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Identity matters. To do good work, you need a strong sense of how to be effective, models for valuable work. Most often, you acquire these from the communities you belong to. On Developing Creative Identity by Michael Nielsen
Thanks to the current heatwave I’m experiment with moving parts of my bullet journal temporarily away from paper and into Obsidian. While looking for ways how others handle the daily migrations when using checkboxes, I stumbled upon this...
Kosshi Product: Kosshi - macOS/iOS Outliner Price: $24.99 from App Store The developer of Kosshi has been busy. He is working on fixing bugs and incorporating some of the suggestions that are coming from the users of the program. These...
My dog friend Kanellos (Cinnamon) that I dogsat in february has just had foot surgery due to one of those seed things getting in her paw so I headed to Syros to stay with him and his owner at their lovely house just outside the main port...
The Nintendo Entertainment System. Is it the platonic ideal of an 8-bit video game system? Well, only because it’s so prominent and successful– it’s actually kind of an oddball in its expandability and design. But there’s something else...
I take a lot of photos, but I only keep a fraction. Every week, I go through my camera roll and sort my photos into three buckets: keep, delete, or “needs action” (pictures like paperwork or screenshots that I need to do something with,...
I like trail running, especially on rugged mountain trails. There is something about the dirt and rock, the potential of wildlife, perhaps easygoing or exerting yourself for several hours, while being out in all kinds of weather. The...
Some of these are arguably not love songs. We can argue that if you like. In no particular order, a non-exhaustive list. It's a bit of a mix and my taste in music is extremely variable. I like what I like and I often like a soppy love...
Example of good ol’ swinging guitar pickin’ spearheads the Amsterdam scene, while grabbing international attention with A Sinner Kissed An Angel by the Linus Eppinger / Sam Braysher Quartet. Something was in the air. Sparks, to be sure!...
In July 2026 the sports-leaning internet publication DEADSPIN published a how-to explaining the various ways one could use prediction markets to bet on music charts. “Events that you can trade on include Spotify and Billboard Hot #1...
On a number of occasions, and there have been plenty, while giving tours at my local museum, I’ve noticed that sometimes a couple may show a lovely display of affection while I’m speaking to them about the art they’re looking at. As a...
Harrowing. The autobiographical story of a 19yo private who signs up on the first day of WWI and follows his journey as a german stormtrooper through pretty much every famous battle on the western front. The Somme, Ypres, Paschendale,...
The funny thing about Demon City is... well, there are many. I firmly believe that it's the best horror RPG ever made. Anyhow, a funny thing about Demon City is how rememberable it is. I haven't played Demon City in years. When I thought...
As the years have gone by, I’ve taken fewer and fewer pictures of the Catonsville parade, but I do still pick up the phone to shoot interesting things. This year, the weather was so hot (“feels like 112˚”) there were probably 1/3 of the...
My favorite genre to read and write is urban fantasy. Many people have differing definitions of what that is, meaning sometimes Harry Potter ends up on urban fantasy lists, despite it being children's fantasy. But to me, urban fantasy is...