400

A lot of people are fleeing from Twitter/X looking for the next place where ‘everybody is.’ But consider that the scale required for a place where everybody is might be the whole problem. Or at least attract the worst of social network health.

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:54:22 -0400

Last night at a middle school band concert, the director announced a student would play “a little ditty” but all the kids heard “play a little Diddy” and they all went nuts.

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:14:19 -0400

Brooding: Should Our Children Have a Political Party?

Most of us have loved ones whose beliefs don’t perfectly align with ours, and kids need help making sense of that beyond a binary of right and wrong. Our biases are often simultaneously irrational and grounded in experience. Understanding this is not moral relativism, it’s social intelligence. Belonging to a group feels good, but teaching your kids how to identify group dynamics can feel good too.

This was from before the election, but will continue to be relevant.

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:53:44 -0400

Accountability sinks | A Working Library

Once you start looking for accountability sinks, you see them all over the place. When your health insurance declines a procedure; when the airline cancels your flight; when a government agency declares that you are ineligible for a benefit; when an investor tells all their companies to shovel so-called AI into their apps. Everywhere, broken links between the people who face the consequences of the decision and the people making the decisions.

I’m thinking about how accountability sinks might operate in my context, the local church. Sometimes you get opposing sinks: the pastor concludes the church doesn’t move forward because of the stubbornness of the laity; the laity conclude the pastor is to blame; everyone escapes accountability as the community degrades. The consequences, though, are much harder to discern in this case.

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 15:23:25 -0400

“merlin mann” apple site:music.apple.com at DuckDuckGo

Merlin doesn’t share his profile on Apple Music but you can find his public playlists with this search.

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:33:16 -0400

The Homebound Symphony

Perhaps [‘the history of anarchism, almost alone among modern social movements, is one of unrelieved failure.’]; but its failures are different and less shameful than the failures of Marxism. There are many ways for a social movement to fail, and I prefer those that don’t result in the murder of tens of millions of human beings.

Maybe a good question for leaders of any social movement: how will you fail? Failure is guaranteed but not all failure is equal.

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:58:40 -0400

A great test for Large Language Model AI’s would be to remove some artist’s specific work and see if it could be anticipated based on the remaining work. I don’t think the nature of super large datasets would ever allow this, though.

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:13:11 -0400

The First Battleground of the Age of AI Is Art

Kottke says:

Like, just think about how powerful this is: normal people who have ideas but lack technical skills can now create imagery. Is it art? Perhaps not in most cases, but some of it will be.

My definition of art is “craft + courage.” I think it’s pretty clear that typing a prompt into a text box to make art isn’t an act of courage. So for now I’ll say that generating images using AI – especially in honing the prompts – is craft but not art.

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:49:58 -0400

Ted Gioia on AI music.

In agreement with my 2023 goal of doing work that cannot be replaced by AI.

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:08:53 -0400

Austin Kleon:

Whether you’re into AI or not, it’s worth spending some time honoring what is not machine-like in you.
And if you’re going to spend time with machines, be sure to spend time with machines that make you feel more human.

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:05:23 -0400

I know there are bookmarklets, but I’d love a Safari extension that put micropub actions onto a button…

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:08:45 -0400

No one ever tells the bad guys, “This time you’ve gone exactly the right amount of far.” I mean, maybe with the right feedback…

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:12:21 -0400

Pack your own parachute, Roll your own rig. If you want to make a Newton, Bring your own fig.

We have a lot of Fake News; It’s the worst. If you want to share an article, READ IT FIRST.

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:58:35 -0400

Maybe we should re-examine our trope that kids today are such ‘snowflakes’ that they cry when asked difficult questions in job interviews.

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:58:13 -0400

Maybe we should re-examine our trope that kids today are so entitled that they think they can get away with anything and write about it in public places.

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:51:23 -0400

I should have made better notes for myself when I set up my micropub endpoint…

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:30:26 -0400

Really appreciate the great, quick updates with excellent release notes from @joec and his app RECaf.

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 02:04:32 -0400

No, not everyone is Ernest Hemingway, but imagine for a moment a world where the majority of people had access and encouragement to craft their thoughts into blog posts. I used to scoff at “everyone’s a blogger” but now I hope for it.

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 17:22:22 -0400

One time I listened to so much Wilco I showed up to all my appointments on Central Time.

Sat, 08 Sep 2018 18:37:23 -0400

Pastor: Jesus said ‘I am the Bread of Life.’

Parishioner: ‘Sheesh. Some people just need to be kneaded.’

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 02:06:46 -0400

Verizon throttled California fire department during wildfire crisis - The Verge

The Revolution will not be televised due to bandwidth throttling. Please stay on the line for customer support. The current wait time is approximately 37 hours.

Sat, 26 May 2018 13:49:24 -0400

In a country that slew indigenous people and was built on slave labor, White Nationalism is always also White Supremacy.

Thu, 10 May 2018 11:57:57 -0400

273.16 degrees of Kelvin Bacon is so close to being a good joke.

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:42:05 -0400

My ego is like a Cable News pundit telling me how to think and feel about everything that happens, and meditation is like turning off the TV and seeing life myself.

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:24:49 -0400

How’s it going? - BrettTerpstra.com →

Hey buddy, how you doing? I’m good, thanks for asking. You don’t seem good. What’s going on?

I deeply appreciate when writers share how they’re really doing.

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:45:38 -0400

Since the time my firstborn was very little it’s always been clear he’s going to roll his own bowling ball and all I can ever hope to do is put bumpers in the right gutters.

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:11:20 -0400

So, do we just accept that people use the phrase ‘anal’ to mean ‘anal-retentive’ in polite conversation these days?

Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:00:43 -0400

When I take my metal coffee thermos out of my bag it rubs against a grommet and sounds like a sword being unsheathed, and it’s exactly how I want to start my day.

Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:39:00 -0400

Joining Micro.blog has really gotten me curious about the IndieWeb movement. Looks like more changes to my blog are coming…

Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:55:45 -0400

I’m less angry if I accept at the beginning of the day that being a parent will elicit physical pain by the end of the day.

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:31:50 -0400

I’m putting microblog posts in the same stream as regular posts. It’s blog succotash!

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 01:01:12 -0400

Lake Street Dive - Good Kisser (Live Performance - YouTube) →

Chills. If the rest of the songs are half this good, the album will be amazing.

Sat, 24 Feb 2018 21:23:49 -0400

Do you ever have that thing where you write something incredible in the ecstasy of a caffeine high…only to find it incoherent the next time you read it?

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 02:51:39 -0400

I have a fairly long history with meditation but I just got Mindfulness for Mere Mortals by @patrickrhone to read together with my wife.

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 04:46:18 -0400

I love and work alongside older adults everyday, yet I can’t help but think we need a Jubilee election in which no one over 30 can vote.

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:53:02 -0400

At the gym there are three muted TVs set to Cable News, SportsCenter, and a contestant show…and they all look remarkably similar at a glance.

Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:07:21 -0400

Not only that but when you finish making your website you will have gained superpowers: you now have an independent voice, a URL, and a home on the open web.

Robin Rendle

Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:37:49 -0400

Carpet with the color and smell of spilled coffee as a feature, not a bug?

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:01:18 -0400

Yes, Florida has seasons. You just don’t look at the tree leaves to tell them apart.

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:15:00 -0400

Parenting is helping children grow from generally being monsters to whatever specific type of monster they become.

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:36:01 -0400

Getting close to having all my micro.blog basic setup in place!

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 03:36:49 -0400

I wouldn’t be a true micro.blog user without a blog post on setting up my micro.blog, right?