delighted to announce that my new zine "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is out today!!
You can get it for $12 USD here: https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal
Running a used book store means you get to make up your own awesome filing system
"Let's put ads in our paid professional digital audio workstation software" was apparently a thing someone at Apple said 'yes' to, after saying 'no' to a thousand other things 🙃
My Neighbor Totoro is in theaters this weekend!
We are rolling back to the old DEI: Discrimination, Exclusion, and Intolerance.
I just noticed that bsky.app puts a large amount of a post’s text in the page title. Blast from the past! This makes me nostalgic for days past when page titles were useful.
Who called it ChatGPT when Grand Theft Autocorrect was right there?
Someone called ChatGPT “Grand Theft Autocorrect” and I laughed way too long at that.
Just wrapped up high school and exploring what's next! You probably know me from Altbot (the accessibility bot that helps make Fedi more inclusive), but I also build terminal tools, AI integrations, and love working on anything that improves user experience.
Looking for opportunities in full-stack dev, UI/UX, or accessibility-focused roles. Strong in Go, Python, C#, Web, 7+ years Linux experience, and passionate about open source. My projects have thousands of users and I'm always thinking about how to make tech more accessible, inclusive, and user friendly for everyone.
Portfolio: https://micr0.dev
Boosts appreciated!
The new Orbea Muga looks super cool — it’s a full-suspension mid-drive e-bike available with fenders and a belt drive. This is exactly the kind of configuration I’m considering for my next ebike. So far not many manufacturers have offered something like this, and they’ve been super pricey. So it’s good to see this setup becoming more prevalent.
I’m thoroughly enjoying this indie video series: Do We Eat Him?
Today’s episode (5) really cracked me up. Which I needed after a tough week. But start with episode 1!
A NASA astronaut has captured an electrifying image of Earth from space, featuring a gigantic, jellyfish-shaped "sprite" of red lightning shooting upwards above a thunderstorm in North America. The rare phenomenon is still poorly understood, despite being studied for more than 30 years.
Image credit: NASA/ISS/Nichole Ayers
If you use a laptop regularly — and especially if like me you’re tall and have a long torso — then I can’t recommend the Nexstand K2 laptop stand enough.
It’s spared my back many times over. I’ve been using mine for years. It’s compact, durable, lightweight, and easy to use. I use it with a 16" laptop that weighs ~2 kg.
(I stole the photos from their website because I’m lazy, but I really do have one that I’m using right now and have been for years.)
(I don’t recommend the K7 model. I’ve tried it and it’s inferior.)
(You can find the K2 brand new on eBay pretty easily.)
(In fact I just bought a couple via eBay, just to have a few of them “in stock” à la @siracusa )
Chester, New York (outside Valkyrie Coffee Roasters)
I’ve been pondering a replacement for my 2015 Nissan Leaf (and the Model 3 I sold a month ago) and lately I’ve started leaning towards a 2022 Polestar 2 with the performance pack. I’m gonna try to find one to test drive soon.
For example: https://carsandbids.com/auctions/KD1jgnMG/2022-polestar-2-dual-motor-performance
Surgeons have performed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the U.S., using advanced robotic tools to avoid opening the chest. - https://neurosciencenews.com/robotic-heart-transplant-29354/ this is just insane (v slashdot)
(Context: we’re trying out Claude Code at work)
I think it’s extremely problematic that these products are designed to stimulate anthropomorphism. I’d greatly prefer them to be more authentic, i.e. more machine-like.
🤔 I wonder if coding agents (e.g. Claude Code) might yield a better experience for folks with ADD/ADHD.
Personally I’m finding it pretty boring and tedious to give direction and oversight to the agent and then wait until it next needs input/feedback/oversight/directions. I guess I’m supposed to switch away and work on something else in the meantime? But that’s *way* too much context switching. I find it cognitively taxing.
We’re trying out Claude Code at work. I just gave it a pretty sophisticated debugging problem, and it is *flailing*. It reads like a bunch of smart people in a room with a wide range of skill and expertise working on the problem, but they’re all pretty drunk and keep grabbing the keyboard from each other to try something different. Bizarre.
Australian surfer Olivia Ottaway under a wave in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia.
I’m returning the Instant Pot I purchase recently (and have not yet used).
https://www.eater.com/news/886762/trump-maga-instant-pot
Gross.