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

  • How to test a cookie banner that behaves differently in every country WonderProxy

    If you are shipping an international app, then the cookie field is not just another functional component or UI element, but a deep and dynamic feature.…

    Yesterday · 22:30
  • llms.txt: agent-optimization wishful thinking Stoyan Stefanov

    Can't remember where I stumbled upon a SEO-type guide that was suggesting agent-optimization via a robot.txt-like file llms.txt which lives in the web root and helps agents use your site. Perfect, I t…

    Yesterday · 20:09
  • Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket.... Jason Kottke

    Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket. “There’s no point beating yourself up for failing to clear a backlog (of unread books, undone tasks, unrealized dreams) that was alwa…

    Yesterday · 17:40
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    • Kim Tschang-Yeul, Water Drops
    • The death of web development education. “The income from...
    • Brett Simmons on how using the stock Mac UI isn’t the...
    • What’s On Your To-Do List?
    • The Bizarre, Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris....
    • On commodified, automated intelligence. “If any of these...
    • The MN Stolen Neighbors Quilt
    • In the wake of her divorce, Curtis Sittenfeld revisits...
    • OpenAI isn’t going to release its newest model because...
    • This American Life has a whole episode with Nikole...
    • Whoa, for the 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of...
    • What do you you do when the book you’re reading is too...
    • Well. I’m not sure what to think about this. The teaser...
    • What if America Went Completely Dark? “We came up with...
    • Now We Can Sing is the first single from Max Richter’s...
    • This is a fun daily game: Catfishing. You guess the...
    • Terry Riley’s In C is a composition where any number of...
    • “The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination...
    • “The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has introduced a...
    • Lego’s biggest set ever is coming out soon: the...
  • My Glamorous Life: in Which I am a Target Jeffrey Zeldman

    As I limped home from Physical Therapy, a man walking in the opposite direction suddenly planted himself directly in front of me and slammed me in the head with a heavy bag. It was a cloth bag, like a…

    Yesterday · 13:09
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    • Undersung Hero: M. Frog
  • Viva Las Here. Greg Storey

    Without an announcement or a decision, really, I used the sale of my home and the flurry of events that followed as an excuse to walk away from just about everything. Not permanently, mind you, and it…

    Yesterday · 10:52
  • Tupo Dave Rupert

    “Triple Threat” Josh Collinsworth has a brand new daily puzzler game called Tupo. On it’s surface it looks like a simplified 4×4 Sudoku block but with colored squares. That is the foundation f…

    Three Days Ago · 09:26
  • Delia’s ninth Simon Collison

    Another eclectic Delia happening last night. Things kicked off with songs from Pete Hollingsworth, followed by captivating piano improv from Alucidnation. After the brea…

    Three Days Ago · 08:00
  • Entries logged without comment for the week ending 9/26 Rob Weychert

    🎬 Added to the film diary:Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long IslandDan Kapelovitz, 2012, ★★★★PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PAPineapple ExpressDavid Gordon Green, 2008, ★★📖 Added…

    Four Days Ago · 22:00
  • Banjos in the Woods Chris Coyier

    Went camping with Adam. He blogged it because blogging rules. His post has some videos we did kinda right when we got there for a memento. Here’s a couple of those same songs in shorter clips sm…

    Four Days Ago · 08:45
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    • Knife Sharpening
  • Think local Jeremy Keith

    If you’re anything like me, you’re sick of hearing about so-called “AI”. We are not a fringe. The majority consensus amongst actual regular people is that this is being forced down our throa…

    The Other Day · 09:49
  • Studio Notes #103 Dan Cederholm

    Hello, Autumnal Friends (and friends in the Southern hemisphere as well). Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 👾 Tiny5 is a retro…

    The Other Day · 07:59

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