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

  • A tale of two browsers Jeremy Keith

    I give Apple a hard time. That’s mostly due to how they treat the web on their own mobile devices. Though iOS ostensibly supports the ability for websites to be added to the homescreen, they make…

    Today · 08:13
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    • Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
  • The world’s first trillionaire is a killer . “A... Jason Kottke

    The world’s first trillionaire is a killer. “A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully.…

    Yesterday · 15:38
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    • 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 ....
    • The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance . “The...
    • The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car
    • Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized . SEO (and...
    • The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America...
    • Grappling With the Existential AI Threat
    • Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump...
    • 75-Minute DJ Set From Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter
    • I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake ....
    • The Social Reckoning
    • Every time I see a link to one of of Car Pal’s BeamNG car...
    • Anthropic has launched a streaming music video on...
    • CrankGPT . “Just a hand crank, a little computer,...
    • On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness . “The...
    • Paintings of an Architectural Apocalypse
    • Everything Wrong With the 2026 World Cup . “By far...
    • Yesterday Was a Good Day
    • TIL about variant sudoku puzzles , “sudoku with...
    • The excellent Scene on Radio podcast is back with a new...
    • “For the first time, wind and solar generated more...
    • A lovely story by Mary H.K. Choi about her husband and...
    • From the New Yorker, a long and difficult-to-read report...
    • The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate ....
  • 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…

    Yesterday · 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…

    Yesterday · 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…

    Two Days Ago · 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…

    Two Days Ago · 09:44
  • Your brain is an asshole. Greg Storey

    I'm supposed to be slightly vertically inverted right now, sporting blue shades like a three dollar Bono. My mouth pried open, completely numb, with fingers and tools occupying what little space…

    Three Days Ago · 15:57
  • Power of Ten: Josh Clark and Veronika Kindred Josh Clark

    Is design ready to put aside its fascination with process and operations and return to actual product invention? Big Medium’s Josh Clark and Veronika Kindred joined service design legend…

    Three Days Ago · 10:18
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    • Sentient Design Is Here
  • 🔗 Ethan Marcotte’s redesign Rob Weychert

    My good friend and web design hero Ethan Marcotte has redesigned his personal site for the second time in a little over a year, and it’s a thing of beauty. Every last bit of it is thought…

    Three Days Ago · 08:13
  • Microsoft Build 2026 recap Cassidy Williams

    I spoke (a lot) at Microsoft Build in San Francisco!…

    Four Days Ago · 18:00
  • Off to Amsterdam for CSSday Marc Thiele

    Looking forward to getting to Amsterdam tomorrow morning. Can’t wait to meet people for the next three days. Are you there? Reply via Emai…

    Four Days Ago · 14:20
  • Kraftwerk Simon Collison

    The Man-Machine delivers a captivating audio-visual, retro-futurist ode to a connected Europe. Deep techno, joyous melodies, and a…

    The Other Day · 17:50
  • Tiny Awards Brad Frost

    This is the home of the Tiny Awards, which, since 2023, has celebrated the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web. The Tiny Awards exist because we thought it was important to shine a spotl…

    The Other Day · 12:27

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