The new Sabrina Carpenter album cover is the contemporary pop version of the original cover of Spinal Tap’s Smell The Glove.
I had to try out Lazy and I’m currently figuring out how it will fit into my workflow.
The sold out Ginger Root show was a well orchestrated mix of sights and sounds. Thanks to my lady friend for braving the BO and heat to join me.
My lady friend discovered this morning that if you clean the HomePod Mini in a certain way, Siri starts playing punk rock.
What if those fake DMV texts were real and the Department of Motor vehicles was using .wang as their TLD?
The merch table at this Tennis show doesn’t have any CDs but it does have a skateboard deck.
The last couple of mornings, reading This & That, the zine from @JohnBrady over breakfast instead of looking at my phone have been rather pleasant.
Few realize that Sabbath’s “Iron Man” was originally called “Iron Bloke.”
Readwise MCP
Microsoft made the Model Context Protocol (MCP) a major focus of their Build conference last week. Though the Microsoft engineer I spoke with, who is heavily involved in AI thought the emphasis was a little overplayed, it’s easy to understand some of the excitement. Seeing your favorite applications easily plug into agentic AI through a standardized protocol can open your mind to the possibilities. The first integration to spark my interest is with Readwise.
In simpler terms, setting up your own Readwise MCP server allows you to chat with your Readwise highlights using an external chat client (such as Claude), rather than the Chat function on the Readwise website.
The Laughing Chimes - High Beams
Brothers Evan and Quinn Seurkamp, who primarily make up the Ohio band The Laughing Chimes, call upon the hauntings of the Appalachian foothills of their native state as inspiration for their gothic jangly post-punk. There is a wistfulness appropriate to the rust belt and its faded glory that pervades their album Whispers in the Speech Machine.