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It’s not a system. It’s just how I do things. An improvisation on the fly, influenced by decades of lived experience, thought, memory. A personal configuration file. A topography of consciousness. A constellation of synapses. Etcetera....
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Above all Those Who Slumber was the power of the One Who Was Born of Destruction, the Song Render, the Ender of Souls, the Dweller in Darkness. And among those who would speak his name, his name was Shallamoth Kindred – the act of...
Thursday, 8/13, is the day when we celebrate the techies and tech companies in the 813 area code: 813 Tech Day! We recently celebrated the 727 area code, which covers Clearwater and St. Pete with a one-day, multi-event celebration of the...
You may remember that at the BBC Gardeners' World show, I had an issue with my Merlin Mayflower. A cab full of flame made the RC wiring a bit crispy. My assumption was that this would all need replacing, but out of curiosity, I switched...
Last night, I had a dream that I ran into Sam at a diner. I was with my friend Yasmeen and I said oh that’s Sam. She’s not responding to my texts. She reached over and tapped Sam on the shoulder and asked her why she would do such a...
It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy! Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot...
There is an update to yesterday's post: Apple Is Not Doing Enough for Its App Stores. Apple's reviewers did do their job accurately. Sorry for the link.
Links Posted to Thoughts The Week of 08-02-2026 There were 4 links posted this week. 08/08/2026 @18:35 “As a Windows user, it’s a very surreal way to install a program.” – UnsungMac’s operating system has a peculiar way to install apps....
oops, left town and forgot to post for about a hundred months. this week, i'm sticking to projects in the 0-10% brainpower range because it's just too damn hot to do anything else. so: i've been replenishing my collage fodder supply. the...
Coffee with the Camp Snap – New York, New York I was out and about with multiple cameras. While I shot most with the Leica D-Lux 8, I also used the Camp Snap and Fujifilm X Half. Since I found two similar scenes, I thought it would be...
This will be kind of an unusual post. I got a recent email about my writing that I thought was such a good articulation of one common criticism that I’d like to share it (and my response) in full. Here’s the email, from William Murray1:...
PSA: there is a word for “the day after tomorrow”. It’s overmorrow, and it’s almost 500 years old. Let’s bring it back! And “the day before yesterday” is ereyesterday, in case you were wondering.
Yesterday, at the headquarters of Internet Archive Europe, I hosted the second Amsterdam edition of HTML Day! The first edition was hosted last year by Braxton Hall, who I was pleased joined us yesterday for HTML fun. I figured three or...
For a while now, looking back at it, scrolling along its length, that's how it has felt like to me: looking at a river. Of time, of experience, of flow. [ in progress... ]