: I resent the fact that Apple can place banner ads for their services directly on your iDevice. Just …
: Someone at church is into their Light Phone (and not big tech).
: Here’s who is advertising on X now: dating sites for the unvaccinated. “Find your …
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Christmastime Is Here
The season before Christmas is different for me this year, with fasting instead of feasting, and …
: Pome is coming to an end, due to the demise of TinyLetter. I’ll be sorry to see it go and with …
: I would love to get my cable from Amazon in two days intead of six, but I honestly feel like …
: Two of my earliest CD purchases.
: Frankly, the iA Writer 7 update makes me want to try collaborating with AI for my writing because it …
: In the book of Acts, St. Paul travels to Athens. He carries the gospel to an area teeming with …
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In Appreciation Of Compact Discs
From 2015, this piece by Steven Hyden on the advantages of compact discs still rings true. I …
: Brad East attempts to answer the question of why so many high-profile intellectuals seem to be …
: As I’ve been chasing lossless digital audio, it’s ironic to read that there is a company …
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Staying Put
“Wherever you find yourself, do not go forth from that place too quickly. Try to be patient …
: Great Wave Friday. Best Buy has a LEGO set of “The Great Wave” by Hokusai. To complete …
: The Death of Physical Media This is an extremely well-done YouTube video about the death of physical media. It mostly focuses on …
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Ubiquitous Therapy
As someone who in college majored in psychology and family and child counseling, I’m a proponent of …
: I’ve found this collection of letters in response to the question of “how citizens of …
: Just updated my now page (tiny mountain view edition).
: Alex Cranz has a piece in The Verge about where Marvel movies went wrong and why audiences can no …
: “Nothing is lost with peace, everything can be lost with war.” ~ Pope Pius XII
: I’ve very nearly decided that Ghost is more than I need from a blogging platform (not to …
: It seems that DHH may have insisted on adding HEY World to the 37 Signals email product so that he …
: It’s comforting going to a different church and following the same liturgy.
: The experience at the tea shop today was like the opposite of going to the mechanic. The saleswoman …
: 🍿 Watched Dungeons & Dragons last night. It was a delight. It’s still amazing how modern …
: 🍿 Watched Asteroid City last night and I still don’t know what to think. I loved the …
: Slow To Speak I’ve had trouble keeping mostly silent about the events taking place in the Middle East. A couple of …
: In NC, our attorney general, Josh Stein, is part of a group of attorneys general who are suing Meta …
: A New Listening Experience I finally reached the breaking point with Apple Music. I’ve been a loyal Apple Music subscriber ever …
: The idea proposed by DC lawmakers of funding local journalism through vouchers is a fascinating one. …
: Public Town Square Jeremy Sarber writes about the comparison of social media to a “public town square.” If today’s …
: Bury Your Credit Card We recently had a training exercise at work which took the form of a quiz on various compliance …
: A simple but brilliant response to recent events. With the news of war, of more bombs dropping, …
: Seriously bummed about the cuts at Bandcamp. 50% is a deep slice. Songtradr insists the experience …
: Disappointment and Modernity Image by Gary Meulemans from Unsplash Fr. Stephen Freeman writes about the modern condition in a …
: I really value family time at the dinner table making conversation and listening, but this article …
: ‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That It’s …
: Over Macho Grande It was interesting to read that Airplane! originated as a chance that Michael Eisner took on an …
: Snoop Dogg, Dungeon Master Ashley Bardhan reports for Kotaku on the “fun” AI bots that Meta is rolling out. One is …
: Doomsday Blockbusters A few years have gone by since the release of Rogue One, and it seems like it has had enough time to …
: Sonic Economics Photo by Denissa Devy on Unsplash I’ve been writing recently about my new appreciation for …
: My neighbor, a pickleball fanatic who plays every day, just joined the HOA board. All of a sudden …
: Karaoke Night by soccer mommy When I went to the Hopscotch music festival a few weeks ago, two of the bands that I went to see …
: Went to Lowe’s home improvement and the Halloween decorations were right across from the …
: I let my lady friend read a poem I wrote recently. She said by the end it had “lost the …
: I love this segment of a post by Chris Butler, whose office setup description I linked to recently. …
: Matter Podcasts Integration Matter continues to add features that make a subscription to the service even more valuable. The …
: Bandcamp Divestiture Jazz Monroe covers the Bandcamp divestiture by Epic Games for P-fork. Songtradr, who acquired the …
: Discogs has a list of 6 albums that helped inspire Nirvana’s In Utero. cc: @adam
: Time to give these new speakers a workout.
: So… 37Signals is adding calendaring to HEY. I’m interested to see their take.
: Ban This There is a popular article by Danah Boyd about book bans and their relationship to screen usage …
: High Demand Religions I’ve been thinking quite a bit about this post that I came across on Mastodon. People who …
: Music.app is, without a doubt, the buggiest app I haven’t totally sworn off of in a fit of …
: The first casualty of the upgrade to Sonoma seems to be Obsidian, which won’t load.
: I totally nerd out on things like this comprehensive home office tour. Love the detail. Via …
: I’ve written recently about the benefits of physical copies of music, but one thing I love …
: Just started reading Dominion by Tom Holland 📚. I’m fascinated by the idea that so many …
: As my son searches for a good reverb pedal to make shoegaze sounds, I came across this interesting …
: These days, when a book is removed from a curriculum, it’s so much more exciting and …
: No War For Heavy Metal (Outcore) This article about the lifecycle of tricks in skateboarding really brought back memories for me. It …
: Superfuzz Bigmuff: Deluxe Edition by Mudhoney One thing that is good about having sold a number of well-loved CDs decades ago is that I can buy …
: Owning Your Music Denise Lu prefers buying digital music to renting it through a streaming music service. I don’t …
: Where We Stand Andrew Wilson asks where the West would be without Christianity for Plough Magazine. He points out …
: Save Us, Taylor Swift Ted Gioia wrote an open letter to Taylor Swift about how she is the only one who can save the music …
: May They Persevere The moment when I became a catechumen in the Orthodox Church is captured on Instagram. There are a …
: I’m sad that the Hopscotch music festival is over, but I’m happy with how my dance card …
: If you had told me in the early nineties that a PC magazine would be using a Bill Callahan song to …
: Japanese Breakfast @ Hopscotch
: Dinosaur Jr. were monsters of rock @ Hopscotch
: American Football @ Hopscotch
: Sam and Janet from Quasi rocking out @ Hopscotch. Two guesses who the covered Marshall stacks behind …
: One thing I’ve learned from being at a music festival for three days is that there are a lot …
: Where Is The Tenderness? Just when I almost forgot how far we’ve come as as society since progressives decisively won …
: Echelon Your Dreams And They'll Come True Tonight, the plan is to see Pavement for the first time since the nineties at the Hopscotch music …
: iMac Drives and Folders The Icon Factory celebrates the 25th anniversary of the iMac by creating folder and drive icons to …
: I deliberately put the Smashing Pumpkins right after Pavement on a playlist. Just to stick it to the …
: Link Rot Jason Morehead laments the way content is disappearing from the internet. He brings up the way …
: Since I’ve heard a lot of people mention having trouble sleeping lately, I thought this quote from …
: One of my favorite Amazon music reviews: later in the first song the singer starts repeating “a …
: Does anyone still remember Flock, the “social” web browser that was built on top of …
: Brothertiger Plays: Tears for Fears' Songs From the Big Chair by Brothertiger Thanks primarily to Turntable Kitchen and their Sounds Delicious series, I own my fair share of …
: Here We Lie by Slow Salvation Here We LieSlow SalvationFor those of us who celebrate today as Slowdive day, Here We Lie by Slow …
: Terror By Text This week, there were yet more US shootings, including one on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. An …
: Matt Birchler writes about the technologies (such as RSS and even Mastodon) that have edges. In a …
: “Acquire a peaceful spirit, and around you thousands will be saved.” ~ Seraphim of Sarov
: Richard Beck has been doing an enlightening series on how Jesus rejected political power time and …
: Brad East has a list of reasons people stay or leave their churches. Beware, it’s pretty long …
: I love the sites, like Maker Stations, that showcase workspaces. I have to wonder, though, where are …
: Discogs has a sale from some of its music sellers this weekend. Physical media for the win.
: No Country for Rich Men North of Richmond Recently, a guy named Oliver Anthony became famous overnight for a song he performed entitled …
: “Found an arrowhead down by the creek.” I didn’t expect Toro Y Moi to go folk on …
: I’m convinced that everyone everywhere has this CD and that many, like me, have no idea where …
: I wish the bands I liked were big enough to have Luke Martin designing posters for them.
: Have the economics of vinyl gotten even worse? The new 13 song record by Alan Palomo (Neon Indian) …
: Just updated my Now page yesterday (wannabe audiophile edition).
: I’m looking forward to the Glimmer & Style movie, which promises to be a charming but …
: John Siracusa writes about “the plumbers problem,” a phrase he created. “The Plumber Problem” is a …
: Fall With The Lights Down by Bathe Alone Fall With The Lights DownBathe AloneBailey Crone, the main force behind Bathe Alone, seems to be …
: Hold by Wild Nothing HoldWild NothingThe new Wild Nothing track “Headlights On” is another progression for …
: The Church of Tech Brad East takes on technology in church with his latest piece. His view that churches should be …
: Cinema vs. Church Craig Mod recently sent out an edition of his newsletter about the Japanese moviegoing experience. …
: Khruangbin and Men I Trust: Live at RBC Echo Beach Khruangbin & Men I Trust: Live at RBC Echo BeachKhruangbinA new split live album featuring two …
: Matt Birchler writes about the therapeutic effects of building Lego sets as an adult. At work I’m …
: Toys of Promise I haven’t been to the movies in a long time. If statistics are to be believed, neither have …
: Proprietary Media I’ve been reassessing and upgrading my audio equipment and library recently. In the course of …
: From Discogs, 3 Trends That Prove CDs Are Making A Comeback. Audiophiles looking for rich sound …
: I’m eager to try the new YouTube experience with transcription in Matter.
: I laughed when I read Helen Lewis' remark about Bluesky having siphoned off some of Twitter’s …
: I think it was The Mandolorian S3E2 when Bo Katan says something like, “you’re really …
: Me. Me. Me. (Deluxe Edition) by Air Miami Me. Me. Me. (Deluxe Edition)Air Miami4AD Records has a pretty deep catalog, and I say this with that …
: The Spotify Experience Ted Gioia writes about the financial woes of streaming services and one of the companies he focuses …
: Jonah and Snickers looking regal.
: David Pierce writes for The Verge about how the 70mm print film version of Oppenheimer runs on …
: Social Media As Popularity Contest Kev Quirk pines for the return of the forums of the old web. He sees the forums as being free from …
: Mastodon Has A Big Content Moderation Flaw Emma Roth writes for The Verge about the enormous amount of content depicting child abuse that …
: It’s getting to be time for the perfect late summer into early fall album.
: Live in Brooklyn 2011 by Sonic Youth Live in Brooklyn 2011Sonic YouthAlthough tensions that included marital infidelity forced them …
: Media Skepticism Blogger John Philpin had a provocative micro post last night. Asked of attendees in a session I was …
: I never realized you had to change some settings to get Apple Music lossless quality in the MacOS …
: Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise I’m giving this classic a few rotations to prep for finally seeing this band live in the fall, …
: I recently noticed that great albums come in threes.
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Minimalism At Home
“In one sense, a home is a personal museum.” I was in the …
: Anak Ko by Jay Som Anak KoJay SomThis album maintains its cohesion despite bringing in a number of styles. One minute …
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Getting New Old Audio Equipment
Colin Meloy of The Decemberists fame penned a sort of ode to the mixtape after getting a new tape …
: My wife got 2 Khruangbin t-shirts last week. She’s like Imelda Marcos, but instead of shoes, …
: Small Sounds Press first issue from Velvet Blue Music. For those longing for physical mediums.
: New Mark Zuckerberg Dropped A colleague recently suggested to me that we might be experiencing a …
: The Churchhill Garden - Metamorphosis This record has a beautiful lenticular cover, a poster …
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Vonal Declosion
Tonight’s soundtrack is “Vonal Declosion” by Stereolab from the Margerine Eclipse LP. Stereolab is …
: I spent too many cognitive cycles trying to figure out whether I liked CDs or vinyl better back when …
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I’m spending some serious time tonight with one of my alt-time synthwave favs — Com Truise. I was …
: So You May Find Me When I'm Lost by LN So You May Find Me When I'm LostLNI was reminded of this compilation by a blog post about the new LN …
: Transformation Jeremy Sarber tells the story of when a self-professed “crackhead” named Al became a real father. Al …
: Pulling On Threads Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko sounds celebratory in his post on the company blog about the new Threads …
: The new Tinylytics service from @vincent is pretty rad. Implementing a like button on my blog was …
: Limits of Desire (Deluxe Edition) by Small Black Limits of Desire (Deluxe Edition)Small BlackThis is another one of my favorite albums that is …
: Ⅰ by LIONER ⅠLIONERThis record from my friend Daniel’s band just dropped. Much of it has a very 60’s …
: metamorphosis (collection 2023) by the churchhill garden metamorphosis (collection 2023)the churchhill gardenThis is a compilation of earlier songs …
: Myron Glick writes for Plough Magazine about his experience as a doctor working in an unjust medical …
: One reason I’m excited about the new Threads app is that it will give DJ Slime, Oprah and the …
: At the Raleigh City Musuem. I took a typewriter to college with me, but I never had that manual!
: The new Fall Out Boy version of “We Didn’t Start The Fire” rhymes George Floyd …
: It’s a wild World Wide Web out there and things seem like they are only going to get more …
: It’s amazing how many people will try to violate the constitution in support of their sociopolitical …
: These F1 drivers barely let an inch of their uniforms go unsponsored.
: I can’t believe it took me this long to join Album Whale, but here’s my rotation.
: Forever Before Love by The Mary Onettes Forever Before LoveThe Mary OnettesIt’s usually a pleasure when The Mary Onettes release new …
: everything is alive by Slowdive everything is aliveSlowdiveIf the first single, "Kisses," is any indication, this album …
: Loveless by my bloody valentine Lovelessmy bloody valentineWhen my son came back from LA, he brought back his one purchase from …
: Horizon by Noble Oak HorizonNoble OakWith a new Noble Oak record on the "horizon," so to speak, I’ve been …
: Strange Pleasures by Still Corners Strange PleasuresStill CornersI have a copy of this LP from the original pressing, but the remaster …
: It’s kind of neat when a band puts out a reissue and so therefore technically qualifies to …
: I played some of the Final Fantasy VII remake last night and could hardly tell if I was playing a …
: Erik Hoel urges companies to stop trying to make a good social media site. After Matt Yglesias was …
: I ordered a Nuphy Air 75 keyboard to compare to the Keychron K8 that I just got while I’m …
: Finished reading: A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrik Backman 📚. I enjoyed this book throughout, …
: Annie Lowrey speculates about whether crypto is truly dead in most senses. What is the point of …
: I’m finally going through the MacOS Sonoma preview page with the appropriate amount of …
: 🎵 Tides Turn We haven’t yet made it through the first half of the year, but I think I have a contender for …
: Going back to the beginning.
: The Atlantic has a huge piece by Tim Alberta on what was, and still is, going wrong at CNN. The …
: My son got a Polaroid camera for his birthday.
: Static Sites Craig Mod writes about his journey through versions of his personal website. Fiddling with his site …
: 🎵 New Beginning In this retro-futuristic video, the members of Automatic live through the final days on Earth and …
: 🎵 Romantic Piano Gia Margaret caught my ear a few years ago, after she contracted a vocal illness that forced her to …
: I wasn’t sure if the concern over AI was a bit overblown until I read this article about an AI …
: I ordered prescription sunglasses today which marks the first time in my adult life I will have …
: Adult Lego fans Apparently, adult fans of Lego are getting to be a huge market. I think the stigma around older …
: This interview with Pete Buttigieg could have been a lot more interesting. Buttigieg is a …
: There is a special 30th anniversary double-LP of The Wedding Present - The Hit Parade that was on …
: I don’t game a lot, but my brother is really talking up Planet of Lana for the Xbox, so I …
: My son asked me if I wanted to learn conversational ancient Sumerian. Since I don’t think …
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Ruth E Carter Afrofuturism In Costume Design exhibit
Black Panther
: Just updated my Now page (Afrofuturism edition).
: The Arc Browser just introduced shareable boosts, a way to distribute hacks that add design tweaks …
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Road To Knowhere
I bought Tommy Guerrero’s album, A Little Bit Of Somethin', when it came out in 2000, based …
: I’m stoked about getting tickets to Hopscotch this year. The bill includes Pavement, Alvvays, …
: Episode 565 of the Holy Post featuring Rainn Wilson talking about his Baha’i faith and …
: Watching The State of the Micro.blog Platform chat — exciting to hear that there may be some …
: The new Ducktails track sounds more like Silver era Starflyer 59 and less like Real Estate.
: Many Mastodon users display their sexual preferences in their bios. It could easily be mistaken for …
: Doctrine of the Mean A few months ago, in my Orthodoxy 101 class, we discussed Aristotle’s “doctrine of the …
: TFW you are listening to a lot of a fairly obscure band and you notice that their “top …
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The Legend of Zelda Gets An Update
The latest The Legend of Zelda installation, Tears of the Kingdom, came out yesterday. Although …
: Andor Season Two in Jeopardy Tony Gilroy has ceased writing and producing for Andor, which I assume puts the second season of the …
: Windsurf I don’t typically use fan-made videos for Friday Night Videos, but this one is just so …
: We made our first trip of the year to the pool today and were met with plenty of cold water and …
: Signed, Your Pal Justin the Martyr Plough Magazine features excerpts from a letter Justin the Martyr wrote to the Roman Emperor …
: My son likes to listen to lo-fi hip hop in bed sometimes, so I oblige his requests. Now, calculating …
: Jason Greene writes for Pitchfork about the abundance of samples in music today, the way songs are …
: Getting People On Mastodon Founder and CEO of Mastodon, Eugen Rochko recently blogged about the latest change to the …
: A Christian Socialism David Bentley Hart writes unsparingly and convincingly about the Christian case for socialism. He …
: People are really stepping up the game on Firefox themes. I tend to dislike themes with too much …
: It seems like May 4th is becoming a legitimate holiday. Or at least, one that’s good for …
: HEY adding the ability to respond to multiple email threads with a single email this month is a …
: This rainy, stormy, dark Sunday is the perfect opportunity to listen to The Daysleepers and The …
: Bedroom Velocity Yesterday, pleased with the new Bear Notes beta, I tried blogging with that tool. I love Bear, and …
: Jonah has found a new favorite show. I’m not sure why his tastes lean towards reality TV. …
: Just setup my profile and I can’t wait to publish my first floof on the new Floofster social …
: Opposites Attract Russell Moore picks at the notion that opposites attract in a recent newsletter. That’s one reason …
: The Micro.blog app for iOS is so hot right now.
: Read More Luke T. Harrington offers tips on how to read more in his typical humorous style. He lands some …
: Choosing Defaults I noticed something recently, as I hopped between blogging platforms — I tend to choose …
: I always get compliments when I wear this shirt, but I think it’s more because people like …
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I Don't Wanna Be Too Cool
New York’s Captured Tracks is probably the only record label site I visit regularly. Captured …
: Garrison Keillor deals handily with differences in expression of faith among friends. Over at my …
: Basic Apple Guy has a new set of images where he used Midjourney to reimagine MacOS wallpapers in …
: Keep Them Out Thomas Bandt writes about setting up Windows 11 on a laptop for his son. The experience was …
: I was really glad to hear Alan Noble talking about his new book On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden …
: I would absolutely consider it an honor to be kicked out of the Tennessee legislature for protesting …
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Rise Above
“The discovery that dead people stayed dead was not first made by the philosophers of the …
: Fine-Tuning Your Blog Jason Morehead compares his friends’ love and care for their cars to his work on his blog in …
: Parasocial Fans Just as Disney+ is starting to see a decline in viewers and the Star Wars fan base is possibly …
: 🎵 Rotate: The Cure - Wish (expanded edition). To this day I wonder why “The Big Hand” …
: NPR Signs Off Twitter NPR appears to be the first major news network to exit Twitter, after repeated attempts by Twitter …
: I find it more than a little unusual that a wall clock in my office that hasn’t worked in two …
: Hinduism and Buddhism, with their heavy emphasis on praxis, are seeing automation replacing human …
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Rock Can’t Last Forever
Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes about Mick Mars legal disputes with his former bandmates in Mötley …
: QA Attitude Emi Nietfeld writes for The Atlantic about how you might regret it if you resign your position at …
: My brother is taking my little guy to see The Super Mario Bros. movie tomorrow. All I can think …
: The Tweet Goes On I keep wondering how long people are going to stay attached to Twitter. Every few days the company …
: Real Life Freddie deBoer writes about how parents can prepare children for the life ahead. Forget snowflakes. …
: My brother won’t give my son a phone without including a case with picture of himself. This …
: Going through the family photos from my mom’s childhood.
: Substacked Adam Tinsworth writes about Substack’s apparent financial troubles and asks if it would …
: Here's To Shutting Up I recently listened to an episode of the Art of Manliness podcast about the ability to shut up in a …
: I lasted about two weeks after letting my HEY subscription lapse. After trying a few other …
: Prayer Shaming This post was originally published on Medium — December 13, 2015. Unfortunately, due to the …
: Whenever my cat snobbishly refuses to eat his food, my lady friend likes to remind him that he was …
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Flux Observer
Adam Wood hosts a show called Flux Observer that features one of my favorite podcast concepts: Wood …
: Picking Up Reading Katherine Marsh tackles the question of why rates of reading for fun have dropped for kids. …
: Tumbling Downhill punk girl Jonathan Haidt and his colleague, Greg Lukianoff, believe that the enormous increase in …
: Soarin' Kierkegaard (At Long Last) Matthew Kaul writes about our anxious age in a post on The Good Teacher Substack. He brings up, as …
: Blue Sunday In this video, the Orkestra Obsolete covers New Order’s “Blue Monday” on older …
: Metaphysical Graffiti I remember reading about a thought experiment on altruism in my Philosophy 101 class. People were …
: Sometimes, I want to make a film, just so I can choose the song that plays as the credits roll.
: I tend to forget that people are actively using Twitter, despite all of the reasons not to. …
: Under a Weighted Blanket Moon Is by Heavy Blanket Heavy Blanket gives me a sense that I know what it would sound like to be a …
: The Process of Debranding There is a lot to relate to in this post about the process of debranding by Simone Silvestroni. Like …
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Discarded
I’ve been thinking about the ways we abandon the things that keep us healthy in times of …
: Post a great album with no explanation. Tag others to do the same. @toddgrotenhuis @adoran2 …
: My Cousin, My Friend When I was a kid, vacations with my extended family were common. Getting together with my …
: It is great timing that Microsoft announced that Outlook for Mac is now free w/o an Office 365 …
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The Sweetest Setup
I often think to myself that the one gap in my workflow that I’d most like to close is the …
: Erasing Plastic For Christmas, I asked for some plastic-free hygiene items. I got some nice soap, shampoo and …
: There were many “Byzantine burpees” in last night’s worship service — The Great …
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Socializing the Apolitical
Usually, I try to stay pretty apolitical on my blog. There are enough political opinions on the web, …
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Buy Something
Vauhini Vara writes for Wired Magazine about the story of Buy Nothing, which started as a collection …
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Therapy-Speak Without the Lessons Of Therapy
As someone with an educational background in counseling, one of the most fascinating subjects to me …
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The Candy Culture Wars
John Paul Brammer wades into the candy culture wars (which are adjacent to the chicken sandwich …
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A Search Query To Find Your People
I find myself oscillating between writing things that I assume will be popular with those in my …
: My friend flawlessly executes a double metania before being blessed by our priest. This guy’s …
: I love the way this dude puts his monitor in vertical orientation to play pinball at his desk.
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Fatal Attraction
In 1987, Fatal Attraction scared Americans with its portrayal of Glenn Close as a woman jilted after …
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Ring of Past
Men I Trust has a new video for a track called “Ring of Past.” The video consists of …
: “You can’t teach on a book of the Bible and not come across something that will confront …
: Micro.blog Onboarding Kevin Quirk has a review of Micro.blog, from the perspective of a new user who is onboarding to the …
: I’m not normally shy about boosting the blogging platform I’m using, but on my Ghost …
: Me: I can’t do a video call because the webcam in my MacBook is broken. Colleague: Yeah, my …
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The Pragmatism of Tearing Down What You've Built
Chad Ragsdale wrote a piece about the “He Gets Us” ad featuring Jesus that aired during …
: I’m in the middle of reading The Nineties: A Book and loving it, but now Tomorrow and Tomorrow …
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Lack of Information
On the cusp of a revolution in information, in 1990, at a meeting of the German Informatics Society, …
: Kepano, who created the Minimal theme, is now the CEO of Obsidian. This should be interesting.
: Tonight, my sixteen year old recognized, by about 30 seconds of sound he had never heard, the voice …
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Embrace the Commute
A study found that commuting may actually be good for mental health. However, it seems the benefit …
: This is the kind of thing you get when you cross the increasing infantilization with the increasing …
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Nostalgic Thinking
Paul Kingsnorth writes a defense of his frequent invocation of nostalgia.
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Self-Quantification
As a comedian, Ginny Hogan is predisposed to some humorous hyperbole, but her thoughts on sleep …
: YouTube w/ ads means watching a quiet movie scene about a penitent monk and getting abruptly …
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American Shoegaze
The recent piece on the new wave of American shoegaze in Stereogum is nothing if not exhaustive. …
: The son of one of my colleagues opened up an escape room in a dorm at UNC and the idea and execution …
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The Right To Remain Silent
Simon Kennedy writes for Mere Orthodoxy about how Christians need to be circumspect about how they …
: Out of Band Names A comment on a Stereogum piece about the new wave of American shoegaze: I know I keep riding this …
: Bit Rot Matt Birchler on the absurdity of media not being available for ownership. I think it’s …
: Finished reading: The Religion of the Apostles by Stephen DeYoung 📚. There is a reason this book has …
: Addicted to Trump: It seems as if the journalists who are writing all of the articles about DT not …
: I Accept Full Responsibility In a world that’s full of surprises, it turns out that accepting “full …
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Last Known Good
I’ve been working on my blog design lately. Occasionally, a situation will arise in which I …
: After months on hold, was finally able to check out A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 📚. I like …
: I really do feel like MLK Jr. Day should be a day of service. I’m making cards for kids in the …
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No Roof, No Floor
I generally don’t do year-end lists, but I like to share a couple of my favorites things from …
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A Visual Sound
The skate video that first brought jazz into my consciousness in a very real way was Stereo …
: Sometimes the glowing review we give software when we first get it is from the thrill of novelty. I …
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Rock and Roll As Youth Culture
I used to have a well-worn VHS cassette of Sonic Youth’s tour video, 1991: The Year Punk …
: I don’t know if it’s the bird mascot that lures them, but there are a lot of cats on …
: Went for a mural tour downtown yesterday. Here’s John Prine.
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Musical Affinity
I’m always on the hunt for new music. I’m honestly proud of the fact that my musical …
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News Blues
When the pandemic hit, I wasn’t excited about turning over my computer to my high school …
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Just Browsing
Recently on Micro.blog, folks have been talking about “slow technology.” This usually …
: It's Christmas Now Pure Holiday by Ice Choir Though I deeply value the religious rituals and recognitions of the …
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The Josh
This fantastic piece by Laura Kolbe for n + 1 magazine takes on current building aesthetics and …
: This should surprise no one who follows my blog.
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Is Mastodon Really The Spiritual Successor To Twitter?
Mastodon was created in 2016, and the site still harkens back to its origins, a time when Gamergate …
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Rooted In Place
In a worship service recently, our pastor explored the genealogy of Jesus as presented in the book …
: I’m still deciding how I feel about the overall Mastodon experience, but I do think it’s …
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Just Adapt
I often think about how humans are maladapted to our current environments in some ways. For a …
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When You Sleep
Perhaps the definitive cover of My Bloody Valentine’s …
: ALDI has a Christmas tree-shaped frozen pizza. Just like the early Christians used to eat.
: I enjoyed Amazon’s Rings of Power series to such an extent that it actually delayed the watching of …
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This Time, I'm Out
After 14 years and over 10,000 tweets, I’ve deactivated my Twitter account. I’ve been …
: I think one of the things I find most impressive about Micro.blog is how it effectively productizes …
: Another in a series of outrageous claims made by fruit vendors. These raspberries are “limited …
: For whatever reason, a couple of days ago, Jonah decided that he was scared of me for a bit. He …
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Star Wars: An Epic Poem
Jack Mitchell brings to us The Odyssey of Star Wars, an epic poem in blank verse.
: We Rock Harder Than You Ever Knew This year has been rich with new music. I’ve been compiling a playlist of Now Sounds all year …
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Does Technology Make Tradition Impossible?
Kristen Sanders analyzes the claim made by Jon Askonas that conservatism has failed and cannot …
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Skateboard Eyes
Austin Kleon writes about drawing at a skatepark and learning from the culture of skateboarding.
: So, the Christmas decorations are up. If you think it’s too early, you’ll have to take …
: It feels weird to listen to Metallica while doing something as domestic as ironing. “Master of …
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The Twitter Snap
It wasn’t a well-kept secret that Elon Musk had layoffs in mind from Twitter the moment he …
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When Love Is Gone
Disney+ is releasing the uncut version of The Muppet Christmas Carol. The song “When Love Is …
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Everything Is Awesome
I saw a cool picture of shoes on Micro.blog the other day, and it brought up a memory of a few years …
: Pac-Man about to have lunch. AWS booth: All Things Open
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I Quickly Eat My Words
Welp, it looks like things are already going south on Twitter. For the first time (maybe ever), …
: My iPad is too old to run Stage Manager (it’s last year’s model — groan). I’m …
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Your Musk, My Tusks
So, the deal has finally going through, and Elon Musk is the new owner of Twitter. The first thing …
: I know we’re all somewhat prone to hyperbole these days, but I feel like labeling a bag of …
: It’s nice to see HEY World getting bio text and pinned posts in today’s HEY update.
: I wasn’t using Obsidian very much anymore, and then they released 1.0. Wow, this app has come …
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The End Of A Musical Era
I fantasize about going back to the click wheel iPod, loading it up and going to classes at NCSU. …
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Text Manipulation
Stephan Ango, who created the excellent new default Obsidian theme for the 1.0 launch (as well as …
: I’m going to be so bummed when my little guy isn’t into his plush buddies anymore.
: Our current political binaries and the vocabulary that has evolved around them is woefully …
: I appreciate this blog post because it uses real life examples of how amazing technology has become. …
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Rings Of Power Surprise
⚠️ Warning: Spoiler alert for Amazon’s Rings of Power series. I just finished watching the …
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Don't Call It A Newsletter
One of the co-founders of Substack, Hamish McKenzie, wishes people would stop referring to the …
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Many People Are Saying…
Several times a week, I get an email from my son’s high school with a link to a …
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What Happened To Tumblr?
Alex Hern writes for The Guardian about the current state of Tumblr and why the site will never …
: Elon is buying Twitter, Kanye is buying Parler and Micro.blog just added expanded support for the …
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The Spawn of The Daily Show
If you are as interested in media trends and their implications as I am, an article in The New …
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🎵 Matthew 7:7
This week’s Friday Night Video is a bit of a departure from other recent entries in the …
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The Jedi Monastics
I lament the decline in monastic orders that have come with rationalism and modernity. I think …
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Comics Con
Alan Moore wrote some noteworthy comics and graphic novels. Those titles include Watchmen and …
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Woodstock '99
Jeffrey Quackenbush has some insightful thoughts into the disaster that was Woodstock ‘99. Why …
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Personal Blogging Has Moved To YouTube
Linda Holmes writes about how blog culture was once sharing your whole lives with strangers on the …
: Please pardon the mess as I clean up my domains.
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I Would Die 4 You
I feel blessed to have come across a clean recording of Chvrches' version of Prince’s …
: My cats get defensive about their “property rights” when other cats come around. …
: Adam Wood writes about the allure of returning again and again to the internet to cure boredom. And …
: When I read that the Elon Musk purchase of Twitter was back on, I felt like writing that I have no …
: Happy to see that a 2.0 beta of my all-time-favorite Mac notes app Bear is going to come out this …
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Sophists and Frost Giants
A post caught my eye the other day that seemed to encapsulate the state of news and opinion in the …
: Finished reading: Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried 📚. I was hoping this book would contain …
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Billie Toppy
Men I Trust return with a new single to accompany their tour of the states. This one surprised me …
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Blogging As Self-Care
I’ve been on a sort of crusade to get more people to blog recently. If I come across a person …
: Finished reading: Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton 📚. This book was dense prose but it’s possbile …
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Andor Depicts War Amongst The Stars
I’ll start by showing my cards here and admitting that I can’t wait to see Andor, the latest of the …
: Matter is taking a cue from HEY and including notes (that you can now also take from the extension …
: As far as Netflix goes: If we won’t see a Season 2 that takes place in the Grishaverse, …
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The Graying Of The Fun Crowd
An opinionated tweet recently provoked a strong reaction. That happens many times a day and is …
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True Mathematics
Frank Yang commemorates the 20th anniversary of Ladytron’s Light & Magic LP in a post on …
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Give To Us This Day
We recently changed our version of the Lord’s Prayer in church. Not to something radically …
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The Verge Redesign
It’s heartening to see what The Verge is doing with their transformation. They’ve …
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The Crown
I completely understand why my wife and others have no use for the British monarchy. For one thing, …
: Jonah the cat started this Sunday by eating a paper on Sabbath observance. Now what do I use to …
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Freestyle Fever
A fellow microblogger has been posting videos of himself freestyle skateboarding and it has …
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Found Guilty and Sentenced to Use a Dell Monitor
Recently, I had to give up one of my favorite pieces of electronics — my M1 iMac. The process …
: I come home and my son is singing and playing some tasteful covers on his accoustic guitar: Sebadoh …
: Thankfully, this Anne Applebaum cover story (from December of last year) for the Atlantic is aging …
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Culture Wars Come To Middle Earth
In Your Favorite Pop Culture Has Just Gone “Woke.” Now What? by Jason Morehead, the author examines …
: Getting crazy goosebumps reading about the success of the Ukranian counteroffensive.
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Giving Up The Ghost
I have been trying out the blogging platform Ghost on and off for a couple of years now. It’s …
: Doing a thing this week where I drink dessert flavored teas instead of eating desserts. Much fewer …
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🎵 Pat's Trick
Last week, Frosted Echoes featured a Breeders cover as the Friday Night Video and this week, …
: Obsidian has a new default theme called “Dragonglass.” The theme has only been released …
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Amor Fati
DHH from 37Signals, who is not a believer, writes about nihilism and God’s will. Nietzsche …
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Institutions Absorb Anxiety
I’m not sure what to think of this piece from Mere Orthodoxy on panic over the direction of …
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Typing As Music
In a piece for the New Yorker, David Owen writes about the world of mechanical keyboard enthusiasts …
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🎵 Cannonball
If you look back at the music I’ve shared on this blog, you wouldn’t doubt my devotion …
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Where It Comes From
Jack Baty — @jack — writes about the MoFi scandal from an unusual perspective. Instead of gloating …
: Just finished reading: Radical Candor by Kim Scott 📚. There is a misperception about this book. …
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Skateboard Hooligans
I was reading my friend Adam’s newsletter, Tendrils, and I came upon some quick thoughts about …
: Last night, my son was listening to Slowdive and asking me about setting up a blog. You treasure …
: Just updated my Now page (definitely beachy edition).
: A new issue of the Week on the Web newsletter is out today: Moving past disruption in tech, metal …
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Metal Elizabethan Poetry
John Donne was an interesting guy. He was an inveterate womanizer and poet turned pious preacher. …
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Moving Past Disruption
Paul Ford writes for Wired Magazine as the co-founder of a software company that is tired of the …
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Minimal Mac
I was texting with an old friend the other day, and he was documenting his progress in getting …
: Experimenting a bit with putting longer posts (>1000 words) behind a login.
: DALL-E prompt: Adam Sandler at the Louvre wearing basketball shorts.
: The Radiant Citadel One of the co-creators of the latest official D&D adventure, Journeys Through the Radiant …
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An Argument for Blog Portability
Last week, I published a micro post about my thoughts after reading Matt Birchler admonish his …
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LEGO Replay
LEGO has an initiative to help with environmental sustainability in the form of reuse of their …
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The Radiant Citadel
One of the co-creators of the latest official D&D adventure, Journeys Through the Radiant …
: In Defense Of Blog Portability Last week, I published a micro post about my thoughts after reading Matt Birchler admonish his …
: Just finished reading: What If Jesus Was Serious? by Skye Jethani 📚. I didn’t stick with the …
: A friend and colleague put the name of my site into DALL-E and these are the images it generated.
: I won’t deny that I’ve had some problems with my Macbook, but when I see the Dell …
: Finished reading: The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World …
: I’m past the point in my life where I want to argue with strangers on the internet, but I do …
: This article on the meta-layer for notes within HEY email is even more relevant now that the app has …
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Population Control
I wrote in a recent newsletter about an article that Ezra Klein published, in which he discusses …
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The Friend Of My Enemy
The biggest irony of the last couple of weeks has to be Rep. Peter Meijer’s loss in the Western …
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A Vision Of Reality
Noah Millman writes about how little reality there is in film and TV these days.
: This new button in Reeder hooked up to Feedbin kind of rules. It takes you straight to the tweet in …
: It’s time to admit that I’m never going to traverse the length of Crooked Kingdom by …
: This post on why you should never change your blogging platform unless you have to resonates with me …
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Marci
Bandcamp has a review of the debut album by Marci, AKA Marta Cikojevic, who plays keyboards in the …
: Relative Sci-fi I've heard some grumblings about the new Star Wars TV series online. The Book of Boba Fett, which I …
: First time playing in a while and that was… weird. Wordle 412 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ …
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What Kinds Of Image Requests Confuse DALL-E?
In his latest newsletter, Charlie Warzel dives into DALL-E and profiles Andy Baio’s …
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Relative Sci-fi
I’ve heard some grumblings about the new Star Wars TV series online. The Book of Boba Fett, …
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Monocropping In Cities
Clive Thompson writes about rewilding cities, in a new extension of his “rewilding your …
: The dealership seems to want to buy my car back more than they wanted to sell it to me in the first …
: Airshow I consider myself fortunate to have procured a subscription to the feed reader platform Feedbin, …
: Errata: The post on the Alvvays song Pharmacist incorrectly compared the guitar solo/noise breakdown …
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Airshow
I consider myself fortunate to have procured a subscription to the feed reader platform Feedbin, …
: If you can tolerate discussion of religion and American politics, this is a fantastic episode of …
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Post-hoc TV Show Edits
Jack King examines the implications of creators editing shows after they have been released. He …
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Judging A Book By Its Cover
A recent piece, by Ben Mathis-Lilley, in Slate Magazine, shows what kind of perspective you develop …
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Drone Coma
A piece from Atlas Obscura by James Gaines, about something called “prairie madness,” …
: Capcom always milks their properties for all they are worth.
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Always There
→ The Churchhill Garden - Always There The first thing that …
: Thanks to @zioibi for the Arc invite. This browser is wild!
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"Silence Is Violence"
Alan Noble writes with a healthy dose of sarcasm in response to those who wonder why he hasn’t …
: So… I added my “Posted” folder of published blog posts to the favorites list in …
: My ten-yr.-old has informed us that he doesn’t want to have kids because it’s “too …
: I Need Some Bugspray I spend a lot of my time in software. For my job (software development manager), for my hobby …
: Sometimes Twitter is an absolute cesspool and sometimes I checkin and find myself laughing at so …
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Gun Culture
Tom Nichols is no longer writing for The Atlantic, but he gave us a post on gun culture just before …
: I have a pretty ridiculous reason for sometimes preferring a digital PKM over my analog bullet …
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Obsidian For Brain Fog
Ira Robinson was astonished to find that using the PKM Obsidian helped with his brain fog. He has …
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Browser Choice On Mobile
Steve Best writes about the problems with only having one choice of browser rendering engine on iOS. …
: Sk-Sk-Sk-Schism A few years ago, when I was teaching confirmation at the PC(USA) Presbyterian Church of which I am a …
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Playing The Amazon Game
Cory Doctorow has some fresh ideas about how you can use Amazon but still support local businesses. …
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Medium Pivots Again
Medium finally made its biggest pivot of all its many pivots: It changed its CEO. Ev Williams is …
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Screwtape on Smartphones
Alissa Ruddell wrote a post in the style of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. The subject of the …
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Liturgical Disruption
This article by Andrew McGowan is a few years old, but it has stuck in my mind as I explore …
: I love this post from Austin Kleon using a DJing technique as a metaphor for how we can exit the …
: I’m really hopeful about what iA Presenter can bring to slide decks. Just thinking about …
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Sk, Sk, Sk, Schism
A few years ago, when I was teaching confirmation at the …
: I came upstairs this morning to find my lady friend sending an email from my email account. This …
: My little guy printed out pictures of some of his favorite things.
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Keyboard Jockey
Welp, I’m doing it. I’m becoming one of those mechanical keyboard nerds. It …
: Finished reading: The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker 📚. Absolutely as good as The Golem And The …
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🎵 Pharmacist
Pitchfork reviews the new Alvvays track, “Pharmacist,” which is their first in 5 years. …
: The Twitter Circle feature is a major improvement for the platform. I’m excited to see what …
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To The Holy
The church that I have been attending, All Saints Orthodox Church, has a new website design and a …
: 🎵 Finest Hour - The Radio Dept. The concept of the Finest Hour playlist is to distill a favorite band's discography into an hour of …
: Antinet Zettelkasten The Antinet Zettelkasten movement is picking up steam. Despite what you would first think, the term …
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🎵 Finest Hour - The Radio Dept.
The concept of the Finest Hour playlist is to distill a favorite band’s discography into an …
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Antinet Zettelkasten
The Antinet Zettelkasten movement is picking up steam. Despite what you would first think, the term …
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No More Netflix Binge
Matt Birchler speculates about why Netflix chose not to release Stranger Things Season 4 all at …
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🕹 Summit Kingdom
Laysara: Summit Kingdom is an upcoming strategy game by Quite OK Games that has you building and …
: It’s healthy to be able to engage with different opinions. It’s not healthy to encounter them …
: Praying for Sameer Vasta, whom some on Micro.blog may know, as he is going through some really tough …
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🎵 Finest Hour – Polvo
In a recent newsletter, Adam Wood proposed something called “Finest Hour.” The project …
: You Will Know A Tree Today, I visited my local Orthodox Christian church for the fourth time. My body felt somewhat weak, …
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Ironsworn: Starforged
I wrote about the sci-fi successor to the fantasy tabletop RPG Ironsworn in the Week on the Web …
: Thanks to @toddgrotenhuis I’m participating in the Readwise Reader private beta. This app is …
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🎵 Janky Star
Grace Ives' new album, Janky Star, caught me a bit by surprise. I became immediately attached to the …
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Independent Social Media
I have been thinking recently about trying out federated social media site Mastodon. I’m …
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🎵 Decades and Dreams
I posted a video from Atlanta’s Bailey Crone, AKA Bathe Alone, just a few months ago. I had to …
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The Failings of San Francisco
This article by Nellie Bowles about the downfall of San Francisco and how it precipitated the ouster …
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Writing Instead Of Talking
I wrote recently about how I’d prefer to express my views about a given subject by writing …
: “It’s like The Princess Bride but they’re on acid and at Medieval Times.” ~ …
: I heard my son exaggerating to his friend that I was a “master LEGO builder.” That seems …
: My self-hosting experiment was going along swimmingly all weekend. I used JSONLint and Gulp to get …
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🎵 Terminal
Ever since she showed up in the band TOPS, I’ve thought Marta Cikojevic looked like a …
: Jason Morehead writes for Christ and Pop Culture about how reading the Ms. Marvel comic helped him …
: iA Writer 6.0 will support wiki links. That’s pretty huge.
: Rotten Apple I’ve been growing increasingly frustrated with Apple lately. Apple is a giant company now, as …
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Rotten Apple
I’ve been growing increasingly frustrated with Apple lately. Apple is a giant company now, as …
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Breaking News
A colleague was just telling me about how he hasn’t watched the news for approximately three …
: Who needs a Playdate for retro gaming when you’ve got one of these?
: Basic Apple Guy pulled together a WWDC bingo card. He has some ideas about what may turn up at the …
: Matthew Ismael Ruiz writes for Pitchfork as an obsessive digital music collector. He shuns …
: My wife and I celebrate our 20th anniversary today. I’m so glad we’re together. Of all …
: Lauren Goode wants to bring back the age of presence indicators — like the AIM Away Messages — to …
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Reading It Later
I have a Kobo Libra 2 ereader, and it’s one of my favorite devices. Of course, it is used for …
: 🎵 It has been too long since I last listened to Hammock and the journey back into their soundscapes …
: The MUNYA record my mom got me for Christmas was just delivered. The vinyl pressing plants really …
: Claymorphism seems to be the rage now in web design. This style, which may remind you of your …
: TIL the web version of Microsoft Office is free if you are using the Edge browser.
: Another Sunday Divine Liturgy at All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church. Beautiful service.
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🎵 Perfectly Out Of Time
Stray Fossa is a band that Apple Music kept pushing on me until I realized that I really liked …
: Andy Phelps writes about how, growing up in California, near Edwards Air Force base, he had to deal …
: My son was playing his guitar and singing “All My Little Words” by the Magnetic Fields …
: Just updated my Now page (no swimming edition). frostedechoes.com/now/
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Wired For Reproduction
Brandy Schillace writes for Wired Magazine about how …
: Come To The Dark Side (We Have Cookies) A lot of times, when I watch movies that pit good vs. evil in easily distinguishable sides, I wonder …
: The Fruit Of A Culture Of Death We tend to think of government corruption as happening in other places. Third world countries. It’s …
: We tend to think of government corruption as happening in other places. Third world countries. …
: I will never forget this piece. Since it was written, America has only grown more devoted to our own …
: The new Feedbin app for iOS is super snappy, designed well and seems less buggy than the previous …
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Cal Newport On Social Media
Author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism and other tech-adjacent books, Cal Newport, talks about the …
: Just finished reading: David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell 📚. Gladwell rarely disappoints. The …
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Come To The Dark Side (We Have Cookies)
A lot of times, when I watch movies that pit good vs. evil in easily distinguishable sides, I …
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🎵 Mint Julep - Covers
The 1980s was a decade that started with an album …
: Sunday worship at the Antiochian Orthodox Church.
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Is Automattic A Poor Steward Of Its Acquisitions?
Almost a year ago, Wordpress owner Automattic bought the beloved journaling app, Day One. One of the …
: Things are heating up here in NC, and it’s about time to spin one of my favorite summer …
: It looks like Matter took into account one of the primary criticisms of the app — that it was too …
: Brave Rewards seems like a cool way to pay creators. I wish more people were verified, but I think …
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Orthodox Christianity, The Far Right and the Green-Eyed Christ
A new book entitled Between Heaven and Russia: …
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🎵 Full Moon Baby
I love how Hollie Cook is able to blend reggae and dream pop vibes on “Full Moon Baby.” I enjoyed …
: I looked into migrating over to blot.im last year (because it was so easy to post from Obsidian), …
: I’m leaning towards face tattoos but I’m open to suggestions on how to deal with my …
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Less Is More
I’ve decided I need to introduce some changes to how I post online. I typically write a lot …
: I know @vincent probably hears this often enough, but, the new version of Gluon for Micro.blog is …
: 📺 Finished watching Moon Knight. What a strange trip it has been.
: When I see someone with a bumper sticker that has “class of 2026” on it, I think, …
: 🎵 I’ve had this song stuck in my head all week, so I added to my mini-review. You can’t …
: I love this story of a Catholic church in Austria that actually has a road running through it. At …
: Wordle seems to have been a boon for the New York Times, bringing millions of new users to the site …
: It’s cool to see Mastodontis get an official iPad app. Wondering if it’s time to check …
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Smashing Political Binaries
Lois M. Collins has a profile of Elizabeth Bruenig, whom I’ve long admired, for Deseret News. The …
: Elizabeth Bruenig – Smashing Political Binaries Lois M. Collins has a profile of Elizabeth Bruenig, whom I’ve long admired, for Deseret News. The …
: There’s definitely an extent to which posting about personal situations on social media and public …
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Everything Old Is New Again For 37signals
CEO Jason Fried just announced that Basecamp, the company, not the product, which used to be called …
: I realize that I just pointed to some writing tips from Clive Thompson, but here’s another …
: Pratik writes about the degeneration of Twitter by comparing it to your favorite bar going downhill. …
: One of the first things I did when I got my new backscratcher was use it on my cat. Then I saw the …
: I would be interested to know if anyone else is using Glasp for web highlighting. Seems like a …
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🎵 Come On Let's Go
Captured Tracks recording artist Scout Gillett covers the standout Broadcast track “Come On …
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Rushing For The Exit
The purchase of Twitter by the world’s wealthiest “free speech absolutist” has brought quite a few …
: Cashing In My Chips My first thought when read (at the end of a long day of work) that Elon Musk had purchased Twitter, …
: Craig Mod promotes his piece in the New York Times — A Long Walk In A Fading Corner Of Japan: …
: Cashing In My Chips My first thought when read (at the end of a long day of work) that Elon Musk had purchased Twitter, …
: David French takes on the government in Florida on free speech. Based on his analysis, the state’s …
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Dance Music For Introverts
Sometimes Apple Music inspires me by algorithmically playing fitting sequential songs after a …
: Clive Thompson wrote an ode to the em dash. After reading his fawning tribute to the multipurpose …
: I mentioned the building of the new Epic Games HQ in a recent issue of my newsletter, and now they …
: Flickr is making some interesting changes to their Terms of Service. After the changes take effect, …
: M.G. Seiegler writes about the hypothetical that Microsoft could buy Twitter. Unlike the …
: I really enjoy the roundups that Matt Poppe does of new Disney+ series for Christ and Pop Culture. …
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Tracking Your Browsing Habits
moz://a, which has positioned itself as a browser company concerned about privacy, is now harvesting …
: The views from a lunchtime walk today.
: Eastertide I look at Easter not just as a day, but as a kickoff, if you will, for Eastertide. I see it as …
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Eastertide
I look at Easter not just as a day, but as a kickoff, if you will, for Eastertide. I see it as …
: 🍿 Got around to watching the Oscar for best picture winning CODA and I’m very glad that I did.
: The first time I said, “he is risen” this morning, it was to my cat. Happy Easter!
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The Slide from Epistemic Bubble to Echo Chamber
In 2019, I participated in what is called a Leadership 360 assessment. This particular survey is …
: Working on probably the longest blog post I’ve written in years and just passed my goal.
: Finished reading: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by …
: 🎵 Loafing Oafs And All Night Chemists People tend to think of Morrissey as an overwrought melancholic (and not without some reason). I've …
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🎵 Loafing Oafs And All Night Chemists
People tend to think of Morrissey as an overwrought melancholic (and not without some reason). …
: Likes include vegan ice cream flavors named after jam bands.
: I love the idea of a non-profit grocery store to serve the needs of those living in a food desert.
: Populations In The Lurch Derek Thompson wrote a newsletter edition for the Altantic about population growth collapsing in the …
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Populations In The Lurch
Derek Thompson wrote a newsletter edition for the Altantic about population growth collapsing in …
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Buzzing Towards Babylon
With no formal announcement (whoops), Wordpress.com changed their pricing significantly, removing …
: In what feels like a sign that h*ck hath indeed frozen over, Google Docs now supports markdown.
: The best revenge… by Topher McCulluch via Flickr.
: I kind of love the Comic Helvetic font. Currently playing around with it for my newsletter masthead.
: 🎵 Hazy Shade Of Winter This cover of a Paul Simon song by The Bangles achieved more popularity than the original. The clips …
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🎵 Hazy Shade Of Winter
This cover of a Paul Simon song by The Bangles achieved more popularity than the original. The …
: Citizen Brick created, and quickly sold out of, a MOC LEGO figure of Ukrainian President Volodymyr …
: Writing For An Online Audience At Micro Camp 2021, Patrick Rhone did a talk on writing a book and he delved into the topic of …
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Writing For An Online Audience
At Micro Camp 2021, Patrick Rhone did a talk on writing a book and he delved into the topic of …
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Hyper-capitalism vs. the World
Rebecca Riddell has an opinion piece for the Washington …
: Hyper-capitalism vs. the World Rebecca Riddell has an opinion piece for the Washington Post (🔗 Via Lisa Sieverts) on the US trying …
: Work For Love People associate Ministry with their signature industrial/metal sound, but they have a dark past in …
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🎵 Work For Love
People associate Ministry with their signature industrial/metal sound, but they have a dark past …
: Garrison Keillor has probably the best take on the confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson …
: Ernie from Tedium has a piece on the new Asahi Linux alpha build for M1 Macs. Though I’m …
: The first time ever in two. Better than a 7/10 split. Wordle 278 2/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
: 🍿 Just watched Free Guy and it was delightful. It borrowed concepts from Groundhog Day as well as …
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Primary Obsidian Theme
For my work Obsidian vault, I’ve been using the Primary theme. I sometimes miss the features of a …
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Follow The Science
My teenager has to get up at 5:30am for school. He goes to …
: Jodie Cook makes the case that the hidden benefit of two-factor authentication is that it creates …
: I got to play around with a Moog today and it was really fun. Switched on Robert.
: Just updated my Now page (opening back up edition).
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Summers In The Breach
Every time I think I'm out, they pull me back in. I've started listening to my records again and …
: Summers In The Breach Every time I think I'm out, they pull me back in. I've started listening to my records again and I …
: Horror Head Frank Yang, of the late Chromewaves.net, has a new blog called Space Echo, where he does what he …
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🎵 Horror Head
Frank Yang, of the late Chromewaves.net, has a new blog called Space Echo, where he does what he …
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The Twitter Corps
In a piece entitled It's Not Your Fault You're a Jerk on Twitter, Katherine Cross writes for …
: Jonah is on Cat TV on his first birthday.
: The Twitter Corps In a piece entitled It's Not Your Fault You're a Jerk on Twitter, Katherine Cross writes for Wired …
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The Upside Down
I did most of my growing up in the suburbs of the …
: The Upside Down I did most of my growing up in the suburbs of the District of Columbia, during the Reagan …
: Keeping It In The Box When I was a kid, I spent a good amount of time with a cousin of the same age. Throughout our …
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Imprecatory Prayer
I had never come across the phrase "imprecatory prayer" …
: Jordan Peterson has a song now. My son called “it a Pink Floyd rip-off done by a bunch of …
: Clive Thompson on why you should switch to a browser with vertical tabs.
: Catherine the Great invited the Mennonites to settle land in Ukraine. Less than 100 years later, …
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Beating Monsters With The Cross
The day before President’s Day, I went to church for the first time since last summer. I’ve been …
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🎵 Brothertiger “Torn Open”
I know, I know, I just wrote about Brothertiger …
: I changed my avatar because the old pic was taken when the pandemic started and I really feel like …
: 🍿 Watched Encanto on Disney+ and wrote a short review. Thanks to all for the recommendations.
: It will be interesting to see if the introduction of downvotes on Twitter improves the discourse.
: I feel like our new kitten, Jonah, doesn’t have a lot of integrity. He doesn’t always do …
: Elevator Pitch Beliefs Image source: Steven Hiller/Twitter The clip of Stephen Colbert expressing some basics about his …
: I just introduced my boss (who used to work in radio at the BBC) to Ronnie Martin’s new album. …
: Those who doubt the potency and pervasiveness of Covid need but attend the Joys and Concerns portion …
: My lady friend is an Evernote gal, and I’m an Obsidian guy. Will it work between us?
: The Political Lawyer From David French, an analogy for partisanship in this country. He came to this after leaving the …
: Freddie deBoer wrote some thoughts after being told a book was “taken down” on Twitter. …
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The Gift of Presence
Jason Fried of Basecamp on the decision they made to remove presence indicators from the app. Where …
: Our new kitten is learning that our older cat is really good at cat tower defense games.
: From Ross Douthat, an attempt to fuse together the themes of his two books, The Deep Places and The …
: Watching The Neverending Story with my last night of Netflix. This movie is such a product of its …
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Tatooine Under New Management
Matt Poppe typically reviews the new Star Wars and Marvel shows for Christ and Pop Culture. …
: Jason Morehead wrote a fair and even-handed review of 2025: The World Enslaved By A Virus, the Plan …
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🎵 Yumi Zouma "In The Eyes Of Our Love"
Yumi Zouma has a new full-length, Present Tense, coming out March 18th on Polyvinyl. As is the …
: I’m following Austin Kleon’s advice. START A MAILING LIST, Y’ALL. I even displayed the …
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Repairing the Cracks (kintsugi style)
Sometimes, I feel like I need to stop ruminating on the “deep cleavages in American …
: There is finally a new Pinboard iOS client and it looks good.
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The Tools Don't Matter?
I’ve heard it frequently said that the tools you use don’t matter. That people who are …
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All Things Too Open
Years ago, I saw Henry Zhou give a keynote speech at the All Things Open conference. I left his …
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🎵 Barrie "Darjeeling"
Barrie is another band that was recommended to me by the Apple Music algorithm. I immediately …
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Discussions of cryptocurrencies seem to be on everyone's lips, these days. Most of the opinions I am …
: Matter just added a send Articles to Kindle feature. Now if they would just do that for the …
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The always insightful Russell Moore writes in his latest newsletter about Insurrection Day. He came …
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Exchanging the Truth For Lies
Professor at a Christian college, Chad Ragsdale, has a blog …
: Finished reading: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 📚. I have to say I like the Crows series better than …
: Austin Kleon has a post remembering poet and musician Dave Berman on the week of his birthday. I’m …
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Anger Unmasked
In our county, mask mandates in schools continue to be a hot …
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🎵 Geowulf "Saltwater"
Last week, I wrote about some musical favorites from 2021. This week, I’m posting the video …
: Twitter frequently recommends contextless rage tweets from people I don’t even know or follow …
: Given the recent damning ProPublica piece that focuses on Facebook’s role in the January 6th …
: Finished reading: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 📚
: The Quick Reviews web app from @mattbirchler just dropped and it’s pretty sweet. Still a bit …
: Andy Nicolaides over at the Dent urges us to take it easy on ourselves when it comes to social …
: Two days ago, I was literally sweating at the dinner table because it was so hot and today we got …
: It would be difficult to come up with a more precise and succinct description of our modern …
: Trailing clouds of glory do we come, From God, who is our home. ~ William Wordsworth
: Twitter is serious about suspending the accounts of those who spread disinformation about Covid-19 …
: 🎵 Spectres "Northern Towns" For this Friday Night Video, Spectres comes your way with some powerful, muscular post-punk. At …
: The Book of Boba Fett and Star Wars LEGO.
: My son just became a big boy.
: There is absolutely no overlap in the Venn diagram of my favorite albums this year and those of the …
: Saw some vultures chowing down on roadkill like it was Boston Market on the way to my mom’s …
: My wife loves it that we got each other the same Christmas card… again.
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Hazel English "Nine Stories"
This is definitely the most playful music video I’ve seen in some time. You have Hazel …
: Christians love the part in A Charlie Brown Christmas where Linus gives his speech about the true …
: For those that read this blog post (which was one of my more controversial, for some reason), my bro …
: 📺 Watched Steve Jobs last night. Fassbender was great as the titular character. The whole movie was …
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Pissed or Blissed?
Austin Kleon quotes Bill O’Hanlon when he talks about the four energies for writing. The first two …
: It seems the Chinese government is starting to understand that a political system with no real …
: My sister was talking to my wife about a comedian who sounds just like me, “except that …
: Anne-Laure Le Cunff of Ness Labs was just interviewed by Indie Hackers. I really like the balance …
: Matt Birchler writes in Photography Needs to be Fun about how the new Glass photography network …
: The new kitten is thriving on a diet of faux Christmas trees, shoe laces and Moleskine bands.
: Just Finished reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman 📚. It seems the productivity craze …
: I’m pretty happy with the way the first issue of my newsletter, Week on the Web, turned out. …
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Hoops "Cars and Girls"
Last week I featured an important song in the Japanese city pop genre and made the comparison to …
: There’s something special about hearing your son playing the guitar part for a song you put on …
: Now that M.b. has better support for drafts and scheduling, I’d love to see a Drafts action …
: I’d estimate about 25% of the posts that the official Twitter client shows me are from people …
: Got a new kitten named Jonah yesterday and we are getting along famously. He and my other cat …
: Kevin Crowley was caught in a crowd during a trampling incident that killed 94 people. He was …
: Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner writes about how Windows tries to get you to make Edge your default …
: Amazon employees yet again have reason to complain about their treatment from the company as it …
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America Defeated Itself
In America, those that lived during the time of World War II are often referred to as "The Greatest …
: I can definitely see myself using this JSON to SVG timeline plugin to track my medical history.
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🎵 Mariya Takeuchi "Plastic Love"
The song for this video is from 1984, but the video was shot just recently. Originally not a huge …
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Endless Talk About The Culture War
Alex Nowrasteh writes for Arc Digital on why there is …
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Punishing Facebook
Facebook has been outed in the US for its dishonorable practices, but what it’s done in this …
: This post by Ted Gioia focuses on how musical innovations drove Silicon Valley. He details how HP …
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Asymmetric Possibilities
The other night, I was reading through the cover story for …
: Got the Micro.blog Orange plan and now I can edit replies within 24 hours of posting them.
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Work Drugs
Work Drugs bring their smooth yacht rock to this video of a girl wandering around a city. There are …
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Spotify Envy
Around this time of year, people are always buzzing about their Spotify Wrapped playlists. They post …
: Years after writing it, I still get the once in a blue moon email about this post from someone who …
: Hub and spoke model of urban planning.
: “Waiting is the nurturing of a moment that holds a gift.” This first Sunday in Advent, …
: I was contacted by eBay, and they confirmed that the second buyer I had on my camp stove was another …
: This week’s Friday night video is taken from a series of intimate live studio performances by …
: I was enjoying posts from Paul Kingsworth, but he lost me after his anti-vaccine rant this week.
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Inoculation Station
Paul Kingsnorth kind of lost me on his anti-vaxxer rant this week. Did …
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: A cool selection of Star Wars Wallpapers created by Virginia Poltrack. Source: …
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Capture + Find (+ Publish)
Ellane W. has a blog post on the capture and find methodology and implementing that with Drafts + …
: Medium.com is a hot mess right now. All of the gamification and financial incentives to attract …
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Kessler Syndrome
I remember a time, not long ago, when we laughed at the introduction of Space Force from …
: Snickers the cat likes to hide behind Henry Tudor’s girth.
: Any attempt to stop my wife from putting up the Christmas tree today would be completely futile. 🎄
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Weezer “Take On Me”
On the Weezer appreciation scale, I’m at the end next to Leslie Jones character in the infamous SNL …
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eBay Has Become The Pirate Bay
Over the years, I’ve had three eBay ID’s. eBay used to …
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Learning Prayer From Cartoon Bears
When my oldest was younger, we used to read a Berenstain Bears book about prayer. While the books …
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Paying For The Product
Cory Doctorow has made himself an expert on digital privacy. This essay is mainly about surveillance …
: Nice to see Twitter following through on its promise to decentralize with a more open API.
: Ever since I started trying to post to Micro.blog with Ulysses, I have had all kinds of bugs. Double …
: Just on the heels of my posting of an old iPod Sock sitting in my dresser drawer, Basic Apple Guy …
: It has been a long time, my old friend.
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Everyday Radicalism
Does calling our actions “radical” or “revolutionary” make us feel better …
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🎵 Munya “Voyage”
A few weeks ago, I blogged about Quebec artist MUNYA and her upcoming album, Voyage to Mars. MUNYA …
: We now have billionaires deciding whether to pay taxes to the government based on rudimentary …
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🎵 Dave Depper “Lonely With You”
I had never heard of Dave Depper before this week, but …
: The little guy did American Gothic as Minecraft.
: On the iA blog, Oliver Reichenstein argues that apps are more like coffee makers than the cups of …
: On the post rock blog, A Closer Listen, Richard Allen reviews the new Hammock album, Elsewhere. …
: I like Derek Sivers practice of keeping plain text topic journals. I think I’m going to try doing …
: 🎮 It’s a pleasant little hamlet.
: Just hacked my Kobo to allow me to export highlights to a text file. My workflow is feeling much …
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🎵 Colatura “At The Met”
I realize that I posted a video from Colatura not long ago, but the second single off of their debut …
: Terence Sweeney writes for Plough magazine about how the saints have lost relevance in our lives as …
: The Atlantic is buying up popular Substack writers and including their newsletters as part of your …
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Likes and Easy Feedback
How do you signal appreciation? There has been a fair amount of debate …
: Jonas Ellison on how we act more Christian on Halloween than on Christmas. During Christmas, we …
: Back when 7 inches of vinyl would cost you less than 3 bones.
: Charlotte Bismuth on taking a sabbatical from social media. My eyes are no longer accustomed to the …
: I had no idea there was a recipe markup language called CookLang.
: 🎵 Wild Nothing - A Dancing Shell This week's Friday Night Video is a bit older but it's one that reminds me of how Jack Tatum can …
: I was sad to have to part with this pinball machine, which I had for 26 years, but I’m glad it …
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Common Sense Violence
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Apple TV+ series Foundation, as well as some graphic …
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TCD (Total Cost of Dishonesty)
How much are the rest of us impacted by the lack of honesty from others?
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Sea Green Serenade
Our Daily Bread has an insightful lesson on Psalm 77, in which Asaph unloads his anguish onto God. …
: Maria Popova can make even a post about changing the name of her blog into something incredibly …
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You Are Not Your Own
The radio started when I turned on the ignition. NPR was playing from when my wife drove the car …
: From the review of Jonathan Franzen’s new book, Crossroads: Franzen knows better than anyone …
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Curators Gain A New Power
As so much on the internet now is locked behind paywalls, there is a new opportunity for curators. …
: Rick Astley and the Blossoms "Well I Wonder" Rick Astley and the Blossoms have been on a nostalgia trip lately. They’re not reminiscing …
: I’m really looking forward to reading the new book by Alan Noble.
: A colleague and friend gave me this painting that she did. It looks fantastic in my dining room.
: Do you write using the printer method or the pixel method?
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It's Hard to Beat Amazon
As regular readers will know, I’ve been trying to rely less on Amazon and branch out into other …
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Jenn Champion “Love Nobody”
Jenn Champion first came to my attention when she covered Weezer’s blue album in full for the now …
: I really appreciated this piece on the perfect plants for windowless offices. Though my home office …
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The Great Pitchfork Apology
Pitchfork recently revised ratings on 20 albums from the past, mostly raising scores, but also …
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Munya Voyage to Mars
MUNYA is set to release her new LP, Voyage to Mars, in November. On tracks …
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What is the Matter?
Matter is a promising new read-it-later service that shies away from convention and introduces new …
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Ted Lasso, Season 2 (is making me blue)
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the second season of Ted Lasso, up through Episode 8. …
: The Night the Darkness Revolted Revenge bedtime procrastination came up as a topic of discussion on Micro.blog a little while ago (I …
: Eventually, people learn that by calling something ‘spiritual warfare,’ we Christians …
: Yumi Zouma "In Camera" “In Camera” is just one of the many Balearic, breezy Yumi Zouma songs worthy of the …
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Plain and Simple, Stars for Eyes
Chris Hayes writes for the New Yorker on how the internet has brought about a kind of pseudo-fame …
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She and Him “Holiday”
It may be just a bit too early for posts about Christmas. Frankly, it seems …
: I didn’t check out Hey for email when everyone else did, but now I’m kind of curious …
: I asked my wife, who grew up Catholic in New Jersey, about The Many Saints of Newark and she had …
: It would be nice for Manton to commit to ending Finsta on Micro.blog.
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Brothertiger "Arizona"
Brothertiger comes the closest of any band I can think of in blending a 2010 chillwave aesthetic …
: The flickr blog has a post that looks at nearly two decades of Creative Commons licenses. The post …
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Users Mingling Freely with Brands
Alan Jacobs just published a blog post that made me chuckle. The Washington Post: “The metaverse, …
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The Resemblance is Uncanny
A couple of years ago, I compared …
: I wish I had a t-shirt with colors and patterns as cool as those on this caterpillar.
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Gimmie Indie Rock
1995 was a good year for independent music. The indie rock scene was maturing and new artists were …
: As a student of psychology, I’ve always been fascinated and disturbed by the concept of …
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Hatchie "This Enchanted"
This new video by Hatchie is wrapped in a real 120 Minutes vibe. Noisy, shoegaze guitars, images on …
: I made it to worship service at church for the first time in over a year and a half today. It felt …
: I’m glad to see Mozilla coming up with new ways of generating revenue to reduce their reliance …
: TFW your son wakes you up on a Saturday morning to talk about how ridiculous the snare drum sounds …
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Personal Knowledge Management
Tending to your digital garden. My name is …
: Finished reading: Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett 📚. This might be my favorite book by Follett …
: Last year, as music venues shut their doors, the hype began to quickly build around streaming …
: I read the different reactions to Season 2 of Ted Lasso and realize that your experience of it may …
: The news about Facebook hiding research that could proved detrimental to their business model is not …
: I’m excited about the upcoming changes to Instapaper. They’ve finished with …
: Friday Night Video | Somewhere This was a pleasant surprise in my Apple New Music Mix last week. I haven't heard any Black Marble …
: “The most recognized photograph on Earth gets the macOS treatment.” I especially love …
: I’ve made some very caring and compassionate friends through church.
: Finished reading: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 📚. A very hopeful and optimistic book.
: In a recent post, Chad Ragsdale regrets the decline of morality in western civilization. He argues …
: Readwise is coming out with a read-it-later service for hardcore notetaking nerds like myself. You …
: Twenty years ago was my first day working in computers at Best Buy. I really didn’t understand …
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Friday Night Video | Start Without Me
Greg's Guitar Lessons covers "Start Without Me" by Pedro The Lion. As far as I know, this is the …
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Duett - Leisure
Duett channels the sounds of the 1980's on their pastel-infused album Leisure.
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Jason Morehead asks if Facebook deliberately deplatformed his church. Like others who have had this …
: The Holy Post: It’s funny that Phil Vischer has a podcast that tackles some pretty heavy …
: A student was found with 2 guns at Enloe High School, where my sisters went to school. This is …
: Some are pointing to the hubris of yet another foreign power trying to graft its value system …
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Maybe All I Need Is A Shot In The Arm
**Some Christians are looking for religious liberty exemptions from employer-based vaccine mandates. …
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Friday Night Video | King Kalm
This one came up out of the blue last week, just as I had posted “Pink and Blue” as a …
: Cheri Baker has a great idea to keep us all sane: outrage slots. You only get two subjects of …
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Tough Love
Mars Hill Church reveled in being Christian the manly way.
: When Austin Kleon wants to get answers to questions on Twitter, instead of asking a direct question, …
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The YouTube Generation
My 9-yr.-old loves video games. It seems sometimes like his love for video games surpasses his love …
: Drew Coffman has gone all-in on crypto. He explains how he went from knowing nothing about the …
: The Mozilla Blog has a post explaining why hyperlinks are blue.
: The funny thing about minimalism is there is only so much you can say about it. That’s why …
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The Return of The Wonder Years
I loved the original The Wonder Years series, which tracked almost perfectly with my age at the time …
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Friday Night Video | Pink and Blue
The smooth and slightly smoky voice of Saint Sinner pairs well with the instrumentals from Tycho. …
: TFW multiple books you had on hold at Libby become available at once. What to read?
: Back to the Future, E.T., and the Wonder of a Non-Violent Blockbuster In this piece for Consequence …
: Here are a few blackout poems from Austin Kleon about the pandemic that remind me of the Psalms.
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Work Drugs "Drive"
This is a bit of a return to form for the band that describe themselves as “smooth …
: 🎵 Japanese Breakfast does a gorgeous cover of Sufjan Stevens' “Romulus.”
: 🎵 Angel Olsen’s atmospheric 80’s cover EP, Aisles just dropped. If you buy it via …
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Apps
A new photo sharing service could be great for photography, but is it ultimately better than the …
: Biden’s Betrayal of Afghans Will Live in Infamy | The Atlantic I’m breaking my usual guideline …
: No, Vinyl Records Aren’t Outselling CDs - Do the Math | Radio Survivor Paul Riismandel writes …
: My 9-yr.-old talks a lot when he’s playing video games. He sounds a bit like Bob Odenkirk …
: Friday Night Video | After The Moment Tonight we have Japanese band Pictured Resort covering Craft Spells' ‘After The Moment.’ …
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Isla
New songs from Film School set the stage for their soon-to-be-released album. Film School just …
: End of the line for Uber | Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow on the inevitable (at least in his view) …
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Ethical Consumerism and the Amazon Dilemma
Last Christmas, my sister had one prohibition on her wishlist for her Secret Santa: Nothing …
: I like the way Matt Mullenweg calls journals “private blogs.” That guy truly has a web …
: What is an ethical consumer supposed to do with Amazon?
: It concerns me when my 9-yr.-old says things like “nobody uses Tinder anymore.”
: Is The Suicide Squad the beginning of the end for the superhero movie? | The Guardian Marvel’s …
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Lost on Safari
Apple feels a little bit lost with regards to its implementation of Safari 15. The new look of the …
I love that this Facebook ad spotlighting a retro skateboarding trick starts with footage of …
: Using Drafts.app feels like being in control of a mini digital command center for text. Sometimes, …
: As of next week, my younger son will have attended school for only 2 out of the 5 weeks since he …
: ‘Look at Me Like a Human Boy!’ Clifford is one of my favorite movies of all time, so of course I had …
: Smoke on the horizon, all’s well at home | Garrison Keillor “I have friends whose …
: Obsessive Collecting & Hobbies in the Pandemic: Vinyl Records Demand forces a collector to …
: Didn’t finish reading: The Story Of A New Name by Elena Ferrante 📚. The book was very well …
: The first user of the beta Posts+ feature on Tumblr received death threats. “I felt like the …
: I can’t believe we are still in the situation where you have to prove you have a cable …
: I don’t care what you do, as a parent, you are never totally prepared for that moment when …
: Finished reading: Siege And Storm by Leigh Bardugo 📚. I enjoyed this much more than the first book …
: Tumblr removing post types and substituting simple content blocks is a good move. It enables greater …
: I really like not having access to site metrics on M.b. but it can be nice to know when someone is …
: “Comments are suppposed to be nice and supportive, or just like, a question.” ~ My 9-yr. old, coming …
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Music As Teenage Cultural Capital
When I lived out my teen years, in the early nineties, …
: Finished reading: Stardust by Neil Gaiman 📚. I had trouble wrapping my head around the concept of an …
: On the wall above his desk, there’s a framed ticket from a Grateful Dead concert. On the other side …
: “‘Lucas makes movies that are intentionally designed to have holes in them that need to …
: Good move by Twitter to add Revue newsletter signup buttons to Twitter user profiles. I wondered how …
: Is Netflix the only company within the high-flying FAANG stock portfolio not under antitrust …
: I appreciate Eddy Cue’s honesty regarding Apple Music lossless encoding. Very few people will be …
: “If you have ever engaged in one of the typical shame fights on social media, then think about …
: Listening to the spaceship engine sounds from the Dark Noises app at night makes me feel like I’m …
: Adding this movie to my Netflix queue was an easy call. A new Netflix movie called Skater Girl …
: I’ve longed for pages like this on Apple Music, where you can see the output of a record …
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The More Things Change
Freddie deBoer …
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The Sound of the Fury
When Medium decided to stop funding many of the publications …
: 📚When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanathi: The story of Kalanathi’s promising life as a …
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Grayscale Phone
I recently showed my wife my iPhone screen, which was dulled by complete grayscale. She responded by …
: At this point, none of the money from the $16 billion “Save Our Stages” relief fund has …
: 🎮 Oregon Trail: I haven’t actually played the game, but I enjoy listening to the desert noir …
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Some Things Last A Long Time
Following the previous post, I’m risking turning this into a Sharon Von Etten fan blog, which would …
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Friday Night Video | Like I Used To
It may be partly the haircuts (hey Linda Ronstadt), but something feels so authentically 70’s about …
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Prayers Over Facebook
Facebook has been quietly rolling out a prayer post feature that will let users post prayer …
: Spotify Versus the Ages Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash. There are many reasons to be frustrated with Spotify, but my …
: I appreciate the way the official Micro.blog app has edges. If I don’t click the “Show More” button, …
: 📺 The Bad Batch: The first episode got the thumbs up from the little guy, who loved Clone Wars. May …
: 🎮 Wonderbox: My son is really enjoying the single and multiplayer modes of this game. The levels and …
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A Way To Buy Nothing
These Buy Nothing groups, which offer a way to trade goods with neighbors and reduce spending and …
: 🍿 Wolfwalkers - A brilliantly and vibrantly illustrated movie. I was frustrated with the narrative …
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Keeping Your Composure
Over at Brainpickings, Maria Popova writes about accepting reality and setting your expectations …
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Female Leads
When Ursula Le Guin wrote the The Tombs of Atuan (published in 1970), the second book in the …
: “There are several leading theories for why vaccines could alleviate the symptoms of long COVID: …
: Got my first jab today, but unlike most people, I walked in with a few of the symptoms that were …
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Friday Night Videos | Where Is My Mind
Nandi Bushell always puts on a great performance. She started with videos of herself playing a …
: Currently reading: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚. The second in the Earthsea series, …
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Friday Night Video | Little Fury Things (Acoustic Cover)
If you’ve ever heard J. Mascis perform Dinosaur Jr. songs solo on acoustic guitar, he goes about it …
: Apple Arcade is killing it right now and I wish I had the energy to play more of the games.
: For those who may be interested, this is the Q&A where I was able to ask the Catholic nuns how …
: The Lord is risen. He is risen indeed! 🐑🪨
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Friday Night Video | Hard Drive
Have you ever thought about how hypnosis so closely resembles guided meditation? Especially the …
: Dreaming Of How It’s Supposed To Be (a collage)
: I am so stoked that Kumail Najiani is going to be in the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series. I only hope that …
: I’m not sure I fully understand why the generic almond milk I use for my cereal needs a social media …
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Time To Edit
Austin Kleon …
: R.I.P. Larry McMurtry. The author was nothing if not prolific. I went through a period where I …
: The IA Writer blog has a post on how the app can be beneficial to those with ADHD (especially in …
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Medium Level Chaos
Casey Newton very publicly …
: I just got to ask a question of some Catholic nuns about how the practice of Memento Mori can be …
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Beyond the Beyond
I was recently in search of something to to read after finishing the sprawling epic that was The …
: Happy name day to my lady friend! It was great that we could celebrate with family.
: Currently reading: A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚. Classic fantasy.
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Shoegaze Saturday | Losing Daylight
The header of the Bandcamp page for Prepare My Glider features a shoegaze staple: an overstuffed …
: Friday Night Video | Be Sweet After her bass player left a former band she was in to join a band he said was going to be “Jimmy …
: Really enjoying this Flickr group of vintage travel posters.
: I rarely look at my main Twitter timeline. I mostly stick to the notifications tab. Now they are …
: I agree with Zac Hall and John Voorhees that Apple removing the HomePod from their product line is …
: It’s interesting how many musicians criticize or even protest against Spotify while others promote …
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Near Death Experiences
The Guardian has a piece on near-death experiences (as they have been known since the 70’s), which …
: “I mean, how cool is it to own – actually own – a piece of a song by one of your favorite artists …
: Just updated my Now page (Intermezzo edition).
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WandaVision Collateral Damage
Warning: Contains …
: “While the phrase “politically correct” seemingly exploded out of nowhere in the early nineties, it …
: “One of my greatest frustrations in terms of trying to find ways to bridge this deep divide within …
: Apple just launched a service for transferring your photos and videos to Google. I’m not planning on …
: Just read: Herodias by Gustave Flaubert 📚. The story is well told, although short. You probably …
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Catholic Black Metal
There is a theory that black metal flourished in Norway because there was never a …
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Memento Mori
The latest episode of the …
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Mozilla Has All The Cookies
On the Mozilla Security blog, the Firefox team details their new implementation of cross-site …
: Ernie Smith from Tedium takes a good look at Vivaldi, still probably the browser that is most …
: I’m kind of sad that our cat Snickers has ceased her habit of starting the evenings by “hiding” …
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Link Blogging
CJ Chivers writes about a type of writing for the web that I hope to firmly remain in the tradition …
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Batman '89
When Batman came …
: When I was undergoing chemotherapy in 1995, I would have to listen to Rush Limbaugh while my dad …
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Fear and Loathing In These United States
By most accounts, evangelical Christians are concerned about …
: New Order with Florida sun drenched, blissed out vocals. 🎵 Millionyoung - Less
: Guitar practice for the little guy.
: “If you are the child of elderly parents in parts of the United States right now, and if you are …
: If Morrissey had been enamored with Brazil, the Smiths might have made a song like Rio De Janeiro by …
: My superstar, heavily used apps.
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Romeo and Juliet
I remember hearing Widowspeak years ago, when their album Almanac came out and not getting too …
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Bandcamp Versus Spotify
Damon Krukowski writes for NPR about the differences between Bandcamp and Spotify. Though I would …
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A Temple Made of Air
Giorgia Angiuli is a musical polymath. I don’t know my electronic subgenres as well as I …
: Tony Hawk just did what is most likely his last 720. I am a few years younger than Hawk and I …
: The Luddite Versus The Technologist In 1995, a young, optimistic technologist found himself frustrated by the dire prognostications of a …
: After listening to the latest episode of the Core Intuition podcast, I’m realizing that I’m not the …
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These Important Years
I don’t know how long I’m going to want to examine the previous four years, at least as we climb our …
: It feels like we should be able to take a mulligan and call this New Year’s Day.
: “Many of the (supposed) Christians I know have lost their first love. You can tell by the way they …
: Transforming Disgust I love this post, about turning the tables on disgust, from Austin Kleon. In particular the quote …
: As I listen to the new Noble Oak record, I’m happy to see that Bandcamp has opened their vinyl …
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A Fresh Coat of Paint
Approximately annually, around the end of the year, I examine my …
: 📺 Wandavision: Having benefitted from growing up with The Dick Van Dyke show and Bewitched, via Nick …
: I honestly couldn’t think why someone would try to record a cover of this song because the original …
: “Conservatives retain significant access — access that is comparable to the access liberals have — …
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Inside the Gallery
I have to admit, I have been somewhat surprised at people arguing against tech companies being …
: One of my favorite (former) music bloggers from back in the days of the old blogosphere, Frank Yang …
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The Noise That I Loved Best
For the past 2 years, I’ve been making a …
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Iconography 2021
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Encase My Heart In Amber (or at least plastic)
Beautiful Noise. A simple …
: My mom got me this tea for Christmas. The tin advises to “cozy up during a cold winter evening and …
: Just updated my Now page (the longest winter edition).
: A few years ago, there were two dominant iOS Pinboard apps, Pushpin and Pinner and I - I chose the …
: 🍿Soul: Pixar does a fantastic job coming up with something new almost every time. We watched this …
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The Local 506
Today I got this shirt from my loving wife as a Christmas present. The Local 506 is where, in …
: NC Sen. Thom Tillis, who has been a big supporter of relief for music venues forced to shut down …
: When this is over, we need to take a hard look at why so many government institutions were so …
: My youngest son and I are having fun opening daily presents under the tree in the shop from the game …
: 📚 The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas: Sure, I’ve seen the movie and I know how this story …
: Washed Out is performing a free live show on Pitchfork tomorrow, 12/18.
: An “Angry Staff Officer” writes for Wired magazine about how, as of The Mandolorian Episode 14, …
: It still blows my mind that the realest Christmas message you’ll hear on TV this year will be …
: Substack is a great platform and many fantastic writers are there, but ultimately their model won’t …
: Sometimes I worry that my son plays video games too much, but when I hear him complaining about how …
: Happy holidays from Emperor Palpatine.
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Look To Where The Help Comes
I’ve been hard on Facebook in the past, especially with regard to their role in the recent elections …
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Vinyl Church
Jonas Ellison writes about wanting to attend a vinyl church, and I’m here for it. What does he mean …
: 🎮 Stella: To be charitable, this game owes a lot to Inside. That’s a good thing, though, because …
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Friday Night Video | Unearth
Subsonic Eye is a Singapore-based band coming out with their third full length, Nature of Things, in …
: Instagram made a change to their API in late October that broke the Hugo shortcode for embeds. There …
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Writing In An ASMR Room
Cal Newport writes about ASMR rooms and virtual reality. While I have yet to see virtual reality …
: 🍿 Her: The emotional ups and downs in this film seemed a bit contrived, but the aesthetic was …
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Genre Bending
In issue 31 of his newsletter, Ringo Dreams of Lawn Care, Michael Donaldson takes on people loving …
: Freemasonry or Social Media By the level, by the square and by the All-Seeing Eye: Christianna Silva writes for NPR about the …
: Color me impressed by the portrayal of Ashoka Tano on the Mandolorian. I always felt she was almost …
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Where Thieves Break In
A colleague of mine recently moved to a new apartment after his roommate left and his lease was up. …
: Grateful to be able to watch a YouTube video and replace a $3 fuse in my dead microwave rather than …
: Nighttime lacrosse (a collage).
: I love this article, which details a Presbyterian church in Queens that is building an affordable …
: My teenage son spends his free time using a gerrymandering simulator to see how many blue districts …
: The Man Who Would Be King In episode 270 of the Seeing and Believing podcast, hosts Wade Bearden and Kevin McLenithan discuss …
: I’m so convinced by the central argument of Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan Jacobs 📚 that …
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Snaptweet Chat
M.G. Siegler has a post describing what I thought Twitter’s new Fleets feature would be and …
: I can accept that I’m in the minority when I say that Dave Grohl’s greatest legacy is being the …
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Medium Admiring RSS
Medium recently changed their mobile reading experience. It’s still in beta, and you have to toggle …
: It has been revealed that a $1 million donation from Dolly Parton helped to fund Moderna’s new …
: In a politically charged year when the circus can’t be completely avoided, this interview with …
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Got Nothing To Prove
I want to pose something to others who are writing on the internet. You don’t have to write think …
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Matt Poppe has been reviewing each episode of the Mandalorian for Christ and Pop Culture and he …
: Well, it turns out I couldn’t avoid politics this weekend. I’m so glad that ended up being the case, …
: Trying hard to keep politics from being my companion this weekend. I can still use Micro.blog.
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Friday Night Video | Here's The Thing
This Friday night, those of us in the US are probably election fatigued. Let’s spend some time with …
: “In America, in every puddle, there’s a gasoline rainbow.” ~ Doug Martsch, Built to Spill
: Just updated my Now Page (anemic holidays edition).
: Currently reading: A Passage to India by E. M. Forster 📚. East meets West in Colonial India. Some of …
: When It Comes Down I am an unaffiliated voter. I used to vote based on policies and candidates. In the last few years, …
: I love Craig Mod’s newsletter about walking, Ridgeline. I’m honored to be featured in the Fellow …
: These Pac-Man style ghosts turned into screaming banshees in tropical storm winds.
: On a British magistrate in colonial India: “Ronny approved of religion as long as it endorsed the …
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The Cut and Paste Gospels
James Parker, writes in the Atlantic on the Jefferson Bible, in which Thomas Jefferson carefully …
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Come Back This Way Again
One of the casualties of the COVID-19 crisis this year was a Tennis show in May that was to be held …
: This story about John McAfee’s early, heavily Native American appropriated social network Pow Wow, …
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Is The Ability To Play Videogames Becoming Instinctual?
My son seems to be able to play any videogame with little to no instructions.
: When Jesus healed sick people, he always said, “Your faith has made you whole.” He never said, “Your …
: Currently reading: The Pilgrim’s Compass by Paul H. Lang 📚. I just started, but I’m …
: It’s that time of year again. The spooks are out.
: 📚 What the Mystics Know - Richard Rohr: This one is a bit more scattered than Rohr’s other books. It …
: I thought Libby was a wonderful books app with a terrible selection. After looking at the NYC …
: Thanks be to God that the president seems to be okay after contracting COVID, but I had sincerely …
: It has been too long since I’ve listened to Hammock and their playlist of songs for sleep is a good …
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Why Germans Didn’t Want To Play Risk
In his piece for the Atlantic, The Invasion of the German Board Games, Jonathan Kay brings up an …
: I haven’t come across any App Clips in the wild yet, but M.G. Siegler seems really impressed by the …
: Really happy that my state has a COVID contact tracing app now in the form of SlowCOVIDNC. Really …
: I can’t wait to watch these NPR live streams featuring Moon Racer today!
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Friday Night Video | Turtle Bay
🎵 Softer Still - Turtle Bay: This song and video aren’t new. I first heard the track while on a …
: “Brother-sister duo pegged for tax fraud that funded trampoline party in NC, feds say” After seeing …
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High School Diaries
Today, one of my favorite teachers in high school died while at school (the same school my son would …
: Remembering my daughter Chloe with brownies and cake on what would have been her tenth birthday.
: My wife and I have been married for almost 20 years. We still have a lot in common, but wildly …
: The remote working and learning has put me in a a situation where, on a Monday morning, I can …
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You’re Not The CEO
Not to sound like the teaser to a typical Medium article, but one of my favorite vinyl instagrammers …
: Uniting the States The identity politics that more and more defines the left has a built-in political flaw. It divides …
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Friday Night Video | Daniel
🎵Bat for Lashes - Daniel: With the current popularity of the Cobra Kai series, it seems like an …
: One of my biggest questions about iPadOS 14 is why it made a picture of a gummy pizza I took a few …
: Copying handwritten notes as text was the feature in iPadOS 14 to which I was most looking forward. …
: Casseroles I Have Known (a collage)
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A Couple Of Thoughts On Blogging
A longing and nostalgia for the old systems of blogging still seems to be fairly pervasive.
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Armed in the Subway
Back in May, which now somehow seems like years ago, a bunch of folks with guns protesting …
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A Brydge Over Troubled Water
On the Friday night that started a holiday weekend, I found myself helping to troubleshoot an …
: Thank goodness indolence is acceptable on Labor Day weekend.
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It Doesn’t All Come As A Package
For a long time now, I’ve had a hard time fitting in politically. I’m adrift in the sea of American …
: I’m old enough to remember versions of Street Fighter where you didn’t have to download updates, …
: The Republicans of today would make Richard Nixon blush.
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Star Wars Is About Faith
Earlier this year, on Star Wars day, I looked forward to seeing The Rise of Skywalker again and I …
: After a virtual worship service, I put on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue (AKA the most popular jazz album …
: From a purely meteorological standpoint, I want to argue that thunder doesn’t only happen when it’s …
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Pandemics Can’t Kill Vinyl
After Amazon stopped shipping vinyl records, in the spring, to prioritize orders of more critical …
: Motherboard (Vice) is launching a newsletter about the USPS. The newsletter itself is free, but …
: Jonas Ellison on virtue signaling and how we don’t need it to prove our worth. To accept our …
: Within a minute of us bringing home this basket for the little guy’s school supplies, it had already …
: We’re getting a brief respite from the heat, here in NC. Still deadheading marigolds that look like …
: 📚 William James - The Varieties of Religious Experience: Having majored in psychology and having …
: Still at the home office full-time.
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Who's Going to Drive You Home?
🎵 Soccer Mommy - Who’s Going to Drive You Home?: Until now, I’ve been largely immune to the …
: Do Your Part Is the government afraid to ask Americans to make material changes to support the country? When we …
: Pretty disappointed that the Collections feature is now out for MS Edge on iOS but you can’t …
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Friday Night Video | Tailwhip
🎵 Men I Trust - Tailwhip: I don’t usually have FOMO, nor do I spend a lot of time on regret. …
: If I’m reading popular sentiment right, I’m supposed to be okay with Apple’s …
: Oh wow, after a few years, reigning clipboard app champ Copied just got updated.
: One song that I’m pretty sure won’t be playing at campaign rallies: “Kamala’s Too Nice” by …
: 📺 The Story of God (w/ Morgan Freeman) : Each episode features a look across how faiths deal with a …
: I (Space Invaders) Miami: A collage.
: Sound Analysis When Wilco’s incredibly critically acclaimed album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot came out, I remember reading …
: The Political or the Spiritual This is something for Christians to think about, as we get closer to Election Day. Christians will …
: Chains Addiction The days are piling up on one another. Their beginning, middle and end feel strikingly familiar. One …
: 📺 Pickathon - Khruangbin: This show (recorded last year) was scorching. The band played their back …
: I don’t know why: The existential poetry of the president.
: 📺 Transformers: War for Cybertron: Watching Megatron try to win sparks and minds for his revolution.
: It’s interesting to see Medium getting back into the blogging game.
: In this episode of the Blocked and Reported podcast, Freddie deBoer talks about the ways Twitter can …
: ISAMU: A Short Skate Film Filmed in Osaka and Kyoto, this short film by Brett Novak follows Japanese skateboarder Isamu …
: Fuzz buster: a battery leak and this old friend is finished for good.
: Recently, @dhe brought up Edge being the second best browser on the Mac. For those of us note taking …
: Feeling insulted by music recommendation algorithms. “Is THAT what you think of me?”
: You don’t seem to hear much about hygge anymore, but you could probably make comfy synth a companion …
: I once started a blog post on how big box stores were the Scrooges of our age. So happy to hear …
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Narrow Vision, You're A Scapegoat
I find myself in the most unusual position of agreeing with Attorney General William Barr. Barr …
: App Development To Give Back To Online Communities The Micro.blog platform has been growing lately, and part of the growth has been through plugins and …
: The little guy was asking to get Minecraft Dungeons yesterday. I told him we would hold off and read …
: 🎵 The passing of Richard Swift was a tragedy and the musical legacy he left behind, not just through …
: The ancients are updating. A collage.
: Friday Night Videos: Bad Habit This is a short one, and I’d rather some new full-length music …
: Only the best accommodations.
: Politico has a piece on why the Facebook boycott by major companies likely neither cost the …
: 🎵 Brothertiger - Fundamentals, Vol. 1: This EP is a departure from the normal sound of Brothertiger …
: I am profoundly grateful for many blessings, but you will have to forgive me if I don’t feel like …
: Michael Flarup believes the new UI in MacOS Big Sur is going to bring back a lot more creativity in …
: The instrumental version of Toro Y Moi’s Causers of This is so dense as to be virtually …
: Faithful Mask Wearing Image by Charles Deluvio from Unsplash Andrew Carter writes for the News and Observer on how …
: 🔗 Fans Vote “Master of Puppets” Best Metallica Song in Band-Endorsed Poll This comes as no surprise. …
: 📚 The Book of Common Prayer (a biography) - Alan Jacobs: Hardly a book you would think of as a …
: I’ll cut my wife’s bangs during this pandemic, but I demand complete creative control over the …
: Thanks, but no thanks, to that bridge to nowhere. A collage.
: I was very close to leaving Instagram after I started seeing political ads a few weeks ago. I have …
: The Cult of Seeking to Serve “Mandatum” by Lawrence OP via Flickr Matt Taibbi has a thought-provoking edition of his newsletter …
: Colder and Closer One of my favorite albums this year has been TOPS I Feel Alive. I know I’ve been down on music …
: 📚 Catalyst - James Luceno: Although Rogue One was one of my favorite Star Wars films, I didn’t have …
: Has anyone ever listened to “Regress No Way” by 7 Seconds while sipping chamomile tea?
: Friday Night Videos - Tom Courtenay Fun video for an indie rock classic.
: With public transportation ridership dropping and most people working from home, Sheena Easton’s …
: What if I told you there was a way to express your thoughts on the web without having to break them …
: Live Music In A Dead Age Bad Brains at the 9:30 Club in 1983. Image by Malco23 courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. I’m not …
: Fires Remain Lit I do not want this moment to pass with the changing of the news cycle. I want these fires to remain …
: Push th’ little daises and make ‘em come up.
: McKay Coppins writes for the Atlantic about the Christians who loved the president posing with a …
: These kinds of artwork critters are found in various places during our neighborhood walks.
: I have never been so grateful for my self-imposed screen time limit on social media than I have …
: All Are Welcome Downtown Raleigh, like some other major metro downtowns, was ablaze last night. A couple of hours of …
: Author Cheri Baker has a fantastic post about what it was like to have a rough night in Seattle.
: Keisha Lance Bottoms, mayor of Atlanta, has strong words for protests descending into chaos in her …
: The Looters Club Protesters photo by Lorie Shaull via Flickr “Our nation’s summers of riots are caused by our …
: Conspiracy Christians In this week’s Moore To The Point newsletter, Russell Moore dives into conspiracy theories, with an …
: Respecting Tools My 2018 iPad Pro with Magic Trackpad 2 I bought an iPad Pro back in 2018, when I was studying for …
: Link Posts And Small b Blogging Marius Masalar has some thoughts about blogging and link posts. Masalar sees a lot of value in them …
: Wanfuni Records Presents Takahiro Lofi beatmaker extraordinare and all around great guy Takahiro Fuchigami put together a compilation …
: I Tried Microblogging and the Results Will Shock You I’ve been trying Wordpress out for a long time. I’d be embarrassed to tell you how many innocent AWS …
: Just updated my Now page (tending your garden edition).
: 🎵 Friday Night Video - Everlasting Love [youtube youtu.be/JaYTNsS_m…] Token “groovy chick” included.
: Meeting on the moon. A collage.
: An Older Tradition People who want church to be more traditional make a good point. But they don’t typically aim far …
: 🎮 While everyone else is playing Animal Crossing, my lady friend is working her way through Stardude …
: This time of year can be busy with Motörhead Day (the 8th of May) following so closely in the heels …
: Happy Star Wars Day! I wrote a short piece on how to enjoy it.
: Happy Star Wars Day Disney wisely chose to observe what has become an annual tradition of celebrating the Star Wars …
: English Breakfast Hoops new EP, English Breakfast, takes what is probably Coldplay’s best song and adds a bit of …
: There’s some irony in the fact that book delivery takes so long now from Amazon, due to their …
: Listening To New Music As A Rite Of Spring Jeremy D. Larsen, writing for Pitchfork, uses the riotous 1913 Paris debut performance of …
: Margaret On The Guillotine After putting out a successful album in 2018, an illness left Gia Margaret without the ability to …
: Roam, If You Want To In his latest newsletter, Chris Bowler spends a bit of time on the Roam note taking service that is …
: My Harvard employed younger sister spent the better part of yesterday morning trying to virtually …
: My son’s voice has changed during this whole COVID isolation thing and I hear him sometimes and …
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A Little Zine
When Austin Kleon started making zines out of a single piece of paper, and then kept on making them …
: Despite the ability now to immediately sample any piece of music for yourself, I still find value in …
: “Bright Eyes Reveal New Single ‘Forced Convalescence’ Featuring Flea on Bass” is not a headline I …
: Jason Morehead discovers Being an Introvert During a Pandemic Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be. I can …
: Never Too Late Or Too Soon After his months-in-the-planning shoot for a new song got cancelled, due to COVID-19, Ernest Greene …
: Flowers from Harmony by brillianthues on Flickr Good Friday.
: iLamp It’s surprising to see that the “iLamp” version of the iMac, which hasn’t been sold for 15 years, …
: “People described as essential should be treated and paid in a way that reflects that description.” …
: Just A Game Most of the time, dream pop isn’t known for being particularly challenging. Still, Noble Oak’s new …
: Just updated my Now Page (my home is my castle edition).
: Sometimes, I think the world just isn’t as black and white as it’s portrayed in the movies. Then I …
: 🎵 It’s hard to believe that the Mogwai that just put out the house music inspired Reverso EP are the …
: Dry Bones [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1694396191 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=e99708 …
: I know I just blogged about it, but C.S. Lewis’ ‘Learning in War-time’ is one of the most …
: Let’s Dance Philip Christman implores us, in Volume 99 of The Tourist, when we are tempted to write another …
: Going to Virtual Church I am happy that my church decided to hold virtual worship service this morning, complete with …
: Richard Burr should be prosecuted for insider trading for his role in spreading information that …
: Time to Look Forward Andy Nicolaides from The Dent has a post about continuing to care about things that may seem …
: Screenshot Daily has a post on games with themes around mental health. Strong recommendation for …
: Drop the Needle The vinyl industry didn’t need another piece of bad news, after the delay of Record Store Day, and …
: 📚 I rarely read a book quickly, because it’s hard for me to get past the feeling that a chapter …
: 📚 David Sedaris - Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim: Sedaris has such a self-deprecating humor …
: Love In The Time Of Coronavirus Photo by Portuguese Gravity on Unsplash Inspired by Austin Kleon, Omar created a one page zine, …
: 🎮 The Final Fantasy 7 remake is really well done. Gorgeous, cinematic, and fantastic at managing the …
: Ghost of a Song I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a song firmly in the classic shoegaze genre start out with such a lofi …
: I love this review of Tot, the new note-taking app from the Icon Factory. You really get a sense for …
: The Social Media Morass A few months ago, Consequence of Sound reported on Disney passing on the chance to buy Twitter …
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The Social Media Morass
A few months ago, Consequence of Sound reported on Disney passing on the chance to buy Twitter …
: 🍿 The Big Sick: I had been wanting to see this movie for some time but it seemed especially …
: That thing where you listen to a competently conducted interview that nevertheless doesn’t address …
: A bassist admitted to burning 3 churches to raise his profile as a black metal musician. I knew …
: Affiliations Patrick Rhone writes about why he used Amazon for affiliate links and why he no longer does so. He …
: 🍿 Just watched A Marriage Story. As an alternative, I could have just stabbed myself in the heart …
: 🍿 Just watched A Marriage Story. As an alternative, I could have stabbed myself in the heart 20x.
: This Is The Way The Mandolorian Unofficial Wallpaper From Deviantart, a beautifully subtle Mandalorian wallpaper in …
: It may have been Valentine’s Day, but that didn’t prevent my lady friend and I from engaging in our …
: Learning to Skate This winner of the Best Bocumentary (Short Subject) Oscar this year went to the film Learning To …
: This California fire is going to make already long waits for vinyl records even longer. The only …
: Tread Lightly John Pavlovitz found himself buying bananas the day after his father died. He was going through such …
: Every week, Medium sends an email about an article urging people not to “fall in love with a …
: The DMV forces you to pay extra to submit vehicle property taxes via a chatbot. Someone please …
: Vinyl Me Please Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind Us old dudes are suckers for reissues of our favorite records. I’ve owned …
: Engineering Our Art Image via Bruce Timothy Mans Music is easier than ever to discover. Surely this is a triumph and …
: Knowing E.B., this tweet will probably be purged soon, but I’m linking to it because it was …
: It has been raining for days. It feels like we will all be living underwater soon. We’ll try to make …
: It’s in the 70’s in January here in NC. The windows are open and the sirens outside …
: Thinking about switching from Ghost hosted on Digital Ocean back to Micro.blog hosting. Ghost is …
: Chinese Lantern Festival Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary, NC
: When my youngest son’s friend suggested they turn on Disney+, I didn’t imagine they …
: It’s difficult to live in a representative democracy and feel so utterly misrepresented.
: 🎵 YSSY - The Mandolorian: This synthwave version of the Mandolorian theme song is gorgeous and …
: This post from Austin Kleon is how you do a gratitude list. Just what I needed today.
: This review of the new version of A Christmas Carol and the points that it brings about the values …
: It’s the End of Advent, Merry Christmas This year, around the holiday season, I’ve had a shift in my thinking about Christmas and the period …
: I thought Star Wars Rise of Skywalker was menacing, exciting and redemptive. It certainly did the …
: Watching my AirPods almost get crushed under the wheels of a Trader Joe’s shopping cart, as I took …
: We Demand A King According to a new Pew Research poll, the number of Republicans who say presidents could operate …
: My lady friend accidentally called Siri “Alexa” and then was genuinely worried that Siri would be …
: Funky Cold Medina playing in Jersey Mike’s when I walked in. There was a real vibe in that sub shop.
: Just updated my Now page. Ghost blogging and other tidbits.
: I’m continuing to really enjoy the Mandoliorian. Meanwhile, my teenager won’t even check it out. …
: It’s interesting to me that Apple Music is suggesting new songs by Marilyn Manson. If I had an …
: It’s a beautiful, drizzly fall day, with so many leaves hitting the windshield like giant …
: Please pardon the dust as I move Frosted Echoes to a new host and platform.
: Came home from a long day at work, opened a (virtual) book and read. We also see interesting …
: Movember Starlings I saw my first show at a club in 1993, at the venerable Local 506, on Franklin St. in Chapel Hill. …
: Songs That Travel The Same Byways Manuel Riess (@hutaffe) recently wrote a bit about returning from Apple Music to Spotify. His …
: Braved the malevolent ambience of my local Sport Clips for a haircut. Got to see footage of a …
: My wife took my son to the dentist and told me they were playing old school metal like Ozzy. All I …
: 🎵 Tennis - Runner Folks, I would really like to checkout The Mandolorian. However, that would require two things: …
: Do You Like Me (check yes or no)? Next week, Instagram is set to begin hiding like counts on posts in the US, according to this …
: 🎵 Frankie Cosmos - Jesse: A conservative estimate would be that I’ve listened to this song …
: 🎵 The patron saints of indie pop, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, have broken up. I can’t …
: I’ve seen a couple of records recently that spread 11 songs over 4 sides at 45 rpm. Now …
: A new set of alternate icons, like the ones that were just added to Reeder, can be such a source of …
: Pleased to see the announcement from Jack Dorsey that Twitter will cease serving political ads on …
: A couple of weeks ago, when the gift of rain broke a drought that had lasted several weeks, I passed …
: This guy is ready for All Hallows’ Eve.
: Reformation Sunday Two years ago, in 2017, was the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. For those of us in the …
: In the case of TWTR earnings, “buy on the rumor, sell on the news” would have been …
: This rainy, chilly Sunday is the perfect day to huddle under a blanket with a good book.
: Chipping Away At Democracy It has never been a better time to quit Facebook, after the company recently revealed a policy that …
: On campus today, some students stopped to survey me about the relationship with my dorm RA. At my …
: Cause Célèbre In a break from my normal habit of avoiding hot takes and only sticking to what is room temperature …
: Suggested add-on items for these Jesus shoes would be socks, extra laces and indulgences for your …
: TFW you grow a beard in a weekend and you feel like teen wolf but your wife reminds you that, …
: 🎵 DIIV - Blankenship: This track, from the just released Deceiver album, is powerfully propulsive in …
: UBI in Stockton It’s good to see early results in some experiments with universal basic income. I’m especially …
: Did about an hour long DJ set for a hackathon. Totally forgot to play “Heaven’s on …
: What sort of maleficia is going on when it is 100 degrees in October in N.C.? 🌞 This is getting …
: 🎵 Hammock - Circular As Our Way: I’ve been sick recently, and this new cut, from the …
: This weekend I installed a ceiling fan/light fixture and planted some mums for the fall. The …
: We have lost some legends in these last few weeks.
: I didn’t spend formative years reading tomes like The Trouser Press Guide To 90’s Rock, the …
: Today the bagpipes guy positioned himself on campus. It was a perfect day to hear the dynamic high …
: My name is Robert and I endorse this message. If I could only teach my non-technical friends two …
: Talk about damning a band with faint praise. This is from a review of the new Pixies album. But the …
: Getting and Spending In the latest issue of his newsletter, Om Malik writes about consumerism being one of the harder …
: Anybody else doing biblical research while listening to deep cuts from The Go-Go’s tonight?
: Spent part of the evening in the offices of a contemporary art gallery, with multiple pictures of …
: Their Eyes Were Fixed With the start of the football season, there are many who are questioning whether they should …
: Yesterday I spent lunch trying to remember the plot of Reality Bites while watching it without sound …
: Somehow I doubt negotiating with the Taliban ever came up as a use case in design sessions at …
: Minimalist Phones In Light Phone 2: the high hopes of the low-tech phone, Michael Zelenko writes about how hope for …
: Civilize the Satanists This post by @rmcrob bemoans the current state of churches focused more on therapeutic purposes than …
: I’ve come to that moment that every parent knows will happen but for which they can never be …
: Politics or News? In this post, @ayjay writes about studying politics as opposed to absorbing news. A great many …
: TFW streaming services aggregate the output of two bands with the same name. You’re browsing …
: Just updated the Now page on my blog.
: This little guy is keeping an appraising eye on me.
: Last trip to the pool for the year?
: 🎵 April Showers - Abandon Ship: As far as I can tell, Glasgow’s April Showers only had one …
: Now this is a Batman movie I would pay to see in the theater. Written by a bot, no less.
: It’s great to hear that Disney+ will be releasing episodes of their original series in a more …
: I Found A Reason (to use Twitter) With the introduction of the Feedbin client for iOS, which mirrors the new design of the Feedbin web …
: 🎵 Treatment - Solitary: Without any new sounds from bands like Roman a Clef and the Ice Choir in …
: Jason Morehead has [a lovely piece](https://opuszine.us/posts/extravagance-of-god about the vastness …
: Changing my blog logo too frequently has been an interesting exercise in learning how long apps and …
: Yesterday, I listened to “Head On” by the JAMC. Today, I learned that David Hasselhoff covers that …
: It appears that Disney is working hard to make the Disney+ service a no brainer. The latest is that …
: Very happy to hear that Spotify is bringing parental controls to their family plans. This is one big …
: My son just hand coded his first basic website. It’s dedicated to the show Parks & …
: Marius Masalar has me sufficiently interested in Gorgoa to try out this gorgeous puzzle game.
: 📚 Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport: I was really enjoying this book. Newport’s examples of a …
: Sometimes I wonder why I haven’t seen a post from someone on M.b. in a while. I check their …
: Though I wrote this piece comparing Tumblr unfavorably to Micro.blog a few months ago, I’m …
: American Moloch In a piece entitled Our Moloch, written just after the Sandy Hook shootings, Garry Wills compares …
: In a district in the Punjab state of India, you have to plant 10 trees and submit photos of yourself …
: Great Healthcare In the continuing saga of anecdotal evidence that our healthcare system is badly in need of repair, …
: “The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, …
: “I asked a painter why the roads are colored black. He said ‘Steve, it’s because …
: Just heard “Go Your Own Way” on a drug commercial. Et tu, Fleetwood Mac?
: Atheists in Foxholes In the piece, Study Asks If War Makes A Person More … Or Less … Religious, Diane Cole …
: 🎵 Ryan Porter - Force for Good: On Ryan Porter, bassist Miles Mosley, who plays with Porter, nails …
: In university, when I would perform psychological experiments that involved human subjects, it was …
: 🍿 Always Be My Maybe: This is a rom-com with a heavy emphasis on the com. There is a lot of humor in …
: I have to admit that I was jealous of my son, still lying in bed as I headed off to work, but not …
: Ballots from a cupcake contest.
: It’s amazing to notice the extent to which designs are being altered to keep objects from being …
: “I may not know much, but I know America’s problem is not that those towards the bottom …
: A New Commons The NY Public Library has just joined Unsplash. NOAA is there as well. This leaves me wondering if …
: Get Thee To A Nunery In Why On Earth Are So Many Millennials Becoming Nuns?, Eve Fairbanks examines why millennial women …
: Yesterday, I got an email from Netflix that my 7-year-old’s profile had been changed to …
: 🍿 A Little Chaos: To call a movie that takes place in palatial 17th century French houses and …
: Genesis of Exodus In our worship service on Sunday, we watched the trailer for a documentary, done by the PCUSA, on …
: Progressive Christians and the Bible Chaplain Mike writes on Richard Beck’s observations about the relationship of progressive …
: If you find yourself concerned about facial recognition technology infringing on your privacy, …
: How To Win Friends And Influence People I seem to be reading a lot about “influencers” lately. When I think of influencers, the typical …
: 🎵 Sambassadeur - Foot of Afrikka: This song, which evokes imagery of the burning sun of Africa, goes …
: It’s unfortunate to see Spotify shutting down direct upload for independent artists. The …
: Another great example of skewed perception of value among those with too much discretionary income. …
: Hear ye, hear ye, please tune in tomorrow for President Trump’s banana republican speech and …
: Paul: Gee John, that ‘A Day In The Life’ is a really nice song you’ve got there. It would be shame …
: I love this story about a man, who, after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s, had a conversation …
: In my past few trips to Target, I’ve heard 2 different Toro Y Moi songs, The Smiths, Wild …
: Twitter is now enacting a policy where politicians' tweets could get slapped with warning labels. …
: The Corporate Dragons In The New Wilderness, Maciej Cegłowski writes about changing views around privacy and how the rules …
: I Need Sunshine 🎵 Sebadoh - Sunshine: I’m still deciding how I feel about the majority of the new Sebadoh …
: “Males do not do anything.” This statement is causing a lot of division in our home.
: My little guy was so chuffed to give me this card in the morning.
: Bring On The Day An excerpt from an interview with singer/songwriter Bill Callahan about his new album, which exudes …
: There are many reasons I’m excited about skateboarding making its debut at the next summer Olympics. …
: The last thing I need today is my teenager schooling me on actors from John Hughes movies.
: 🎵 Sonic Youth’s new Battery Park live album demonstrates much of why I usually don’t get …
: I’m composing blog posts in Drafts, sending them to Bear for better viewing and editing, then …
: Since I haven’t watched the keynote, I really didn’t understand the breadth of the announcements at …
: Like many others, my wife is pretty into true crime podcasts, tv shows and books. She even considers …
: 🍿 Paterson: This movie is a delightful celebration of the ordinary. Adam Driver plays Paterson, a …
: 🎵Sleater-Kinney - Hurry on Home: This summer seems to be rushing in with a burst of music …
: I have heard people use the phrase “golf ball sized hail” before, but I’ve never …
: I remember when It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, which is now in its 14th season, first …
: Not Common Enough I wrote recently about how my bullet journal is becoming more of a traditional journal now. It also …
: Jason Kottke, referencing a piece from Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler, on how a dark forest …
: Jason Morehead writes about how creating ultra-violent videogames affects the developers of those …
: Social Decay The New Yorker recently featured an article from Cal Newport entitled Can “Indie” Social Media Save …
: Since I used to make paper watches as a kid, that I would pretend had computers and could be used …
: My son’s FIFA videogame has a career mode where you do things like read emails about how a …
: Less Bullets, More Journal I started the year 2019 with another respectable bullet journal (bujo), crafted from a Moleskine …
: Recently, a candy and soda shop closed down and a weight management business opened up in the same …
: I’m sorry son, there’s no skatebo riding here.
: Bear notes app now supports exporting to Wordpress in a really elegant way. It feels better than the …
: This whole piece on drug marketing and mental illness is fascinating but one thing really surprised …
: Skateboarding was the Rosetta Stone that translated jazz into a language I could understand. I still …
: Some Called Her A Prophet I have been following the health status of, and praying for, Rachel Held Evans recently, as she lay …
: In congratulations for becoming a teenager, Liam got a ticket to a Stanley Cup playoff game from his …
: 🎵 Pure Bathing Culture - All Night: The latest record by Pure Bathing Culture, Night Pass, is …
: If this means anything to you, we should probably be friends.
: Jesus spent a large part of his ministry healing those who were sick. Why is it that making high …
: 🎵 Keep Shelly in Athens - Don’t Fear The Reaper: The hushed, dreampop atmospherics of this …
: I don’t normally post pictures of food but my mom’s Easter cupcakes are too festive not to share. …
: 🎵 Rhian Sheehan - The Absence of You: This song has such a powerfully dramatic widescreen cinematic …
: Vinyl On Demand I never was one to buy a ton of records, but one of the reasons I have slacked off of my vinyl …
: Doctrine and Grace This is a piece I wrote almost exactly a year ago. It never made it to this blog but it seems …
: With all of the breathless coverage of the last season of Game of Thrones, I thought it was worth …
: This woman in a Chick-Fil-A commercial just referred to herself as a “grilled chicken influencer.”
: 🎵 Kisses - Bermuda: It’s been a while since I’ve listened to Kisses, but back in 2010, …
: Creator Interviews For those who are creating on the web and even monetizing their creative output, Richard MacManus - …
: The Kind Of Hearts We're Dragging Around My little guy had his seventh name day not long ago. He was over the moon to receive what he called, …
: I rarely lol when reading something, but this article on people having problems rebooting their Nike …
: “Our names are so similar. Where is your family from?” Mariana Timony interviews indie rock legend …
: In his review of the new AirPods, Federico Viticci quotes from The Cure deep cut, “To Wish …
: My son is complaining about having to watch a 30 minute TED talk for school. Does he think I’m …
: 🎮 Bad North: I recently read speculation that, if the Vikings hadn’t hired themselves out as …
: This story on some potential upcoming changes to Twitter gives me hope that the folks steering the …
: It will be interesting to see how the Reeder 4 read-it-later service with iCloud sync shapes up.
: Royal Trux is what it would sound like if that crummy college apartment close to campus made a …
: Fasting This Lent Last year, for the first time, I fasted during Lent. I made Friday my fast day and fasted from sunup …
: I still have a few disappointments, but I really enjoyed watching The Last Jedi on Netflix today …
: Tribute to Swift Most of the Record Store Day exclusives recently have not been my cup of tea. However, this year, …
: 🎵 Writing for Bandcamp Daily, Jes Skolnik describes the music of Barcelona’s Fatamorgana by …
: For the 25th anniversary of their album, For Your Own Special Sweetheart, Jawbox is going on a …
: Jonathan Merritt on the fate of churches forced to close and/or be converted for other uses. When …
: In 2017, @ayjay wrote about how it’s now harder to be forgiven since Christianity …
: I’ve never seen a kid who loves plushies more than my little guy. Yesterday we celebrated a birthday …
: It has been a while since I’ve played, but I still love this game.
: Great post on the position Patreon is in and the dangers of taking VC funding.
: I love this story about a Dutch church that held a months long worship service to protect Armenian …
: Real golf fans are not excited about the Super Bowl today but more so the perhaps inelegantly named …
: Micro.blog vs. Tumblr A lot of people these days are worried about the demise of Tumblr. The product has changed hands a …
: I’m not exactly an NFL apologist, but when a major pop music star is willing to perform at an …
: Go Home Alexa, You’re Drunk After pining for the Apple HomePod last year, but feeling like it was just a bit too expensive to …
: Whenever my cat makes noises while she’s sleeping, I imagine she’s fighting dragons in …
: Excited to hear that the shutdown is over. Disappointed to hear Mary Louise Kelly from NPR …
: 🎵 Wild Nothing - Partners in Motion (live): There aren’t a lot of dream pop bands that feature …
: Using LEGO as an inspiration for building better software.
: 📚 The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky: I picked up this book many years ago and didn’t get very …
: Whereas the rest of the world uses Google as a verb to mean doing an internet search, my …
: My favorite storyline in the House of Cards series was the one where the president picked his …
: 🔗 The wisdom of Deo Volente Just as Muslims say “inshallah,” after mentioning plans to …
: 🎵 Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored: I probably saw this video when it first came out, but it’s …
: 🔗 Albuquerque mayor wears Pantera Christmas sweater while signing bill for paid parental leave. I …
: Analog Manifesto I like the idea of an analog manifesto from @rianvdm. The comparison to the Agile Manifesto, with …
: Over at the house of the Browns for breakfast before worship.
: Christmas in Motion This paragraph from Tim Challies' recent Merry Christmas post captures the twinge of sadness that …
: Working on a cover for a 2018 year-end playlist.
: Alexa Speaks Apple Music Though I have yet to see any of the ad placements he writes about, this piece from John Voorhees in …
: For those of us who follow the liturgical calendar, we are still in Christmastide. Merry Christmas! …
: The little guy imagining some characters.
: 📚 A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles: I really didn’t know what to expect from this book but it was …
: I Was A Teenage Bumblebee Surprisingly, a not-insignificant part of the plot of the Bumblebee Transformers movie involves the …
: Church parking lot at night.
: It’s interesting to see forestry.io implement content blocks in Jekyll by using front matter.
: This piece on dreampop, while not definitive, is an informative and succinct pocket guide to the …
: What the snowman learned about love.
: Dinner at Aranda’s Mexican restaurant before we get snowed in.
: 📺 The new Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures shorts on the Star Wars Kids YouTube channel are really …
: 🎵 Men I Trust - Say, Can You Hear: I had heard of Men I Trust before but never checked them out. …
: With the announcement from Microsoft that they are ditching Edge in favor of Chromium, many defects …
: It had been years since I’d heard the phrase higgledy-piggledy and now I’ve come across …
: “Hey guys, I found a tree full of cat toys.”
: The “Payless Experiment” with a pop up shop called Palessi that sold the discount …
: At the front lines of the war on Christmas.
: K.Q. Dreger, with some spot-on thoughts about the current state of Medium.
: Feast Daze Each year at Thanksgiving time, I think about the time I spent working in retail and the family time …
: Nearby here, Samuel Oliver-Bruno, an undocumented immigrant living in a sanctuary church for the …
: Missionaries A few days ago, my mom showed me these books about my great grandfather/grandmother and great great …
: Every Glad Hand Full of Gold The public was recently treated to a preview of the new Star Wars themed areas at Disneyland/Disney …
: Speed Bumps on the Web Justin Kossyln, who works in product management for Alphabet, argues it may be time to add some …
: 🕹 Inside: This was easily one of my top 5 all-time favorite games. The dense atmospherics and …
: I will be playing more of the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist D&D campaign tonight. This module has a …
: At an open source conference recently, a speaker asked for a show of hands on who thought open …
: I am digging the new iPad Pro pretty hard and wondering what this machine will be capable of when …
: In a bid to be more like Micro.blog, Twitter is considering removing the like button.
: I wrote this piece almost 3 years ago. Nothing substantial has changed since then, which is a …
: Hope In Source I was fortunate to see Henry Zhu speak at the All Things Open 2018 conference with honesty about the …
: At the state fair. The nice couple behind me in line prefaced most of what they said with “I ain’t …
: The Apple of My Eye The Apple New Music algorithm tries. It really does. At the end of every work week, it conjures up …
: Micro Monday recommendation: @grindwell. Expanded thoughts from yesterday.
: Grind Well At its most effective, group therapy is successful primarily because it destroys the fallacy that we …
: Playing this urban D&D adventure/campaign tonight with some first time adventurers. More …
: That feeling when your 12-yr-old dissects the false claims made about sanctuary cities in a …
: Made this paper Minecraft sword for my little guy. He called it “flashy.”
: Never Coming Home Alexis Madrigal writes about how, despite the ability to switch to the reverse-chronological …
: 🎵 Softer Still - Turtle Bay: Softer Still may be my new favorite band. Their debut record, Nuances, …
: 🎵 Yumi Zouma - EP III: It may seem strange, but Yumi Zouma sounds different on the shorter EP format …
: I wasn’t learning about guys like this until college. Certainly not in seventh grade, like my oldest …
: 📚 City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty: This book presents a nice respite from the Eurocentric fantasy …
: My six-year-old, on playing video games at church: “I couldn’t get any kills in Bongo …
: Even tying your shoes can be difficult with a kitten around.
: This has been a tough weekend for the NC Coast. I shudder to think what the fence in this picture …
: Thanks to hurricane Florence, we now have a bathtub on our deck.
: Encouraged by the divestiture from Pinterest, I’ve switched back from Pocket to Instapaper. It’s …
: With my lady friend at Old Brunswick ghost town.
: Prepping for Hurricane Florence in NC. Gas lines are long and people are quick to steal your spot at …
: Adolescent Punchbowl My family just enjoyed a beach trip with many of the amenities that renting a house by the ocean …
: I haven’t burned a CD in a long time, but this C86 covers comp makes a good soundtrack to …
: Gratifying to see the local paper do a piece on the great career of Nile Rodgers.
: A Defense of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator The other day, on Twitter, I stumbled across this thread of people espousing their opinions about …
: If you don’t consume dairy, does the Dairy Queen still have dominion over you?
: My wife was puzzling until her puzzler was sore.
: 📚 Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology: After reading this, I finally feel like I know what was going on in …
: Decrying Internet Bias Has Some Familiar Echoes It seems the latest distraction thrown at the American public, from the president, is attacking the …
: I don’t often drink soda, but when I do, it’s the real stuff.
: I was on a Pinterest page, while logged into Google, when I attempted to click on an image and …
: Reagan, G.I. Joe and Me The Reagan administration was known for its deregulation initiatives. I never thought about one of …
: King Knight from Shovel Knight looking regal. #videogames #papercraft
: 🕹 Shovel Knight - King Knight (Cubeecraft)
: Riding the Waves of News This week, for the first time in a long time, I actually enjoyed following the general news cycle in …
: Really excited about the open sourcing of Icro, a fantastic third-party micro.blog client.
: 🎵 Stars - Heart: There is an apocryphal story about a couple that wanted to play “their song,” Stars …
: On the decline of Twitter: Why rage quit a service when diminishing returns just erode your user …
: Your honor, in defense of glo-fi, I submit as evidence the first side of Small Black’s New …
: The fact that Medium is trying to get me to resubscribe by promoting think pieces celebrating …
: This guy’s name is Jeff and his haircut game is strong.
: Augustine, some of his contemporaries, and theologians in the Medieval era reinterpreted …
: 🎵 Tortoise - Tortoise: This classic post-rock album is full of wandering music.
: It was great to have Tru Pettigrew and the Cary PD at church today talking about bridging the divide …
: Opponent Process Theory I’m happy to finally have a name for that phenomenon that I always knew existed but of which I never …
: Media Scarcity in a Time of Entertainment Abundance I recently had my name day and added 2 years to the 4 decades I’ve been on the earth. I …
: 📚 I love it when books of fiction inform me of actual historical events about which I had previously …
: 🎵 Jorge Elbrecht - Wash Away With The Rain: Borrowing from the Johnny Marr jangle guitar template …
: 📚 The Making of the Christian World - Robert Payne: I picked up this book from a retiring pastor who …
: Virtuous Fame Last year, I taught a confirmation class of 8th graders about famous Presbyterians. Although few …
: From CNET’s analysis of the beating that the valuations of social media stocks have taken this week. …
: Marriage is definitely easier when your spouse is impresssed that you know all of the words to …
: 📷 Mexican soda. Wanna Fanta?
: 📚 Armada - Ernest Cline: I understand that ebook usage may have peaked, but the Kindle Paperwhite is …
: Tinyletter about a big conversation Philip Christman captures the kind of frustration I felt when using Tinyletter. Readers, I …
: Life changes are usually best when they are planned. Saturdays are for spontaneity, though, which is …
: I want to work in this office.
: Apple vs. the Upside Down This article on the Apple data center in rural Maiden, NC sounds like something written about the …
: 📷 Light room. This installation at the NC Museum of Art was truly impressive.
: From @vasta, thoughts shared on the beauty of nightswimming.
: A celebratory vision of paradise from @restlesslens.
: Social media intern used to sound like a dream job but now it seems like the most fraught gig ever.
: I Consoled Myself With Rudimentary Thoughts The main response I hear to the Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country is disbelief that the …
: Presbyterians Get Political On this Independence Day, when we celebrate the birth of our nation and honor what that means to us, …
: RIP Richard “Dicky” Ochoa Swift Onassis. We have lost a very talented man. It’s also very sobering …
: A good piece on how passionate politics can still be civil, respectful.
: 📚 A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge Trilogy) by Ken Follett: Although Follett’s characters can …
: The Danger of Using the Bible Instead of Letting It Use You One thing that angers me a great deal is the misappropriation of passages from Holy Scripture. Tyler …
: Flowers in bloom in downtown Raleigh.
: Flowers blooming downtown. #raleighnc
: Aaron Belz turns the best of list into poetry in Piloting from 2001.
: SNL imagine sitcom producers dealing with the hockey stick curve rise in identity politics in The …
: Apple Music indicates the most listened-to tracks on an album with a star. I have a theory that when …
: Dunbar’s Number and the Church Even as members and pastors have changed over the years, one complaint I’ve consistently heard about …
: When you hear Jeff Sessions speak, remember Matthew 4:5-7. Even the devil can quote scripture for …
: Being a dad means I get to make paper cameras for this guy. We have fun together.
: 🔗 As someone who struggles with a love of records and a simultaneous desire not to collect more …
: Has Apple Legally Sabotaged Itself? Justin Lee at Arc Digital argues that Apple is painting itself into a corner by arguing for a strict …
: 🎵 Pure Bathing Culture - Hats: I immediately had the sense that Pure Bathing Culture covering the …
: One of the best things about the possibility of high definition vinyl is that it will work on …
: Taking A Knee From Christ and Pop Culture on how the NFL has handled the player’s protesting by kneeling during …
: Hey Rose, Hey Madder One of the most rage inducing/heartbreaking things I’ve read this past week is that Kelly Marie …
: Doing some papercraft with the little guy. #papercraft #starwars #solo
: Sending a GDPR notification email to the fans of your band is one of the most punk rock things you …
: Making Peace with Star Wars I was only a few years old when the Star Wars trilogy first came to theaters, and the movies and …
: 🎵 Wild Nothing - Letting Go: Wild Nothing is one of my favorite bands and I don’t care who …
: Today at work a colleague refused to drive my machine with an Apple mouse because he didn’t …
: Teen Daze is reissuing a few of their albums. Their debut, the chillwave classic Four More Years, is …
: 🎵 Weezer - Africa: Just in time to remind us that mainstream social media can actually be a force …
: Seeing All The Looks On The Harvard Faces 2018-05-26 A nautical journey in Boston. Walden Pond was not at all what I expected. I didn’t …
: Some people are just in it for the chase.
: A Talking Camel With Cloven Hooves: The Phantom Menace In A Different Light Sarah Kurchak, writing about her grandfather’s apparent affection for Jar Jar Binks, who he called …
: IKEA Backs Out of A Deal After literally working with town officials for years on a new site for a store, IKEA has just …
: Industrial Aqua: OS X Envy Tedium has the backstory on a movement that took place in the aughts to make Windows machines look …
: 📺 Victoria (Season 2): This is such a charming show. Finishing up the season was like saying goodbye …
: I’ve written before about why I chose Apple Music over Spotify, but this integration between …
: 🕹Eastward - this game, from a Shanghai studio, looks like a retro-pixel RPG enthusiast’s dream …
: We Rented The Night Sky I’m not a lifestyle guru. You probably won’t see a post with a listicle on 11 ways to hack your …
: This poster speaks volumes to my teenage self and I’m really tempted to buy it.
: A Continuing Odyssey This past week, Alto’s Odyssey, the sequel to the much lauded iOS game Alto’s Adventure, was …
: Rage Against The Machine The folks from the writing tool IA Writer (which I love) have an amazing blog post that gets a lot …
: Van Halen and the New Orthodoxy Van Halen’s debut record recently celebrated its fortieth birthday. Consequence of Sound …
: Queen Elizabeth Approximately Photo from the Library and Archives Canada on Flickr Some days, I find myself questioning the value …
: The Disappearance of Physical Media Smart speakers are becoming ubiquitous. Apple finally released their entry into this increasingly …
: Charming Legacy Last weekend, my five-year-old and I created a collage together.
: Ignoring the Big Fish in the Room For a few years now, I’ve followed a “read the Bible in a year” program. Last year, I used the plan …
: By The Numbers I recently mentioned to my boss that I’m used to metrics being involved in my work. I’m used to …
: Worms That Remembered Dirt Austin Kleon writes about his take on copyright law here. Since Kleon published a book titled Steal …
: Hall of Presidents Revision 45 When I was in Walt Disney World earlier this year, the Hall of Presidents in Liberty Square in the …
: The Push Button Publishing Industry At this point, most of us have read about all of the research and effort that has gone into making …
: Gender is Not a Genre When I first saw the headline that Moogfest (which occurs annually right down the street from my …
: Looking Abroad for Inspiration and Not Trusting Rich People Listening to twee pop from South America and feeling nostalgic about the 90’s was not how I planned …
: Seventeen Seconds of Frankie Rose Today was one of those days. Down with a cold and unable to do much, I spent much of the day in bed …