Outliers
Find the move that makes the rest look like a footnote.
The Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare and Their Importance for Backyard Chickens
I recently attended an ‘Ask A Vet’ workshop hosted by Dr Vicki Bowes. During that session she referenced The FiveContinue Reading
Inside the Simulation Model
We dig into the details of the model:
All the things I didn't say yesterday
Dear Dad, Yesterday was your viewing. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind. Between mom getting sick, you passing, and planning your funeral... I have been so busy that I almost snort with…
The first stage is denial …
If I had a God I’d pray to him or her or it for fortitude and the strength to transcend fatigue, obtuseness and pettiness. For all the tens of thousands of hours spent over thirty years of…
Grimtech Blog
Hello my name is Chris Grimmett, aka “Grimtech” Contact me at chris@grimtech.net What I’m working on A tool to help youtubers run giveaways Growing My YouTube Channel Selling stuff on my ebay Store…
The Hardware Store and the Cost of Software Maintenance
So, who knew a trip to the hardware store would lead me to a theory about how to calculate a team's velocity, not in story points, but in complexity points?
Start With Formative Assessment
If I’m only allowed to pick one thing in order to improve instruction at a school, I’d start with formative assessment. Why? Every other improvement relies on it. Crucially, one cannot know if…
My Writing IS 100% Organic
Response to My writing is not 100% organic anymore I am so tired of posts about AI, so I'll try to write about everything besides it. Believe it or not, I am not a native english speaker either. When…
the many states of emma
Write a blog post about how old you feel in your head. Why? i feel various ages at different times. this seems to extend to how i communicate, behave and act as well. sometimes i feel as though i am…
Catching Up on Summer 2026
It has been a busy summer. On the personal front, my son got married, and the wedding was everything such an occasion should be, everything it could be, and then a good deal more. Things have been…
being myself anonymously
Sometimes I take a selfie that looks sooo good and I wanna post it here, but at the same time, I kinda like being more anonymous. It's easier to feel less judged when you can only make your opinion…
Beth Shalom one year in
Last August I left my previous synagogue, which had just voted to merge with another and move out of the neighborhood, and joined Beth Shalom, the…
Week Notes - 2026-33
Last week was pretty good. Made quite a bit of progress in app development and also worked out quite a bit. App Development Grove Added some finishing touches to my app, Grove, and submitted it to…
Motivated for the new school year
Who am I, and what have I done with the real conchcat?
[Anti Fund] August 2026: Scarcity
[I'm open-sourcing relevant sections of my Anti Fund (antifund.com) LP letters which I write monthly.]Dear Partners and Friends,Last month I wrote that alpha is rotating toward atoms (and hence…
im gonna frow up
I'm not at peace with dying alone But I'm not at war either No, I am planted on the shore knowing The ashen tide may or may not rise Well I drifted off pretty quick but woke up at 2 am, so fun. My…
Shopping wishlist
Yoga mat Handkerchiefs Cold weather gloves Wool socks, crew, size 11 Skoda DuoBell Bicycle bell Bicycle rear light with laser Bicycle front light (rechargable) Bicycle front basket Kickstand BetaFPV…
The importance of note taking in the age of AI
You don't need to be told that LLMs impact our critical thinking. You can feel it. When you ask ChatGPT or Claude a question, you are skipping the effort that comes with finding the answer. This is…
New Bugtunez: He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...
Back from vacation with a brand new Bugtunez, here ya'll go! He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms… Also, I did a little bugfix for the front page that…
goodbye sequined shoes
today i sold these fabulous sequined wedges to my local vintage shop. i knew the day would come. they were a smidge too big on me and impossible to walk in. even though i couldn't wear them, i loved…
Three People Is a Team. Seven Is a Committee with Zero Decisions.
Three people have three lines of communication. Seven people have 21. That is Brooks’ Law: communication overhead grows much faster than headcount. This single insight should change how you…
My Time as a Student of Bill Geppert (1966–2026)
Remembering My Teacher, Bill Geppert
What I'm doing now.
Building Nothing to share currently. Reading I’m currently revisiting Gödel, Escher, Bach, which I’ve not picked up in quite a few years. Thinking about How to make engineering…
What about tomorrow?
I am asking because I might be available tomorrow. Read on hmmburger Thanks for reading. -Vincent
Things 3
Here is a list of tings I read/watched/played/etc. this week that you might find interesting or enjoyable: Things to read Link to heading SIMD in the 90s — Great article explaining what Intel’s…
Replacing My Screentime with Reading
My goal this week is for my Kindle to be at the top of my phone screen time report, so I started vibe coding tools to make it happen.
Castle
Maybe I don’t need to buy a castle after all.
The app blocker I made because I kept cheating on Screen Time
I kept skipping my Screen Time limits and did not want to spend €50 on an NFC blocker, so I made my own.
The Singular Viable Product
Why software built for one is no longer an escape from scale, but its new starting point.
People are complicated, so organizations are too
tag(s): #link-post #random-thoughts A couple days ago I was reading a post by Javier, Transferring Knowledge. I agree with most of points made. The last paragraph stuck with me, because I think what…
Academic Food Chain (In Australia)
Basically no one outside of Academia actually understands how Academia works. That's understandable, I don't really know how a law office works. In anycase, here is a super short rundown on the…
#0140
In that weird limbo where I don't know where to direct my energy. I REALLY wanna code but stupid GitHub Actions and the other two ways to sync my site to Neocities DIDN'T WORK! The thought of getting…
What's on My Mind - August 19, 2026
Culture College students are experiencing an increase in loneliness since the pandemic. People love to judge people for putting their children in daycare, and also for not putting their children in…
August kind of feels like it’s hibernation season already… 😅 Or maybe that’s what I tell myself.
August kind of feels like it’s hibernation season already… 😅 Or maybe that’s what I tell myself.Chibird store | Patreon | Instagram
Ugh
I haven’t given up on this site. But it’s been a battle. When I was going through cancer last year the site got attacked and infected. I cleaned it out and tightened it in every way…
I’m Building for Shipaton 2026: Three Weeks In
Three weeks into Shipaton 2026: The initial features for v1.0 are set up. Now it's time to clean up and polish 🧽
2026 College Football Predictions: American Athletic Conference
I made some solid predictions about this conference last year. This year though, the conference sees a bunch of new
Ordinary Abundance
Read the full post at - Ordinary Abundance What a beautiful website & a beautiful reminder of the absolute abundance that many of us live with compared to our very recent ancestors -…
"I gots to know"
Howdy!Been awhile! I started Town Hall Citizen (THC). Proud of the work I did there, but one man - or at least this man - isn't going to change a nation. I'll be bringing the THC content…
Adulation Inflation
There's a bit of business that inevitably comes up whenever a friend or acquaintance experiences some level of fame. I hear something like this: "Sure, I'm just a golf columnist [or singer/songwriter…
UN 244: Better Buses to Big Shopping Centres
Executive Summary: Improved buses to major shopping centres are the 'low hanging fruit' of the bus world. They have high patronage gains relative to their cost and often do not need network reform or…
On Layers
Five pieces that survived every gear purge — including almost ten Echos, worn all four seasons. The closet keeps converging on OR, and not out of loyalty. Good gear is the gear you stop noticing.
Pre-order Finish What Matters
In 2017, I decided I needed to get serious about shipping creative work. So I challenged myself to send an email a day for 30 days. I wrote a draft of a book I’d call Getting Art Done. Some of…
The Resume is an Evidence Map – Not a Signal
AI is the new "organic" in the job market. Every resume claims to be an expert in all things AI. The valuable person is not listing AI as a signal. It is the person who combines AI skills with…
Mario Bemer Canvas Loafers – Fabric, Color & Individuality
I’ve always loved fabric in shoes, and I can’t quite pinpoint the first time I experienced this fascination. I want to say it was during my Nordstrom days when I used to sell shoes there.…
living and learning and loving the little things
I feel very naive and stupid. Perhaps thats a lot of what your 20s feel like. Having pipedreams and getting them broken over your head. I'm trying to focus on the present moment for now. Life is so…
My new favorite piece of tech is 37 years old and costs $25
I was interrupted zero times writing this review. The post My new favorite piece of tech is 37 years old and costs $25 appeared first on Chris Bailey.
We Stopped Teaching What We Never Stopped Running
The training went where the roadmap went. The work didn’t. [also posted at Engineer of Data Substack] tl;dr – Sign up for SSIS Premium, use the coupon code “alblog” and save…