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Thanks to Jo’s post Playlist of the Week I added the song Metamorphosis by the band Infinity Song. The link for that mix is here. As of this writing it has 57 songs on it. I’ve talked about my annual playlists before but I add the songs as they hit me and I like them....

There are still tickets available for the Salter Cane album launch gig at The Hope And Ruin this Friday, June 20th …and they’re only £8!

https://saltercane.com/tickets

Progress report on linkblogging in WordLand.

Today we shipped an update to Micro.blog for iOS that has lots of little bug fixes. You can grab it in the App Store. Here are the changes: Added publish status to post options screen for publishing drafts. Added poster frame URL when copying HTML for videos. Improved acces...

We often see typewriter cases and/or simple typewriter covers and people will post photos of how they display typewriters, but I saw a clever method on Saturday at a local type-in in Southern California. Aaron Therol of Typewriter Connection brought along a signed Voss from Tom Hanks’ collection which included a sturdy green canvas typewriter … Continue reading Tom Hanks’ ingenious custom typewriter covers/mats

D. Griffin Jones blogs a mockup of the Finder icon, restoring the colors:

The frustrating thing is that Apple definitely prototyped this exact design. It was probably one of the first designs they tried.

One issue Apple might’ve run into is what to do about dark mode. In Tahoe, they keep the person outline in the same blue. I hope they continue to iterate on this.

Listened to AppStories on my walk this morning. Fascinating what a completely different WWDC experience I had without a ticket this year, mostly hanging out in San Jose. I had a great time, though, more chill and less frenzy than past years. Part of getting older is I don’t need to do everything. 🍻

A few years ago the government here in Italy decided to switch from old paper ID cards to the new plastic, credit card-style ones. I have no idea if this was EU-mandated—I didn’t bother checking—and I have zero problems with the change. The card itself is not the part that i...

North of Crystal Pier today I had a pretty good session of waves today. There’s a swell that came in but mostly is making Orange County have good waves. But we got a pulse of swell too. So it was good. Afterward, as I was walking to my car, I spotted a fellow at a...

I’m keeping on posting every time I hit the beach. Waveride quality keeps going up. I’m better at riding waves partly because I’m learning and practicing new actions. It’s a sort of dance with the waves. It’s a kind of conversation. I periodically update the videos page with new videos captured because I use Dawn...

Tonight's cooking experiment escalated from "let's just shred a few veggies in the food processor" to busting out the kitchen stand mixer and waffle iron. I think I salvaged it though, and I also have a new way to use up the random veggies in the fridge at the end of the week.

Michelle Lee appears to be some sort of fitness and travel influencer in her (you will be shocked) mid-20s. She is fit and attractive. It’s not a particularly old account. Michelle Lee 👋Hi Joe Can I ask you a question? Joe Crawford Ok Michelle Lee Here’s the thing. Lately you’ve been popping up in my...

At the time of writing, the world looks pretty hopeless.

Because I wrecked my Xcode install for release builds by upgrading to macOS Tahoe, I’m switching over to Xcode Cloud. Probably should’ve done this earlier. By waiting a few years, at least Apple probably has gotten most of the kinks worked out.

In a year or two it will be possible to create a perfect TV version of any person. No longer can you say any person has to die eventually and go away. And we can have anyone back we want.

If you're a regular reader of my blog you know I put images in the right margins of pieces. I get an idea then I go scouting around using search to find the image that fits.

Today I was looking for an image of an army General.

• i'd like a painting style image of an american general in world war ii timeframe standing on a white background, full body from shoes to helmet, lots of medals, angry determination on his face. as if it were a portrait.

This is what I got, and it's perfect.

BTW, this piece in the NYT has a bit of wisdom that I had not considered because I don't listen to Joe Rogan it would never occur to me. He's relaxing white noise, chatting in the background while you play a game or write a blog post or text message on your phone, or just th...