the book club has ended, but i'll be continuing the tradition
back in 2024, a few of my friends and i started a small book club, choosing a book each month and meeting online to discuss it. over time, it became harder to find a time that worked for everyone, so…
Spooky Open Mike!
It’s an Open Mike week, and Halloween is on the way, so… Talk amongst yourselves. I have more copyedits to finish reviewing.
Is it really October already?
I can't believe this is my first post of 2026. I'm at the stage of life where time absolutely flys by. It's been a busy year so far across basically every dimension of my life. I had planned to write…
Inbox Triage
Here's my workflow for managing conversations and to-dos.Trello Inbox I get messages in email, Facebook, X, LinkedIn DMs, Intercom, and two different Slack workspaces.Grok Bot watches all of…
都是天才
刚刚看到朋友圈，亲戚说她的儿子最近喜欢一个什么数学相关的玩具还是什么的。 然后另外一个亲戚评论说：喜欢数学好，以后逻辑思维强。 我想，怎么什么都有一个目的呢？对于小孩来说，喜欢玩所谓“益智”玩具和喜欢打游戏其实没区别，就是觉得好玩。 什么事倒推都成立。 假如以后她的小孩长大后数学真的很强，这个玩具肯定就是成就他们的愿意之一吧？ 但是，这玩具一年都卖了多少套啊。 据说朗朗父亲很严，把朗朗练成了。…
Grab Bag #74
The Domino Club, wet streets, neon, and being a kid in San Francisco.
Celina's new home
Don't panic. She still lives here, still dominates her humans, and still has a great deal to say about the whole situation. However, the kitty condo we got for Curtis and Celina has seen better days.…
I Don’t Watch Football Anymore
Randy texted me about the exciting finish to the ND/Stanford NCAA football game. It made me smile. Not the result, not even the topic, but the excitement. A parent is only as happy as his least happy…
Weekly #41 (2026)
Art gallery and Orange and Olive pop-up Saa's with her art, framed for the gallery (PC: Saa) Ash and Saa’s art gallery is happening in ISB, Hyderabad, next weekend. And a lot of this week…
The Grandpa I Want to Be
I know exactly what kind of grandpa and uncle I want to be. I want to be the one who gets shot with a Nerf gun the second he walks in the door and tackled into some roughhousing before he’s…
chance operations/gifts some 48-year-olds might enjoy
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Nine Days of Maa Durga, Nine Days of Devotion and Care
Navratri has always been a special time for me – a festival of faith, strength, devotion, festivity and togetherness. I began fasting during Navratri with my […]
Wed 15 October 2026
I've been quite busy lately with ... things and didn't read anything (apart from a page or two of Project Hail Mary before falling asleep right away).Pierre-Yves Nicolas, developer of…
The better technology
<h1>The better technology</h1> <p>This summer I did 3 months residency in Berlin. I attended the program called <a href="https://sandbox.techeurope.io">The…
Cathay Pacific | Airbus A321-251NX | B-HQD | NG Models ‘Ultimate Collection’
Airbus has a history of producing aircraft with a lot of growth potential. The A330 expanded from a medium range […] The post Cathay Pacific | Airbus A321-251NX | B-HQD | NG Models ‘Ultimate…
Art Can’t Die
A note from a future version of myself.
Stop Overthinking: A Five-Word Phrase for Late-Night Thoughts
Early in our relationship the majority of conversations I had with Leslie were … 1 on 1. Morning breakfasts, walking to the grocery store, coming back to my apartment, making a bowl of pasta.We had…
Thinking of buying a car...
Driving in India, in the major cities is a hell-like experience. Civic sense spills over on the streets, and that leads to endless traffic jams with everyone trying to squeeze themselves into the…
The Story of Me
For years I mixed up the emptiness track and the conditionality track, which left me confused and made it hard to talk about my practice. Seeing that they were distinct, and knowing which one I was…
She is Quite the Psychic Every Day
Before I begin this entry onto one of the crumpled pages of the Martenblog, I shall do two things. Firstly, I shall list the ideas this entry should cover. Secondly, I shall go through the last eight…
A tribute to Helen Branswell
Helen Branswell has died. She was an esteemed infectious disease reporter, and I would like, in my own small way, to honor her memory. The COVID-19 pandemic changed my relationship to and perception…
The Price of a Lesson
At fourteen, I stole a pair of trousers and some socks. We could not afford them. I thought if I could reach the street, I might look like any other boy. The shopkeeper caught me at the door. He…
Video and Interview from “Head in the Cloud 2026”
I genuinely enjoyed being part of Head in the Cloud by mittwald this year. Now they released the video of my talk (it’s in German, sorry), which was titled “Weniger Slides. Mehr Austausch.”…
Your Role As The Parent Must Change
Dr. Jim Burns, author, speaker, and president of HomeWord has used his experience raising three daughters and speaking with and learning from thousands of other parents to develop nine principles…
Of Mice and Music (Weeknote No. 26-41)
Music. Went with my sister-in-law to see Shaboozey at Kemba Live, an indoor/outdoor concert venue in downtown Columbus. I preferred the opening act, Kashus Culpepper, to the headliner. Overall, the…
Of Mice and Music (Weeknote No. 26-41)
Music. Went with my sister-in-law to see Shaboozey at Kemba Live, an indoor/outdoor concert venue in downtown Columbus. I preferred the opening act, Kashus Culpepper, to the headliner. Overall, the…
Hey, Internet...I'm Back, Sorry {Taffy Tuesday #10}
Hello, Internet, and good mornight to you all. My name is Taffryne, shoppekeeper of Midnight on Memory Lane , and I am so sorry I went completely radio silent this past week . 'Twas not a pleasure,…
Noticing
an intentional visit, a stop for a beverage, adding a plant to the house… “to notice is to live” is how i’m thinking lately. simple.
Playing along
The thing about watching my mom lose her grip on reality is that I feel like I’m participating in some way. For years now, I’ve honed my skills as mom-whisperer: she’s always been a…
The Newcastle Chapter I Never Got to Finish
I’ve been going through some old messages and notes from 2019 recently. It’s amazing how much you can forget about a particular period of your life, only to have it all come flooding back when you…
The Weight of Opportunity
The pressure to not squander the opportunities in front of you.
Bulletin № 39, Babytown
Our son was born 3 months ago. That's still a weird sounding sentence to me. It feels more like a little goblin boy showed up one day demanding milk and wailing ceaselessly into the night.…
Jetrol
If you have wings on your car, your fuel is duty free.
Which skills are still worth mastering?
I don't know what to write about this week. I didn't use my AI agent and was mostly out in nature. It felt like vacation honestly, although I had no days off. I also felt more productive, which might…
An Introvert’s Case for Skipping Small Talk and Building Real Connections
You don’t need to over-exert yourself developing deep relationships with everyone you meet — especially as an introvert. Here’s why.
Pop Loser Vol. 7, No. 3 - Ode, snap.
Ode, snap. Vol. 7, No. 3 I’m not a very good photographer. I tried to change that a few times in my life (as recently as last year, in fact) — I spent too much on a camera and got really into Flickr…
After the long summer
A few things from a long summer: a stubborn ThinkPad, a MiniDisc rabbit hole, Swiss bureaucracy, and what AI is actually good for.
Consequences
Unfortunately, I have not been entirely true...
Con Season (Part I)
Tomorrow morning, I'm off to Gamehole Con in Madison, Wisconsin, the first of two conventions I'll be attending in the next few weeks. As I did last year , I'll write a post or two about my…
I Didn't Realize How Much I Missed the Sun
I've been super busy developing an iOS app for Treasure Coast Today . So busy, in fact, that I didn't even realize how much I've missed out on one of my favorite things: the warm feel of the sun on…
Week 394
A week bookended by fish surnamed men: Richard Herring’s (London’s glittering) Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, for my last time, unless the next two sold out live shows being the last is like those…
Some Thoughts About Joel and AI #JoelKallmanDay
Where I Saw Joel for the First Time I remember Joel Kallman’s talk on the boat at APEX World 2019 in Rotterdam very well. I was sitting in the front row on the right, about two metres away from Joel,…
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Right now I am facing a tiny, trippy question: am I listening to Billy Joel’s A Minor Variation […]
Saturday 10 October – Barcelona
The anarchist toaster was replaced with a timid one that needed lots of encouragement to do its work. Jo brought back some pastries from the shop on the corner. Want to buy a carton of gazpacho? I go…
Fairy fall day
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