Personal blogs

On stage at Radio City Music Hall, I hid The Power Broker. All 1,200+ pages of it. I clutched the paperback close, under my academic regalia. On stage, helping deliver diplomas to eager graduating students …

Previous: First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, April ’24 Welcome to the May edition of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you …

About two weeks ago I was at a local Walgreens in Boca Raton when I came across something unusual. I meant to blog about it then, but alas, I just now got a round tuit. …

DS099: Not very happy with this, 098 was a dud. Just couldn’t get the thing I had in my head out onto the screen and was singking more and more time into playing with lighting …

The Apple Vision Pro represents the end of something. Or possibly the beginning. It’s an apex product from an apex economy. What we know about capitalism – liberal democracy, Western economic dominance – suggests some …

After fiddling with various ways to sync notes across multiple vaults and iterating on my local data backup strategy, I figured I needed a new overview on the current design and the tools involved. I …

WIP: Remains a work-in-progress for the year 2024. K My daughters are fascinated by strange things. Of course, the younger one is influenced by what her sister does. Five years ago, the elder one asked …

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I watched the animated film ‘Wolfwalkers’ again last night, and marvelled again at the beauty of this gorgeous film. I think I’ve seen all of the feature length ‘Cartoon Saloon’ films now (some, like Wolfwalkers, …

Here’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught my eye: Wow. Someone was selling Apple Employee #10’s employee badge?! What an incredible piece of Apple history! Sure, it’s …

Close had for their job application on Wellfound a coding challenge. I’m slightly miffed that they ask someone to write code without even screening them first to see if they believe on the surface I’m …

Finally, the surgery wound on my foot healed enough this past week for me to comfortably walk and cycle again. It was a massive relief and boost to my mental health to be able to …

What Companies Don’t Know About How Workers Use AI is worth a read, but the thing that really caught my eye is the stat from the 2023 Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report that found that …

World-weary, last week I took myself off one afternoon to Montreal's Parc Angrignon, wanting to walk along the water and hear some bird song and, I hoped, clear my head and lift my spirits. This …

From the end of 2016 through the first half of 2020, I lived in Seattle. I really liked living there when I did. It was a quirky city (I had moved there after burning out …

Our hearts are full of gratitude tonight to the hard working men and women of the Marin County Sheriff’s Office, the San Francisco Police Department, and the other law enforcement agencies of the Bay Area …

Trying to keep on top of this.Fellsman recovery is going well. My knee isn't quite as sore as it was last week. I attribute it almost totally to this video from David and Jelena Yoga, …

Peter Rawsthorne is back to blogging and today he published a post that discusses his process for writing in a time in which AI can be a useful writing companion. Here’s his process. Step by …