Back in 2017, a judge in Hawaii ordered a defendant to write more than 140 “nice” things about his ex-girlfriend after he violated a protection order. “For every nasty thing […]

This a reply to blighttown on their post Bad posts on social media are probably part of what makes them addicting Some time ago I used to play PUBG. At first it started in mobile, but when my LG…

Properly cool at last. On Tuesday I woke to tantalising petrichor waft and visible evidence of overnight rain, and so then, yes!, it rained properly on Thursday. I was able to work from home on…

The promised bad weather didn’t really materialise outside of a couple of hours of rain and we’re back to sunny days again for now. Another week that has flown past without much rest.

YouTube videos or other checklists such as, "The 10 Things You Need To Get Healthy," or, "21 Fantasy Books You Must Read," are as likely to have a valuable idea as not. When consuming them I need to…

When the right action is unclear, progress comes from a simple loop: act, observe, learn—and change what you do next.

Doing: A lot of resting, as I became a human petri dish and ended up with laryngitis and a secondary ear infection. It's taken three days but I'm finally feeling more human now, although my voice is…

From the CEO who once drove a forklift to game developers taking 250,000 photos of New York, real experience beats abstraction every time and can make the difference between good and groundbreaking.…

What happened this week?A week churning through a growing to-do list, trying to focus on one thing at a time and ticking-off multiple admin tasks. Often the tasks you think will be simple open up a…

Here is what I read from 17th to 23rd August 2026. <a href="#Blogs" class="headerlink" title="Bl

First, this project needs funding. Go here if you wish to help, even a little bit. Thanks so much; all help is greatly appreciated!What’s the holdup on betas?Apple. Apple’s the holdup. I can’t even…

A short (work) week &#8211; I had the Monday off and went to Basel for some shopping and lunch with my sister. Of course the Tuesday was very much a condensed Monday then, so that was great. In other…

(This is my twenty-third post in a series of entries I'm using to participate in Blaugust for 2026.)

Long Angle, a free, peer-led community for high-net-worth individuals (minimum net worth US$3 million) published a 2026 High-Net-Worth Financial Products review. The 28 page PDF is linked below. ...…

My week of Monday 17 to Sunday 23 August 2026 was both productive and entertaining. I posted a podcast, I got a bunch of client work done, I saw the wonderful Takashi Wakasugi in an intimate comedy…

Personal notes for week 34 of 2026

Drake Brule #6

Ein erstes Ärgernis war, den Kipppunkt mal wieder verpasst zu haben, an dem die Temperaturen draußen die Temperaturen drinnen überstiegen haben. Die Fenster der Wohnung über Nacht auf Kipp gehabt,...

Hi. College started back up last week, and it's going well so far, but of course it's only the first week so I have time to fuck it up still. But let's not think like that. Positive vibes ONLY. It…

As I previously noted on a couple of occasions, we are holding a Funding the Future event in Ely on Saturday, 3 October. More information Read the full article...

I had a long and fascinating chat with David and Jeffre the other day. They wanted to talk about Cog for their interestingness project and knowing a conversation with them is always fascinating I…

Shitty Camera Challenge, Day 53:Caught a few pictures at dinner tonight, The City Fish in Cupertino. New to us, pretty good seafood dishes, but the portions were overwhelmingly large. If you like…

I sat in a release review and felt betrayed.

How I use Habitica to turn cardiac rehab and daily routines into an RPG: a 6:40 circuit as a Daily, WHOOP recovery as XP, and a shutdown ritual quest.

Just a regular dude posting his thoughts.

This blog should be subtitled “and now I understand sexually explicit lamps”. On Thursday night (20th August 2026), I travelled to my university laden with equipment and high hopes. I left laden with…

A man bought a wreck in Spitalfields and spent twenty years taking it backwards - no electricity, no plumbing, no twentieth century. Why?

Earlier, I wrote a post about how no healthy relationship can sustain itself when the relationship comes at the cost of the partners involved. It’s what happens when the “us”...

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Yesterday as I was working on making some new graphics, I thought I would take a little break and make me a new tag using one of those images. The images I&#8217;ve been making are cute pups dressed…

In rememberance of our Dunkan

I LOVE THAT I GET TO POST STUFF LIKE THIS!! Tonight we had game night at Jaime and Ben’s house, which is something we used to do when we started...

Tech Industry &amp; Culture Link to heading Dogshit In the late 80s, a Microsoft manager coined “eat their own dogfood” to push internal use of LAN Manager. The practice made sense when teams needed…

DailyDogo 1730 🐶

I’ve dialed back my TV show consumption recently. There are a lot of shows I want to watch but I feel like I’m busy enough already. It’s kinda nice having less to keep up with but I do still feel the…

A short roundup this week, but the two posts pair up better than they have any right to. Both are about doing useful work when you can&rsquo;t see the whole picture yet: one at the level of streaming…

Where to focus your attention.

The things I use on my day to day. I'll try keep this up to date with what I actually use !! s.remove());this.src=this.src;console.warn('FYI - You missed alternative formats when converting!')"/>…

I have mixed feelings about this year’s European Athletics Championships. On the one hand, the standard was very high, as it usually is when the Europeans do not coincide with the Olympic Games. When…

It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy! Here’s the…

This week’s AI linkdump is a whole lot of videos (and okay, maybe a few links, too). Enjoy! Loop engineering Graph engineering &#160; DeepSeek Harness The downside CNBC: Anthropic IPO filing will…

I applied to give a talk this year at Clojure Conj. After good bit of work, I submitted the following blurb: A Practical Type Linter for Clojure Type validation is great, but manually writing…

By all means, use a financial advisor if you want to. But don’t assume that you have to, or that you will make more money by doing so. You are perfectly capable of managing your own money, including…

I noticed recently that it had been more than a year since I posted anything here, so it seemed like time for a small update. I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus from working on new mathematical writing…

These are some things I’ve wandered across on the web this week. 🔖 Do you WANT contributors? An open-source project’s first few artifacts are click-through: license (checkbox), README (template),…

Hey. It’s been a while. Life update, to say the least: I’m starting grad school soon. This means a lot of reading and writing beforehand (although not much here). In an effort to rewire my brain,…

I've read a lot of posts and watched videos about how boredom is good. I'm bored now and it feels real bad. I'm sitting here in mild discomfort because my desk setup has been temporary for almost 3…

cryptotheism:kunosoura:oh sorry! yeah i think you misheard me. yeah i&rsquo;m pretty chill these days now that they have me on lithium, haven&rsquo;t really had anger to deal with in a while. Yeah…

This week’s main blog discussions include … The TrustWeb: Revisiting the Origins of Moneykind Ten years ago, I wrote a series of blogs called The Origins of Moneykind. They accompanied the launch of…