Son is supposed to be in shower and just ran downstairs...
Son is supposed to be in shower and just ran downstairs naked out of breath yelling Dad! DAD! (long pause) What kind of bird forms a band? (Short pause) Rock doves. Ran back upstairs.
We moved into a new house about a year ago and it's on a...
We moved into a new house about a year ago and it's on a corner, so at least once a week I need to walk around and pick up the trash and sweep the steps and sidewalk. There's always more litter, and I just realized that no matter what I do I can't stop...broomstrolling.
We moved into a new house about a year ago, and it's on a...
We moved into a new house about a year ago, and it's on a corner, so at least once a week I need to walk around and pick up the trash and sweep the steps and sidewalk. There's always more litter, and I just realized that no matter what I do I can't stop...broomstrolling.
There's a tipping pt where NFT marketing goes from "the art...
@jackrusher@raganwald@BradyDale There's a tipping pt where NFT marketing goes from "the art is work made by people that is paying for" into "the art is a speculative asset that will increase in value" and that pt is where my soul dies.
"I'm Jack and here is the generative stuff I made with...
@jackrusher@raganwald@BradyDale "I'm Jack and here is the generative stuff I made with Clojure," and then you show me something, is basically "artist's catalogue/gallery show" level of hype, which I *like*, and there's the MUCH louder "You should definitely mortgage your house to buy this JPEG of a monkey."
So @BradyDale writes about crypto in a way that doesn't...
So @BradyDale writes about crypto in a way that doesn't make me itch. And he outdid himself on this ridiculous NFT thing which is essentially...Kia Sedona shitposts...with real Kia Sedonas...and just really, truly, wonderfully dumb. thedefiant.io/...
I have this untested pet theory that enormous amount of...
@artificialnix I have this untested pet theory that enormous amount of social ill can be traced back to like three or four cognitive science departments at major universities and it breaks my heart.
Today I taught the twins that saying scary things in unison...
Today I taught the twins that saying scary things in unison just sounds goofy but if they just stand there and say kid stuff like "Be our friend, forever," or "It's a beautiful sunny day, father," together, it's terrifying.
A team at @Postlight are working on a beautiful new...
A team at @Postlight are working on a beautiful new software product and we need help making a video to promote it. We will not be using ukelele for the soundtrack. What are the best motion graphics groups out there? Reply or DM with your favorites. Bonus if weird.
I hate the surveillance state BUT NYC could make an app...
I hate the surveillance state BUT NYC could make an app called CYCLE CITIZEN that lets you take photos of the backs of cars parked in the bike lane, digitally signs them w/GPS, and uploads them. Two photos of a car from two cyclists gets a ticket. Millions of dollars a week.
Appreciate receiving this 12 minutes before deadline....
@mat Appreciate receiving this 12 minutes before deadline. Tonally I'm trying to land a kind of ironic pejorativity—my hope was that editors will see themselves as in on the joke—but glad to add context if you think that will enhance the humor. I'll send edits “Monday” “morning.”
For the 300th @Postlight Podcast (THREE HUNDRED) we...
For the 300th @Postlight Podcast (THREE HUNDRED) we interviewed our beloved producer, @steph_colbourn, so she could talk through the enormous range of technologies she uses to make us less exhausting.
Saying kind things requires vulnerability. You want to...
@karenkho Saying kind things requires vulnerability. You want to respect that. Praise makes me hate myself, though, for days, so at my best I turn it right around into praise for them: “You're a really kind and generous person to say that! You're amazing! What brought you here tonight?”
Anyway if you enjoy subtle, indirect puns about QAing...
Anyway if you enjoy subtle, indirect puns about QAing climate-related data this playlist has ALL OF THEM. Maybe listen to it while you check out probablefutures.org.
Of course as is typical I added lots of songs but didn't...
Of course as is typical I added lots of songs but didn't show up to the meeting. (I had a conflict, don't judge me. [I did work on the map backend though because I know a lot of Python].)
Before launching there was a big meeting to QA the maps +...
Before launching probablefutures.org there was a big meeting to QA the maps + look for specific lon/lat points to check data. So everyone made a collaborative playlist of climate songs to play as they QAed. (Copied here if you want to add to it). open.spotify.com/...
The political consciousness of pop music in 2000 was...
@phyllisstein The political consciousness of pop music in 2000 was something to behold. (IMO Cheb Mami and Sting doing Desert Rose was the actual end of history.) open.spotify.com/...
I just ran across a French pop song, "Né en 17 à...
I just ran across a French pop song, "Né en 17 à Leidenstadt," from 1990 that has:
- Shameless Bruce Hornsby influence - Extreme 90s production - Lyrics asking, "Would I have been a Nazi?" - Little kids goosestepping at 2:39 - FULL Scorpions-esque chorus
Does anyone have that video of the dude (in China?) very...
Does anyone have that video of the dude (in China?) very causally forging a huge glowing metal thing and an enormous hammer jams down on the metal from above over and over. I don't need it for anything I just miss it and can't figure out how to find it.
Manhattan Extended would become, unfortunately, ManEx....
Manhattan Extended would become, unfortunately, ManEx. PREMIERING AT THE ERFI PALACIUM: "FORGET FREEPORT": A NOMANEX OFFICE GUY MEETS A WILD SOMANEX GAL ON A NIGHT OUT IN NEW MANHATTAN, LEADING TO ONE OF THE WILDEST MOPED AIRSHIP CHASE SCENES EVER COMMITTED TO POLYCINESCOPE!!!
East River Filled In would become Lower West ERFI, Lower...
East River Filled In would become Lower West ERFI, Lower East ERFI, Upper West ERFI, and Upper East ERFI, but the most valuable apartments are in the Arcology at 1 ERFI Park.
BUT ALSO, I'll DM Mike and I'm like, hey, someone I know...
BUT ALSO, I'll DM Mike and I'm like, hey, someone I know building some new product needs big Salesforce help, and then a week later that person will DM me and go THAT PERSON MIKE WAS EXTREEEEEEMELY HELPFUL. So if you like joyfully helping people build their things...
My friend @MikeTRose has, MANY times, stepped up to help me...
My friend @MikeTRose has, MANY times, stepped up to help me and others in defining and developing big @Salesforce platforms. So if you're a technical architect-type person and want a boss who is kind and helpful, and who'll help YOU be kind and helpful... salesforce.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/...
Once again Light Conductor (part of the @younggalaxy...
Once again Light Conductor (part of the @younggalaxy multiverse) has created music that reminds me of being so high that I tried to talk to a tree. lightconductor.bandcamp.com/...
She's great, Carol King great, Stevie Wonder great, Elton...
@modernserf She's great, Carol King great, Stevie Wonder great, Elton John is kind of infinite. 70s roots but bigger in the 80s: Steve Winwood and Bruce Hornsby. I guess Randy Newman is my go-to 70s pianist. I guess I *have* a go-to 70s pianist.
Also, to give you a sense of what kind of organization...
Also, to give you a sense of what kind of organization Probable Futures is, they acknowledged EVERYONE on the About Us page, and treated us as partners, not vendors. Can't think of another time that happened in 20+ years of doing client work. probablefutures.org/...
Underneath what you see is science from one of the world's...
Underneath what you see is science from one of the world's best climate research institutes (@WoodwellClimate ), and a powerful API for mapping climate data, which I look forward to sharing in coming months as more and more of my brain turns into a climate-colored mist.
No, I mean it. You'll understand why when you get to the...
No, I mean it. You'll understand why when you get to the maps. probablefutures.org. This organization ruined my brain and turned me into someone who cares about bitumen and I want you to ruin your brain too.
is a climate change initiative and their website is one of...
probablefutures.org is a climate change initiative and their website is one of the finest pieces of digital work @Postlight has produced (w/many collaborators). This org has changed the way I work and think. Kindly give it an hour of your time (yes, an actual hour).
My spouse just told me my best line in my last @WIRED piece...
My spouse just told me my best line in my last @WIRED piece (not online yet) was “the thing about the dragon and the butter knife,” the one line written by my editor @anthonylydgate, which I had cut-and-pasted from his Google Docs comment. Life is a long soft roasting.
My spouse asked me to fix the Roomba because it kept...
My spouse asked me to fix the Roomba because it kept turning on all day, and I had to admit that I was starting it up from the app at work because I like when it vacuums twice, and I couldn't figure out why it kept pausing.
Somebody once suggested on Twitter that you could explain...
@vgr Somebody once suggested on Twitter that you could explain the Fermi paradox if this universe is the demo CD version and you need a code to unlock the other civilizations, and that stayed with me.
You start to see that an article with a title like “X is...
You start to see that an article with a title like “X is often sufficient under reasonable circumstances” should actually be called “Bob and Mike can burn in hell.”
How you can take the temperature one day in a place and...
@eroston How you can take the temperature one day in a place and that data feeds into a data set which feeds a model which can be used in simulations that tell us how likely it is to be weird in the future.
So @simonw did something super-smart and took all the work...
So @simonw did something super-smart and took all the work he's been doing on Datasette (which turns CSVs into insta-databases and lets you browse and visualize them) and bundled it up into a desktop app so you don't need to have any Python instincts: datasette.io/...
More and more as I read my feeds there is a voice going,...
More and more as I read my feeds there is a voice going, “Urgle durgle murgle flurgle snurgle hurgle zurgle.” Not metaphor—my brain will read an AOC dress tweet, NYT oped, or the 10,000th vaccine article, and go “zurgle.” Media is converging, for me, to a bubbling brain porridge.
Super proud of @Postlight's work building a new, stable,...
Super proud of @Postlight's work building a new, stable, INTENSELY subscriber-focused mega-platform for @PuckNews. puck.news/... No credit to me, all credit to Vicky V., Steph H, Ryan W., Haley F., and others. Tons to come! But also: A Great Client In Every Way.
Thanks for asking. The right shifter and brake are both...
@Jesselansner Thanks for asking. The right shifter and brake are both smashed, and the front reflector bracket sheared off. The handlebars were 40 degrees off where they should be in the stem but that was easy to yank back. Took it to the shop. But I'm lucky the bike took much of the impact.
Ah thank you, good point. Didn't bonk, thankfully, the...
@SleepingGiant24 Ah thank you, good point. Didn't bonk, thankfully, the handlebar took much of the impact. Smashed my right shifter and brake. Better than my head.
Happy to report that after I crashed my bike on a pothole...
Happy to report that after I crashed my bike on a pothole in the bike lane and skidded on my side about six feet across asphalt as people gasped, one of the first things anyone said to me was, “You should sue the city.”
Two different families unexpectedly stopped by the house...
Two different families unexpectedly stopped by the house yesterday and after some chatting one person said to the other, “Oh, I'm leading litigation against your company!”
So that's THIS THURSDAY. The second I'm not involved in,...
So that's THIS THURSDAY. The second I'm not involved in, but it's about climate beyond 1.5 degC. woodwellclimate-org.zoom.us/... If you want to start learning about planning for climate straight from scientists, no snuggles, Woodwell is the real deal. Sep22.
I come bearing news of two webinars.
The first is...
I come bearing news of two webinars.
The first is @richziade and me talking about SCOOOOPE CREEEEEP and we'll make it ridiculous but also just tell the horrible truth about why software is late. Just a nice way to spend an hour if you ask me. meetup.com/...
I try to keep my skills within a couple years of baseline...
I try to keep my skills within a couple years of baseline (learning Typescript now) but no matter what I do I can't remember the URLs for the staging sites.
Top levels are definitely chaotic but once you get into...
@donohoe@jeffehobbs@internetarchive Top levels are definitely chaotic but once you get into specific collections metadata quality is really high. Historical audio, 78 RPMs, concert recordings, etc. What are you looking for? Think of it as many nice libraries oriented around a huge open flea market.
BTW if there's been a parasocial media pal for my recent...
@eroston BTW if there's been a parasocial media pal for my recent transition from uninformed climate depressive to uninformed climate obsessive, it is 100% you + BBG Green. Thanks for ruining my life, I guess!
In the late 60s Time magazine made a series of books called...
In the late 60s Time magazine made a series of books called TIME CAPSULE anthologizing old articles. This one is for 1950. The juxtaposition from art to science in 1950 is...still something we are working through. x.com/...
We once made Rice Krispie/Fruit Loops treats for ~70 kids...
@heybonanos We once made Rice Krispie/Fruit Loops treats for ~70 kids (twin birthdays). It's Brooklyn public school so they had to be halal and vegan. Vegan marshmallows are dense. So I stirred HARD with a silicon spatula. A tiny bit cracked off. It was 10pm. Found it after three hours.
The problem with doing it and being a legend is that you...
@webology@sophaskins The problem with doing it and being a legend is that you are doing it and being a legend inside a procurement system or via email to the person who just wants to get it into QuickBooks or to your accountant. (ZFG LLC is a good name tho.)