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I read 28 books in 2025. Looking back over that list, there are a few recurring themes… I read less of the Greek mythology retellings than last year but I seem to have developed a taste for medieval stories like Matrix, Nobber, and Haven. I finally got ‘round to reading so...

This came up on Kottke. I'm going to try commenting on other old school blogs more. Want to see if we can reboot the original sphere as a way of priming a new one.

We love Pluribus because it has all the features that we find irresistible.

1. AppleTV.
2. The makers of two previous huge hits.
3. An unsung and much loved star in the last hit.
4. An intriguing sci-fi plot.
5. It’s pretty good adventure type thriller in the first episodes that settles into a slower sexy love story.
6. A clever final scene in the final episode.
7. A typical long wait for the next season.

But all this is incidental, what really matters is that we’re all involved, have opinions, and thank goodness it doesn’t actually matter like the other stuff we debate.

I rated Common Side Effects as Loved, the second highest rating on Bingeworthy.

The biggest contribution ChatGPT et al could make to software development, beyond what it has already done, which is enormous -- is help us come up with a new general purpose programming language which is a lot easier for human programmers to work with, esp over time. I work in one of the most complex environments imaginable -- browser apps talking to server apps in JavaScript. We could do so much better. And now we have a partner that knows all about all our languages, unlike any human being on the planet. Instead of having a lot of disconnected bubbles, it would be great if programmers could come together on a new language that make it easier for us to manage lots of software projects.

Painting heaven and hell

Finished reading: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst. A little bit cozy fantasy, a little bit romantasy. Fairly quick read, trying one last push to finish a couple books before the new year. 📚

A red typewriter for Christmas! And it was hiding the uncommon Sears Futura typeface (aka Smith-Corona Numode No. 61) for its American 88 No. 423 keyboard which also features the Change-A-Type functionality. (Sadly it’ll be a slog to try to find matching Numode typeface slugs to match, though some of my math slugs may work … Continue reading

Notebooks Product Sheet width (inches) Sheet height (inches) pages price Area sq. ft. $/sq. ft. Hobonichi A5 Graph 5.8 8.3 288 $23.00 96.3 $0.24 Leuchtturm 1917 A5 5.8 8.3 251 $25.95 83.9 $0.31 Moleskine Hard Cover 5 8.25 192 $20.00 55.0 $0.36 Travelers Notebook 4.3 8.3 128 $11.90 31.7 $0.38   4 x 6 inch … Continue reading A comparison of A5 sized notebooks with 4 x 6 inch index cards on a cost per square foot basis

On the road in Arizona.

December 19-26, 2025 Recent Events From events.indieweb.org/archive: Give the Gift of Create Day Thursday, December 25 at 9:00am Homebrew Website Club - Pacific Tuesday, December 23 at 6:00pm Web Day! Saturday, December 20 at 1:00pm PORTLAND, Oregon: Albina Librar...

Sarah Kendzior is a political writer who I greatly admire. Her frustration sounds a lot like mine. I wrote in 2017 that the bankers in tech should watch out because Twitter had just elected a president, and its market capitalization was so low that it was bound to get bought...

This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Lars-Christian Simonsen, whose blog can be found at lars-christian.com. Tired of RSS? Read this in your browser or sign up for the newsletter. The People and Blogs series is supported by Matt ...

An alternative Christmas; lies we tell ourselves.

Merry Christmas! This present combines two of my favorite things into one shirt. 🎄

Nollaig shona daoibh go léir, a chairde!

Just realized I'm like a Black Lab. I always have to have a ball to chase, and really like it if someone says I'm a good boy. I think it really is that simple. Maybe it's different for other men, but I think a lot of us are just that simple.

It is Christmas Day, and last night the emails did not go out. I think I know what the problem is and if it's correct the emails should go out very shortly. Lucky that it's Christmas themed! Ho ho ho.

I asked ChatGPT to put together a subscription list of student newspapers at American universities. Added it to lists.opml.org.

Yeah, I'm retro-posting. Hello from the future, ding-dongs! This post is part of a series, as I play catch-up on KnitFactoryImpl's knitalong of a set in sleeve crew neck sweater for channel members. In the previous installment, I wrote about failing to get a good neckline fo...

Joni Mitchell wrote a sad and lovely Christmas song.