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Funny. I think this a lot - but never quite put my finger on it. 🔗 Geography is four-dimensional But that place is long gone. It’s not like that anymore. 💬 Derek Sivers When it gets down to it I…

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You know, if you go onto Pinterest and type in the word “hotdog” you will find all sorts of pictures. Most are these glorious images of fancy hotdogs with all sorts of topping and what…

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I have referenced it in passing a couple of times now, but a few years ago when the Minimalism documentary blew up on Netflix, the whole thing made a lot of sense to me. Back in 2017 I immediately…

Here comes the AIRSTEPPY! (via JetPens) It looks like the new LAMY Safari neoncolor pens are set to officially launch on May 12th - allegedly. Maybe then my whingining will end. Plus, I need more…

Towards the end of 2019 I started playing goalie in ice hockey. I picked up the sport in 2013 but always played as a skater. I thought playing goalie looked like fun, but there was a high price point…

A customer tipped Tonda Dickerson a lottery ticket at her Waffle House job. She won $10 million. Then came the lawsuits, the IRS, and a kidnapping at gunpoint.

I keep quoting him, but here’s another Cal Newport podcast that I can’t stop thinking about: Why do better tools make me worse at my job?. To save you a long listen: when you think about the theory…

Hago mucho eso de asociar objetos a personas (creo que algo común para todos ¿no?), siempre que veo tal objeto que pertenece o pertenecía a alguien, inmediatamente me acuerdo de él. Estuve pensando…

I’m doing a very limited number of events to promote the release of my new book Don’t Call It Art. Monday, June 1 in Austin, Texas: BookPeople event at First Baptist Church of Austin, 6PM. Ticketed…

Thoughts 😵‍💫 It's been a few days. We've had family visiting from the US so all my mental energy has been spent on that. My sister and brother-in-law were here and my parents came over with them. I…

I've only managed 37 minutes of recording today. I'd practiced the guitar part earlier on; it's very hard because it involves hammering-on with my left pinky which is double-jointed, and I have to…

A month or so after returning from our Norwegian adventure, and its heavy seas, I realised that I hadn't written much about Ambience , the cruise ship we sailed on, or the cruise line, Ambassador,…

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Listen,,, being a dad rules in so many ways but recently I've been able to revel in one of the Ultimate Forms: watching my kid Participate in The Arts. She's been a part of a little choir that meets…

One of these days you’re going to find yourself lying there with some jackass between your legs.

After four events in the Southern Hemisphere, the 2026 SailGP season arrives in North America with racing on May 9-10 in Bermuda. Here are five issues to consider: Teams on fire, teams under…

I went down the Japanese knife rabbit hole over Christmas. Getting into something new can feel quite overwhelming, especially for me. I tend to skip the Dunning-Kruger effect and immediately notice…

Last week I deployed six AI agents to Slack and gave each one a job title. Not as an experiment. Because I needed them. I’m running five active projects right now — a SaaS product…

I recently bought a new watch. It's the Casio MQ24-9B. I got it for ~20€. Here are some picture of it: I didn't expect much from the watch. It's extremely simple, and it only really does one thing,…

My Dogs (2009) I get a lot of newsletters, the traditional way, via email. Those newsletters often contain links to interesting things. Unfortunately, people love metrics, causing many of those…

yotsuba&!, kiyohiko azuma whenever i talk about my grandmothers, i feel like i always talk about them with a heavy heart, but it isn’t always so sad and so heavy. sometimes, when it’s funny and…

This year marks my twentieth year in the industry. I get messages on LinkedIn from college students who want to work in software engineering but feel like their degree, school, or background puts…

What’s the secrets to unreasonable hospitality? That’s what I wanted to find out when I sat down with Will Guidara and Brian Canlis. Will spent over a decade running Eleven Madison Park,…

Bob Grant: The Mysterious Hantavirus Outbreak That Put the Virus on the Western Map. European hantavirus is what you get when mice pee all over your idyllic mountain cottage. It causes your kidneys…

Neither the success of your marriage nor the memories of your guests will depend on the price of a party.

I rarely feel inclined to grab a bike to get to work in the morning. Today the morning was nice, I looked at the bike station and loitered a bit, not feeling like biking to work but knowing it would…

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Editorial note: I originally published this over on the Hit Subscribe blog. I was perusing the Heavybit newsletter this week when I decided to wander over to their site and see what they were up to.…

Okay, today's off to a much better start. Easy to do when I remember I have to work and also get groceries. I do want to try and go as many days as I can without buying groceries because I have a…

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You cannot be happy if you have only one dimension to your life, one personality and one source of validation. People who dedicate their entire existence to their business or job are worse off than…

I’m sitting in a darkened sports arena in Kazakhstan as I write this. For the first time in 7 years I am again on the International Judo Federation world tour; working in the IT team. Life goes…

Our internet bill was too high. It had gone beyond the promotional contract period and the triple-play bundle for 300/300 net, medium-level TV package, and home phone (yes, a landline!) was just too…

Julian of The Incense Atelier has sent me three samples from a range of Baykeri incense he is selling on his website. I've previously reviewed Shivranjani , the flagship brand of Baykeri , which they…

"Nothing" is the secret to structuring your work is a very nice article from Steven van Gemert outlining a simple approach to reduce mental baggage and increase focus. The next time you begin your…

8560/21479A mildly complex school pick up today. Ernie was in clubs til 4.30pm but Phoebe was playing cricket. My understanding from the email I'd seen was that they were playing away at a…

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I turned 50 years old at the very end of 2025. I don’t really have any perspective on that, though I keep thinking I should. I certainly don’t feel like a 50 year old man and I am sometimes…

Why do agency projects become unprofitable? It’s usually not scope creep alone. A look at delivery leadership, boundaries, burnout, and agency profitability.

Department Chair Barbara Stewart, Nicci Obert, Andy Hines The Department of Human Development & Consumer Science, within which our Foresight program sits, initiated a series of Excellence awards…

Every couple of months, I get a wave of emotions where I feel incompatible with my husband. Nothing I like, he enjoys. I don’t think he finds me interesting, and frankly I don’t find him interesting…

Where to find lucky wedding dates for year 2095? Lucky Wedding Dates: 2095 - Year of the Rabbit ⇒ Lucky Wedding Dates: 2096 - Year of the Dragon ⇐ Lucky Wedding Dates: 2094 - Year of the Tiger ⇑…

A way to turn goals into mantras

I have been asked a few times to review student resumes and in my current position I review quite a few resumes of potential candidates. I think a lot of resume advice out there is tied to…