I'm reviewing Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari one page at a time, sometimes four. Today's post marks the end of Chapter 1. An Animal of No Significance. But first, a…

You know Kevin Stitt – the Oklahoma governor who uses his power and influence to steer government contracts, appointments, and state-government goodies to friends, donors, and political allies? Well,…

I saw how NPR had a segment discussing, " The worrisome return of the R-Word, " late last month. It is a good listen and only 14 minutes long. The general idea is how the word, "Retarded," started…

Prior to this month, all of my posts this year have been for records that I picked up in 2025. Moving into May, it is nice to finally start writing about records that I've bought this year. I've…

Well… I took another website trip again. I ended up reading declassified CIA files for a while and somehow drifted into learning about hemi-syncing. I still have more to read later. It feels like one…

Hi, long time no see! Got a few (spoiler-free) screenshots of my twins fresh out of the 7.5 update oven! I love the cackle emote way too much. 7.5 gave me so much to be excited for for the next…

Hello, Very Fine People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. I'm writing today from Chicago, where I was chair for the Society of…

An essay about the past AI-promises-era and how we got here in the first place

Plastic Bags for Paperbacks Update: May 2026 It's nearly been six years since I last posted on plastic bags for storing paperbacks . I thought I would revisit the topic and update on where you can…

I am sitting in my car in front of my grandpa’s. I am writing for the next twenty minutes. My head and body are excited this morning. A hint of stress. Good stress. This morning I drove over in the…

yerin altında bir süre kaldıktan sonra bir daha dünyaya asla aynı gözle bakamazsınız. dünya, anlatılamayacak kadar güzelleşir gözünüzde ama yine de bu güzellik öylesine geçici, öylesine gerçek dışı…

I’ve been covering leather bags and backpacks for so long that I’ve started my own leather bag and backpack company on the side (they’re made from feral hogs, it’s awesome).…

Hold still. Mexico City, 2021.

Mix LTR and RTL scripts with correct intrinsic ordering.

Keep connectors attached when nodes move or resize.

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Binders and binders of the Epstein files have been printed, cataloged and are now displayed at Mriya Gallery on Reade through May 21.

Neoplatonism is a philosophy of intelligible experience. Human beings overflow their experiences through story, art, and social connection. Everything Denethor sees and infers is correct at a certain…

Serial/NYT's recent season from M. Gessen on unforgivable family is solidly constructed and reported. Is that enough?

During this semiquincentennial summer, there are a number of new red, white, and blue products, and one of the most intriguing is this Firecracker Pop Oreo. Designed to mimic a patriotic ice pop, it…

Maybe I just haven't had enough coffee yet? But to me... not really. "High Concept" means that it's easy to understand from a nutshell, one-line pitch. These are probably very plot-driven stories,…

Opus 1: The Comedy of Errors In other news, I’m afraid there will be no article next week, as my wife and I do some much-needed springtime home-and-garden work. I’ll see you in two weeks…

Back when I learned to drive (in the era of manual transmissions) they taught us to merge into another lane of traffic by safely slowing down and yielding...

Seb Gorka's attack on Europe for not defending what he calls freedom of speech, appearing in a counterterrorism policy that refuses to defend against terrorists whose ideology he shares, is a demand…

I have always wanted to build a personal knowledge graph. Something that connects my Slack conversations, emails, local files, and project context into one searchable, intelligent layer. I tried…

Courtland and Channing have a new app 💰 Plus, all the week's best indie startup news

With thanks to Kim Bastin in Melbourne, who put it in the post. Spring has finally arrived in Stockholm. I mention it only because there's a quality of north European light returning after winter…

I worked with project managers at Micron in Boise. One of the PMs told me that Idaho made three chips: potato, wood, and computer. I suspect that it's tough to get reservations at the few fancy…

The course of life can change very suddenly, and without warning, context, or expectation. April started positively, with a short trip to the homeland to reset myself in anticipation of my final term…

Dromio S. Master, shall I be porter at the gate? Adriana Ay; and let none enter, lest I break your pate. Beginnings can be funny things. Before the Beatles could commence transforming pop and rock…

designer in question: ileyener febuary - atlanta (20-24) Kamayan chickarrones, veggie lumpia, camaron de zamboanga, patty's pak pak patis, bistek baryo, hot ginger tea, gumamela juice, & ube creme…

Robert Stephens started making computer tech-support house calls on his dirt bike while he was a college student at the University of Minnesota in 1994. He’d arrive to a customer’s house…

Some observations on the impact of low overnight temperatures on colony development and spring swarming, and the use of Taranov swarm control to partition the flying and 'non-flying' bees to prevent…

Die Ausgabe von Fadimat105 tönt am Dienstag, den 2. Juni von 22 Uhr bis Mitternacht über die Radiowellen von Radio Fro auf 105 Mhz. Sendungsmotto: Ein Gast! The next show will be broadcast on…

AI can be overhyped AND be underhyped at the same time. Both things can be true. In the USA, there’s plenty of hype and Texas-size snake oil fields gushing black, tarry slop 24/7. There’s…

The northern half of the Lincuo Anti-Airborne Position (林厝反空降陣地) runs through farmland and a hillside cemetery in Daya, picking up where the cluster of forts around Taichung Metropolitan Park…

Most supply-chain tools organize the request. The hard part is still turning messy evidence into something another company can trust.

On owning the relationship to my readers and students.

Today I lost a customer who had been with me for about 3 years. As I was contemplating the loss, it also dawn on me that half of the year is gone. I do my best not to waste time by cutting back on…

The doomer, burn-it-all-down subculture on this pathetic blog feels smug today with the latest jobs numbers. They suck. “So far, 2026 is a year to forget for the Canadian labour market,” say the…

I’ll write much more about design for birth and death in coming months — I have a fellowship next year and will teach two new courses on this subject — but this story nicely details the ways…

Recent renovations have brought the layout out from the wall so I've used that opportunity to dust it, clear away the clutter and run trains again. I also set up my tripod so I can grab a quick video…

Several albums into their career, The Lemon Twigs finally feel unencumbered by expectation. Usually that equation works in reverse, but the band’s early days always felt like they were under the…

What can we do as individuals? Nothing, virtually nothing. We cannot influence in the decisions of our leaders, nor in the attitude of the gregarian crowds that they manage with maquiavelic…

Recently I was very honoured and somewhat overwhelmed to meet and film with the legendary Dame Evelyn Glennie.

And it could be getting a mega swimming pool The BT Tower will remain a London landmark after MCR Hotels and BT Group agreed to a £275 million sale in 2024 as part of BT's cost-cutting measures,…

🎨 Impressions I came across Mike Monteiro about ten years ago, when a talk of his on design principles made the rounds. At the time, what he said was pure gold for me at my company. He ran a digital…