Everything is relative, or, week 2 in the autumn of depressing cinema

I haven't been cataloging shit this last however long because, well, I just wasn't doing it, okay?? Hoping to resume back to a better cadence with this because writing my thoughts down on stuff is…

Are you in control

This week, I learned: I tested a few tools that help agents work with mobile devices. On Android, apart from adb, mobile-mcp seems better than Android-MCP or mobilerun (which has a different purpose,…

Term is in full swing, so this week is mostly about lecturing and talking at the CCI , followed by a tour of some of my typical termtime meetings on topics from AI governance , the CRI management…

My experience with an annoying, racist, bullying elbow buddy

Notes for week 42 of 2026

I got two free Daniel Smith dot cards (36 dots total) from a friend in Urban Sketchers Boulder. I like the idea of Dan Smith paints, but I don't have the inventory space or budget to buy all the…

I explore Python 3.15, revisit Grok subscriptions, start Tidy Traces and build a private dashboard while working out how much of each workflow I can automate.

you ok? no me either. whenever I go on linkedin I just want to post “does anyone want a hug?”. That’s all anyone really needs probably. I’m not a doctor. some people probably need more, but not the…

A detailed breakdown of the five tools I use to manage tasks, chores, plans, and ideas. Each one has exactly one job, and that's what keeps me sane.

Weeknotes for 2026, Week 42

1st July / 3.30PM I’m sat in a cemetary park in Brussels praying for good 5G. I joined the digital ticket queue at 10AM, as soon as I came out the Eurostar terminal. Tens of thousands of punters in…

Having recently visited my daughter, and having observed the unrelenting demands upon her and her partner as parents of small children in these challenging times, I’ve been thinking about what…

New day rising.

Bergamot, Tobacco, Ginger, & VetiverI went into this one expecting a Creed clone, and I wasn’t disappointed. Club de Nuit Iconic (2022) hit YouTube and TikTok as a supposed Bleu de Chanel clone.…

Another live story, this one about a dog who knows the way home. The post Run Away Home appeared first on nerd's eye view.

The 2007 Chiropractic Dollar is a private label $20 Liberty Dollar from Jeff Kotchounian and Dr. Antoinette Kotchounian at Deerfield Chiropractic in North Branch, Michigan.

Libertyman is perhaps the most prolific commenter here, rarely missing a Dad Joke (or much else, in fact). The Queen Of The World says "Happy Birthday, Sir Libertyman". I say "Check your email". Oh,…

I haven’t bought something from Amazon in a while where I’m going for a specific brand. Usually I just search what I’m looking for, and get whatever doesn’t look like complete garbage. While thinking…

After the mental breakdown that was my recent blog post about wanting to make something, I went out and made something. Neat! I did a small little deep dive into...

Blogging is a chore for me. There’s a mental desire to update the blog, write about recent thoughts and activities, but I don’t actually make the time. My drafts list is getting long. Anyway, I’ve…

Simple ideas sometimes come from simple places (sitting on the floor)

Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️ It’s been an eon since I posted! Moving as an older couple — no, I’m not that old — is a bit more difficult than when we were 20, 30, or even 40. I’m…

Big things at work and entirely too many social activities

Last weekend a small group of fellow programmers met up just outside Birmingham for what I flippantly titled “JezCon”. It was a soul-filling weekend as it gave us an opportunity to discuss our chosen…

Software engineering?

Life Darek the increasingly flakey builder failed to visit on any of the four occasions he’d said he would. I don’t mind too much, but the kids could really do with a bath at this point. Still, he…

[I don’t often write what might be called ‘diary entries’, but for some reason I felt compelled to write this one. I don’t keep a diary, so I had to post it here. Caveat…

The best part of my FI journey has been meeting eclectic, smart, and fun humans. People on the FI journey tend to be a little different and I find that I have more in common with them. I’m…

Hi, I added a little density heatmap thingy on my Notes index to visually display how frequently (or infrequently, as it were) I publish here. Heatmap for /notes (ignore inconsistent width, done is…

#Philadelphia #weather #PAwx #PhillyWx #wx Originally Posted —Last night’s frontal passage didn’t create locally severe weather, nor did the rain pass through here as fast as had…

Good morning. I am writing from my regular desk in the study. I had travelled by train to Montreal on Monday to deliver this short presentation at LVI 2026, travelled back by train all day Thursday,…

What I'm... Making A bunch of Canvas question bank creation for green construction A Canvas exam to replace an IRS online test that was taken down just before the last week of class Working on Still…

Want to make better connections with people at events? Are you shy when it comes to talking to other creators, or don't know how to approach? Let me share with you what I know!

(saturday edition) Robb Knight shared this rad site: Tiny Little Office. “Office” tools that are simple and no login or bloatware required. Now that I’m on a dumb phone, I...

I've just added a tag for My.Sister because there are many posts here that talk about her and some paint her in a positive light and others paint her in a negative light and there's no good way to…

I think I saw it today. “My farmhouse.” The inspiration for the ghost story, “Eight for a Wish, Nine for a Kiss.” Recently my wife, son and I took a short bike ride to see a house for sale in the…

In which the author confronts a surplus of pasta sauce, refuses to run a server, sticks a battery-powered commute oracle to his wall, and swells with pride at a request to drill a hole in his guitar.

This week we spotlight some of the various products that have been reduced in size — otherwise known as shrinkflation. Hershey’s Kisses Snack foods like candy keep getting smaller. Here,…

Repeating the same mistakes is a bad retirement plan. Learn more on how to maximize your post-work years in this week’s terrific links. Here’s a great calculator for calculating your net…

Monday, October 12 – Friday, October 16 I set up two mics and cut a quick acoustic demo of a song I've been playing live for over a year. My tiny studio/office remains a difficult space to record in,…

There has been a rather unfortunate misunderstanding in my household. Some time ago, the male human proudly concluded that I had developed a particularly strong attachment to him. His evidence? I had…

Six Word Saturday

I believe the formula to wealth is ridiculously simple. Executing that formula is ridiculously hard. When I turned 40, I came to the realization that I was behind in the retirement game. This can be…

I run with my son to the Art Museum steps in the stroller most days that it isn't raining. The Rodin Museum is on the way home, with the original Gates of Hell out front — one of only two pieces of…

There’s this sneaky kind of dopamine hit I feel every time I fill up my cart and make a new purchase. Even the research building up to that final click feels absolutely liberating. I have to admit; a…

Productivity is a theme I keep coming back to, despite it becoming an unpopular idea in recent times. The post The Point Of Personal Productivity appeared first on Fernando Gros.