Eat This Newsletter 297: Proudly Inefficient
This time around, efficiency is a very poor metric.
Cooking is inefficient, but enables you to Eat Real Food. Just in time food delivery is inefficient when things are stable, but things are not stable. Microwaves are efficient, even for gourmet meals. Contemplating breakfast in too much detail is inefficient, but fun.
Read it at https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-297-proudly-inefficient/
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Eat This Newsletter 297: Proudly Inefficient
This time around, efficiency is a very poor metric when it comes to cooking, supply chains, microwaves and breakfast.
Read it at https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-297-proudly-inefficient/
There is a special place in hell reserved for websites that don’t let you paste your credit card number into a form.
That is all.
One of the hard problems of moving website hosts is to know which version you are actually being served. This post will only be on Hetzner.
And it worked. I still have a fair bit of tidying up to do, but the basics are all done. All of my sites are now hosted in Europe and one immediate benefit became clear yesterday morning. My monthly bill from Amazon AWS dropped from around $40 to under $1.00. So far, then, I am quids in.
The first IndieWeb Fiction Carnival has come to a close. The prompt was: we've got to dream past it. Table Of Contents ...
The Feb 2026 IndieWeb Carnival on Intersecting Interests has come to a close. What a month! Table Of Contents ...
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Top Albums from last.fm on 01/03/26
1, Bill Frisell, Nashville, (14);
2, Bill Frisell, Good Dog, Happy Man, (12);
3, Schubert; Daniel Barenboim, Impromptus, (8);
4, Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli with The Quintet of the Hot Club of France, Souvenirs, (2);
5, Various Artists, Cardinals At The Window, (2);
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The Level Up is an indie improv showcase. Join us as we watch amazing New York indie improv talents gain XP on the Magnet stage, unlock new achievements, and reach new milestones. Or do comedy.
Come support Michael as he dons his hosting-duties cap for three exciting indie teams!
I’ll be playing with Michael and the rest of the Level Up!
Looking forward to it! And to seeing you there!! (Yes, you. Come on out!!!)
Saturday Feb 28th, 2026 @ 10:30pm
Magnet Theater
254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)
New York City, NY 10001
Tickets $10: https://magnettheater.com/show/tickets/60380/
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No way home.
