Magical musical musings care of the marvellous John Matthews. Music To Watch Seeds Grow By is an ambient imprint, curated by Ran$om Note’s Wil Troup and Tia Cousins, that aims to provide a soundtrack to gardening, plant cultivation and to assist in unwinding the mind. To quote Tia from an interview with Ban Ban Ton Ton’s Kristen Caryl, “I was given a lot of seeds for my birthday, so that became a hyperfixation for a while. I get really excited seeing the seeds sprout for the first time and even…
Nota bene: Today’s post contains the next installment of my multi-part review of Adam Smith’s 1784 pamphlet Additions and Corrections to the First and Second Editions of Dr. Adam Smith’s Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. We revisited Adam Smith’s brief history of the Royal African Company in my previous post. Today, we will review Smith’s survey of the Hudson’s Bay Company, which appears in paragraph 21 of the last part of his 1784 pamphlet (Smith 1784, pp. 62-63).…
To list all files in your repository as they were at a given commit, use git ls-tree with its -r and --name-only options: $ git ls-tree --name-only -r <commit> Replace <commit> with any commit reference: a SHA, a branch name, a tag like above, a relative reference like @~ (the commit before last), and so on. For example, in a repository documenting puppy breeds: $ git ls-tree --name-only -r v1.0 README.md hound/beagle.md hound/dachshund.md pastoral/corgi.md sporting/golden-retriever.md…
(updated: 7 Aug 2026) As part of Code Trek, I just created 2 user scripts for Hacker News: HackerBrain – pulls comments into a sidebar for any item of interest. HackerTrain – shows an expandable ladder/train of newest best comments. As “new and unique ways to view static content dynamically on webpages” I reckon these scripts are presently still patentable – sort of like how infinite-scrolling could have been patented, but wasn’t due to the early proliferation of the user experience, whereby:…
On holiday in Algeria, I've been going frequently to some coastal rocks called əṣ-Ṣṭuħ الصطوح, from the plural of ṣṭəħ صطح "flat terrace roof", and occasionally eating šṭiṭħa شطيطحة "stew". I haven't done any dancing (šṭiħ شطيح) - not really my thing. But if I go into the mountains where they speak Kabyle, I might hear someone call something aməšṭuħ (amecṭuḥ) "small"; if they ask me whether I understand, I might reply šiṭṭuħ kan (ciṭuḥ kan) "just a little." Can all these words be…
I have been writing about the limitations of audits and compliance systems for several years. In Accountability and Transparency in Modern Systems, I wrote about systems producing evidence continuously rather than assembling it periodically for an auditor. In First Principles for Root Store Management, I looked back at the decision to require WebTrust for publicly trusted CAs and argued that, if we were designing the system today, much more of the trust decision should be based on continuously…
Flying Saucer A light suspended from the ceiling over a dining table. Quote of the Day ”Fashion is the performance of leisure.” Thorstein Veblen Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Richard Wagner | Prelude to Lohengrin | Simon Rattle Link Mesmerising. Long Read of the Day The Heated Debate In Europe Over Air Conditioning Given the heat dome that we have been living in, this essay by Nathan Gardels is interesting and timely. Recently, Elon Musk stirred controversy across a sweltering…
Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s tours . In 1930, basketmaker and artist Henry Silk sits alone in his sparsely furnished room in Rounton Rd in Bow surrounded by few personal possessions. He glances in the mirror and realises that he is no longer young. Yet the pair of medals from the Great War laid on the table remind him how lucky he is to be alive. He wakes in the camp bed in the early morning and the empty green room is flooded with light as dawn rises over the rooftops of the East…
Had an errand in Downtown and wasn't going to meet up with a friend until later in the day, so after my errand I got back on the bus and then got off in KaimukiWanted to see this street artAnd checked out The Local General Store to have a little something until I met up with my friendI tried their everything twist: creamed leeks, herbs & cheddar schmear topped with everything seasoning (their
From Marton Barcza at TechAltar, a good 12-minute video analyzing what went wrong with the famed Live Tiles that Microsoft was pushing throughout most of the 2010s: Now, among Windows Phone fans the pervasive opinion is that Live Tiles have failed because Microsoft did a poor job with them, which I think is at least partially true – after all, even many key Microsoft apps like Skype had broken Live Tiles half the time, the Windows 10 start menu was filled by Microsoft with Live Tiles that were…
Likening customer service to purgatory is extreme but it feels like it some days so I'm working with the melodrama. For many reasons, I'm in a much better situation than most. Still, this line of work can't be my life forever. At least, when I leave, I can say that the way I view customer-facing workers has shifted drastically. For the better. Don't get me wrong, sometimes they suck, sometimes I myself will withhold help because I've been pissed off or I don't have the energy to attempt the…
I’ve never actively tracked this or cared to, but if I were to nominate my favourite and most cited quote of the year, it would have to be: “The purpose of a system is what it does (not what it claims to do).” — Stafford Beer I’m obsessed with this quote, and people have started to get that here he goes again look on their face when I say it. My obsession is due to how that statement informs my thinking and how I increasingly view the world around me. Broken or built that way? Before coming…
A side jaunt on the WonderSwan gave the Klonoa developers a chance to dig into the puzzle aspects of the original release, and no enemy suited their needs more than the Boomie. These bomb mice wrap up each of the primary Klonoa mechanics into a neat package: they can be carried, they squish under ceilings, they enable Klonoa’s throw-based double-jump, and they trigger interactables, all while exploding on a timer. By not disappearing upon being thrown, they additionally add a storage element…
Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the release of The Beatles' album Revolver. It is my favourite Beatles album and I consider it the greatest album ever made. It is also one of two Beatles albums on which my favourite song is by George Harrison. In the case of Revolver, it is "Taxman." Today I will share with you another song "Here, There and Everywhere." It is my favourite song by Paul McCartney and he also considers it his favourite song. The Beach Boys' song "God Only Knows" served as…
The Tropics – Lincoln, IL – Fujifilm X-E5 – Vivid Velvia After yesterday’s post, Thoughts on the Upcoming Fujifilm Camera, someone reached out to me on Instagram and proposed a question about the upcoming sixth-generation cameras: if I could ask Fujifilm three things about it, what would those questions be? It was an unusual message, but it did get some cogs turning in my brain. How might X-Trans VI look different than X-Trans V? While this seemingly should be pretty predictable, each X-series…
I don’t watch a lot of movies. But, since I was traveling a bit this summer, I’ve watched probably twice as many movies as I usually see per-year and it’s only August. At some point I caved and got a Letterboxd account, where you can follow me and read my quick little reviews. But for your convenience, I’ve collected my recent ones below. Enjoy! The Prestige I was not expecting the wild Spy vs. Spy vibes. Very fun! Lincoln I liked it. I don't know enough about history to know how accurate this…
Reposted Shueisha Makes Global Push With MANGA MILLION, A Manga Platform Available in 100 Languages by SHUEISHA Inc. (Cision PR Newswire) Shueisha Inc., one of the world's leading manga publishers, has launched MANGA MILLION, a new digital platform available for a limited time that provides readers worldwide with free access to manga with no registration required. I learned today that manga publisher Shueisha is making apppproximately 400 manga series free in 100 languages for a limited time…
Finished reading: The Shining by Stephen King 📚
Investigation into the possibilities of connecting LCD/TFT displays.
Finished reading: The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman Wow, this book was very nearly serious fantasy! It has huge stakes, multiple meaningful races, some hope that what they do in this book will have impacts on the next one, and some actual pathos! Easily the best in the series so far. 📚
Cefalù appears from around a bend on the coast road east of Palermo, its pastel walls creeping up the cliff sides of the La Rocca promontory. Every crate of lemons that left Palermo harbor was grown on a tree nobody was buying. For centuries the sour orange made no one rich—it just held up everything above it. Part II of The Citrus Kingdom heads east to Cefalù, past a friend who finds nothing remarkable in Sicilian villages and another who has ruled out medieval alleys on the grounds that they…
Finished reading: The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman This book takes place inside cosmic bubble wrap. Dinniman’s brain reminds me of a Gary Larson quote: You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It’s like that. 📚
Finished reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman It’s so nice to just plow through fun books like this. Sometimes I get too serious about my reading and forget that you’re allowed to read fun stuff with no telos. Weirdly, the title object is a bigger deal in future books than in this one. 📚
Nau maiYesterday we played at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada. I woke up at 1:30pm after one of those bus sleeps that leave you foggy and discombobulated. My internal alarm clock had failed and I had completely missed the morning’s events. Liz had already hit the casino floor and had turned her $10 into $12 at digital craps while Gabe had taken the fight to the slot machines and doubled his $50 investment. Liz and Annie had been out exploring other areas of the ‘Strip’, riding Las…
Finished reading: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman This series continues to be excellent empty calories of entertainment. I particularly love that the title refers to an object, not… a scenario. 📚
Simon Willison on blogging: My number one tip for blogging is to lower your standards! Aim to hit publish while you are still actively unhappy with what you have written, because the only alternative is a huge folder full of drafts and never publishing anything at all. Nobody will ever know how perfect the thing you intended to write would have been. The flaws you see in your writing are invisible to everyone else. No matter how many times I read this advice, it’s always useful to read again.…
A Florida police chief must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Good crime mystery movie starring Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes and Sanaa Lathan. Was a treat to see John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox in Star Trek Enterprise) and also Dean Cain (90s TV Superman). All in all, it’s a good evening watch. Three popcorns. To see all 12 photos, visit the article page. This article was originally published at: https://andrei.xyz/movies/out-of-time/
Hasn’t really warmed up at all this week, still cold and damp after the promise of spring last weekend. The kerbside rubbish dumping continues … Clayton’s collection is in about a month’s time Overcast, 10°C, Feels like 9°C, Humidity 88%, Wind 1m/s from WNW - by Klimat Garmin / Strava / ridewithgps
5:40p Lyft to airport Dinner at Shake Shack in MSP Airport Flight delayed 1 hour Take off 8:55 p.m. on DL 162 from MSP to AMS
If the title was "Meta developers accessed the internet and hacked another firm", the reactions would have been different. There would be some lawsuits at least. Why not now?
