The goal isn't a flawless scorecard. It is building a system that stays curious and never loses the ability to see what is different. Where has your team mistaken a polished proxy for real impact?…

As a photographer of over two decades, I have cycled through more gear than I care to count. I’ve shot and owned virtually every mainstream system, from DSLRs to the latest mirrorless cameras.…

Last night I had the most vivid dream. I had travelled to a large house with my son with the express purpose of him purchasing a Smart ForTwo car off the occupier. We looked around the car and it…

Claude has bad days. Today it really decided to dance naked in the crypt: three confident wrong answers in a row on the same question, a five-round verification apparatus I never asked for, a…

My brain rewiring from starting from constrains of tech choices, money, time etc To start from what is the best scenario i want and the reshape it to fit...

On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to…

I recently logged my 6,000th Daylio entry. I have been using the app since August 2018, when I was twelve: over eight years of entries, averaging just over two a day. I now have a record of my life…

There are things that are the most visible when they’re no longer there. Lately, our oldest pet, MiniBeastie (of her real name IV as in Ivy and cat number 4) has not been well. She started…

I recently went to a weekend of weddings that bent tradition - sticking to some and tweaking others.

every time i think i'm doing better, i feel myself slip. yes, yes, healing isn't linear and if i zoom out i'm honestly thriving but on the day itself? yow. after the socializing of last weekend…

I used to like flying. I suppose I still do but the psychic price that comes with the entire endeavour is just too much for me these days. Airports and flying used to hold a mythical status for me as…

Turned down a workplace invitation of pizzas and headed home along the creek. Another coolish ride with thick clouds of small insects, some scary Oakleigh-driver shenanigans in Atherton Road as…

- After years of writing, blogging, and self-publishing, I felt ready to share what I had learned so far. That’s how I ended up writing one of my most popular books: I Can’t Help Being an INFP…

I've read about four books on how to plot novels. I've never been able to use what I learned to write one. I run into problems, and I don't know how to solve them. Couldn't connect theory and…

It has been quiet around me for a while. But it feels like time for another round of self reflection, a bit of celebration, and a few other topics. I am not sure if I should split this into several…

I've been trying to get back to school for more than a year now. Actually, before I even left my former school, I was researching apprenticeship or scholarship opportunities. How many attempts did I…

After using a new system for 6 months, we re-recorded the entire second half of our 'Task & Project Management' course.

I was out on the road last week doing my one-man stand-up show, enjoying the friendliness of breakfast waitresses, appreciating fresh-made hash browns over the packaged, and sometimes they’re in a…

I had this idea for a post yesterday. I was on a tube in the sea and it was the perfect idea. And yet now, many hours later, it’s gone. I should have written it down, ohh well.

Featuring Mr. Germlin and Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand There are workplaces that occasionally have bad days. There are workplaces where communication sometimes breaks down. There are workplaces…

As recorded by Mr. Germlin, with editorial interference from Jerry “The Ankle-Biter” Silverhand. There is something spiritually dangerous about reaching Day 6 of 6. You start rubbing your hands…

Sometimes, I feel like song lyrics describe how I'm feeling. Recently, the opening of Your Graduation by Modern Baseball has been playing repeatedly in my head. More specifically, "It's been three…

It's been over 6 months since I started posting on my bearblog, and I think it's good time for a bit of reflection - Like reminding myself of the roots. Bearblog post as a response to the update of…

Well, two more bite the dust. I spent the last day with two friends (separately) before their departure. One of them is flying overseas to go stay with a friend’s uncle in Italy, and the other is…

Oredev is an awesome conference I really enjoy. This will be my fourth year. I have had the fortune of going as a speaker and every year I sift through the probably very nice Java and .Net talks for…

Biweekly update on what I'm writing, listening, watching, and playing this week. Captain's Log #3: harshmode The post Captain’s Log #3: Holding position, awaiting new coordinates appeared first on…

This is a situation I have written about so many times on the blog over the years. It happens in all sorts of different ways, but it‘s ultimately the same pattern every time. You figure something out…

I get faster speeds when i update my linux laptop with bpn on. Indian problems ig

The sound comes from your phone while you are crossing the street, illegal to imitate and impossible to...

Main Page + Calendar Day 19: Victoria and Albert Museum That tea cup!! Plus birds, coronet and mirror...that maroon isn't my favourite colour but I will take it lol. Totally frivolous (for me, since…

just another day of living with adhd

Winter is coming. Maybe. Hopefully not anytime soon.

I’ve been corresponding over the years with a young man Djarudi Habimana from Rwanda. He got in touch with me through LinkedIn, and at that time needed funds to sell chickens and vegetables to…

black holes The moon Seeing planets through a telescope Space in general (except like… life on other planets. That kind of freaks me out cuz we (humans) don’t know how to act and just let things…

After about a year of agentic coding - the trade-off that kept us from starting things is gone.

A terrible email to receive, and likely the first of many.

Things I did Got a new wallet - one of those adult things School is back in session, so the days have been going by faster Started a new book Gathered a lot of inventory and found neat ways to…

Two years after Toy was born, it's time to consolidate

Another one of those weeks that did not feel productive but actually several things did get done and I shouldn’t ignore them. Made some progress on some external bits of work that were (and are)…

I want to quickly comment on a change in myself I was observing for the past few months.

One week since the last changelog. I am going to enjoy that sentence before the streak becomes statistically meaningful. Last week was about getting agents into real machines. This week was about…

A blog post by Jack LaFond.

Mugshot I was brooding about Keynes the other day (because of something I’m writing) and suddenly looked at the mug on my desk, and there he was, courtesy of a David Low cartoon in the New Statesman…

so for the last several weeks meta has not been fingerprinting my song, “the penis (eek!)”, (which gets hundreds of thousands of plays daily) on their platforms. this means that i am…

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The unintended consequences of good security My bag felt light yesterday morning. I didn’t think much of it until I got to the station and realised why: my laptop was still at home. For a moment, I…

Chapter 19 of Come Prepared to Die. You're the last word on the technical call. You're also the bottleneck on every material technology decision. Both are true. The post Expert vs facilitator…

I stopped into my local bookseller, Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, to pick up my latest special order ( Do Blue: Water, waves, and wellbeing , and Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing,…

It’s easy to forget how many things that are perfectly ordinary to us would seem magical to someone from even a few decades ago, let alone one or two centuries. You don’t even have to…