Chris DeLuca

Started reading: Heroes by Stephen Fry.

Finished reading: Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power by David Dayen. It took me around six months.

Finished reading: Letters From an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Took me over a month.

Finished reading: A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost. Read it in 27 days.

Started reading: The Road to React by Robin Wieruch.

I entered a erotica fiction contest for the popular comedy podcast Double Threat, and I was lucky enough to have my submission given a superlative on the show. What follows is that submission. Content …

Started reading: Letters From an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Started reading: A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost.

Finished reading: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry.

Only counting the original movies with Peter sellers.

1. A Shot in the Dark

   The best movie in the series doesn’t bear its name.

2. The Return of the Pink Panther
3. The Pink Panther Strikes Again …

Only counting the original movies with Peter sellers.

1. A Shot in the Dark

   The best movie in the series doesn’t bear its name.

2. The Return of the Pink Panther
3. The Pink Panther Strikes Again …

Read: On Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese.

Started reading: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry.

Another piece I wrote in collaboration with an A.I., this time, trying to create the most stereotypical Hallmark movie plot possible. I failed.

I had some trouble after upgrading GPGTools to version 2020.2 on macOS Big Sur, where it would ignore my Yubikey smart card and I couldn’t unlock my stuff.

Every time I tried to use gpg (Yubikey …

I’ve been working on a graphing project for the Astoria Digital volunteer group in collaboration with Muckrock. The app will visualize data around New York’s 50a police disciplinary record …

Read the short story Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit by Rebecca Curtis.

Finished reading: Dungeon World Sage LaTorra & Adam Koebel. It took me 11 days.

Started reading: Dungeon World Sage LaTorra & Adam Koebel.

I find PHP’s boolean casting rules strange and hard to remember. I know I’m not alone.

To help myself out, and anyone else that happens to stumble upon it, I wrote a commented script that …

Started reading: Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro.

Finished reading: Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro.

Started reading: Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power by David Dayen.

Read: Design Ethics by Mike Monteiro.

Read the short story The Sand Banks, 1861 by David Wright Faladé.