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

  • Death Cab for Cutie’s Tiny Desk Concert Jason Kottke

    Death Cab for Cutie rolled into the NPR offices for a Tiny Desk Concert, which featured two new songs from their current album and some oldies: Title and Registration and Soul Meets Body.…

    Today · 11:49
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    • Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting...
    • A Collection of Eclipse Glasses (1793-2019)
    • Stories that the authors of the Bible borrowed from...
    • “Widely regarded as the most complicated board...
    • New vocabulary term: “soft secession” .
    • Good sentence : “The market’s most lavish...
    • “ Your brain is a gambling addict that bets on...
    • I’ve felt this for years (blogs have global context):...
    • “An Absolute Climate Catastrophe”
    • “ Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million...
    • “Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than...
    • Stories of “people finding weird, wild and defiant...
    • Crocs Has a Trick for Dodging Taxes: a Tiny Office in...
    • The Doulas Who Help Us Die . “Instead of assisting...
    • NASA has provided some early-stage funding to explore the...
    • Tron: Legacy (Recording Sessions) by Daft Punk
    • Subaru Socialists and the Great Disappointed . “A whole...
    • If You Haven’t Recently Used Claude Code, You Might Not...
    • Socialists Are Winning Because They Listen to People...
    • Thing that I am now invested in: this woman has spent 30...
  • Clips from Hacker News Thread Chris Coyier

    Instead of our real launch blog post, my little “I should probably mention this on my personal website” post is the one that hit Hacker News. Nevertheless, people got the message. What I l…

    Today · 10:01
  • Hubano 2 Pre-Release Dan Cederholm

    I've taken some time to revisit Hubano, my display serif inspired by some lettering found on a Cuban cigar box. Initially, it was a single weight that matched the lettering, but it was rather thi…

    Today · 09:30
  • Testing authentication "unhappy paths" using a mock WonderProxy

    Handling user authentication and making sure the many different scenarios work as planned can be a significant challenge for many development teams. Especially considering that the authentication laye…

    Today · 07:00
  • Keeping type consistent in changing conditions Elliot Jay Stocks

    At first glance, grade might seem very much like weight. But where weight serves to differentiate, grade’s purpose is to unify, allowing designers to adjust type precisely so…

    Today · 03:30
  • How We Got Here Sean Coates

    I don’t like how we got here. Yes, this is—unfortunately—yet another AI thoughtpiece. I’m sure you must be tired of reading AI thoughtpieces. I won’t be offended if you skip thi…

    Yesterday · 08:00
  • Just You Wait, by Chris Shiflett Brad Frost

    Just You Wait, by Chris Shiflett is a fantastic read. While I'm slightly younger than Chris, his description of the journey of growing and evolving with technology feels very familiar. The whole artic…

    Two Days Ago · 18:00
  • An tuath ’s ceart Jeremy Keith

    I spent the last three weeks in the north of Ireland. Myself and Jessica flew to Belfast where we spent the first night. We managed to get to a session that evening where we were warmly welcomed.…

    Two Days Ago · 10:07
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    • Girls In Their Married Bliss by Edna O’Brien
  • Vibe Check №43 Dave Rupert

    During my last vibe check the kids were still in school. Time has flown by. Work-life balance disrupted. Camps attended. Vacations were had. Bank accounts drained. A normal summer routine. Inbound and…

    Three Days Ago · 23:23
  • André Michelle Speaking at TYPO3 Developer Days Marc Thiele

    This was the second talk I recommended as part of the beyond tellerrand partnership with TYPO3. They invited me to curate a few slots at this year at…

    Four Days Ago · 11:20
  • The Right to Resist Optimization Josh Clark

    “If machines are great at the things we’ve long thought to be uniquely human, maybe we’ve been misunderstanding humanity all along.” This weekend I picked up a physical copy…

    Four Days Ago · 08:35

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