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“Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.” · URSULA K. LE GUIN

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Posts from blogs I read written in the last few days.

  • NPR’s Planet Money recently did a show on tariff refunds... Jason Kottke

    NPR’s Planet Money recently did a show on tariff refunds and interviewed Panic’s Cabel Sasser about how they decided to refund their Playdate-buying customers for the tariffs surcharge…

    Today · 15:18
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    • Do you believe in life after death? This is a great...
    • A Tiny 24 FPS E-Ink Game Boy Emulator
    • A 24-minute video tour of the Krasner and Pollock: Past...
    • Towers of Babble is a game that mashes up word games and...
    • Hyperland, a Prescient 1990 TV Show by Douglas Adams
    • Lane 8 has released his Fall 2026 Mixtape, 4 hours,...
    • Won’t Someone Please Stop Me, Dr. Frankenstein, from...
    • Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Consequence of Donald Trump
    • Charles Harley on Subway Takes: “I don’t think Black...
    • Illustrator and writer Luis Mendo’s second book is out....
    • Chromatic Inkscapes
    • Margaret Atwood in 2023: Go Ahead and Ban My Book. “It’s...
    • Roooobot. Huuuuuman.
    • The trailer for Blade Runner 2099, a new limited series...
    • Going 94 MPH on a Skateboard (New World Record)
    • I played (not) solitaire for more hands than I would care...
    • Good headline: Nine Inch Snails.
    • Beautiful Seamless Ride
    • Is the camera shutter noise the last skeuomorphic element...
    • Fishdraw is a single JavaScript file that generates...
    • How Hunting Owls Use Sound to “See” Under the Snow
    • How many shots are in the average movie? How does it...
    • Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World. “The epic...
    • Where You Should Live: Five Factors to Keep in Mind
    • Teaser trailer for season three of The Lord of The Rings:...
    • Tiny Little Office is “an office suite with no accounts...
    • The Muffled Thud of Fire in the Hole
    • It’s time to de-privatize the US government. “The problem...
  • Now Playing: “Side Two” Jeffrey Zeldman

    For your listening pleasure: 17 new tracks of instrumental music pulling from jazz-funk, Italian movie soundtracks, electronica, hip-hop, art rock and beyond. The post Now Playing: “Side Two” appe…

    Today · 07:38
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    • Silly Old Bear
  • Istanbul Tűrkiye - 12 days in 10 neighborhoods, meeting up with 30 local people for 60 hours of conversation Derek Sivers

    Istanbul Tűrkiye - 12 days in 10 neighborhoods, meeting up with 30 local people for 60 hours of conversation: sive.rs/met/at-16…

    Yesterday · 09:14
  • Entries logged without comment for the week ending 10/17 Rob Weychert

    💿 Added to the music library:I Know About YouIda, 1996Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest HitsThe Everly Brothers, 1985Repo Records, Philadelphia, PASuite No. 2 for Flute & Jazz Piano TrioCl…

    Two Days Ago · 22:00
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    • 35th Philadelphia Film Festival: Animated Shorts Program
    • Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology
  • Introducing our new podcast: Make Great Software with Chris & Gina Gina Trapani

    Gina Trapani Once upon a time, the web was mostly a text-based medium. If you were an introverted writer wh…

    Two Days Ago · 11:00
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    • From producer to builder
    • Astro Teller on creativity and the fool's mindset
  • Ranking proposals for Interop 2027 Jeremy Keith

    The Firefox team are asking us to weigh in on proposals for Interop 2027—what features should browsers be concentrating on implementing or improving. Here are my top five: Web app installation…

    Three Days Ago · 11:58
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    • The Tusks Of Extinction by Ray Nayler
    • The Mountain In The Sea by Ray Nayler
  • Studio Notes #106 Dan Cederholm

    Greetings and Good Vibes to you, Fine Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🪀 I’m mesmerized by Hajime Miura’s…

    Three Days Ago · 07:32
  • Goodbye sweet Jessie Ana Rodrigues

    This post has a content note of pet loss. Visit the link directly if you're okay with reading it.…

    The Other Day · 18:00
  • Building a static newsletter archive Cassidy Williams

    I decided to host my newsletter archive myself on this website!…

    The Other Day · 18:00

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