[] Just started using Claude Sonnet 4 yesterday — colour me …
Just started using Claude Sonnet 4 yesterday — colour me impressed. It actually explains its assumptions, like a nerdy friend showing their work. ChatGPT, meanwhile, tends to wander in the weeds or...
View Article[] Hi Matt, Murray’s line “don’t try to make an all-singing,…
Hi Matt, Murray’s line “don’t try to make an all-singing, all-dancing tool” is very much in the spirit of the UNIX philosophy: Do one thing well. Make simple, composable tools. Let users combine them...
View Article[] Planted a small east-facing patch today with Columbine an…
Planted a small east-facing patch today with Columbine and Avens. Two bags of compost, a sprinkle of seeds and a walk across in flat shoes to press them in. Now I wait for rain, winter, and spring. 🌱.
View Article[] Looks like the warblers are starting to trickle in. This …
Looks like the warblers are starting to trickle in. This morning’s backyard tally turned up five different species—enough to make me think about sneaking away from work for a bit....
View Article[] “I love this vision. How many trillions of gallons of wat…
“I love this vision. How many trillions of gallons of water might we save? How many apples and heads of lettuce could we grow? How many billions of birds and bugs might return to our neighborhoods? And...
View Article[] Short, sharp post by Seth Godin on the difference between…
Short, sharp post by Seth Godin on the difference between being a system architect and a system victim. Spoiler: it’s easier to be the victim. System architect/system victim
View Article[] This is big news. https://everything.typepad.com/blog…
This is big news. https://everything.typepad.com/blog/2025/08/typepad-is-shutting-down.html #TypePad
View Article[] Wall Street’s “Greed is Good” soundtrack is playing loud—…
Wall Street’s “Greed is Good” soundtrack is playing loud—and Sam Altman just put his finger on the beat: “When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth.” Analysts downplay...
View Article[] What if you made a social network out of RSS? Then your b…
What if you made a social network out of RSS? Then your blogroll would be the list of people you follow. Their updates would show up in a reverse chronologic list of posts that would look like...
View Article[] When you use Grandma’s Rule on yourself, it can act as a …
When you use Grandma’s Rule on yourself, it can act as a light-touch commitment device. For example, you might buckle down on your essay by holding a delicious snack “hostage” until it’s finished. The...
View Article[] Looking forward to brewing this one — Verve’s Urrao Nurse…
Looking forward to brewing this one — Verve’s Urrao Nursery Project. Sourced from climate-resilient Chiroso and grown with purpose. Coffee for the future, indeed. #ThirdWaveCoffee #SpecialtyCoffee...
View Article[] The HOB filter invited a black beard algae takeover in my…
The HOB filter invited a black beard algae takeover in my UNS 25C. Swapped it for a Delta 30 canister and had to tear everything down for a full reset. Brutal—but necessary.
View Article[] Just another perfectly average afternoon in suburban Cent…
Just another perfectly average afternoon in suburban Central New Jersey — deer holding court in the yard, squirrels running a covert op, and a distant lawn mower humming the soundtrack.
View Article[] I was a VIC-20 kid first (’81–’83), then all in on the C6…
I was a VIC-20 kid first (’81–’83), then all in on the C64 (’83–’86). A friend had a Timex Sinclair 1000, another had an Atari 400, but the C64 was mine. Growing up in the Eastern Caribbean, having a...
View Article[] ActivityPub plugin for WordPress hits 7.0.0 — with full s…
ActivityPub plugin for WordPress hits 7.0.0 — with full support for following other fediverse accounts from your blog. WordPress just got a lot more social! 🚀 7.0.0 – I will follow you! #ActivityPub...
View Article[] Red Bull gave Horner wings—then clipped them. Twenty year…
Red Bull gave Horner wings—then clipped them. Twenty years at the helm and just like that—grounded. This isn’t the #F1 silly season I was expecting....
View Article[] Important work happening around HTTP Signatures in the Fe…
Important work happening around HTTP Signatures in the Fediverse. Stronger key validation, better digest handling, clearer test vectors—all steps toward more secure and trustworthy ActivityPub...
View Article[] Switched the DNS on my eero to Quad9. I’ve been meanin…
Switched the DNS on my eero to Quad9. I’ve been meaning to make this change for a while. Quad9 doesn’t log my IP address and it’s backed by a non-profit. Nothing dramatic happened after the switch. But...
View Article[] Looking for a commemorative t-shirt so I can say, “I was …
Looking for a commemorative t-shirt so I can say, “I was here before Jetpack gained sentience.” Celebrating 20 Years of Automattic
View Article[] I was never really a Skype person—I didn’t like it, and h…
I was never really a Skype person—I didn’t like it, and honestly, I barely used it. Back in the day I was juggling ICQ, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, and iChat, constantly wasting time trying to...
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