Sat Sep 12
I’ve been wanting a Linux laptop for a while now. I don’t need one, that’s for sure. I have an M2 MacBook Air, which is an objectively great laptop. I have an M2 iPad Pro that can handle some laptop duties and serve as a second display to my Air. I even have my dad’s old 2018-era MacBook Air that I finally got T2...
I’ve started knitting fingerless gloves again. I love knitting these things, they are quick little projects and I want a stack in a lot of colours as I wear them throughout the colder months. They keep my hands warm while I work. I just finished the first of a new set of gloves, in a pink/white/green pastel...
By: Femme S. Gaastra | Rating: 2/5The standard work on the VOC. I wish someone else would take a shot at writing about it, this is incredibly dry and more focussed on the financial and business side than on the political. But it does give a sobering picture and makes one wonder how a company being so mismanaged...
Skins are the best parts of any fruit. I say this partially as a political statement: one’s skin is one’s interface to the world, the barrier between what is and is not … one (this britishism is awkward, let me change to the more conversational you) … Your skin is both how you perceive and how you are perceived. In...
The first time I thought it would be a good idea to write a blog post about the economics of open source was 2013, so this post has been in the works a while. The closest I got before today was 2022, when I wrote a stream-of-consciousness rant into my iOS notes that ended with basically "nothing fucking works". And...
He salido a dar un paseo con mi hija y hemos pasado por el cementerio de San Bonifacio. He decidido entrar. Lo he intentado en otras ocasiones pero mi mujer siempre había opuesto resistencia. Una vez me pidió (por que sabía que tarde o temprano iba a entrar) que no recogiese ningún objeto y lo trajese a casa. Es una...
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I built buildprof (Github), an open-source tracing tool that shows where the time goes when you compile software on Linux. Here’s a realtime video of it profiling a clean build of ripgrep: Watch the buildprof demo Sometimes, builds are slow because there is simply a lot of code to compile. But more often than not,...
Apple recently announced an upcoming feature for their new Apple Watches called “Audio Intelligence,” which will always be listening to and transcribing conversations in the background and summarizing them at the end of the day. While Apple have implemented some protections and safeguards to protect the privacy of...
So I’ve been meaning to write about something, but got sucked into this rabbit hole, and now I’m kinda scared if I’ve been a subject of propaganda that worked on me. A common theme in software development AI discourse is that there are “serious” engineers who value the end result the most, and “artisanal” coders who...
Although I endeavor to sound coherent and confident my way of writing, it must be clarified that this confidence is mere pretense which I compensate by ways of practice and study of the art of writing as a way of thinking; a pretense akin to my elementary school presentations where I learned to “fake it till I make...
Week two of Dino week has officially come to a close and we will get through this one quickly so you can get back to your weekend and the first Sunday of the NFL season. Go Bears!Foofaraw Press StoreBooks, ebooks, and limited editions from Foofaraw Press.The Week That WasStorySmash BurgersAlexander V. KovalFun...
Yay, in hospital again. I've done a lot of hospitaling over the last three or four years. It's nothing to do with the most recent difficulty of pulmonary hypertension I wrote about recently on the face of it, but a re-occurence of the AF – atrial fibrillation – I last had over two years ago, and had thought was...
If you really think about it, we spend loads of money on all sorts of crap that doesn’t really enrich our lives. Every morning, I’m out and about somewhere in the Fediverse on my smartphone whilst sipping my first/second/third coffee. At the moment, I’m mainly into photos. At 8.00 am, the bot behind @FotoVorschlag...
11:00 Uhr Den Home-Assistant gefragt, welcher Tag und welche Uhrzeit ist. Es beginnt mit Verwirrung. Einen verspäteten guten Morgen, Freunde der Nacht.Jetzt aber: Auf los geht’s los. Ich bin in meiner Wohnung, meinem Schreibzimmer, für eine Nacht, vielleicht auch für zwei. Seit Wochen das erste Mal wieder alleine,...
Over the course of the umpteenth heatwave last month, and in the wake of over 2700 excess deaths estimated in England and Wales during the May and June heatwaves, I read When there are wolves again by E. J. Swift. The blurb from the author’s website: Activist Lucy’s earliest memories are of living with her...
What song reminds you of your first love? It was our song. I bought her the single when it came out, went to John Menzies to buy it and then, I think, walked to meet her at her new (first?) job? Vague memory indeed. “Sweet Child O' Mine” by Guns N' Roses Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio...
A major Anglo-Saxon power begins a war far away from home with the help of Israel and without the support of its allies. The main objective is the control of one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes, but the aggressor may have to back down — partly from the rising oil prices at home. This could either...
From its earliest days, Macs established an interesting convention – whenever you press a keyboard shortcut to an action that’s somewhere in the app menu, the matching top menu label blinks quickly. Here, I am pressing ⌘A (Edit > Select All), followed by ⌘+ (Format > Font > Bigger), and then ⌘B (Format > Font >...
So I don't know where yall all are but here in Tx a steak from Walmart will run you about twenty bucks a pop. Less if you go early and snag the discounted meat that needs to be cooked that day. But still, it's not cheap. Ground beef is seven or more per pound. So to feed all four kids and the husband we end up...
Before July’s Nagoya Basho (July grand sumo tournament), I predicted which wrestlers I thought would reach 10 wins. Now, one tournament wiser, I will predict the entire field for the September 2026 Aki Basho (running from September 13-27, 2026). To see predictions from more learned sumo observers, see Tim Edwards’...
I don't remember exactly what its called, but it happens every year around this time. Agricola street is closed to traffic and filled with people, all wandering around to listen to music, browse vendors and just having a good time. We wander up and down every year and some times I take my camera. The little ones...
My 2027 Hobonichi Techno wishlist. NOTE: I wrote this post last weekend, days before I learned that I would soon be unemployed again. Thus, it feels frivolous to publish such a post, but at the same time, I still want to do something nice for myself. A long time ago, I declared that I would go strictly digital when...
GitHub, and by extension, other git based websites are very popular because they all have version control. I've decided to make this small guide on how to download things from GitHub just in case someone might need a resource somewhere for screen reader users. This will not be a screen reader guide on how to...
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Time for a poem. Here is one by the always excellent Dick Davis, about a situation every parent – and grandparent – will be familiar with: the awful helplessness we feel in the presence of a child inconsolably, unreachably upset or hurt...A Bit of PaternityTo tell your weeping child,'This too will pass, believeMe,...
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There has been an increase in concern over AI destroying humanity, most recently spurred by tweets from former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon about how dangerous AI is, and a follow-up tweet from current employee Evan Hubinger, who said “Jacob is correct here — we really do earnestly believe A.I. could kill all...
I have a 2012 Kindle Paperwhite, which as of May hasn't been able to take new ebooks. Thanks Jeff 👍 I looked briefly at getting a new ereader - certainly something not Amazon. But the thing is, there is nothing wrong with the Kindle I have. In fact, I love it. It's the perfect size and weight for me to hold, and the...
“You write like you talk.” And that made me very happy because there’s no better feedback than being told that you are you. And that your voice will outlive you. And that writing, which you continue to struggle with, has gone from something that could stop you in your tracks into something from which a stronger you...
September 2026. Sheffield. With the new Good Beer Guide about to drop (ugh), and a big trip this weekend I didn’t want to go chasing lone GBG 26 entries these last few days. But as you’ll know my brain doesn’t respond well to being denied daily stimulation, or my legs exercise, so I trotted down to Sheffield Station...
I have been looking for a full-fledged smartwatch for a while now. I have a Pebble and a BangleJS; I use them all the time. But they are semi-smartwatches. I wanted a full-fledged watch that lasts for days and works fully offline. This post isn’t a review; that will take time. This one is more like why I chose the...
2026-09-12Hello! After a tangled process of planning and scheduling, I'm visiting Philadelphia, a city of neighborhoods.I'm not a city boy — that much is clear. So while I build the confidence to take more disruptive street photography, I should start by finding compositions and points of view.I'm hoping to get an...