After three F1-free weekends since Hungary, the summer break is over and racing resumes with a sprint-format in Zandvoort. The main news is that HAD has injured his hand and so will not participate…

Sunday ‘Cats eyes removed’ Spend the next 10 minutes trying to work out a short but less weird statement they could’ve put on the road sign. ‘Retroreflective road markings removed’ just doesn’t…

Yard sales are dangerous. I don't need any more things, unless it's a pin, hat, t-shirt...

Everyone eventually becomes a story. Make your retirement tale something to be proud of. Learn more by reading this week’s terrific links. Retirement is far more than a math problem. The…

Today's college students are more likely to say they're isolated and lonely.

I had some of the most remarkable conversations of my recent time in France — sharp, well-aligned, genuinely illuminating exchanges with some of the most educated and articulate people I encountered…

I don't have time to blog much nowadays, but I want to keep this place active. One recurring use for the site is to outline things that I find myself having to repeat; better to just have a place I…

There were two dogs. And then there is one.

After running the AI system for few days along my work resposibilities and other ambitions I started getting tired. I lead a project that should be finished pretty soon and is my iniative. I have…

So many things happened this week (i'm sitting and typing this from a new keyboard and monitor that i love), but I haven't been good about posting daily notes, so here's a big weekly dump to try and…

A good watch of David Epstein's 40 Harsh Truths I Wish I Knew in My 20s. Here are some that resonated with me. 1. Multitasking is impossible.2. Never start your day with email.3. Keep a notepad (for c

searches i made today. reddit how to check current context size in antigravity reddit how to check quotas in antigravity reddit why is antigravity shittier than codex how to use plan mode in…

From: Terrierman's Daily Dose To order the book. .

Sitting around before heading into the city for Pomplamoose.

I got one of these sticks from Steve as a gift in mid-2025. At the beginning of 2026, I ordered… Continue reading “Aromanza – Maya – Naranja Pimenta „Atracción“”…

The card will eventually be there, as we know. My love, Ivanečka, picks withered spinach leaves out of a bag of bio špenát. She tenderly passes healthy leaves into the container that has a slicing…

What a difference a weekend makes! One minute you're riding high after a very stressful week that you vanquished in style...and the next you're lying curled at the foot of the stairs you've…

I spent my birthday holding court in the snug at Casements ; a number of dear friends stopped by and it was so, so nice to see them all. Many thanks to everyone who made it and to Gillian & Co. for…

Ok Google, call Dad. My kids aren't interested in having a phone or a smart watch, which I'm pretty happy about. But I'd like them to have flexibility and freedom to see neighborhood friends and…

yelling, 187 atop a motherfucking cop

never fear competition. never think as if you are falling behind, you are not. everyone is on their own clock and so are you. no one is ahead of you and no one is behind you. you are just competing…

I had many hectic and restless dreams tonight, and in all of them there was a repetition of the same element: I needed to go to toilet but there wasn’t one available, or even if there was, it was in…

Switching devices these last two weeks has been overwhelming and self confidence draining. After picking up the iPhone Air, I’m back to the Pro as both of these phones cause...

Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days - This week I learned that the worlds third smallest country has changed its name.

Congratulations on your promotion to Tech Lead Read the post Congratulations on your promotion to Tech Lead on kirit.com Posted 2026-08-22T04:57:19.818968944Z

On turning 21 while recovering from brain surgery, finishing college two months ago with no job yet, and why a spreadsheet never got to decide what I'm worth.

Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump”: the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, and memes I found over the past…

I'm not fully sure if that's how the title should be since I've never done a post like this before, but fuck it. We'll do it live. I first saw Absurd Pirate's post a few days back, which then led me…

It has been a whirlwind of just shy of a month. Today I finished my second full week of a probationary period with Mobomo. As per Mobomo’s “about us” page: Mobomo is a trusted…

¿Todas las veces que dije que no podía mantener un diario? bueno, ahora lo estoy intentando, nada más porque alguien me regaló una agenda y tengo que usarla! ¿para que más la voy a usar? No tengo…

combatdavey built your hotrod

Win of the week: published my latest thoughts about authenticity in digital art, digging into what evidence makes us perceive cultural works as authentic — I don’t think we’re…

Have been thinking of writing essays on past friendships that have ended but I gotta draw today wahhhh

Last Updated on August 21, 2026 My life has been in turmoil. My mental illness has been kicking my ass, and I stopped fighting back. I drive around every day. I do some DoorDashing sometimes.…

For the past five years or so, I've gone to the MADE bike show in Portland every summer, which showcases custom bike builders, people who make related products, and suppliers for frame builders.…

I only managed to catch one 夏 ( なつ ) の 甲子園 ( こうしえん ) (Summer Koshien) match this year—the final, between 高崎健康福祉大学高崎高等学校 ( Takasaki University High School ) in 群馬県 ( Gunma pref. ) and 智辯学園 ( Chiben…

In one of the biggest overhauls of Seattle’s approach to making streets safer, Mayor Katie Wilson signed five executive orders (PDF) to speed up delivery of safety fixes and expand the…

Forced-choice portfolio prioritisation when cost-of-delay data is thin: Plickers cards, Delphi rounds, and adaptive pairwise ranking in Prioneer. The post Prioritising a portfolio when the…

Tim Foust, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Things have been slow around here, due to travel, a crowded schedule, and catching up on things, but they should start picking up a bit more next week.

I'm so overexcited I can't sleep lmao I knew this would happen. Ummmmmmmmmmmm I'm really happy. Need I say more. Maybe. But me and Sam talked it to absolute death and I'm just :) sitting with it now.…

It was the 23rd of August 2016 when the three of us in this household packed up and began our trek from NSW (where all of us where born and...

I try not to give a lot of prescriptive advice about working in tech companies 1 . There are many ways to be successful, and every company works differently. If you’re shipping projects and your…

Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post about increasing focus in my career. If you haven’t read and/or don’t feel like reading that post, the tl;dr of it is that for a couple of years, I’ve been…

It has been a while since I have written about how I use Emacs/LaTeX to generate lesson notes for my students. Quite a lot has happened during that time. One of the main game changers has been the…

While corresponding recently with a friend of Elisa's about the celebration of life I'm planning, I happened to formulate the following phrase: "the best way to grieve is to give". Although I doubt…

Over the past four years, I’ve been slowly separating my work from my Bullet Journal. In today’s corporate world, with all the concerns around intellectual property (IP) and AI, I feel it is wise to…

No need to lay low. Follow the flow. // Cal recordar cada dia que ets especial. Com el protagonista de cada novela que llegia, t’has de sentir així d’especial. Ara n’hi diuen…

I had two weeks of a Claude Max subscription left and tried to make it pay for itself. That made me anxious. Then I spent the rest rebuilding the tools I use every day, the way I'd always wanted…

Moving into our own home turned out to be much harder than expected—from carrying boxes and changing addresses to fixing our old flat. But after all the work, we couldn't be happier.

The skills that made you a great engineering manager quietly become liabilities the day you start leading other managers. Here's the second identity shift nobody warns you about.