Chris DeLuca

Had a lovely visit to Houston. Sad to leave my buds behind but glad to be back in New York. It’s cold tho.

Passed a shop in Houston with the motto: “smoke, vape, hookah, wellness”

I went to a Die Hard watch party the other night with mostly folks I didn’t Know in Houston. One person out of maybe twelve hadn’t seen it. Very fun time. 🍿

Storms rolling in out in Houston.

Cloudy sky over sparse trees and a wooden fence

I spent several hours at Cidercade in Houston yesterday. Lots of fun playing The Simpsons, Time Crisis 2, and Mario Kart DX, among others.

I learned today the best selling “For Dummies” book is Windows for Dummies. I don’t know how that compares to Acne for Dummies, which, good God, is real.

A while back my dad would text me movie reviews, and I would publish them to Tumblr. I’ve re-collected them here on my blog. They are…well, just read for yourself.

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I accidentally triggered my friend’s automatic garbage can to open, and I reflexively apologized to it. “Oh, sorry, I don’t need the garbage, my bad.”

I’m in Houston, spending time with my friends and their small daughter. It’s really nice. And warm.

Nothing makes you feel more like a tube then simultaneously being thirsty and having to pee.

I’m here watching a Steely Dan cover band and thoroughly enjoying myself. I have definitively entered my childless dad phase.

Started reading: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 📚

Finished reading: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚

The guy sitting next to me in the emergency exit row on the plane is reading a book on game theory. Doesn’t inspire the most confidence.

Caught a nice view in Harlem.

Photo of a sunset through a window with a potted plant in the foreground.

Media diet - November 2023

As December rolls in, I’ve been spending some time reflecting. There’s a lot on my mind, but for now, here’s the media I’ve been experiencing over November. Movies Killers of … Read more

Friends showed me Rebecca Black sung by Bob Dylan. It is Friday, after all. 👨‍🍳💋

Did anyone else play Gorillas back in the day? Still holds up.

You ever get a random song stuck in your head, apropos of nothing? Today it’s Come Sail Away (with meeeeee lads).

I’ve been really addicted to Suika. It’s a falling fruit, physics-based puzzler, and I can’t stop playing.

Here’s my contribution to the “what apps am I using?” posts.

Industrial metal is synth pop with a lip ring.

I made a black and white version of a shot my cousin took in LA.

Black and white photo of a rocky cliff with a pale moon in the daytime sky

Corey Doctorow on tech antitrust.

It’s possible to have a good internet run by flawed people. But to get that new, good internet, we have to support technologists of good will and character by terrorizing their venal and cynical colleagues by hitting them where they live: in their paychecks.

Capitalists hate capitalism, but we knoww how to fix it, since we used to live in that world. Regulate to increase competition.

I saw No Hard Feelings last night. Fun, formulaic, funny moments, and as always Jennifer Lawrence is endlessly charming. 🍿