The holiday break is over. It’s time to get back to work.
Apparently you can re-use 2017 calendars this year, which is funny to me because I have a 2017 calendar hanging up on the wall next to my bed. I stopped turning pages April of that year, and it’s been April, 2017 in the vicinity of my bed ever since.
The book Shift Happens tells the 150-year history of keyboards, from primitive typewriters to smartphones. Glenn Fleishmann @GlennF raved about this book on John Gruber’s @gruber@mastodon.social’s The Talk Show podcast—sounds interesting.
I saw this SUV while walking the dog. I feel better knowing we’re protected.
My car keys got hidden in a fold in the pocket of my rain jacket after I was done walking the dog this afternoon. I spent 15 minutes looking for them—on the ground, peering into the car window to see if I’d locked them in, patting my pockets over and over.
It was past dusk, so I was losing the light fast. I didn’t have a proper flashlight, just my phone. And it was raining. And I still had the dog with me, of course.
Also, as a middle aged man, I can’t go more than two hours without peeing, and I was past my limit.
And that’s Jan. 1. The year is going to get better, right?
I saw this house flying a Starfleet flag. I was tempted to ring the doorbell to express my approval.
Portland Startup to Mine Artisanal Bitcoin Using Only Slide Rules and Graph Paper
“… powered 100 percent by avocado toast, ethically sourced kombucha and acai bowls.”
While walking the dog, I saw this tasteful Christmas decoration.
By the time New Year’s comes around, I have holiday exhaustion. New Year’s needs to be in March. Not a lot of holidays between January and May.
Quintessence is a “barebone Nuzzel clone” for Mastodon, in open beta.
It’s pretty simple: if you follow the @quintsns@mastodon.uno bot account, each day at 23:00UTC it will send you a direct message containing 10 links that have been shared in the past 24 hours by the people you follow, ordered by the number of different people you follow that have tooted/boosted the link.
Brilliant! I’ve signed up.