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“The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by.” · E. B. WHITE

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

  • West of England Design Forum 🇬🇧 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 12:00
  • Enhancing with CSS Grid Lanes Jeremy Keith

    CSS Grid Lanes has started to ship in browsers. It’s in Safari and behind a flag in Chrome and Edge. It enables masonry layouts, where items get packed together in the most efficient way possible…

    Today · 04:03
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    • Speaking in Dublin
    • A tale of two browsers
    • Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
  • How The Heck Do Solar Panels Work? “Every hour,... Jason Kottke

    How The Heck Do Solar Panels Work? “Every hour, the Earth receives enough sunlight to power all of human civilization for a year. It arrives silently, from all directions, at no cost.”…

    Yesterday · 17:12
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    • Mad Max creator George Miller wants to make one more Mad...
    • Randomly thought of Brendan Dassey today. He’s...
    • The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By...
    • Telescope Ranchers
    • How to get out of bed . “There is no 28 point shot...
    • DJ Shadow and the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be...
    • On Inherent AI Risk: “Extinction-Level Capitalism”
    • Paul McCartney on Song Exploder . I think he was with...
    • The Knicks Starting Five Painted on One Dollar Bills
    • Sports but make it wealth inequality :...
    • The world’s first trillionaire is a killer . “A...
    • Two competing (?) thoughts kept going through my head...
    • Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood...
    • US Authorities Investigate Huge Etching of ‘8647’ on...
    • David Hockney, iconic British artist known for his...
    • Ian’s Shoelace Site Is Still The Best Site For...
    • “This song has no instruments in it.” This is cool: a...
    • This is clever & depressing: the Apocalypse Early...
    • A Hand-Drawn Visual Guide to Chili Peppers
    • John Thomson’s photos of China (1860s-70s) ....
    • A close-up look at some of Spain’s oldest & most...
    • For the first time on record, solar overtook coal in the...
    • Becoming by Max Cooper
    • “It’s so dumb!” I quote this line from Benoit Blanc in...
    • Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever ....
  • KeyCon 2026 recap Cassidy Williams

    I spoke at KeyCon, a mechanical keyboard convention!…

    Three Days Ago · 18:00
  • The Raven Tattoo Chris Coyier

    I’ve long been envious of my friends with sweet sleeve tattoos. It’s a cool place for a tattoo. You get to see it yourself a lot. Some of it sticks out from a rolled-up shirt-sleeve which…

    Four Days Ago · 10:49
  • Studio Notes #88 Dan Cederholm

    Greetings, Good Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🥏 Master type and lettering designer, Simon Walker, made The Cover Let…

    Four Days Ago · 07:45
  • tweet Derek Sivers

    India tech friends: I just bought my ticket to IndiaFOSS in BLR Sept 26-27: fossunited.org/indiafoss/2026 Want to meet? Email me: sive.rs/contact…

    The Other Day · 21:34
  • Where’s the holistic AI productivity data? Rachel Andrew

    For most of my career I ran a very small company. When you run a tiny company your resources (both time and money) are limited, and you want to use them on the things that will have the most impact. Y…

    The Other Day · 09:44

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