From the user guide for the new portable speaker/amplifier by teenage engineering:
It also has a storage compartment for holding cables, accessories, or beer.
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Hard to tell lake from sky this morning.
Margaret Hamilton has passed away. She named my discipline, software engineering:
When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before, at least in our world. It was an ongoing joke for a long time. They liked to kid me about my radical ideas. It was a memorable day when one of the most respected hardware gurus explained to everyone in a meeting that he agreed with me that the process of building software should also be considered an engineering discipline, just like with hardware.
For a few years, her LEGO build from Women of NASA kept me company at work.
Tonight, I enjoyed the Zodiak while waiting for my soup to simmer. I love Karl Grandin’s doodles on the can. 👽
Major Firewatch vibes from our overnight in the ranger’s cabin. Sanna got a bunch of photos up on her blog.
YES‼️‼️ ( ˘ ³˘)♥ ♪
Moby, hitting them congas. Live at Way Out West, August 13, 2026.
Twenty-five years ago, I bought the Gorillaz debut album. But it took me until the day before yesterday to finally see (and hear) them live for the first time… and I was not disappointed!
Gorillaz closing out Way Out West on August 15, 2026. 🎵
Lorde, suspended. Live at Way Out West, August 15, 2026.
Standing in line for two hours and a concert starting at 01:30 is a bit of a stretch for this old geezer, but fuck yes, it was so worth it!!1! (╥﹏╥)
Nina’s first gig in Sweden & first time playing her brand-new song (50 seconds in).
Ninajirachi live at Pustervik, Göteborg, on August 14, 2026. 🎵
Here’s a text with the power to melt an uncle’s heart:
Wanna go see The Weeknd with me next summer?
Yesterday was the day! I took a road trip with my niece to Stockholm for her very first concert.
Sing-along with Abel at Strawberry Arena. 🎵
The latest Ghost in the Shell anime adaptation is just what I needed: goofy, old-school storytelling and animation. Gorgeous! 😍
Saint-Jeannet is a cozy village in France where parts of Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief were shot. It’s also where my family spent a week this summer, wandering the narrow streets, enjoying the views, climbing the surrounding mountains, chatting, and relaxing in the shade by the pool.
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JA Westenberg on how we should just be normal about things:
And of course you can’t just disagree with someone’s politics. You have to decide they’re either a fascist or a communist or a groomer or a traitor or a neoliberal shill or a terrorist sympathiser or a brainwashed NPC.
…
Don’t confuse certainty with wisdom. Don’t confuse being a dick with courage. Have beliefs. Have standards. Have ambition. Have taste. Have boundaries. Have causes. Have things you refuse to tolerate.
But don’t give every part of yourself to every fight. Most things need attention, not obsession.
As always, when we’re back home after a trip, Sanna shares lovely, well-composed photos on her blog, and I think to myself:
Hey, maybe I got some good shots too?!
I scroll through my own camera roll from those days: two accidental screenshots from my watch, an accidental self-portrait from putting my phone back into my jeans (where I look a bit like Hagrid), and, well, I guess this shot of a tiny bathroom I found cute turned out okay?
Hey! Listen! 🧚♀️
A manga I like, Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, has gotten an anime adaptation that’s scheduled for July but had some kind of weird sneak-peek release yesterday.
If you’re up for a slow-burning (ha!), charming, sometimes serious slice-of-life romance comedy, you will enjoy this one.
Senaste brevet från En skräck, en sci-fi och en sak till bjuder på småstadsskräck, småstadsmystik, fulkultur i fansinform och en skön känsla av sommarlov.
Mowing the lawn earns you one beer.
I’m in the park reading Claire L. Evans’ book Broad Band, learning about Radia Perlman, her Spanning Tree Protocol, and the poem she wrote about it.
Sanna bjöd mig på gofrulle i morse. Jag stod för buketten och hembakat fröknäcke.
Things I did today:
- Launched two docks.
- Put out a swim raft.
- Photobombed my mother-in-law’s serene nature shot.
Since Reporters Without Borders started tracking their World Press Freedom Index 25 years ago, the global rating has never been lower than the 2026 score. … The United States ranks 64th out of 180 countries, a pathetic showing for a country that claims to value the First Amendment[.]
I feel privileged to live in Sweden. But just like democracy, freedoms like freedom of the press are not static conditions, they’re acts. We need to exercise them.
I’m so ridiculously happy that spring is finally here! And at the same time, so sad that I need to shut the blinds and pretend the nice weather isn’t there (even though it is) just to keep my eyeballs from getting blinded and get any work done.
Oh, how I wish I could be in France tomorrow for Lyon’s Algorave. Just look at this poster by Adel Faure! And most of the artists have their own cute websites. Pure joy! The open web has really been on a roll lately.
Even if the music isn’t for you, go explore these lovely artist sites.
Erica’s book arrived this week. It’s been with me on the balcony, on the couch, in a park—and today, I read the last few pages in the sun, on a bench at the south end of Lake Munksjön. Such a cozy slice-of-life read. 📚
Also, this tidbit from the book’s introduction:
I’ve been drawing and writing all my life, but I didn’t think I had enough to fill a book. I guess all I needed was to keep going.
Love that. Just keep going.
