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Chicago’s weather is pretty lousy most of the year, but when it’s nice, it’s very nice. June blessed the city with dozens of idyllic days. But don’t worry—I still spent most of the time inside on the computer. Things I did I launched my...
Who are you, and what do you do? My name is Casey Liss. I’m a podcaster, app developer, and writer based out of Richmond, Virginia, USA. I host two podcasts: the Accidental Tech Podcast with Marco Arment and John Siracusa; I also host...
After posting Honoring the God yesterday, I came across W.K.C. Guthrie (1906-1981), The Greeks and Their Gods (Boston: Beacon Press, 1950; rpt. 1956), p. 88 (on Hermes): [W]e shall align ourselves firmly with Professor Nilsson when he...
Hello cubs ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ, The title says it all: I started learning crochet yesterday. After thinking about it all weekend, looking at tutorials and dozens of aesthetic Instagram accounts, I thought "Why not try?". Yesterday afternoon, I went to...
I was doing a Vite demo last week, I changed some markup, and visited the local web server. The markup changed, but the state persisted. What?! This is Vite’s Hot Module Replacement API.
The Frock Flicks team is a taking a little summer break, so we’re repeating some
Last year I made a thing to use Markdown files as a sort of (mostly) static website. It is blazingly fast and super light. I called it Matt’s Web Way. I use it to host documents in whatever structure seems good at the time. The generated...
We’ve received a fresh shipment of Colorverse Ink, meaning that nearly all of the Colorvent “Top 3” Inks are back, including the 2024 and 2025 three-bottle sets as well as quirky favorites like Erebus Crater and Polar Night! We also have...
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https://cekrem.github.io/posts/parse-dont-validate-typescript/ A practical exercise walking through how to "parse, don't validate" in plain typescript. I did not know about the "brand" technique, so that was neat to learn. I generally...
The former Arizona State University physicist reported in 2018 this advice from his “religious right wing law professor brother” [that’s Krauss’s description, not mine]: Therefore i think you should pursue a mixed strategy. On the one...
This morning I finally emptied the ink from my BIC Crystal. I was writing in my journal and just as I started writing about how surprised I was that the pen hadn't died yet, it died! For reference, check out my original post. ¶ I found a...
My observations
i think we should talk about the diversity of opinions more. it seems like we tend to categorize things into good / bad, right / wrong, ingroup / outgroup a lot. a good example of that is someone making a post sharing a cherry pie recipe...
I was hesitant about returning to pencil so soon after kilo, but mike wanted to be sharp. , , , , , Two months ago, a family of Hawaiians moved into the neighborhood—dad, mom, two sisters, six and three, and the little brother. They...