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

  • When’s the Last Time You Cried? Jason Kottke

    For New York magazine, Emily Gould writes about her quest to cry again: I Miss My Tears (archive). I looked over at my husband, Keith, whose eyes were red, and felt … nothing. Not a clen…

    Today · 13:47
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    • Chimpanzees use tools to collect food and deliberately...
    • Some advice on giving good advice. “Not every situation...
    • The Earth in the Sky
    • TIL they can do wing replacements on injured...
    • Engaging read on how the Bugs Bunny cartoon What’s Opera,...
    • The 25 Photos That Changed Fashion Forever. “It didn’t...
    • Some Newsletter Tidying
    • A thoughtful review of Nolan’s The Odyssey, comparing it...
    • Mary Cassatt: The Impressionist Who Painted The Mind
    • 3D models for every single object in Katamari Damacy, all...
    • Ross Anderson on NASA’s recently launched Nancy Grace...
    • Canyon Groove. What if the grooves on a record were...
    • Dimensional Drawings of Apple Products
    • What’s your “origin” video game? “I’m talking about the...
    • TIL Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris (aka The Hunchback...
    • “The best next steps are the concrete ones: Big AI needs...
    • Ed Sheeran tried to stay neutral on a moving train. “If...
    • Monopoly as a metaphor for racial inequity. “During the...
    • Relationships are key to human happiness. “The top five...
    • Cars, New York City (1974-1976)
    • The Film Experience is a free online course from MIT...
    • I didn’t know Beehiiv had a program to support...
    • Imagine playing chess against a seven-year-old who’s...
    • Gorgeous Nerikomi Pottery
    • In Prison, White Supremacist Literature Is Required...
    • “Starring Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, and Willem...
    • Music for the Dyeing
    • This story, about a dressage trainer who shot his female...
    • I am stunned that we are still finding new species of cat...
    • Cole Escola’s Broadway smash Oh, Mary! is coming to HBO...
    • Amazing piece by Nikole Hannah-Jones about the betrayal...
    • New novel from Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven):...
    • Wes Anderson’s Criterion Closet Picks
  • To understand Türkiye and Turkish worldviews a bit, this book is a good quick start Derek Sivers

    To understand Türkiye and Turkish worldviews a bit, this book is a good quick start: sive.rs/book/TurkeyCS…

    Today · 13:29
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    • When walking a city, what do different experts notice that you don’t? Fun book on this
    • Very good China book, following four real women in current China
  • How to test alternative text (alt-text) WonderProxy

    Let me explain why “Every image needs a good reason to have alt-text”. Some images are decorative. They add polish, mood, or visual rhythm to a page, and if you removed them tomorrow, nobody using…

    Yesterday · 22:10
  • Untitled Chris Coyier

    It’s a little surreal watching Kevin recap the current CSS-Tricks situation. It’s been rollercoastery after DigitalOcean’s acquisition. Thoughts: I have zero background knowledge of…

    Two Days Ago · 09:33
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    • I’ll be at Axe-Con 2027
  • Building the Open Standard website with Stripe Jonnie Hallman

    Reuniting with my friends at Stripe, I collaborate with them on the landing page for Open Standard.…

    Two Days Ago · 07:53
  • In my dream, MAGA went manga in a new season… Rob Weychert

    In my dream, MAGA went manga in a new season of House of Cards. New administration officials’ hairdos looked like something out of a sloppified, live-action Dragon Ball Z. One guy grew out and ge…

    Two Days Ago · 05:09
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    • Gandahar
    • Entries logged without comment for the week ending 9/19
  • Periodic Table of HTML Elements Brad Frost

    Periodic Table of HTML Elements shows all 115 HTML elements laid out as a periodic table. Josh Duck created the original periodic table of HTML elements that I included in my Atomic Design book. Thank…

    Four Days Ago · 18:00

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