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Trump is not the incumbent, but it might feel that way because the coup that started on Jan 6 is ongoing. It won't be over until there is a peaceful transfer of power from Biden to Harris and Trump is out of the picture.

[Andy Jassy on LinkedIn] Andy Jassy on using Amazon Q, the company's generative AI assistant for software development, internally: "The average time to upgrade an application to Java 17 plummeted from what’s typically 50 developer-days to just a few hours. ...

About the podcast I just did a 34-minute podcast, not sure I'm going to publish it. I asked ChatGPT to do an outline of the talk, and that's what I've included below. Kamala Harris is much more than I thought. It’s not just me; millions of people are realizing her capac...

When we had some calm seas while I was on the Drumfire, with my schedule unusually clear, I found myself writing Python with Claude to export and analyze all of my Swarm check-in activity. I have 14,021 check-ins. So now on my about page it lists the ~70 countries I’ve been to and the top … Continue reading Best Cities →

The show itself was an unbelievable outpouring of energy and love. I couldn’t help but imagine if anyone in the audience had decided to go on a lark, not knowing anything about it. I would think they would have been pretty damn impressed. This wasn’t just a couple of nerds poking around at instruments (except me), these were some serious musicians giving it their all.

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This is how I explained what a sidebar art is: There's a certain kind of art I need to create with you. I call it "sidebar art" -- they are images between 75 and 135 pixels wide. The content is on a transparent background. They are designed to fit in the right margin of my blog at scripting.com. Please remember this definition, so you can help me create new sidebar art.

I'm trying to teach ChatGPT how to do sidebar art. So far, it's not a great student. But I have hope. My instructions for the image in the post in the sidebar for the previous post: "e pluribus unum" is the motto of the United States. Out of many one. I would like a simple picture of an eagle with this motto over its head, in the same style it is in on the back of a quarter coin.

No more shaming people for being who they are.

I just realized something else -- there isn't a female America and a male America. What made me realize it is how natural the idea of President Kamala feels. Men and women are different, just like blacks and whites are different (it couldn't be otherwise) but we are all Americans, and further, taken together we all are America. All of this sprung from that Obama quote in his 2004 convention speech (which I was lucky to be present for, that was the year they welcomed bloggers). It's the one country that's the Union of all of us and we are United.

Sounds like we’re in for an interest rate cut next month. We sold our house last year, starting to explore what’s next, so this will be a welcome change.

From The Information, fascinating to see the different approaches in headset strategy. Meta: we can’t make this for $1000, so forget it. Apple: it must be the best, and the best costs $3500, ship it.

Apple may embrace JPEG XL, via Jade van Dörsten’s microblog. It feels better for XL to be the standard, because it’s backwards compatible and we can just call it JPEG, rather than using WebP or HEIC. Chrome is still a problem, though.

Back in May, I announced Unoffice Hours, inspired by something Matt Webb had established with his community. Anyone could book a 30 minute meeting with me, for any reason, on a Friday. No money, no strings, no expectations. It’s been a wonderful experiment. I’ve met a ...

Between me and my kids, we share birthdays with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and… Kamala Harris’s dad. I don’t know what this means but I like it.

Texans, our state nightmare of needing to take a wallet with us for groceries at HEB may be almost over… Central Market now has Apple Pay. No timeline yet for all HEBs, but I now believe. Never thought I’d live to see this day. 🤪

VP Harris gave the best speech I've ever heard. There were some great speeches at the DNC. Michelle Obama stood out. Bill Clinton, of course. But it was her show, President Kamala's, and she stole it. She's perfect for our time. A prosecutor running against a convicted fe...

Kamala Harris, for the people. Great speech. What an amazing week for Democrats and America. 🇺🇸

Contextual advertising works. Targeted advertising? Who knows!

Let’s see all that proof that 400+ requests for thirsty ass always-running JavaScript is just what we have to do to make advertising good.

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Feeling good about the bug squashing today. Which probably means I’ve overlooked something. 🤪

As I work on contenteditable divs, having flashbacks to pre-CSS web development with browser layout differences. Rewrote a bunch of code today, works great in Safari. Chrome and Firefox, not quite.