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Also Available on PatreonOn the June 2026 Monthly Update I talk about what’s been going on with the site and podcast, but also some other things going on in my life and some random thoughts I have. They include:AtmosfearMcFeastMr....
I would never have guessed that so many people online not only don’t know what a Socratic question is, but are so insecure about their ignorance they call such questions “stupid”. But last week a parade of clowns on Bluesky declared that...
by Iris Meredith Really good article about literal and metaphorical midwinters and (tech) work.
You’ll probably have heard that PlayStation announced a cease on physical disc production from January 2028. Naturally, there have been plenty of memes but people are generally pissed off by the news. There are petitions, a growth in...
Three special events took place on the Fourth of July in my and my husband's combined family tree:Samuel Schwartz (1883-1954), my maternal great uncle, was born on July 4th in what was Ungvar, Hungary (now Uzhhorod, Ukraine). He came to...
For all the hype and controversy around AI, I keep coming back to a simple thought: AI is still software. A machine. Not as deterministic as I’d like it to be, but still a machine. So I try to think about it in very unromantic terms and...
Life Yes, it was hot. I caught up with old Fridayers in Soho Square on Tuesday for a pleasant if prematurely curtailed evening. Everyone seemed to be in fairly fine fettle, general workplace malaise notwithstanding. We went to see Empire...
We’ve been reporting on the threat to the vital early years service at the Aldgate School since October 2024. Our last post on the matter is here. For ideological reasons the neo-liberal City of London council decided to defunded this...
As software engineers, we want everything to be perfect: the code, the variable names, the architecture, the tests, the documentation, the CI/CD pipeline, and so on.We build 90% of a project in 10% of the time, but the last 10% to make...
A halo coronal mass ejection was observed on 30-Jun, associated with an X1.0 flare. Modelling suggests this CME will have a glancing impact with Earth on 03/0500UT +/- 10 hours (early evening on the 3rd AEST). Intervals of G2 geomagnetic...
Don’t avoid writing something down just because you think it’s obvious.
Rand’s perspective on All Hands is worth a read this week. I did enjoy the interview with the airline pilot. Quote of the Week The first rule is that a measurement—any measurement—is better than none. High Output Management Andrew S....
I’m a front-end developer not a medical practitioner. If you’re bleeding IRL visit the hospital and stop googling medical issues!The full-bleed layout — as described there by Josh Comeau — can be done with CSS grid (and subgrid)....
I have been holding back from posting another entry, because the previous postSpelling Grammar Words Languagewas so popular - the number of comments is heading for 100, the sign of high interest. A key feature is that the word 'fancy'...
TL;DR: Apple Books is a storefront that happens to read ebooks. If you own your library, the real choice is between two apps. Readest is open-source, runs on everything (Mac, iOS, Windows, Linux, Android, web), and has the deepest...