Well the bike ride started well but ended in defeat. I got lost and.... Even writing that is making me feel some kind of way. I ended up having a cussing fit and took a look at myself and said this is having the opposite effect that it was supposed to and realized there was a train station a five minutes ride away. In less than an hour I'll be back home where I can have a little cry and pick myself back up. Im not ready to go back to work Thursday.

I was very inspired by this post from a few days ago, and decided to have a go at something along those lines for myself but for macOS and my Paper Pure. What is it? Inkbridge is a small terminal tool that turns the reMarkable into a pressure-sensitive drawing tablet for your Mac, over USB or Wi-Fi. It supports pressure, tilt, hover and the eraser end, and works in Photoshop and other apps. You can tune the pressure curve, area mapping and so on live in the terminal while you draw. What even is…

Act 2: Scene 1November, 1989.Everything was about to change All the leaves on the sides of the mountains changed from green to orange and red. Most of the leaves fell in the beginning of November, but some of the remnants of autumn had yet to let go, despite the upcoming moments of winter.It had snowed a few times. The view was spectacular, but where I was at the time was more for a legal and therapeutic reaction to a sentenced and legal response. It is a colder place in the Upstate mountains.…

What is the appeal of "retro"-anything? It's not just nostalgia, because I don't think young people would be embracing film imagery the way they are today. I shot film when I got into photography, because I had to. Mainly slides, because who could afford prints? I loved photography, but I think the Apple II came along and stole my heart. I've probably mentioned before that what drew me to personal computing at first was you could put text on a television! I guess I'm kind of a "visual" person.…

Updated October 2026 Ah, Barefoot Contessa Parties! … the cookbook Ina has declared her favorite multiple times, saying, “I just love its basic, simple, easy-to-make recipes.” And honestly, it makes sense. This is the book that taught me how to entertain, reinforced that organization is the real secret to success, and most importantly, gave me permission to embrace #storeboughtisfine ethos when having people over. I have a feeling I’m going to get A LOT of flak for where this one landed on the…

One of the few good things about the current Administration is its pushback against bad energy policy. A recent piece by David Simon at the Washington Examiner focuses on a report by the Department of Energy that challenges "climate change" orthodoxy.Its foreword is by Chris Wright, the Secretary of Energy, and states in part:Climate change ... is not the greatest threat facing humanity. That distinction belongs to global energy poverty. As someone who values data, I know that improving the…

✏️ #inktober day 6. I thought I was getting better, however, after a bad night, I woke up feeling worse than before. And looking at my watch, it confirmed I was not in the best shape. #inktober2026

For funsies, you should read editions 1.0, 2.0 to see the progression of things.It’s been a while. Per our original timeline, we should be finishing construction now. lol. What we estimated as our 2026 timeline early February.Below is what we’ve been up to and where we are at.Touring spaces:We started this journey intending to find something in North Brooklyn—specifically, something by McGolrick Park.I don’t think we are going to land there anymore. There just isn’t much supply in that part of…

Almost any task beyond the basics requires decisions along the way: which version, which tone, how much depth. If you hand over only the instruction and not the reason behind it, the other person has nothing to hold on to except that instruction. The moment the situation drifts from what was written down, there is nothing to fall back on, and the work lands back on your desk for you to decide. That is why delegating without explaining often feels like losing time rather than gaining it. You get…

📷 252/365 - Another foggy morning. And even worse than yesterday, with even less clear sight and getting wet while biking through it.

TLDR: yes, models are getting funnier over time I love laughing. Well, who doesn’t? Good jokes have a certain notion of cleverness to them and I do believe that great comedians display high intelligence. Cracking a good joke requires astute observations about odd situations, and linking them to something we find familiar. Jokes are hard! Of course, humor has a strong component of delivery too, but as the existence of r/jokes proves, the next best thing to an actual comedy show is a daily dose…

This mess is driven by climate breakdown, growing inequality, technological disruption, war, political instability and the weakening of democratic institutions are no longer separate problems, they reinforce each other. At the same time, we are seeing a feedback loop of political movements built around fear, scapegoating, hierarchy and fantasies of escape. This creates a basic question we need to focus on – how do we build the means to live through these crises together, rather than retreating…

The last five years have changed the #Fediverse. What started, grassroots, commons-based native path has become much more visible. More people have arrived, more organizations have become interested. There are more conferences, more funding conversations, more institutional involvement and more attempts to make the Fediverse part of the wider technology landscape. Some of this is useful, but it also creates a question that is harder to avoid – what do we actually want to carry forward from the…

So, a couple of years ago the raven gang that spends part of the winter alternating between Selfoss and Hveragerði was around for the holiday season. So one of my neighbours left out their holiday roast leftovers for the ravens, which meant they were hanging around the house for a while There’s an old saying here in Iceland: “Guð launar fyrir hrafninn”, which could be translated as “God pays the raven’s way”. Basically that feeding ravens will bring fortune.

Over the past week or so, I’ve been trying to get back into some kind of reading routine. It’s a struggle as I try to keep as many balls in the air as possible. This past week, I read with some interest Jocelyn Burney’s article in the recent issue of Hesperia: “The Agora Metroon in Late Roman Athens: A Reexamination of Its Use as a Synagogue.” David Pettegrew and I chat regularly, and he’s been thinking deeply about the character of archaeological reasoning. Burney’s article digs into that…

“If your peace depends on everything going right, that’s not peace, that’s control. Learning to be steady in uncertainty - that’s real growth.” (source unknown - but also easier said than done!)Hello friends! Well, I still had hummingbirds on Sunday, so I put an extra feeder on my neighbor’s deck. We will see if they stay through the roof replacement, which almost got done on Monday, just a little left.We’ve had several weak cold fronts, and things are changing out at the lake, even if most of…

The third edition of The Scientist’s Guide to Writing has been out for two months now. Just two months – and I’ve already been asked when I’ll write a fourth edition! It’s a fair question, I guess; after all, I’ve published three editions in 10 years (2016, 2022, and 2026), and surely three times creates […]

Men of the 7th Infantry Division head for the beaches of Okinawa in LVTs. 1 April, 1945. SC 205191 Marine LVTP-5 in Vietnam. From the Kenneth W. Koldys Collection (COLL/5791) at the Marine Corps History Division The legacy AAVP7. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacqueline C. Arre) The AAV, or assault amphibious vehicle, Model 7, has served with the U.S. Marine Corps since 1972, replacing the mammoth LVTP-5, adopted just after Korea and used in Vietnam. And, naturally, it continued the…

A 16-shot capacity meets vintage class in Springfield’s newest SA-35 4-inch model, which brings compact carry wrapped in polished carbon steel and checkered walnut. We were among the first to cover the reintroduction of the classic (and then-recently retired) Browning Hi-Power by an American gunmaker when Springfield introduced the SA-35 in 2021. Since then, the SA-35 line has grown and evolved while retaining the improvements to Mr. Browning’s original design, with a chopped-down 4-inch…

In 1901, 24-year-old LT Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster, RN, arrived at the Vickers shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness to take command of a curious, rather hush-hush craft. He found the project shrouded in secrecy, located inside a building labeled “Yacht Shed” with parts marked for “Pontoon No. 1.” His description of what would become officially HM Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 1, launched without ceremony on 2 October 1901, was downright unflattering. What surprised me most when I did find the boat…

Adrian Bradbury: Wrestling With Myself I ran into Dawn Reedy at the Big Lots in Beckley. We’d dated when we were teenagers but I hadn’t seen her since high school. I was buying canned pasta. I was buying fish sticks and bread. I’d just blown my nose into a napkin and stuffed the napkin into my pocket. It all sounded louder than I’d intended. Dawn was a lawyer with two kids, both young — one on hip, the other holding her hand. I saw them and recognized her and tried to bolt but she said, “Hey,”…

I always look forward to Steve Slotin’s auction catalogs and enjoy picking one listing to share on the blog. This time it’s a vivid Sister Gertrude Morgan work with hundreds of eyes…eyes she used to make with a steak bone as a stylus I once owned. I’m including a small picture of it…A once cherished tool in my collection of her paintings. Over the years I collected work by the New Orleans preacher and artist who epitomized what this field and this art is all about. I have shared a dozen or more…

Iranian Emperor Khosrow I maintained a level of religious tolerance (except for Mazdakism), during his reign (531 - 579),. His son was also tolerant.Hormizd IV (reigned 579 - 590) turned down requests by the Zoroastrian clergy to persecute Christians. His explanation was:Just as our royal throne cannot stand on its two front legs without the two back ones, our kingdom cannot stand or endure firmly if we cause the Christians and adherents of other faiths, who differ in belief from ourselves, to…

Part two of my holiday to the island of Alonnisos in the Sporades. See more photos in the first part! Marooned Late weeknotes this week! The ferries can’t dock above a certain beaufort level, and the ferry to Evia only runs on thursdays and sundays, so I was tragically forced to endure an additional three wonderful nights on this beautiful aegean island. These were the conditions on the day they cancelled the ferry Fortunately, and despite being the only and final guests, the owners were more…

My 'tug' is The Unruly Garden ('TUG') which inspired this when doing my 'Morning Pages' today: What's Your TUG? What's your tug? The tiny nudge - for me - makes my fingers grasp a trug* The tug that takes you some place time and space dissolve where ideas of themselves evolve Some say that's called being in the flow you know where it is - get off the screen and go there! Go! *a trug is a wooden gardening basket for holding weeds, tools etc #poetical #flow #feelingcommanding

I don't know why hardware manufacturers find it so hard to write decent documentation. As I've said before you need to actually test your readme. The Una Watch development instructions are scattered across a bunch of different files. So here's how to go from zero to your first "Hello, World!" Glance app with the minimum of fuss. This all assumes a fairly modern Debian / Ubuntu / Pop OS Linux. Prerequisites This installs most of the tools you will need: sudo apt update sudo apt install -y git…

Tell us a little bit about yourself After a decade working at design agencies in London and becoming more specialised in digital design, I took the leap into freelance as a UX/UI Designer last year. I find the breadth of the website design process really fulfilling, from user research and information architecture, to executing the brand whilst having to consider the limitations and possibilities of a website. I also enjoy how the process creates the opportunity for me to explore different…

I saw kepano’s repost on LinkedIn about the newest Obsidian release. In the release notes, I saw Obsidian Quick Capture mentioned as a feature for this release. Obsidian famously was slow on Mobile and there was no quick capture function. I had created Apple Shortcuts to simulate those features. Click on a button and it basically calls the Obsidian URI to create a new unique note. Now, I don’t need to do any of that. How to use quick capture Obsidian have a nice doc which explains the feature…

One of the keys to understanding Silicon Valley's profoundly dysfunctional culture is the bizarre antagonism toward expertise. You can find this stated explicitly in places like the techno-optimist manifesto and manifesting itself in the decision to hand countless important positions to men in their early twenties with no relevant expertise, and sometimes no apparent expertise whatsoever.It is an article of faith in this world that tech bros know more about medicine than doctors, more about…