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Somewhere next to optimistic loading and optimistic saving exists another technique to make apps feel faster: optimistic committing. Flickr is a great example. After navigating to photo upload, you enter a sort of a foyer where you can...
My experience with Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (XC2) was very similar to the time I spent with the first game. Not so much in story or gameplay, but more in the way that I fell off of both games pretty hard a few hours into them. After a...
There is a defiant friction between me and words that I haven't experienced in a long time, as I write (force out) this entry. I avoid naming this fear, but sometimes, naming it becomes the first step to loosen its grip - What if I can...
Earlier today, I shared a post on LinkedIn after reading about The Port of Felixstowe expanding its autonomous truck fleet to 100 vehicles. I realised this isn’t really a story about ports. It’s a story about where autonomous driving...
I had a lovely call with Cynthia Kurtz on Friday, discussing all manner of things including an upcoming retreat with a client where we will explore complexity and use Participatory Narrative Inquiry and a NarraFirma capture to explore an...
Patreon Thanks to our new Patreon supporters! Kyle Paxton Irving Patrick Chase Robert Angerer Willow Cheney Chris Cramer Paul Nawashar Video There is also a video that presents the same information: Knife Steel Tests and Ratings I have...
had a good long weekend - partner and i went to the beach! drove up to the netherlands and avoided roughly half of the current heatwave back home. hotel has AC, seaside has lots of wind. alas, it came from the east which meant...
This emerging London quartet deliver a striking debut that proves gothic post-punk still has plenty to say. It’s strange what passes for “goth” these days. A bit of eyeliner, a pair of black leather kecks, gravity-defying hair, and all...
Had a good DJ set on Saturday at a private resort outside of Austin, Horseshoe Bay, about an hour away. Super rainy in Austin, but it wasn’t raining there, which was great. The mix was ’90s hip-hop, some reggae, deep house, ’80s—kind of...
If you’re a web developer, you may find the title baffling. “Polyfills need defending? Who’s against them?!” you might ask. Two weeks ago, I’d be in the same boat. Polyfills and I go way back. I dug up a JSConf EU talk of mine from 2011...
Today is publication day for Issue 71 of ‘Make Modern’ and within its pages is my own quilt design ‘Stripey Sky’. Here’s a look at the cover: Issue 71 of ‘Make Modern’ magazine Like all the previous editions of the magazine, which is...
A lot (probably too much) has been written about Graham Platner's faux working class credentials. Takes galore. Here's some scattered orthogonal thoughts. The whole episode is a specific example of amore general phenomenon, and that is...
27th June. Not long back from holiday and this was the first trip out with the camera. It was nearly sunny and I thought I'd take a constitutional up to the valerian at Samson's Ribs above the Innocent Railway. To my surprise a quite...
Only in silence the word, Only in dark the light, Only in dying life: Bright the hawk’s flight On the empty sky. – Ursula K. LeGuin You might care to check out the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. LeGuin Prize for Fiction.
If you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you might remember one of my posts from just over five years ago showcasing a brand called Waxing Kara that sold honey, candles, tea, and skincare products. Well, I’m happy to say their brand...