Fri Aug 07
Like most people, I've been growing increasingly concerned about microplastics. I don't think I started taking the fear mongering seriously until that 2024 study said we all needed to throw out our black plastic spatulas now. I remember the day I heard that news, I went in my kitchen and looked around and saw that...
Inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s “Von armen B.B.” (For poor B.B.). Of Protesilaos Protesilaos, rare in name and temperament Hailing from the ghost village in the land of the cypress tree My refugee mother and contrarian father raised me where rudderless ships travel between worlds Born in the age of the dragon with eyes...
Some years ago, the inimitable channel Technology Connections posted a 17-minute video about the peculiar design quirk of ceiling and room fans – they usually order their options Off → High → Medium → Low rather than the more natural Off → Low → Medium → High. The video is a bit off topic for this channel, but check...
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“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Tell us about your very favorite holiday / Christmas song. But it’s August! I guess if you buy into it, Christmas can seem like the most wonderful time of the year, and if it’s beginning...
Si en tu blog comentas series o películas quizás pueda interesarte la opción de mostrar spoilers ocultos para no fastidiarle el capítulo a nadie y aún así ofrecer la posibilidad a gente que lo haya visto de comentarte la reseña. Sin complicarte mucho una buena forma es la de usar web components. Creamos el archivo...
I read that in a comment below Electric Callboy’s latest release The Way You Are. Also fits my Bandcamp Friday haul today. The full discography of Wolves & Wolves & Wolves & Wolves is 75% off. I enjoyed their live show at last year’s Not Sorry Fest in Hamburg. 13 releases for 15 € was a no-brainer. Live Session in...
♠ Problem statement: a terraform project planned clean locally (terraform plan), but CI insisted on a diff. Every apply fixed it for one side and broke it for the other, back-and-forth. The culprit was a null_resource that rebuilds an AWS Lambda for a NodeJS app bundle whenever its sources change, keyed on a hash of...
I was succumbing to my Hacker News habit recently and saw this post from Rands: The Title Cards in Blade Runner Are Fucking Amazing. PT Mono was in the list of fixed-width fonts that made his cut. For some reason it stuck in my brain. Maybe because I hadn’t heard of it. Later, I found myself perusing macOS’s Font...
2026-08-07Hello!Near the entrance of the woods, the keepers put up signs of a wildflower garden under construction, for native plants and animals. It's a small thing, but local efforts like these warm my heart a little.Last time I was here, I had my wired earbuds in and I was listening to music downloaded on my...
Follow up from this post - I just signed into my Vinted account (to delete it) and it didn't send me an MFA SMS so how the fuck is me giving them my number securing my account in any way? The internet is fucked. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email,...
Re:Paper is a pet project where I get to read interesting papers from the past and share my thoughts/impressions. It's not too dissimilar to book reviews, except for papers or talks that get published as papers. For 001, we have Can Programming be Liberated from von Neumann Style by John Backus. I have no idea how I...
The best thing that happened this week This week has been all about wrapping up the last bits of work before I head out for a one-week holiday. It's always very hectic to get everything done, because there's no pushing things to next week. But I'm 99% of the way there now and it's nice knowing I left things nice and...
Now, I do not know whether Auden is to be considered as an English or as an American poet: his career has been useful to me in providing me with an answer to the same question when asked about myself, for I can say: “whichever Auden is, I suppose I must be the other.” — T. S. Eliot in 1953 One was born in St. Louis...
I am a bit late today, but I decided to keep the Pook-Emu Bee links running with four in a row before our off-day tomorrow (Newsletter Saturday). I bought sugar and yeast at the grocery store last night. 1. Private email is fine, actually (Matthew Guay for Buttondown Blog. August 7, 2026.) I agree. But I my own...
Avif es un formato muy reciente, así que aún es difícil que las herramientas nativas reproduzcan sus animaciones. Es básicamente lo que pasaba con webm y webp (que todavía) pero esto me dio una excusa para probar a crear funciones en el menú contextual de Nemo, el gestor de archivos de Linux Mint Cinnamon....
Now that Rogallo supports multiple protocols, it's tempting to add one or two more. As of the time of writing, alongside Gemini, both Gopher and Finger are supported. While wandering the small web, I stumbled on the Spartan protocol. Given its similarity to Gemini and the fact it uses Gemtext as its main document...
You know what's hilarious? Scientology speedruns.If you, too, are late to the party, this is a shadowbanned TikTok trend from April of 2026. It takes effort to run down actual footage without feeding the attention economy lampreys, but hey, wait, was that a “Subway Surfers” meme‽ ((Bonus points for the Jesus and...
August 2026. Skegness. Lincolnshire As you’ll know I’m not intending to complete the Beer Guide again, once in a lifetime is scary enough, as David Byrne sang. But I still like visiting the new GBG pubs, and colouring in the maps, and a lone micro had prevented me licking Lincolnshire for too long. So, after...
I belong not to the people but the soul of my home. These rocks, paths, shaped by tides and greed. I belong to the cracks of solitude on a shore of clashes, silent witness of hollow present pursuits. I surrender to the mast, steadfast, mighty. I bow to the boom, swifting, aching. Posterity, the remnants gliding to...
OverviewThis week was a tour of the systems organizations trust to do work at scale. Attackers hit RMM, AI workflow, package, identity, browser, network, and logistics infrastructure, while vendors shipped high-impact fixes for the platforms sitting above ordinary endpoints. The common problem was not obscure code....
Hey two quick reminders if you're new here or have mainly been reading this blog for the blog (no shade) Hello hi, I'm MSD: in addition to the photographer, artist and blogger I am here, I am also the frontperson of this chiptune/orchestral indie music band collective thing called Curious Quail (hence the blog's...
Tumbleweed es una distribución de GNU/Linux «Rolling Release» o de actualización contínua. Aquí puedes estar al tanto de las últimas novedades. openSUSE Tumbleweed es la versión «rolling release» o de actualización continua de la distribución de GNU/Linux openSUSE. Hagamos un repaso a las novedades que han llegado...
This is a letter I wrote years ago in response to a challenge. For it you had to write something to a quality you wished you had more of. I’ve rewritten it to reflect who I am today. What would your letter be to? Dear courage, I thought I’d write a letter to you instead of diving into my life to find stories that...
Today I launch a game that is probably my biggest ever – Battleteria. This project has been my game since the start of the year (with the exception of a month and a half where I worked on another project). I wanted to learn a few concepts in Pico-8. Sprite rotation, storing and retrieving levels, and highscore...
Celebrating the culture, music, and dance of IrelandBelfast is abuzz this week with Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, a grand celebration of Irish culture and music that takes place every summer. This is the first time Belfast is hosting the event. With more than 700,000 visitors from around the world expected to attend...
Pensé en escribir mi proceso de cómo escribo canciones, trataré de ponerlo en pasos, siento que esto también me ayudará a conocer/ponerle más atención a mi proceso. Como dice el título esta es una guía poco seria, soy principiante en esto de escribir canciones, espero haga algo de sentido. Escuchar música...
Es el año 2.026. Prácticamente todos (y me atrevo a pensar que todos los que estáis leyendo estas palabras) utilizamos para comunicarnos a diario herramientas como WhatsApp o Telegram. Algunos usamos alguna cosa un poco exótica para esta época del siglo como IRC, y alguno habrá que todavía escribe e-mails de persona...
Owning media again This year, one of my aspirations is to rely less on the big streaming services for my entertainment. Why? Well, for one thing, if we give too much power to large corporations by getting overly attached to their services, that leads to monopolies, inequality and ultimately, democratic decline....
Some philosophy professors, on top of all the work they do for the universities at which they’re employed, write public philosophy, and sometimes such writing is on the Substack platform, with some or all of what they write available only to paid subscribers. Is there anything wrong with this? Walter Veit (Reading)...
Foto is a photo sharing platform I should really use more often. I originally signed up just over a year ago, but haven’t really used it much lately. Possibly because of my attitude at the moment to apps, and anything that is too much like social media. Nonetheless, I ought to post a little more. But Foto is the...
i'm sick again... for like the third time in the last month. i'm tired of not getting enough sleep and constantly battling illnesses. intern year is going tougher than i expected and pediatrics was supposed to be one of the easier rotations. maybe i will to get used to it, eventually.
I realize I have spent a lot of my time writing about videogames here, and not focusing much on most of my other hobbies. I guess I just want to ramble about something different today, so why not? The other day I saw a post on a reading group I found in some mainstream social media platform that shall remain...
Raramente eu chamo algum jogo de obra de arte por razões diferentes. Não pelos gráficos, que são lindos! Não pela música, que é aterrorizante! Não pela hist--- e é aqui que Signalis brilha mais do que qualquer estrela. Honestamente eu acho que poderia e deveria parar o review aqui. Esse é o tipo de jogo que quando...
“How much do you need? How often should you reapply? The short answer: about two tablespoons, every two hours. For stick sunscreen, that’s four passes back and forth. For sprays, until your skin glistens. Make sure you rub it in fully — yes, even for sticks and sprays, and even if the directions say otherwise. As...
We all have that friend or family member that believes in the most ludicrous things, convinced of a conspiracy that doesn't fit into the reality shared by the rest of us. I don't think an empirical mindset is the default for humans, but is something that's built over time, usually through education (though I wonder...
We forget that none of this had to exist — that we weren’t owed mountains and music by the universe. And maybe we have to forget — or we would be too stupefied with gratitude for every raindrop and every eyelash to get through the daily tasks punctuating the unbidden wonder of our lives. But it is good, every once...
I haven't been inspired to post on august morning for quite some time now, even though I have a bit of a backlog of photos I would like to share one day1. Recently, I came across Inventory Full's Blaugust Class of 2025 post again, where my photo blog was mentioned. It reminded me that I do, in fact, miss sharing...
-------------------- •4 coffee with hafermilch •2 black tea, hafermilch •1 Früchte tee •2 banana •26 roasted salted cashews •18 unsalted cashews •2 slices roggenmischbrot (126kcal each) with butter & honey •Cookie dough vanilla icecream 1000kcal •Chicken leg with Langkornreis •1 Ayran 96kcal •5 toffifee 43.4 kcal each
There's certain topics and writing styles that do really well on the indie web; especially on Bearblog's Trending page. There are enough joking and seriously annoyed posts about it every now and then. We cannot stop talking about how tech is bad, analog media is good, blogging is good, and how good RSS is. I was...
I finally graduated from college! Surviving my degree was the main motivation behind starting this blog: I've always been one to write about my experiences, but I needed somewhere to put it, where I could pick it back up any time I wanted. I didn't want to be hyperaware of any potential audience, but I appreciated...
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I subscribe to more podcasts than I have the time to actually listen to, and so I’ve got a large backlog going back several years. Currently, I’m working through mid-2021. Hush. I know I have a problem. You don’t need to point it out. Anyway, what I’m finding both simultaneously charming and soul crushing is how so...
Shai-Hulud and the risks of external dependencies, by Elia Scotto. The 90 day disclosure policy is dead, by Himanshu Anand, via Faisal. A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months, by Nate Anderson. AOC Must Run For President, by Hamilton Nolan. Independent Watch Retailer Collective Horology Sues...
Does anyone else want a portion of easygoingness? I mean, it's not like I have a whole lot of it myself right now. But I'm happy to share what little I have. 🤗 Reply by email
A little nostalgia ramble and a tidbit about today's song.Currently Listening: hey, nothing “Arteries”Reply via email
I do not do any Phoneblogging. Zero. None. Zilch. The closest I get is reading my RSS reader and saving posts to a blog ideas list. As I get older, I just don't want to mess with my phone for in-depth things, and blogging, for me, qualifies as something in depth. I scroll Mastodon, I scroll my RSS reader, I get Home...
1000 wirre Wörter, wie immer. [28/1000] Habe schon ein paar Tage nicht mehr geschrieben und habe ein bisschen Angst, dass ich vergessen habe wie das geht. Nicht das man vergessen würde zu schreiben, aber wenn man eine Woche jeden Abend 1000 Wörter kotzt kommt man eben doch in einen Zustand, in dem das deutlich...
Bookmarked “HTML Day San Diego 2026”: Let's write and celebrate HTML and hang out San Diego! I’m excited to be attending this event in San Diego writing HTML in the park is tomorrow (Saturday August 8) in San Diego (among other places)! I think I have an idea of what I want to do but we’ll see how it goes. Thanks...