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Photo by Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales on Unsplash🍕 I’m JA Westenberg. I write essays about technology, philosophy, productivity, and what it means to be human. If you like ideas that take their time,...
Mobile revenue rises, other growth remains elusiveSpark reported a full-year profit up 91 percent on last year to $499 million. Much of that is the telco reported a $278 million gain on the sale from the sale of a 75 percent share of the...
Maybe I don’t need to buy a castle after all. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to buy (and live) in a castle. They’re generally not cheap but in the UK (and to an even greater extent in France), they’re not completely...
Here’s my latest “back of the envelope” drawing, which I drew as a companion for a new NetFoundry series called Reachability Watch. Published fortnightly, Reachability Watch covers the volume of new network-exploitable CVEs, the handful...
My third book, Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery comes out worldwide next month! You can pre-order it now!
Are we clear now? Better than before I would say. I asked a couple of questions about the uniball Zento to uniball’s North American distributor, and did get answers. Not all of the answers, which is to be expected, but I feel better...
I was scrolling down Facebook recently when I saw a post about scoring a copy of a book called Chamberpot and Motherfuck, and needless to say I dropped everything and investigated. I found a review by Nicholas Poole-Wilson (The Library,...
There are ACX meetup groups in cities around the world. Every fall and spring, I make a Meetups Everywhere post to try to signal-boost and support them. This summer, I want to focus on college effective altruist groups in particular.Many...
Soon I'll be providing details about the new, expanded edition of my book When Television Brought Us Together, which has an official publication date of September 1. For the uninitiated, the book is about the classic TV era and how the...
changed up my methodology this week, as to not track things all day. i decided on an hour of internet in the morning and evening, backgammon during my coffe time, and a no-internet profile on the laptop at all other times. well,...
It’s been a very strange summer so far, and certainly nothing like the summer I was expecting. To start with 2026 is set to break all records for high temperatures, with five heatwaves so far, and a distinct lack of rain. The heat hasn’t...
Back in 2006, when I first started Thriftmac, it was hard to find free Mac apps. In fact, it was hard to find any Mac apps at all. That meant snapping up links to pretty much any freeware I could find. On the plus side, it also meant...
For years, I’ve wanted to have a standalone version of Apple’s Touch ID authentication feature for my Mac, but without having to use an Apple keyboard. (I generally like their keyboards, but my daily driver keyboard these days is a big...