seeing pink blossoms from the train. talking coffee with a barista — of speaking about origins and tasting notes. striking up conversation with people while waiting in line. imagination, and of daydreaming. reading text in a foreign language — maybe even a foreign alphabet — and being able to understand what you have read. seeing people sit outside in the evening, enjoying desserts or drinks or food. seeing something from an entirely new perspective. walking by the river on a sunny morning. And of all the memories I have there. watching a barista focus as they pour latte art. the question “do you want a refill?” when my coffee cup is empty. arriving at the platform just as a Tube has pulled in. spotting a quaint bookstore. gazing out a train window on a sunny day where there is barely a cloud in the sky. looking up to the sky after sunset and seeing the moon.
2025-04-01
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• Joe Crawford
2 hours foggy
2 hours foggy and drizzly. Not good, but not really bad either. My hobby is weird.
Björn Stierand
• Björn Stierand
dear-programmers-plus-sign-valid-character
Dear programmers: A plus sign ('+') is a valid character in an email-address. Fix your fscking parsers, read the RFC and/or use something like https://emailregex.com/ Thanks, an annoyed user!
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• Joe Crawford
“I’m expressing with my full capabilities”
This post is part of the IndieWeb Carnival for March, 2024 hosted by Pablo. The theme? “self-expression.” Preamble: Mom My mother encouraged me to express myself all the time. I believe she did this because her own expression was mostly suppressed by her parents. Mostly her mother. But parents are a system and both are...
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• Joe Crawford
At WonderCon this weekend I inquired from a vendor about aVoltes V robot (a great deal at $1600. Not today), wearing my Voltes V t-shirt. Americans see my shirts (I think I have 6 different ones now) and think Voltron. But Pinoy men of the right age know who it is. The vendor inquired as to how I knew the bot. “I lived in Manila in 78/79.” He asked if I spoke Tagalog and I said “no” but mustered a “magandang gabi.” His partner gifted me with this “Ay Naku!” (My Goodness!) hanger to my badge. 40 years after living overseas I’m still learning how kind and wonderful Filipino culture and people are. Let’s Volt In.
2025-03-28
Here’s Terry B’s highlights following Monstertrack 2025 winner Emma Missale on her fixed-gear no-breakes bike through New York. You can also watch the full race, if you have two hours to spare.
🎬 Don't Torture a Duckling
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Not too much gore here - although the ending is hilariously excessive in that regard. It's more of a murder mystery. And it has indeed quite a lot of great ideas and encourages you to solve it yourself. Good one. But: Catholics again 🙄. And what's up with that slow-motion water in that aquarium?
🎬 Conclave
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A mystery thriller set in the Vatican. And all the gossiping cardinals are no better than ordinary men. Well, apart from the newly elected pope. And then this ending. Catholics 🙄.
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• Joe Crawford
my people
2025-03-27
Zu @ Soft Spot, 2025-03-27
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• Joe Crawford
3 cones | 3 tourists
Lavender coffee
Starbucks is running a promotion for their spring lavender coffee drinks. Earlier this week, I was in a Starbucks that had lavender plants resting in a glass pot with coffee beans at the base of the pot. I’m not sure what to say exactly about this, but it did make me smile so I thought I should share it on my blog.
Lavender flowers in a glass pot with coffee beans at the base. The glass pot is at the counter in the Starbucks.
P.S. I always get confused spelling lavender. I sometimes write lavendar with an “a”.
P.P.S. Somewhat unrelated, but “Lavender Haze” is a great Taylor Swift song.
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• Joe Crawford
Used the Handski today and it was fun.
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• Joe Crawford
Oops!
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• Joe Crawford
Zero Injuries!
I hit the beach late. When I was walking into the water a stray surfboard was tumbling toward the shore. Sure enough, there was a surfer working his way in, chasing his stray board. I stopped it. That’s me, handing it off to the surfer. “I guess the session is over!” the young man quipped,...
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• Joe Crawford
Hey it’s me
I keep adding ride videos as I get them. None I’m really very pleased with but I can see progress occurring. Maybe more importantly, I can feel progress occurring. I am seeing INTO THE BARREL of waves periodically. Before they collapse and leave me in whitewater. And I know my limits. I was north of...
tabitha.computer
• tabitha
revisiting
recursive feelings
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• Joe Crawford