Finished reading: The Exphoria Code by Antony Johnston 📚
Finished reading: Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid 📚
Finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang 📚
This is a good book, but to me it was a refinement of The Poppy War. That doesn’t diminish this in any way though. Definitely recommended
These songs are so good, that I’m kinda mad that I had not heard them earlier. Hadestown Tiny Desk: www.youtube.com/watch
Finished reading: Stars and Bones by Gareth L. Powell 📚
First book of the year! I enjoyed this less than the Embers of War trilogy, though I am curious to see where the author goes from here.
Patrick McKenzie is one of those nerds who knows so much about something that everything he writes ends up being interesting. This one on ATMs: www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/t…
This is such a damning look into the start of what could have been (and still could be) a promising program. It’s unfortunate that this is entirely in line with previous decisions: India’s Semiconductor Scam by Dylan Patel in SemiAnalysis
This is a fascinating look at Saudia Arabia (via Tyler Cowen): mattlakeman.org/2022/11/2…
There is so much here that I did not know, and as with anything of this nature, add salt as necessary.
TIL that you can get an RSS feed of a Mastodon timeline by adding .rss at the end (via Dave Winer). I don’t want to build a whole messy timeline again. The fact that all feeds are just RSS feeds means that I can create multiple lists and manage them with Feedland or NNW.
FTL is one of those games that I occasionally forget about and then get back into with a vengeance. I’m not sure how I feel about realizing that it’s now 10 years old. arstechnica.com/gaming/20…
Lavender Jack! Lavender Jack! Lavender Jack is back!
Conversing with Manton about this post and with my friends in the US on their trials and tribulations when dealing with anything related to money (transfers, the IRS), I get the impression that the US, for all its strengths, is really behind on tech adoption.
As someone who did not use voice assistants at all, I’ve found Google Assistant to be very useful to set a quick timer in the morning. I don’t know if I’ll have other uses for it, though we will see as time goes on.
I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to get the new Macbook Air or the 14 inch Macbook Pro. I was gravitating towards the Pro but the image of the two side by side in John Gruber’s review really sold me on the Air. That difference in thickness is quite stunning.
I enjoyed this article by Elizabeth Lopatto on the Twitter nonsense: Twitter aims its most powerful weapon at Elon Musk: his own tweets. Much of it is discussed on the most recent episode of the Vergecast, but I love how Lopatto gets angrier and angrier as the article goes on.
After seeing Sorted Food on Tom Scott’s Plus channel, I have been hooked on their videos. I don’t think I’ve seen a bad video, and their friendship shines through in everything I’ve seen so far.
I loved posting every day as part of the MB May Photoblogging challenge. Now I’m looking for something to post about in June. I’m thinking of trying this writing challenge from Mary Robinette Kowal: www.patreon.com/posts/30-…
May Photoblogging Challenge, Day 31: Endurance
May Photoblogging Challenge, Day 30: Fish
May Photoblogging Challenge, Day 29: Stripes
May Photoblogging Challenge, Day 28: Fair
Fair Trade ☕️
I’ve been adding the Google Maps plus code to my address for anything I need delivered. Whereas before, I would inevitably get a call from nearby asking for the exact location, now everything shows up at my front door; no calls required.
May Photoblogging Challenge, Day 27: Written
May Photoblogging Challenge, Day 26: Schedule
