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Hello, my Boston friends.
Please live in the moment and enjoy this beautiful day.
Please live in the moment and enjoy this beautiful day.
September 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Hello, my Boston friends.
Please live in the moment and enjoy this beautiful day.
Please live in the moment and enjoy this beautiful day.
This zoom audio interface is tiny.
September 14, 2026 at 12:23 PM
This zoom audio interface is tiny.
There is no 'Tron Song' or 'A Fan's Mail' by Thundercat. No Thundercat at all. This list is bullshit.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
The 30 Best Songs About Cats
The 30 Best Songs About Cats: Taylor Swift, Prince, David Bowie and more
www.rollingstone.com
September 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
There is no 'Tron Song' or 'A Fan's Mail' by Thundercat. No Thundercat at all. This list is bullshit.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
This article in the Boston Globe about how difficult it is to be a musician in Boston, completely ignores the Boston Globe's utter indifference to local artists.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/b...
‘Not realistic’: Why many musicians feel they can’t make it in Boston - The Boston Globe
A slew of performance venues have recently closed, and government funds for arts programs have been slashed.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
This article in the Boston Globe about how difficult it is to be a musician in Boston, completely ignores the Boston Globe's utter indifference to local artists.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/b...
Sometimes I think a new life awaits me in the Off-world colonies. It feels like I crave a chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.
September 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Sometimes I think a new life awaits me in the Off-world colonies. It feels like I crave a chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.
Researchers assigned arbitrary weights to everything they couldn’t measure. You won’t believe the results.
September 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Researchers assigned arbitrary weights to everything they couldn’t measure. You won’t believe the results.
You know what pairs well with delayed emotional response?Overthinking.
August 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
You know what pairs well with delayed emotional response?Overthinking.
Hey, if you live around Boston, maybe today is a good day to be outside. (70s, sunny, low humidity)
May I suggest Norwood Day www.norwoodma.gov/departments/...
May I suggest Norwood Day www.norwoodma.gov/departments/...
Norwood Day
www.norwoodma.gov
August 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Hey, if you live around Boston, maybe today is a good day to be outside. (70s, sunny, low humidity)
May I suggest Norwood Day www.norwoodma.gov/departments/...
May I suggest Norwood Day www.norwoodma.gov/departments/...
Truth, explanatory adequacy, and transmissibility are different communications optimization criteria.
August 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Truth, explanatory adequacy, and transmissibility are different communications optimization criteria.
As the scale and heterogeneity of an audience or population increase, shared context and individual specificity decrease, forcing both messages and decisions toward more compressed, categorical, and aggregate forms.
August 28, 2026 at 11:33 AM
As the scale and heterogeneity of an audience or population increase, shared context and individual specificity decrease, forcing both messages and decisions toward more compressed, categorical, and aggregate forms.
Incredibly detailed, $800 grey triangle coming October.
August 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Incredibly detailed, $800 grey triangle coming October.
Resumed my subscription to hot water.
August 25, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Resumed my subscription to hot water.
Water heaters, one day past six year warranty:
Yawn.
*** uncontrolled explosion ***
Yawn.
*** uncontrolled explosion ***
August 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Water heaters, one day past six year warranty:
Yawn.
*** uncontrolled explosion ***
Yawn.
*** uncontrolled explosion ***
...then as of this moment, it's double secret economic sanctions.
August 21, 2026 at 7:50 PM
...then as of this moment, it's double secret economic sanctions.
Apple introduces Airpods (2016)
Apple removes the headphone jack (2016)
Apple stops including headphone dongle adapter (2018)
Apple stops including earphones (2020)
Airpods include eyes and ears that feed data to an AI (2027)
Apple removes the headphone jack (2016)
Apple stops including headphone dongle adapter (2018)
Apple stops including earphones (2020)
Airpods include eyes and ears that feed data to an AI (2027)
August 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Apple introduces Airpods (2016)
Apple removes the headphone jack (2016)
Apple stops including headphone dongle adapter (2018)
Apple stops including earphones (2020)
Airpods include eyes and ears that feed data to an AI (2027)
Apple removes the headphone jack (2016)
Apple stops including headphone dongle adapter (2018)
Apple stops including earphones (2020)
Airpods include eyes and ears that feed data to an AI (2027)
Every time you read about 40T debt, know that the solution is to tax corporations and billionaires.
August 21, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Every time you read about 40T debt, know that the solution is to tax corporations and billionaires.
Interfacing audio to video hardware is almost always always a worst case scenario of unwanted gain followed by unwanted attenuation made possible by creative but unreliable interconnect dongles.
August 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Interfacing audio to video hardware is almost always always a worst case scenario of unwanted gain followed by unwanted attenuation made possible by creative but unreliable interconnect dongles.
"To test this, the researchers recreated the mouse equivalent of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear and then blocked 15-PGDH. The osteoarthritis that you'd normally expect to see after such an injury didn't occur."
Someone's job out there is to wake up every day and break mouse legs.
Someone's job out there is to wake up every day and break mouse legs.
August 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"To test this, the researchers recreated the mouse equivalent of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear and then blocked 15-PGDH. The osteoarthritis that you'd normally expect to see after such an injury didn't occur."
Someone's job out there is to wake up every day and break mouse legs.
Someone's job out there is to wake up every day and break mouse legs.
Tea is the world's oldest potion.
August 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Tea is the world's oldest potion.
Left hand when playing guitar: Incredible feats of fine motor skill and precise dexterity.
Left hand when doing anything else, like turning a doorknob: breaks four bones, door comes off hinges, aquarium shatters, fish flopping everywhere, small fire erupts.
Left hand when doing anything else, like turning a doorknob: breaks four bones, door comes off hinges, aquarium shatters, fish flopping everywhere, small fire erupts.
August 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Left hand when playing guitar: Incredible feats of fine motor skill and precise dexterity.
Left hand when doing anything else, like turning a doorknob: breaks four bones, door comes off hinges, aquarium shatters, fish flopping everywhere, small fire erupts.
Left hand when doing anything else, like turning a doorknob: breaks four bones, door comes off hinges, aquarium shatters, fish flopping everywhere, small fire erupts.