Post Archive
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There’s two guys sitting outside a pizza place eating a whole watermelon. This is how it should be.
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Man, I just made it back to NYC and there’s a cockroach on the subway. It’s like I walked into a …
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Anonymous, crowd-sourced, free app to track ICE movements. Like Waze, but for the new Gestapo. I …
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404 Media wrote about a Queer Online Zine Can Only Be Read Via an Ancient Internet Protocol. Great …
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jonsolari.bsky.social hipped me to some super high quality Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles laser disc …
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What I do when I forget
I have a very precise process when I forget something, in five easy steps.
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Washed some socks and underwear this morning in our manual clothes washer, and hung them up to dry …
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Quick Neovim tip: in a terminal buffer, you can use [[ and ]] to navigate between shell prompts. …
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Watching Georgy Girl tonight. Missed in the movies….. 60 years ago. Yeah sometimes it takes awhile …
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Andrew Sacher wrote a beautiful elegy for Brian Wilson on Brooklyn Vegan. RIP. 🎵
Brian resonates so …
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Had a great improv show with Loose Corn at The Everything Hour. Fun set, great audience. Thanks to …
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Correction: five days ago, I got French metal band Animalize confused with their album title. The …
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Great article on green dreamer kaméa about the importance of slowness in activism.
“Slowing down is …
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I snagged Head Of The Love Club, an EP by up and coming British pop singer Gretel Hänlyn, on the …
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WTF with Marc Maron is ending. I’ve been listening since 2013, when I heard a clip of the Michael …
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I’m convinced the primary motivation for the widespread AI push is for bosses to suppress wages and …
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While in Penn State a few weekends ago, I got to have shoofly pie. You know what? Pretty damn good. …
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Finished reading: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 📚
Fun read, but funny to think that back in 2011 …
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jwz quotes a research paper on superfund CEOs. CEOs born on future superfund sites are less risk …
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I finally got my watch band replaced. A cat chewed it up while I was asleep more than a year ago, …
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The Who Cares Era | dansinker.com
In the Who Cares Era, the most radical thing you can do is care.
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A heard about Palestinian hip-hop group DAM maybe last year, I think on NPR of all places. I really …
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I picked up Viva Ngozi, by Ngozi Family, on a recommendation from The Best Show last month. Really …
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I saw Parlour Magic last night. My friend knows Luke, the frontman/songwriter. Great show. Made me a …
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Sure, If You’re An Unoriginal Hack
This newly renovated home has everything you need to move right …
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Ever in a #Neovim :terminal, and want to open a file without having to back out to normal mode, or …
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Picked up this jacket at a vintage popup on my way back from therapy for $35. Feeling myself. Also, …
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I switched to the Hack programming font in my terminal and IDE, and really enjoying it. Functional, …
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Todsy I learned that civil rights legislation in the United States was made possible by a peaceful …
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Friendship, 2024 - ★★★★
I laughed, I gripped my chair in anxiety, I laughed, I froze my face in a smile, I laughed, I walked …
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I’m told this was planned, but I chose to believe a rogue heavy machinist had a vendetta against …
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Had a great time at XL Happy Valley improv fest. The organizers put on the best run improv festival …
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My improv team The Cat’s Cradle Ensemble played the XL Happy Valley Improv Fesitval last night. Such …
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Via Joe Wilkins at Futurism.
A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found …
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When trying to type event.target.closest(), I instead wrote event.target.closet(). It took me too …
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Remember when I asked for more anti-trust? Ask and you shall receive. It’s good for society when …
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The precursor to the CIA wrote a manual for simple sabotage. Jason Kottke’s thoughts.
Ha, some of …
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No one should be surprised Trump is a fascist. No one should be surprised at the speed at which he …
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Brian Kardell and Eric Mayer have a good discussion on the Mozilla privacy policy changes over at …
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Slowly coming back from being sick. Still have a wet, raspy cough, but otherwise the worst of the …
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Went to the NYC #HandsOff protest today. Really well attended, people of all different ages, despite …
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The Oh in Ohio, 2006
I regret to inform you that somehow, against the weight of a truly terrible Paul Rudd character, …
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Restore those cool hidden macOS calendars
Years ago I wrote about interesting hidden calendars in macOS.
I hadn’t tested this in a long …
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One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s …
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I gave a whimsical talk introducing #git at Florida #Drupal Camp, and published it as a blog post. …
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Grokking Git: A Fantasy Story
This post was originally done as a presentation at Florida Drupal Camp. You can watch the video on …
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Grokking Git: A Fantasy Story
Git is a big part of a lot of tech worker’s every day lives, but it can be confusing to use. There’s …
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Grokking Git: A Fantasy Story
Git is a big part of a lot of tech worker’s every day lives, but it can be confusing to use. There’s …
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Had a great time at Florida Drupal Camp. Thanks to all the organizers, presenters, and attendees for …
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On a whim, I checked out band cramp dot com. It is not owned by band camp, but rather redirects to …
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The company retreat in Palm Springs was wonderful as always. So grateful to work for an employee …
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Space X had a launch the other night. It was wonderful to witness a group of people cursing out Elon …
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If Twin Peaks was turned into a Kaiju manga, the main villain would be gundam earl. I’ll show myself …
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On a whim, I checked out band cramp dot com. It is not owned by band camp. Instead, it redirects to …
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Finished reading: Monsters by Claire Dederer 📚
So much to ruminate on, to feel through. Dederer is …
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Jason Koebler nailing the sentiment in OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI …
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Finished reading: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong …
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A beautiful poem by Emily Gorcenski about what it’s like to see the world right now. The Time of …
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What if lycanthropy effected other animals? “Watch out! That squirrel? During a full moon, it’ll be …
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From Molly White.
The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, …
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Started reading: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong …
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Listening to “Babel” by R.K. Kuang on the subway while someone the same car is reading it. Years ago …
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From Manton Reese.
We are ready for something that we control. We are ready for something quieter. …
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🍿 Letterboxd let me know that my 2024 stats in review is fully done. I thought it was already, but I …
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Street Fighter, 1994
As I’ve been told in no uncertain terms, this movie exists only in the present.
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Went to the Museum of the Moving Image with my friend Lindsay yesterday, and got to meet a lovely …
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A well written, interesting article from Emily Gorcenski arguing that conceiving of the truth as a …
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Galaxy of Terror, 1981
There’s terror spilling over the brim of this galaxy. Alien meets Jacob’s ladder. Pre Freddy Kruger …
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Year in books for 2024
A very light reading year for me, at least for books. Something I’d like to improve on in 3025.
Here …
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Sitting around listening to records and reading. I can’t think of a better way to spend New Year’s …
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A treasure trove of works just entered the public domain. Can’t wait to see what artists do with it.
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Silent Night, Deadly Night, 1984
Proof that horror movies were about trauma before 2010. Also Santa will kick your fucking ass.
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My CLI wrapped most used commands.
3732 git 1471 ls 1289 rg 856 ddev 745 nvim 546 mv 534 cd 510 rm …
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While sorting through old papers, I found a copy of the first cover letter I wrote out of collage.
I …
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After being very sick for almost two weeks (and still on a shaky recovery), I’ve started some winter …
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The Frighteners, 1996
Oh, so you wanted to get throat punched by lovable murder ghost lore? Stink your neck through this …
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Jedda posted a collection of quotes I really liked.
This one in particular is speaking to me right …
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I am hosting a copy of My Immortal, the infamous fanfic, over at myimmortalrehost.com. I have more …
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I saw a lone employee in a fancy SoHo clothing store called “No Standing”. As must be the corporate …
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Debra Lawal has an excellent essay on gender bias in hard work vs natural talent.
As a dude and a …
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Just got the letterboxd gremlins Easter egg for the first time. At first I was scared, then angry …
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I’m thankful for being alive, having wonderful people in my life, and for readily available antacid.
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My shitty photo of improv legends I saw the other night. They’re mostly in LA so felt special. All …
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Had a lovely time at NEDCamp as always. Thanks to all the organizers and speakers for such a great …
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Well, fuck that 🇺🇸
I’ve been collecting myself since the election. This blog isn’t going to turn into a negative …
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Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993
Pretty evil, and Robin Williams should be in jail, but he falls down funny a few times.
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I was finally able to get an air filter for my bedroom/office. Feels necessary living next to the …
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I was shocked to learn that actor Ralph Fiennes first name is not only pronounced “Rayf”, but his …
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Terrifier 2, 2022 - ★★★
Somehow, after the first Terrifier was at best fine and at worst politically gross, this movie …
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Terrifier, 2016 - ★½
This is a pretty rote slasher, without much of the whimsy and humor Art the Clown would later grow. …
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New proposal for a Turing test to detect tech bros: have a text only conversation for five minutes. …
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All Hallows' Eve, 2013 - ★
This sucked, and I understand how these movies got a reputation for misogyny now. Glad Damien got …
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I used Letterboxd besties to find everyone with my same listed favorite movies. No one had the exact …
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Had a great time at #smashingconf. Thanks to all the speakers and organizers and staff. Everyone was …
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There’s a billboard on the NJ Turnpike reading, “Reasons to take the train? There’s a lot” Strange …
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I beat the Mario RPG remake while cat sitting this past week. Lots of nostalgia for this one, and …
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TIL background-blend-mode and a background-image is the only way to do a mix blend mode on an image. …
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Tipping Point is a great limited run podcast exploring the global sustainability society plan from …
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Immature reminder of the day: not only was Dick Butkus a famous person, his last name was pronounced …
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There’s a billboard on the New Jersey turnpike that just says, “I got hurt in Jersey .com”. And you …
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I just saw a man on the subway with a hand gun keychain ornament right next to a pikachu ornament. …
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My Chef friend Kayla ran a supper club on our roof last night. Incredible food, and lovely company. …
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James Adomian - Path Of Most Resistance, 2024 - ★★★½
That was the only impression of Jerome Powell I've seen this year.
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Demolition Man, 1993 - ★½
"Jeffrey Dahmer? I love that guy!"
Largely a clumsy conservative power fantasy, Wesley Snipes still …
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My smart talented colleague Laura Donalan is co-leading Untangling Your Drupal Migration: Lessons …
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Today I learned the term Data Piggy.
A tech sector Venture Capitalist who stuffs their little piggy …
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Gripping read about one of the first women hackers, by Claire Evans for The Verge. I read this years …
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More Than Friends is a touching, personal, short-ish piece by Aubrey Hirsch on the inverse of a one …
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Kurzgesagt has a fun, interesting video on how your body metabolizes tattoos (under 10 minutes). …
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One time, in the far distant past, I used to both have hair and make movies. I loved every minute of …
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Discovered that I am more blue than 65% of the population with the help of Is My Blue Your Blue?. …
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Media Diet: August 2024
🎵 Music Tango Mango—Can Look, I’m leading off with this because I did listen to classic high …
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Showed a double feature of Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla: Final Wars on the roof the other day. We …
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io on the once and future web.
Nothing about the web has changed that prevents …
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All valid Drupal render array types
I couldn’t find a browsable list of valid Drupal core values for #type fields in render …
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My roommate had an extra ticket so last night I got to see Jeff Rosenstock at the Warsaw. Really fun …
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Media Diet: July 2024
Yes, August is almost over, but I haven’t collected my thoughts on July yet, so take my hand …
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TIL that the CSS relative color spec says that currentColor is supported, but no browser supports …
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Listening to Lulu for the first time. So hard to disassociate from all the discourse this far in, …
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Nile Rodgers wrote your favorite songs
(The title is only clickbait-y if you don't like Disco, in which case, boooo) Many music industry …
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I never saw Halt and Catch Fire, and I don’t plan to, but this meditation on the fragility of ideas …
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I came up with a knock knock joke in improv rehearsal today.
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Hi.
Hi who? …
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Had the pleasure of performing in the Baltimore improv festival this weekend. Had a blast. Thank you …
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Letters To Doless
I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a …
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Started reading: 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 📚
Read this one before, but reading it …
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Change of Blood
I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a …
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Attack Of The Rabinutcions
I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a …
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I configured my Neovim LSP error symbol to a skull and cross bones, so now whenever I write bad code …
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I wrote my second essay on not having a home last year, following my divorce. I think it turned out …
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Come back, Astoria
This is part of a series on my nomadic life following my divorce. Aside from the introduction, they …
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I’m looking at a prominent scar on the side of my hand. Looks like me a deep cut. I have no memory …
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A Masculine Aside
I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a …
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I found these pants for ten bucks thrifting and cut them into shorts. I just finished doing a very …
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I’m on the subway and there’s a group of young teenage girls singing “I want it that way” by The …
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This past weekend I saw the Paul McCartney photography exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum and an evening …
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How Cool is Scientology?
I wrote an essay about Scientology after visiting New York City while attending Hofstra University. …
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Sleep Writing
I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a …
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Media Diet: May–June 2024
I went another two months without writing a media diet! These posts are way too important to ignore …
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Grass Ass
I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a …
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NYC Pride Photos 2024
I watched the New York City pride parade yesterday, and got a few nice shots of celebration and joy. …
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As I was walking home, a giant rat ran under my foot. I fully stepped on a rat, I heard it squeak, …
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Getting my ass whipped at Magic: The Gathering at friendly local draft. The game has changed a lot …
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The copyright takedown problem has large negative impacts on your favorite artists, and hence you, …
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LIR-Arg!
I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a …
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Too much light makes the baby go blind, but too many blinds makes the window go dark. Think about …
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Targeting the ven diagram of magic the gathering players and people who want to know about local …
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Silence-d no More
I wrote a humor column in college for the Hofstra Chronicle under the pseudonym Silence Doless, a …
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I celebrated my birthday at the beach this year. My friends surprised me with matching temporary …
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It took me a while to figure out why LSP was reporting describe was not a valid method of string. …
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Mythological Creatures Explained by Science
Here's an unfinished freelance article I wrote for Cracked many years ago. It was never published, …
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Of Monsters and Scholars
I wrote this story in college for a writing class. It's a fantasy piece, set in the world of the …
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The Death Hole
I wrote this story in collage for no one. Very apparent I'm a young writer still clinging to my …
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Ocean's Blues Brothers
Here's a silly sketch I'm pretty proud of. Mash up of Ocean's Eleven and music. INT. DINER - DAY …
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Home Grown and Garden Fed
Another old story I figured I'd publish. It's pretty weird. There was something heavy in the air. It …
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Ranking the Filthy 15
Back in the 80s, Tipper Gore and other cultural conservatives went on a crusade against sex and …
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This has been making the rounds, and is super fun and interesting. Well worth the ten minute run …
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This blog is 15 years old today 🎂
Fifteen years. Holy crap. I had no grand plans when I started this blog, and it’s bonkers to …
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My friend Lindsey shared this piece on the inspired and terrible Ginger Baker. It focuses on his …
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Once again The Onion comes up clutch, this time on OpenAI and ScarJo.
Jerky, 7-Fingered Scarlett …
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One of my treasured possessions: a raccoon penis bone given to me while I was in the hospital from …
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Monkey Man was brutal action fun. Big ups to the trans community training Dev Patel how to kick the …
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Our show at Happy Valley improv fest went great last night. Loose, funny scenes and a hot crowd. …
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Went to an arboretum at Penn State after seeing improv all last night. Pictured here: not trees or …
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On my way to the Happy Valley improv festival. My first time attending and performing. Very excited.
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Did I watch Friday the 13th Part 6 and 7 last night? Yes, yes I did. Do the teenagers behave like …
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Media Diet: February–April 2024
It’s been a while since my last media diet post—three months, I was horrified to learn. …
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Overheard in Tompkins square park.
I called Jerry and I’m like blah blah blah stay the fuck away …
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I biked from Bed Stuy to Astoria yesterday. It took about an hour, over mostly protected bike lanes. …
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I was randomly thinking about 3 Doors Down today, specifically this line from Kryptonite.
If I go …
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God help me, my daily text editor/IDE is Neovim, but I started using Emacs as an orgmode only app. I …
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From Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon’s piece on rewilding the internet.
The clear-felled forests were …
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My friend Ania sent me this photo, reminding me that this happened, and this will never not have …
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There’s a kid on the bus with no shirt, a giant backpack with a tennis racket sticking out, and a …
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I spent Saturday on Roosevelt Island with friends, peeping the Cherry Blossoms and other sights. We …
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I visited my friends Jon and Brynn over the last weekend, and was given two incredible gifts: a lush …
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Had a fun time packaging vinyl for my friend Jon Solari’s record label. There’s something meditative …
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The Tremble
I'm semi-regularly posting my old stories. Here's a serious flash-fiction piece I wrote in 2020. …
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My Personal Ghost Story
A while ago, I was asked if I believed in ghosts. To illustrate, I told a story.
Many years ago, I …
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Overheard in the east village: “I’ll tell you one thing, this is a lot more fun than playing with my …
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I grew up in New Jersey, but I was today days old when I saw the town of Sea Girt in print. Only …
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I saw the 30th anniversary Kaiju Big Battel show last night. Where else can you see a cross between …
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Fandom levels 0 You don’t care. 1 You’re into some of it, maybe tag along if others are going. 2 You …
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They may seem smart, but underneath it all computers are really dumb. You think your dog is dumb? …
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My family has no idea what any of my job titles mean. To them:
Computer programmer = smelly wizard …
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A fascinating history of the espionage act through the lens of leaking in general and Julian Assange …
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Any Technology Indistinguishable From Magic is Hiding Something is a wonderfully written take on …
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God help me, I’m reading old journals. On May 9th 2020, I wrote:
I had a dream where I was in the …
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I watched half of the Red Hot Cheetos movie the other night. It is not good, but I was entertained, …
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Every month or so, I pull a pockets worth of lint from my phones charging plug. Looking at the pile, …
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“…progress is never straightforward: there’s baby steps and then one day you notice enormous baby …
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Had a great show. Thanks to everyone who came out. We have a residency: next one is March 29th. Be …
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The idea about moving slowly but surely with the people around us and not giving into the technology …
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Nobody is a winner on the bus. Yet we’re all comfortingly together on this heap of disappointment …
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Lifeblood under Sunset Park
This is part of a series on my nomadic life following my divorce. Aside from the introduction, they …
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Backpack Home: Nine Months of Couch Surfing
After the fallout from my divorce, I was not able to afford an apartment for almost the entirety of …
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I wrote an Architecture Decision Record to Use SVGs for icons for Lullabot along with some of my …
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Over the weekend I saw the Black History Month Check In Show, an evening of all black improvisation …
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Artists compete with each other for status so fiercely that they often run out of ways to look more …
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Eat at Haidilao Hot Pot in Flushing yesterday. Meal lasted ~3 hours. So damn good. I only have one …
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Has there ever been a bigger drop in quality in album art than between the first two Danzig albums? …
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Great piece on privacy and money, and why it matters to society.
Privacy suffers from a collective …
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My brilliant co-owner Greg Dunlap has a Kickstarter up for his new book, Designing Content Authoring …
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Yesterday I Learned that the Chinese zodiac has subtypes based on the elements. So, 2024 is the year …
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These Stickers to Manage Replies by Don Hon seem useful. How cool would it be if they were built in …
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I’m very glad I’m not thirteen anymore, because I did improv practice then played Magic instead of …
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A humble, thoughtful, and in-depth analysis of algorithms and their use and misuse from a former …
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The same words tell different ideas
Different ideas tell the same words
Words tell the same ideas …
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My colleagues made me aware of lumpers versus splitters, which might be the ultimate meta-taxonomy.
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Taking a short bus ride into a short walk to pick up my city boy coffee on a warm day right here in …
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When some people say, “there’s nothing new under the sun,” they mean, “pure originality is a myth; …
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Good to be wary of advice that sounds too much like a self pep talk.
An especially poignant title …
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I am a creative. I am too busy making the next thing to spend too much time deeply considering that …
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Unexpected Trek
I’ve been excavating old writings. This is the oldest one I’m willing to share at this …
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Actively marketing yourself and your work, and setting up creative camp where the money is: that’s …
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There are no public trash cans in the entire city of L.A. No, I haven’t done an extensive search, …
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Media Diet - January 2024
My January has been monopolized by moving into an apartment and traveling to California for work and …
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I setup a local LLM integration in Neovim via ollama.nvim, and it works well. Now the big question: …
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Just had a panicked moment thinking water could spoil, then realized I had accidentally drank from …
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It was once critics who helped shape cultural values – spotting a trend here, putting a scene on the …
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I’m missing Godzilla Minus One Minus Color, but then again dogs permenantly suffer from the reverse …
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I had such a wonderful time at the Lullabot retreat. You can’t beat relaxing with amazing humans …
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I found this seashell in the grating of the radiator (seen behind). I know the previous tenant must …
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Currently reading: The Last Colony by John Scalzi 📚
Started last night. Thought I’d take a break …
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A great map of the independent web, assigned to categories you can look up by clicking. What you’re …
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Susuru Ramen in Astoria is absolutely incredible. I had the garlic oil Kuro. Great broth, noodles …
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Stale cigarette smoke is a deeply nostalgic smell for me, even though I never was a smoker. I don’t …
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I’ve performed in countless improv shows, but tonight will be the first time I’ll host one. Wish me …
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There’s a dude eating almonds from a plastic carton on the bus, which I don’t have a problem with, …
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I really relate to the calm a careful, iterative, and high standards approach to work Dries lays out …
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After nine months of couch surfing, I’ve been able to move into an apartment. I’m so grateful to …
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My co-worker Pauline shared this poem from Mary Oliver, and it hit me hard. Truly beautiful.
You do …
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Media diet - December 2023
It’s the last day of December, and this is my last opportunity to ramble about what I’ve …
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🍿 My year in film stats, via Letterboxd. Do I stand behind all my star ratings? No. Will I revise …
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Year in books for 2023
I figured out how to post my year end book wrap up in micro.blog, evidence: this.
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Year in books for 2022
Yes that’s right, 2022. Using micro.blog to track my reading is great. It has a nice feature to …
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What do you call a thirsty piece of fire fighting infrastructure?
A fire dehydrant
I’ll see you all …
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🕹️🎨 What Are Paper Computer Games?
When I was a kid I came up with something called Paper Computer Games, which are role-playing, …
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Tested positive for COVID this morning 😞
My symptoms are mild (so far). Isolating and resting. Stay …
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Had a lovely Christmas and Christmas Eve with friends. So much good homemade food, so much laughter. …
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Another AI generated novel cover. The prompt:
Generate a fake image of a young adult fantasy novel …
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What series of AI generated novel covers would be complete without a 70s pulp fantasy?
Generate a …
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Another in the AI generated novel cover series, this time, a romance. The prompt was:
Generate an …
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I started generating novel covers for imagined books through ChatGPT4 with my friend Ania. I think …
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A friend unearthed an old computer with an even older photo of me on it. I must have been 16 or 17. …
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I’ve been enjoying reading Apple Rankings by The Appleist Brian Frange - Comedian Brian Frange. The …
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Some friends told me about the book Natural Harvest (subtitle omitted), which was a cook book given …
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Had a lovely visit to Houston. Sad to leave my buds behind but glad to be back in New York. It’s …
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The guy sitting next to me in the emergency exit row on the plane is reading a book on game theory. …
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Media diet - November 2023
As December rolls in, I’ve been spending some time reflecting. There’s a lot on my mind, …
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I saw No Hard Feelings last night. Fun, formulaic, funny moments, and as always Jennifer Lawrence is …
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This is awesome.
This is a fantastically useful (and beautiful) mouse-interactive exploration of CSS …
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Today I learned that I’m old enough to be dumb.
Leaded fuel reduced the IQ of everyone born before …
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Finished reading: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 📚
No one low boils insanity like …
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My friend Jon Solari kept surprising me with bright flash photography.
The camera is an old black …
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At The Damned Halloween 🎃 show. Pictured: opener Fucked Up. Great so far. Waiting for the main act.
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What’s that thing where a guitarist will change out their guitar and then the band sounds exactly …
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Saw Kaiju Big Battel last night. Pictured is the climactic match between the heroic Steam Powered …
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Our Cat’s Cradle Ensemble show last night was such a great time. Thanks to everyone for overselling …
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Coming late to Clare Dederer’s The Art of Monstrous Men, tackling how you and I handle art we love …
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When talking about the joys and pains of making art down here in reality, a friend introduced me to …
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Good cop: Tell us what you know, and we’ll get ice cream.
Bad cop: If you don’t talk, you’ll never …
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Them: “Oh, you play in an Orchestra! That’s so cool”
Me: “Yeah, well, I play kazoo”
Them: “That’s …
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New horror novel: Krampus Clamps a Close-pin, wherein the titular Christmas terror smells something …
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TIL if the data that a GraphQL query is looking for has multiple types, the entire object will be …
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Just played Cage Match at Caveat with Loose Corn. Thanks to Max, the two out of towners, and the …
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On the way to Utica to perform in the Uptown improv festival. There have been the expected number of …
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Had a wonderful time visiting my friend Zach and his family in Chicago. I’m the one who looks like …
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Did a little dress up with my friend’s five year old son’s hat and tie. It’s the first time my head …
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Went on the Chicago architecture tour yesterday and had a blast. I now know that a key aspect of …
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Finished reading: The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by …
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I converted my self hosted blog to Micro.blog hosting. The URL structure here is different than my …
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An accurate accounting of Elon Musk. Looking forward to his final self defeat overbuy so we can talk …
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How many decades should you keep socks? Asking for a friend. Who will tell me. Because I’m the one …
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Every once in a while, the phrase “too much light makes the baby go blind” pops into my head. It was …
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In the LaGuardia airport they make you walk through a gift shop to get to the gates. For sale: a …
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Started reading: The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by …
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Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse taught me new terms.
Abraxas, a word of spiritual significance …
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🎙️ Fun episode of The Pursuit of Perfectness on perfectionism and reading.
I’m biased because I edit …
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TIL the term Jamais vu, which is essentially the opposite of déjà vu.
Jamais vu involves a sense of …
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I called into last weeks Best Show. I was nervous, not my best representation of myself, and I made …
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Screenshot taken from the web, not my gameplay 🕹️ Last night, I beat Death in Castlevania: Rondo of …
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Enjoyed this introspective post on consumption from hidden tiramisu. Taught me about the diderot …
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From the Interconnected blog
creative works are commentaries on the act of creation.
Some examples I …
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Reading State of CSS. Some takeaways.
Respondants largely white, male, in US Highest incomes in US …
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When someone goes, “What people always forget, you know, what people don’t understand, is…” Whatever …
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Had a wonderful Cat’s Cradle Ensemble show at The Magnet tonight. Thanks to everyone who came out!
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Read/played Photopia, by Adam Cadre. Beautiful and heartbreaking, an incredible achievement. Takes …
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Them: Hey! Good to see you.
Me: Clicks pause button. Still 🎵
Them: I was just thinking about you! …
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Finished reading The Far Reaches Collection. Short stories by some heavy hitters. Really enjoyed it. …
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I’ve manually checked every long article I’ve written, fixing all the broken images after importing …
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Via John Scalzi.
My personal observation about Democrats and liberals is that many seem to vote to …
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Via Manton Reese.
Great article by Christina Warren on the history of the App Store and why we’re …
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Late to the party, but this article from music blog Brooklyn Vegan on modern hardcore is introducing …
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I’m in a diner and Ho Hey by The Lumineers is playing. I looked up and saw the 1800 Cars for Kids ad …
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I pushed up the color vibrancy on this photo of a warehouse near sunset park and like the surreal …
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Today at improv practice I was gifted a stage moniker: “Fish DeLuca”. There’s no way to explain it, …
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I had the Pollo Asado at this amazing hole in the wall in Sunset Park Brooklyn. So good. I had it …
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Had the pleasure of performing improv with my team Loose Corn at Bird and Friends: Cosmic Unity. …
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Does anyone know of an iOS camera app where I can disable AI smoothing? Looking for lense captured …
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Today on the subway, a guy is feeding his tiny kitten. The kitty is very calm in the carrier and is …
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I honestly love the subway. Where else could you see these two people doing the same thing together …
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My friend Frank unearthed 35mm photos he took in college. This is me at 22. That surprised look was …
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I don’t own a house, but I found Marques Brownlee’s solar roof explainer fascinating. Would love to …
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Divorced nomad
After eight years of marriage and thirteen years together, my wife and I are getting divorced. I am, …
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Finished reading: Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke. What a beautiful, riveting, and emotional journey, …
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Started reading: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. One of those books I never read. This is …
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Finished reading: Sourcery: A Discworld Novel. As with any Discworld novel, its total escapist fun, …
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Finished reading: Bea Wolf, by Zach Weinersmith and illustrated by Boulet. An adaptation of Beowulf …
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Lita Ford, Question Mark?
In my notes, I found some fairly sparse thoughts on listening to Lita Ford’s solo career for …
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Finished reading: But now am found, by Patricia Horvath. Beautiful short story collection, each a …
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The Years of My Movie Watch List
I did a little analysis of my Letterboxd watch list, to see if there were any interesting patterns.
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Finished reading: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi. Breezy fun for people who like to …
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I spent the day alone walking around New York City. I got a burger at a diner, bought a bunch of …
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I saw Cocaine Bear last week in theaters, and it was joyous, grind-house, B-movie fun. I see so many …
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What a doodle! Is it a gleeful Cardinal Richelieu about to go on an arson spree? The world may never …
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Continuing my doodle posts. Here we see something involved in a seemingly bad situation. Hope it …
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I did not finish: Middlemarch by George Eliot. I got a bit over 200 pages in, and while I did really …
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Each time you write a page, you are a writer. Each time you practice the violin, you are a musician. …
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TIL the From HTTP request header. Now used for crawlers, it was originally intended for allow human …
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Site was down for a few minutes (that I know of) due to an expired cert error. I checked the server …
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The Alamo 100
Alamo Drafthouse put out a list of 100 movies they’d want on a desert island back in 2020. …
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Back in the saddle writing my music comedy about The Traveling Wilburys Solving Crime novella. At …
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Finished reading: Classic Tales of Horror (Arcturus Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe. Took me a bit to …
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Went rollerskating for the first time in forever for New Years Eve. Surprised how much came back, …
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Exporting Mastodon Posts to My Blog
Twitter’s public implosion has redoubled my interest in blogging, and I’ve been posting …
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Listened to the short story I Was A Teenage Space Jockey by Stephen Graham Jones on the Levar Burton …
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Until estimating is on a sounder basis, individual managers will need to stiffen their backbones and …
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Any #photography recommendations for an #ios app that allows film grain in low light instead of the …
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Anyone else ever get completionism about #books? I am currently in the middle of 5 and it bothers …
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Had a great time at #NEDCamp #Drupal this weekend. Great talks, great conversations, fun time.
Also …
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@andy_blum gave a great talk on using #webcomponents in #drupal here at #nedcamp! #lullabot
Also …
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I’m #reading a collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories. Its enjoyable, but I’m also finding it hard to …
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Heard about https://feedle.world from the NetNewsWire feed: it lets you search blogs and podcasts …
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I did the #HotOnesChallenge last night for my friends birthday. Second year we did it and, I’ll say …
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“Read” the short story #climbingnation by Kim Fu, read by lavar burton on his podcast. Such a dark, …
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Updated my bio to be more detailed and expressive. I always hesitated writing longer bios as I felt …
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Saw this on lobsters. I think it’s a great write up by someone who’s been active in the fediverse …
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I hear folks unhappy with bird site also complaining about #mastodon. I think their issues boil down …
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Anyone have recommendations on mastodon instances? Not sure if it’s worth switching, but I created …
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On my way to have dinner with a friend and then see a multiverse themed improv show. I’ve seen many …
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One of my cats dumped my bedside glass of water on my head to wake me up this morning. I'm starting …
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Been waking up early recently, trying to adjust my sleep schedule. Still in the “pretty tired a lot” …
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Happy Halloween folks! I don’t have a costume this year, so the scariest thing for me is thinking …
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Been playing donkey Kong country tropical freeze and am so proud I’ve beaten to the second world. …
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Use Neovim as your man pager
You may know that you can open man pages in a Neovim buffer with :Man.
However, you can also …
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Base CSS to Style a Novel
I’m working on a short novel, which got me thinking about typesetting (naturally). …
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DIY Neovim fzy search
There are plenty of fuzzy search solutions for Neovim, most notably Telescope, but sometimes you …
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Hand Drawn SVGs
I’ve been trying to find a good workflow for drawing vector artwork that has the spontaneity …
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Finished reading: Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power by David Dayen. It took me around …
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Double Brett
I entered a erotica fiction contest for the popular comedy podcast Double Threat, and I was lucky …
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Best pink panther movies
Only counting the original movies with Peter sellers.
A Shot in the Dark The best movie in the …
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A Hallmark Channel AI Christmas
Another piece I wrote in collaboration with an A.I., this time, trying to create the most …
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Fixing GPG Yubikey integration on macOS Big Sur
I had some trouble after upgrading GPGTools to version 2020.2 on macOS Big Sur, where it would …
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Painfully Rendering a Simple Bar Chart with Nivo
I’ve been working on a graphing project for the Astoria Digital volunteer group in …
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PHP Boolean Casting Gotchas
I find PHP’s boolean casting rules strange and hard to remember. I know I’m not alone.
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Did not finish Eloquent Javascript
I did not finish reading Eloquent Javascript by Marijn Haverbeke. I really liked it though. I leave …
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Finished reading The AWK Programming Language
Finished reading: The AWK Programming Language by Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan & Peter J. …
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Actually Using the General Sibling Combinator
I’ve vaguely known about CSS’s general sibling combinator for a while, but I have never …
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You ever sniff your hands? Then wash them? Then sniff them again? And they have a new bad smell? And …
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You ever sniff your hands? Then wash them? Then sniff them again? And they have a new bad smell? And …
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AFI 100 Greatest Movies List
The AFI 100 list, 2007 edition. I’ve been sporadically watching them along with the Unspooled …
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Introducing PCG: Or, How I''m Spending the Pandemic
A lot has changed in the world since I last posted.
I have been extremely lucky during this …
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Ergodox-EZ
I use the unfortunately-named Ergodox-EZ ergonomic mechanical keyboard, with cherry brown MX …
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Finished reading Learning to Program in C
Finished reading: Learning to Program in C by Thomas Plum. It took me around six months. Below are …
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Web Based Game Text Box
Here’s a little web component I came up with to produce typewriter text, similar to old school …
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Catacomb
Finished reading: Catacomb by Andrew Laurance. This book sucked. What a turd. Prose that somehow …
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Finished reading Javascript Design Patterns
Finished reading: Javascript Design Patterns by Addy Osmani. It took me 133 days. Below are some …
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Too much A.I. generated story based on characters from Paper Computer Games: https://pcg.wikia.com.: …
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More A.I. generated story based on characters from Paper Computer Games: https://pcg.wikia.com.: …
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Zoovac's Dream Part 3
Too much A.I. generated story based on characters from Paper Computer Games: pcg.wikia.com.
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Zoovac's Dream Part 2
More A.I. generated story based on characters from Paper Computer Games: pcg.wikia.com.
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Zoovac''s Dream: Part 1
A.I. generated story based on characters from Paper Computer Games: pcg.wikia.com.
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Starry Mustard House
I won’t lie: this is the darkest, horniest piece of A.I. assisted fiction I’ve ever …
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Detect This
I’ve been writing(ish?) stories via aidungeon.io, a ML algorithm trained on text adventure …
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Magazine photographers have exactly 6 ideas for shooting comedians:
Talking into something that’s …
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Chris the Wizard
I’ve been writing(ish?) fiction via the fantastic aidungeon.io, which is a machine learning …
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Understanding your cat, astrologically
This is a piece I wrote for McSweeny’s that I didn’t think would get published, but …
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I was in a public restroom last Sunday. A man comes in, uses the urinal, washes his hands, says, “Aw …
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I was in a public restroom last Sunday. A man comes in, uses the urinal, washes his hands, says, …
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Just saw The Best Years of Our Lives, which I recommend. Like many movies prior to around 1970, it …
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I want a museum called Famous Historical Capes: Taking Back Back Cloth From Superheroes. Their only …
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I want a museum called Famous Historical Capes: Taking Back Back Cloth From Superheroes. Their only …
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Finished reading: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. Took me 2 days. What an incredible …
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Didn't finish reading The Silent Clowns
Didn’t finish reading The Silent Clowns by Walter Kerr.
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🍿 I saw #DolomiteIsMyName this weekend and I really enjoyed it. Eddie Murphy is great in it, but can …
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Did not finished reading: Building a Character by Contantin Stanislavski. Was leant this book by a …
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🍿 I just saw Spartacus for the first time. Amazing to think that the same director is responsible …
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It’s fine to have a strong opinion about a profession that’s not your own, and it’s fine to not have …
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I’m on the bus to NJ for five minutes and I’ve already been misted with a cracked Coors. Home sweet …
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I’m on the bus to NJ for five minutes and I’ve already been misted with a cracked Coors. Home sweet …
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Finished reading Be Cool
Finished reading: Be Cool by Elmore Leonard. It took me 18 days.
While the prose is energetic and …
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I just saw North by Northwest for the first time. We watched most of the movie two nights ago, then …
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If a lumberjack saws wood, and Jack Nicholson is wide awake, does a slumberjack saw wood?
Syndicated …
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We in the bald community are honest (admitted: we have no hair), so what made us fully shave our …
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I have half a huge pumpkin in my freezer. Should I:
make a pie make a soup make excuses not to deal …
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Finished reading The C Book
Finished reading: The C Book by Mike Banahan, Declan Brady and Mark Doran, originally published by …
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Finished reading: Fantasy Land: How America Went Haywire: A 500 Year History by Kurt Anderson. Took …
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Started reading: The C Book by Mike Banahan, Declan Brady and Mark Doran, originally published by …
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My Facebook Ad Data
Today I downloaded all the data Facebook has on me, and started poking through it. Since it’s …
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@ehashdn Joined the OSI just now inspired by your platform. Thanks! I look forward to voting once I …
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If you’re not watching/listening to Michael cohens testimony happening right now, you really should. …
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Reading picks for week 5 of February, 2019
These are some choice picks from what I’ve been reading for the past few weeks.
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Great illustration of the history of immigration policy in the US, aka how we all got here.
If your …
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Don't commit that file!
I wrote a small git pre-commit hook to prevent committing certain files.
There are more words to …
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After the stress of the election, this made me laugh: “We Would Like to Apologize For Electing a …
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The Pulp Tales of Gwendolyn Gween, P.I.
It’s like if Humphrey Bogart and Tina Fey had a baby.
—Stephen Spielberg
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Today we released episode 2 of our #comedy #serial #noir #podcast The Pulp Tales of Gwendolyn Gween, …
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The Cruelty Is the Point - The Atlantic: “Once malice is embraced as a virtue, it is impossible to …
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Machine Learning
I took a week off from work to join a deep dive study group on machine learning. It was an …
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RT @sandsfish: Beautiful. @memotv continues to be one of my favorite contemporary artists. #art #ai …
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Overheard in NYC:
Man on phone: “This is JoJo! Who the fuck is this?”
Other line: “Barbara!”
Man: …
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.@realDonaldTrump sniffs the air, “Could be worse.”
At a press conference the next day: “I want to …
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Pain and Pleasure
This is not meant to be a take down piece, and I realize I’m not providing any direct …
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I had written a roundly rejected magic item for a Pathfinder RPG contest some years back, and just …
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Tome of Deadly Pranks
I had written a roundly rejected magic item for a Pathfinder RPG contest some years back, and just …
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My Talk at QueensJS
I had the privilege of giving a talk at QueensJS last week. QueensJS is a wonderful JavaScript …
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Why I Started Buying Records
I started buying records a few months ago, and I’ve already compiled a large body of imagined …
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Republicans Desperately Seeking Analysts to Tell Them Everything’s Going to Be O.K. — Vanity Fair …
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Healthcare
This new healthcare overhaul bill in the senate is already deeply unpopular, but for anyone still …
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Cultural Anxiety, Not Economic Anxiety, Drove White Working Class Voters to Trump (The Atlantic) …
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Basic Premise
I recently saw Titicut Follies, the 1969 documentary film about the harrowing conditions in a …
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Practical Internet Privacy
Welcome, Internet folks! If you’ve been following along, this is the final post in my three …
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Grammatical CSS Lists
The Situation
You have a list of items that you need to render with comma separation, and an …
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RT @TheOnion: State’s Abortion Waiting Period Allows Women To Explore Alternatives To Making Their …
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RT @billyeichner: Thank u Republicans 4 coming out against violently attacking Jews & having sex …
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RT @ActualEPAFacts: We are horrified to learn that Scott Pruitt has been confirmed. God help future …
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RT @Impeach_D_Trump: Think Trump Will Be Bragging about This Latest Time Magazine Cover?
REWTEET to …
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RT @JudahWorldChamp: Reminder that elected officials took an oath to defend the CONSTITUTION against …
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RT @SenWarren: When did @WhiteHouse know that Flynn lied? What other contacts with Russia occurred …
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My practical guide to Internet Security for the uninitiated. Again, thanks to @AniaStypul for the …
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Practical Internet Security
Welcome internet traveler, you’ve found your way to my guide on how to improve your online …
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Security vs Privacy on the Internet
Update: The next article in this series is now published.
Confused about what privacy versus …
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RT @climagic: In a world of computing choices that are made for us, open source software allows us …
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RT @ActualEPAFacts: Shame on you @SenJohnThune. Betsy DeVos is wholly unqualified. #resist #retweet
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How an obscure oriental cult converted a vast, pagan Roman empire – Michael Kulikowski | Aeon Essays …
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RT @GeorgeTakei: Trump was quick to condemn the Louvre attack. But he stayed pretty quiet over the …
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RT @ActualEPAFacts: If you are new to Activism since the election, please retweet and follow. We …
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I Was Trained for the Culture Wars in Home School, Awaiting Someone Like Mike Pence as a Messiah …
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RT @RVAwonk: Stunning. The USDA is now prohibited from sharing data with the public. This should …
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RT @candicetobin: so what are we all watching instead of the inauguration on the 20th? lets give it …
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RT @Omid_M: Cruel! Activist Arash Sadeghi on hunger strike for 68 days in Iran, authorities refuse 2 …
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RT @omgAdamSaleh: We got kicked out of a @Delta airplane because I spoke Arabic to my mom on the …
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RT @zeynep: Facebook AI demo: can we ID protesters vs police?
Uh-huh.
DEAR ENGINEERS. WE GOT YOUR …
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RT @GeorgeTakei: Trump is settling fraud charges from Trump Univ for $25 mil just 10 days before …
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RT @OwensDamien: Whoa, whoa, slow down, non-racist Trump voters denouncing his racist appointments …
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RT @brianbeutler: Bannon: Jews suck.
Flynn: Muslims suck.
Sessions: Blacks suck.
David Duke: you …
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RT @Pinboard: If you work at a big tech company, take private notes about the internal debate, even …
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RT @GeorgeTakei: Sen Gillibrand is deciding her position on Steve Bannon. NYers: call to ask her to …
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RT @NewYorker: The elevation of Steve Bannon to a powerful position in the White House is an epochal …
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RT @TerrellChuggs: 10 police officers have been shot in the last week or so. 6 dead.
All shot by …
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RT @Pinboard: Few tech companies have seriously planned for a situation where our own government …
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RT @GeorgeTakei: Mr. Trump: You have the power to start to heal our divides. Denounce the actions of …
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RT @amyjacobowitz: @JuddApatow An important initiative to get Garland on the Supreme Court. Share …
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RT @sallykohn: If we truly believe #LoveTrumpsHate, can we respond to the hate and resentment that …
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RT @Theresa_Caney: This is how the millennials voted. Hoping this means the next generation will …
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RT @GeorgeTakei: Today is National Early Vote Day. In many places you can vote BEFORE Nov. 8. We can …
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RT @SethMacFarlane: Great piece about one of the greatest threats to functioning democracy and an …
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.@hughlaurie I found the pattern:
2004: Dr House
2016: Dr Chance
2028: Dr mortgage backed securities …
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RT @FiveThirtyEight: Trump just praised Assad in the debate. Assad is a dictator who has slaughtered …
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RT @GeorgeTakei: If you believe Trump is good for the economy, I suggest you try investing in one of …
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RT @TRWMusicals: The UK is correct on this one. 2016 has been a whirlwind and #Spamalot is just the …
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Mirrors opposite public toilets are good for 2 things:
making the room look bigger making dudes look …
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RT @weprogressives: Happy #UnfollowTrump Day!
Visit @realDonaldTrump Unfollow Celebrate your part in …
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RT @SamGrittner: Hillary has to debate Trump while fact-checking him. Can you imagine it? A woman …
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RT @bryanevansduff: Well folks, we apologize that Lester Holt could not be here tonight.
Original …
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RT @billmaher: Holy fuck, Hillary just did a Jim-from-The Office direct to camera take! Which Says. …
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RT @iamrashidajones: his condescending interjections and interruptions and mansplaining are hitting …
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RT @Pinboard: Trump just implicitly confirmed he hasn’t paid Federal income tax by saying “it would …
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Will Trump Release His Tax Returns? Billionaire Pledges Up to $5 Million for Veterans if So - The …
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.@eczema_records Just got my #Joysticks LP last night. Absolutely beautiful! Production is above and …
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RT @MonkeyBizHoe: @chrisjohndeluca @realDonaldTrump Lier! u must be blind, deaf and on kush ! What a …
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My wife trying to figure out the name of The Night Of:
A Night to Remember The Night Watchmen John …
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RT @Nettaaaaaaaa: Police claim a handcuffed #AlexiaChristian produced a gun and shot at them. She …
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RT @phlsa: In other news, your #Chrome browsing data will soon be used for ad tailoring. Time to act …
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I tried to terminate a reverse lookup for grunt with disastrous results #javascript #bash #grunt …
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RT @bigorangedrink: .@miketeigen, @justkristin, @mathieuhelie, @chrisjohndeluca, @Digi_Kay, Blog is …
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RT @eczema_records: You could win one of two Joysticks test pressings, bundled with a bluray of the …
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RT @DeepDrumpf: We need somebody that literally has a nuclear wealth, and the enemy tougher on with. …
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RT @charrington99: This guy has a point. No more tinkering with software will lead to big knowledge …
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I think the real story is that the lowest swiped female names were more than the highest swiped male …
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For anyone into rare film soundtracks, my good friend Jon Solari just launched a great record label. …
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Who's on JavaScript?
If you like JavaScript this binding, and the comedy classic Who’s on First?, then is this the …
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Adobe confirms major Flash vulnerability, and the only way to protect yourself is to uninstall Flash …
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Location, Sensors, Voice, Photos?! Spotify Just Got Real Creepy With The Data It Collects On You - …
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Notice the guy in the background with the TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT sign? This video was made in 1999. …
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RT @JuddApatow: The people fighting same sex marriage seem so sad and afraid. Just live your life. …
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If only to make my job easier, if you use a Mac, please use any other browser | Safari is the new IE …
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@CBBWYR Instantly know the answer to any question, but milk shoots out your nose when you do, or you …
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RT @mcclure111: Original design doc for The Sims banned same sex attraction. Coder ignored design …
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Is Spotify doomed because of Apple Music? No — Spotify’s been doomed from the start | PandoDaily …
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Stanford engineers develop state-by-state plan to convert U.S. to 100% clean, renewable energy by …
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This is way cool, but since more and more of our services are online, those speeds will still be …
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Sexism is still hanging out in the tech world, unfortunately. Fortunately, this author is bitingly …
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Ah, finally, a clear breakdown on the difference between and uses cases of SOAP vs REST #nerdtalk …
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This just makes me want to use the Wilhelm scream in my daily life. Like any time someone tries to …
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I was at the movies, and they had an ad for an app that tells you the best times to pee during the …
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Mac OS X Lord of the Rings calendar
A quick, fun tip for Mac and command line users who are fans of The Lord of the Rings;
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@1_800_moms call your mom has a show tonight at 2A in the east village at 8:30pm.
Original post: …
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My artsy-fartsy css web experiment
The other day I had some time in between work and an improv show I was doing that night, so to pass …
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Dirt. You can grow things in it, or listen to it. I do the latter and review the album by Alice in …
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I cover the prog rock behemoth, Close to the Edge, by Yes, in a review almost as long as the album. …
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I review the monster classic, Led Zeppelin II. Monster does not mean Frankenstein, it means rock. …
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A lot of violent people are stuck in New York. A guy with one eye gets out. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly …
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D&D 5th Edition First Impressions
I bought the new 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons players handbook. Having thought 4th edition was …
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I am a ninja of space and time. Except I can only move forward in either one. That’s right, I can’t …
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Automating Jekyll Post Creation
Jekyll is a tool for static site generation, and it’s what powers Github pages, both of which …
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“You got a lotta nerves coming back here.” - slogan for a paranoia treatment center #iwish
Original …
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Twitter’s feature that notifies you when someone else favorites another person’s tweet is terrible. …
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“We all shit in the same place now. Someone will have to get rid of it. Not it!” - Everyone except …
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Speed 3 should be about Keanue Reeves taking speed and constantly running, or else he’ll have to …
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Do you ever try to use the wrong mode of entry? Like taking out your keys at the subway, or your …
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Most people in the world don’t know about whatever your favorite thing is. #itstrue
Original post: …
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I saw Get On Up this weekend with Andy McCarthy. Aside from the standard docu drama cliches, it was …
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I can’t really grasp it, yet. I feel like a cartoon character who ran out over a cliff, and is just …
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I Liked Everything I Saw on Facebook for Two Days. Here’s What It Did to Me | Gadget Lab | WIRED …
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Goldilocks found 3 bowels of porridge in the cottage… And went home, because that’s someone else’s …
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The small good wolf huffed and puffed…after helping the pigs build their houses. #BoringFairyTales …
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We can be both nostalgic for the past and use it as an excuse. “Ah, the good old days. Don’t blame …
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Fun Fact: the original song was It’s Raining Sven, about a bunch of Norwegian clones falling from a …
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“To pee, or not to pee?” - a question never asked by a dog #petjokes #shakespear #groan
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Do you ever hear the word, “cantaloupe” and start attacking everyone in sight? Or is that just my …
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Is pubic hair straightening a business? Have the French got there yet? #BeautyEssentials
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There’s three dudes practicing a stage fight with bo staves. Some dude with a ponytail is bossing …
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What if we make first contact with an alien, but it’s the equivalent of the elephant man on their …
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There’s only 6,954 things I want out of life. Is that too much to ask? #simplelife
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Does anyone else get nostalgic for the future of the past? #BladeRunner #StarWars #Alien #Jetsons …
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The Perverts Guide to Ideology is a really good philosophical documentary. It’s on #netflix
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“To be profound is to fancifully state the obvious. “ - Arthur C. Hubbins III #quotes
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You know, none of the technology promised in those History Channel documentaries from fifteen years …
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If your eyes are a window to the soul, is your nose the chimney? Should I cram presents up there, is …
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Reading is transformative; without it, you couldn’t be smart while sitting on your ass. #truefacts …
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RT @alyankovic: It’s official. MANDATORY FUN enters the Billboard album chart this week at #1. Wow. …
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I never saw I Know What You Did Last Summer, so I can only imagine it’s a movie about swimming and …
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I want to see @SteveMartinToGo to star in a movie based on his twitter persona. And maybe not make …
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“The only way to the top of a mountain is through the bottom of the sea.” #almostprofound #quotes …
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If burning sticks competed in a pairing game, it would be a match match match. #puns
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Sometimes I forget that the “to be or not to be…” soliloquy is contemplating suicide. #Shakespeare …
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If you wish upon Mars instead of a star, can only violent things come true? #mythology #astronomy …
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“To be profound is to fancifully state the obvious” - J.G. Pitzmantle III #quotes
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“You have to make an agreement with me. See the last two episodes of Game of Thrones.” - Guy who …
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“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself! That, and Nazis.” - why FDR isn’t quoted fully. …
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If fortune can smile, can it also frown? Was Brazil’s 7 - 1 loss fate wiggling it’s hands in its …
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Galphaxor the mutilator is rising in your third house. Fortune smiles upon you. #astrologywishes …
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I want to see the astrology charts when aliens appear in the sky. #astrologywishes
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If the NYC heat today were a super villain, his powers of making everyone really pissed and tired …
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@Support I added phone # to get text alerts, and have right settings, but when I sign up for SMS for …
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My improv team Call Your Mom is doing a show hosted by Former Business Partners! Wednesday October …
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Just saw the movie Lucy. A little too much violance for me but a must see nonetheless. Find out why …
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The movie: Blue Jazzmine. Woody Allen has outdone himself on this one. I know certain people are …
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Finding shit in a new code base
When a developer moves to a new company, one of the biggest transitions is adapting to the new code …
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There are two types of people; people who can fly and turn invisible, and you. #burn
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Logo Of Smiling Cartoon Tooth Holding Brush Inspires Nothing But Confidence In Local Oral Surgeon …
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We saw the film Hugo. Shasha Barron Cohen was in it. He looked pretty without those shorts pants and …
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I find I get the most stressed when others around me are too. Herd mentality and all that. Still …
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Cool!
Chromium Blog: A classic boardwalk game rolls from your phone to your computer—using only your …
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Liquid woolly mammoth blood found preserved in Russian ice, researchers report | The Verge Original …
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The Movie: 42. Yeah everyone should enjoy this one provided you’re still not fighting the Civil War. …
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The movie: The Company You Keep. The critics gave it a 6.3. I would give it a 7.5. The plot provided …
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Thanks @Kareem for sharing!
Charles Ramsey rescues three women, gives best interview ever - Guyism …
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Dick Cheney Vice Presidential Library Opens In Pitch-Dark, Sulfurous Underground Cave
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So sad; some of my favorite games were LucasArts.
Disney shuts down internal game development at …
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The best supporting actor category is pretty rock solid this year t.co/DBaT0z58 #oscars
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I love Dropbox because It seamlessly integrates into the filesystem of every device and OS I use; …
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The movie: The Hobbit.Of course this is a great movie to see whether or not you read the book. If …
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The movie: The Apartment. OK another oldie but one definately worth viewing. This show stars Fred …
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Kramer v. Kramer. An oldie but definately not moldy.It was good to see a young Merrill having an …
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Dad: Movie: We rented “Plenty” with Meryl Sreep, Sam Neill and Charles Dance from 1985. This movie …
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Just Argo with Ben Affleck. It was solid. He has redeemed himself. Plenty of suspense. —John DeLuca …
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Interesting article on why software engineers are systematically undervalued t.co/RPLxqvvF
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Whoa, just found out that if you headphone loud rock music and shake your head fast, it sounds like …
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Just posted a gist shortcut for editing gitignores https://gist.github.com/bronzehedwick/3984550 …
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Still have power @ 9th ave in brooklyn, but looks like everyone else is out. #Sandy
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RT @BarackObama: RT if you agree that we should be hiring more teachers, not cutting programs that …
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Is there a compelling technical reason to use #joomla over #drupal or #wordpress? is this question …
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Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop …
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why #vim is sweet, and not just for nutjobs http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html
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Went to NY botanical gardens orchid show: all I could think of was adaptation t.co/CP5PZdf7
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making a stylish cartoon bubble twitter feed for t.co/0OSmbfA8 and i need to test how a tweet with …
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When I heard that Kim Jung ll was dead, the first thing that came to mind was his song from Team …
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I want to start a spam company that emails people about how they can shrink their penis, and see if …
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With #Ubuntu, you can do everything you can do with other operating systems. But faster. And for …
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Just wrote a #python program that calculates how much money you make per year based off your hourly …
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If you have a mac you owe it to yourseld to check out t.co/BamiYOT #mac #opensource #free
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Crooks and Nannies rides again! The Night The Ants Came is shaping up as a feature
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Frog Dream
I would like to take this opportunity to transcribe a whacked out dream I had early this morning …
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Just finished Draqula the novel. It had some cool/fear inspiring parts, but to a modern audience I …
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Today in Music: Jimi Hendrix is born 1942, Duane Allman is born 1946, Cream plays farewell concert …
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Cutting all sorts of things (all of them good)
Well hello again folks!
Once again I have been a bad blogger and neglected this one for quite some …
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Pot Commercial Sketch went over well! Yay! Also saw ASSSSSCAT tonight; it was good.
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Good News!
Good news folks, my health has improved in the decade since my last post! Well, decade is a bit of …
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@gemfire29 lol i know. and np man, you still get to make all the decisions. did i mention you have …
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Jailbreak!
I’m out! Through cunning, misdirection, careful planning, bribes, an elaborate disguise kit, and the …
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Waiting
Well, I’ve been in the hospital for two and a half weeks, and my billirueben has been steadily going …
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geeks and nerds defined! xkcd.com/747/ i love xkcdt in 4 days! gotta love pee drugs
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I am really digging Pathfinder and www.paizo.com. The community over there is great, and the store …
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Big and Fat
Today is Wednesday May 26th, the fifth day of my latest stint in the hospital. I’ve been getting the …
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I'm Not Home!
Well I’m going back into the hospital! Turns out the oral prednisone I was taking at home didn’t …
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I’m Home!
Finally, after a week of siting around in the hospital, and waiting around all day today, I was …
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Some Good News and Some Bad News
Hello everyone! Sorry that it has been so incredibly long since my last post, however in my defense, …
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Does anyone want to go to Lollapalooza this August? #Soundgarden #LadyGaga #GreenDay #EdwardSharpe …
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Hypnotic Toast and tales
Before I get into the leukemia update portion of this post, I would like to announce the launch of …
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My website www.hypnotictoast.com is finally up! Yay! Check it out yall, and tell me what you think.
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Catching up with transplant boy pt. 2
Well, it’s taken me a few days longer to come up with the second part of catching up with transplant …
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The the girl at the end of the Dulcolax commerical running on the Olympics is SO HAPPY she took a …
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My favorite kind of satire is when the real skewer is aimed not at someone/thing, but at ridiculous …
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Catching up with transplant boy pt. 1
Welcome one and all, to another long overdue post! A lot has happened since I said I was going to …
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Getting a Transplant
I apologize for not posting for a while, but I’ve been busy, and busy equals news, so here it is: I …
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Transplants on the theoretical horizon
It certainly has been a while since my last post, and for all those fiending for new material, I …
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The Result of my Pirate Personality Test is…
The Bilge Rat
Hygiene is just that thing that happens to other pirates.
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Transfusions are spooky?
This past Thursday I went into the doctor’s office to get my weekly blood test; the numbers revealed …
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Male vs Female Brain
In response to my cousin Megan’s link to the BBC’s Male vs Female Brain Test, I have posted my …
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Embarassing Moments for Frogs
So remember that screenshot I posted of a cartoon I said I was going to finish in a week a month …
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Left vs Right Brain Test
I just took an online test to determine which side of the brain you favor, right or left. Here are …
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Gleevec’s out
Good news!
I got the first half of my test results back this Tuesday (the bone marrow test), and …
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Drum subbing
Good news! I have unearthed a video of me playing with one of my favorite bands of all time, The …
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A Change of Meds
The warmest of hellos! Some of you may have heard about my experiences last night, but for those who …
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Insurance dun dun duuun!
Big news! Finally, this blog ties into current political events, a major goal of mine for at least …
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The Big Day! …kind of
Well folks, the big day has come and gone (please refer to my last post), and it turns out to have …
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Tomorrow’s a big day
Welcome back to a brand new post, after a much begrudged absence (at least I assume it was …
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This is a little comic idea I came up with months ago for a Star Craft 2 cartoon contest Blizzard …
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So I’ve been having random ideas for comic strips, mostly one-panel affairs, but some multi-panel …
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ASCII Star Wars
Folks, I have stumbled upon something so nerdy, so impressive, and so potentially useless that I had …
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The Latest from the Greatest
Salutations from the hinterlands! Well, the New Jersey suburbs, really. I apologize for the lag in …
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Bone Marrow Update
Hey, it’s everybody’s favorite subject, bone marrow! I already told all the grisly bits in The Story …
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Get a Job
Well hello folks, just a short post this time.
It’s happened. I feel practically myself again. I’m …