May 8, 2026 I don’t know if the character in the painting is sad, or is just getting away from the news – and other people – for a few minutes… This heroine remains quite…

Two people walk into the room. One had a soft landing. The other had a hard start.

Bandcamp Friday may have been last week hit the next best time to support the artists you love is right now and since it’s Friday again, maybe there will be...

I’ve been reaching for my phone without thinking — a habit I’ve tried to break for a while now. Today, I’m doing something simple: keeping it far from my hands. Whenever the urge hits, I write it…

The founders most likely to break their company are the ones who never learned to stop building.

Managers going back to coding for various reasons. I'm trying to find which group I belong to.

So, wanna hear something a little embarrassing? I have been Chroniquelly Onlinne since forever, but there were some mysteries that to me seemed like magic. Like Photoshop. To be honest, Photoshop…

I did a show in Chicago last week and I’m sorry you weren’t there because it was so fabulously good. I’m from Minnesota and was brought up not to say that but I’m 83 and it’s time to take liberties.…

Last weekend, I went down to San Diego for my close friends’ annual Kentucky Derby party - reliably one of the most fun weekends of the year. This year was a bit more “mature” than…

Man, I just can’t shake this upper respiratory infection. Getting sick at 50 feels a lot different from when I was ten. I’m not sure how she found this old shirt, but I was delighted to…

We're in the process of moving and it's eye-opening just how much stuff we've accumulated over the span of just two and a half years. During that time, my in-laws from Viet Nam stayed with us for…

Folklórico Dancers, Celina TX. I walked and lifted weights today. I was able to help my kid with her car payment. I pan-fried gyro meat for the first time, and it was delicious. I also learned that…

The most exciting bit of news this week is that I bought myself a new phone. It's not brand new; it's a refurbished Samsung A23 which is a huge leap from my old phone and it will hopefully make my…

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Our exit interviews are emailed to all managers I work for a small company with a one-person HR team. When a team member leaves the company by…

The Giro starts in Bulgaria with a seaside stage for the sprinters. The Route: 147km and a sprint finish. After a ride along the coast, there are two laps of a 22km circuit including the intermediate…

Are you a master of the “warm intro” who is not afraid to step inside Tokyo’s luxury hotels while also meandering the hidden ateliers of Kanazawa ? Do you thrive in the high-octane…

Recently, I’ve realized that some the qualities I cherish in people seem to be mutually exclusive. And not in an obvious way: you’d expect the Venn diagram of nerdy and sporty people look like a half…

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Feeling ugly, feeling bad, feeling all kinds of sad. Which is odd, because recently, things have been relatively good. And I can hear my priest in my head now. Something about the kind of happiness…

In a recent blog post, Bob Priddy explains “why Donald Trump is Donald Trump.” [Shared here with Bob’s permission] I think I have figured out why Donald Trump is Donald Trump. He never had a…

you know sometimes it's worth just taking a step back, seeing if something is worthwhile to keep doing, and then adjust accordingly. i know that's something that should be easy advice but wow do i…

crow-with-a-pencil:bonesbeetle:pixelartpeach:Reblog to give a trans person a fresh and perfectly ripe mango wait huhALTIt’s the wikipedia image??? How big could it beALTWhatALTHuh???can see the…

What have you tried? Four brilliant words I need to start using. All. The. Time. The post What have you tried? appeared first on Jay Hoffmann.

I am fully aware they are bad for you. Yes. I know. I've heard it all. But something about smoking a cigarette in the car after a hard day at my part-time job is really healing. Or a cigarette during…

Hotel this, hotel that. Hotel somewhere, hotel wherever. The well of hospitality runs dry. Hopping from place to place chasing hope is tiring precisely because it feels so good. But running away from…

Down by the river, the place has been reverberating to the guff-like sound of paddleboards being deflated at the end of a day in the water. Similarly but differently, I overinflated a bike tyre –…

A reflection on joining Vercel, leading Community through an AI-first era, and the people, systems, and lessons I’ll carry from this chapter.

There is a phrase that gets thrown around in job interviews with the confidence of someone who knows exactly what they mean, even when they do not. “We are looking for someone who is a good culture…

# It's no secret that I've been struggling to finish tracks lately. I have an idea, create a loop, listen to it excessively, then can't extend it out to a full track. I had three separate tracks at…

Hey there. Here are 4 links I thought were worth sharing this week: #1. Coding sucks (9min) It’s not like building a house, but like jumping into a ship, nobody knows where it goes…And no, AI didn’t…

2026-05-08

2026-05-08

Cruise ships are bad for the world.

I’m trying to bring back light and breezy posting - ones that are short, sweet, and drive a little habit creation. Today, like every Friday, we went to our local park/cricket club and our eldest did…

Now seems as good a time as any to reflect on my career, such as it is, and such as it has been, so far. In truth, I've been trying to get myself to write this post for months, if not years. I…

My first in a decade, sort of.

The moment you wake up from an immersive dream and have to abruptly recalibrate to the real world.

“un jour je serai de retour près de toi”This week, Aljoscha is updating on his own. Thankfully he did not draw anything, because Sammy left a whole collection of drawings to share.

Out of office? Cambridge in the Summer? Quote of the Day ”Holy Mother we do believe, That without sin Thou didst conceive; May we now in Thee believing, Also sin without conceiving.” A.P. Herbert My…

I drew this a few weeks ago and finally put the video together that I planned to make while I was drawing it. I feel like I have a large backlog of things I've been wanting to do, but I've also been…

tried 7-eleven's chocolate strawberry smoothie...love! more chocolate than strawberry, would get it againchinese peony season!glad that the other 2 bloomedthat krazy lady from across the street…

(One of my summaries of the 2026 one-day PyGrunn conference in Groningen, NL). His parents owned a record store in some Dutch town. First records, then CDs. A social shop where you would gather to…

Held on multiple charges, Tony Phillips will be released under electronic monitoring Friday

Puppy considers all its traits that make it pawsibly a vampire.

the pain in my shoulder finally cleared up and i'm back to normal now, yay ^-^ hopefully i can go more than a few months now before another major health disruption (╥_╥) [...]

In this blog I’ve often mentioned the name of my late friend Bertrand Dufresne, who passed away 10 years ago this year. Despite all the good memories I have with him, I wanted to remember him…

This is a list of things I buy and regret purchasing every single time. Ever expanding reminders for myself. My general theory of life: Do not expose yourself to luxury (middle class life being my…

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