My blog used to use Crimson Pro as the main body font, something that threads the needle of being serif-y enough for the Possession-esque posts, but not too out of place for the technical macOS Messages debugging ones. You should consider customizing anything you use, and the font is no exception. Let's tweak it!

The curl security team happens to also double as the curl core team. The small group of people who assess security reports and take project decisions. The exact set of participants in this team of course vary over time, as this is a volunteer membership role without monetary compensation. I decided to write this...

Various parties concerned about the risks that artificial intelligence (AI) pose to humanity have called for a pause in its development. But such a call faces a difficult collective action problem. Can it be solved? I have been skeptical (and suggested an alternate type of approach to AI safety here). But a new...

Today is the 226th anniversary of Oktoberfest, a holiday which began as a city-wide celebration of the marriage of a royal couple. Raise a glass! I wish I liked beer more.In an interesting juxtaposition of holidays, today is also the real Columbus Day and also the federal holiday. Oktoberfest and Christopher...

October 2026. Glynde. East Sussex. Down in Rye, a man’s thoughts turn to finding new pubs to colour in on the new Beer Guide. Thrillingly, my final East Sussex tick is also in a tiny place I’ve never been to before, though I suspect you’ve heard of it. It’s possible my father-in-law has sung in its most famous...

Introduction An occasional collection of things I've recently found on the Internet and added to my bookmarks. DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought While a year old at the point of saving this, it's still a pretty good collection of details of problematic things related to DHH. It's only got worse since. Awesome Steam...

This is the report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, recently published open access philosophy books, and more. . (If we missed something, let us know.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy New: ∅ Revised: The Cambridge Platonists by...

I've been using CachyOS with GNOME for a few days now, but I don't like the Nautilus file manager at all, whereas I really like Nemo, which is developed by the Linux Mint team and seems much better to me than Nautilus. Right after installing CachyOS, I immediately installed Nemo as well and set it as the default, or...

De câteva zile folosesc CachyOS cu GNOME, dar managerul de fișiere Nautilus nu îmi place deloc, în schimb îmi place foarte mult Nemo, care este dezvoltat de echipa Linux Mint și mi se pare mult mai bun decât Nautilus. După instalarea CachyOS, am instalat imediat și Nemo și l-am setat implicit, sau cel puțin așa am...

Indiekit Beta 30Yesterday I was extremely excited to see the latest big update (Beta 30 & 31) to Indiekit, the Micropub server + client I use in conjunction with Hugo for this site. Lots of QoL updates and bugfixes. I want to thank Paul, Ricardo, and Anthony for making Indiekit better. Having upgraded a few times, I...

https://bubbles.town/static/bubbles_1200x630.png While reading 6 Months of Bubbles by Gordon, I started wondering to myself how I'd change bubbles to make it easier to discover fresher and more niche content, while still providing the "best" posts for easy reading. Here's how Gordon put it: I want eclectic, quirky,...

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Looking out from my balcony at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Cairo, Egypt These weeknotes are over a week late. It’s been a busy time. After finishing up with work on Friday evening, I leapt straight for the ironing board to get a new set of work shirts ready for the following week. On Saturday morning, just after 6am, a...

It feels like a major life turn after 35, even though I thought 35 was like half-life. I haven’t crossed the second half-life yet. I think there are a couple more years until the second half-life, but it still feels like a big turn after 35. I didn’t think much about 45, but this one feels big. I am making some...