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The LEGO interstitials in MKBHD’s Pixel 9 review video are a really nice touch.

My linkblog posts are once again flowing to WordPress. I had to generate a special password for this app because of 2FA.

Strongly agree with this post from John Gruber, responding to The New York Times (which I no longer read):

Very few presidents have ever been faced with such a clear decision between the good of the nation and the drive of their personal ambition. Biden’s ambition is legendary. Biden’s response to this moment was heroic.

There’s real appreciation at the DNC for Biden’s accomplishments and his integrity. He could’ve won. The election is easier now but not guaranteed. Also from Biden’s speech: “I gave my best to you.” 🇺🇸

Some people downplay the iMessage lock-in, but it’s real for me. Otherwise I’d switch to Android just to mix things up. Instead, I’ll likely drop $1k on a new iPhone this fall, rewarding Apple.

Working hard to fix issues in the new Micro.blog editor. I know it’s frustrating when things change out from under customers. I think it’s in good shape now, but not perfect, and I missed a couple things for the initial release. So many different ways that people blog.

ActivityPub and Mastodon API developers, any thoughts for the discussion on FEP-eb22 here? I want to move this forward. I think it’s a missing piece to help Mastodon clients adapt to more platforms.

I knew Netflix was doing games, but I didn’t realize they had good games. Monument Valley 3 looks really nice.

Podcast: 27 minutes.

Sorry about the recording quality, I was in a large space with bad acoustics. I'll try to remember not to do that in the future.

I've noticed I spend less time programming, I go more slowly and carefully because now I can know a lot more about each problem I'm solving, and use the packages I build on, jQuery, MySQL, Node, the browser, Bootstrap, Font-awesome, Frontier, to greater advantage. A new kind of programming is possible, and it's better.

I go into some detail in this podcast about how the process works.

Interested in hearing similar stories from other developers using ChatGPT or something like it.

[Jess Weatherbed at The Verge] "A federal judge has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements that make it difficult for workers to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses. The ruling prevents the FTC’s ban on no...

This past week I embarked upon two long car drives — from Philadelphia to Cape Cod and back again — with an almost-two year-old. He’s a remarkably good traveler who takes everything in his stride (as long as he has his puffy stickers and you agree to put Elmo on the radio f...

[Erin Kissane] "Back in the fall, I wrote about a research project I was diving into with Darius Kazemi. Now, after a few months of prepping and conducting interviews with people who run Mastodon and Hometown servers about how they govern their parts of the ...

[Open Society Foundations] "In February 2024, the Open Society Foundations issued a call for applications for a convening in which selected participants would share their visions of an AI-mediated future." I thought this, from the concluding observations, wa...

Jessica on the beach.

I bet some of the Florida locals are going to be very upset by this blatant propaganda appearing in their sky.

I’m with the folks who say we’re likely in an AI bubble similar to the dot-com boom. That is, it’s going to pop, but we’ll still be left with something great. But I can’t rule out that AI is so profound a change that there won’t be a pop. More a correction, trimming out the fluff that isn’t useful.

They’re good dogs, Brent.

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So Frostapalooza happened on Saturday. It was joyous! It all started back in July of last year when I got an email from Brad: Next summer I’m turning 40, and I’m going to use that milestone as an excuse to play a big concert with and for all of my friends and family. I...

Finished reading: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas. Felt a little muddled in the middle but solid closing, setting up more characters for the rest of the series. 📚

What should we expect from the Department of Justice in the Harris Administration?