Ah the joys of Friday. Good work day, early dinner date night “who doesn’t want to be in soft pants at 8:00 pm?” Team USA advances to the men’s hockey gold medal round. Daughter has her friends over. And I have some time to do some creative work. Life is good.
Andreas Matern
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Jonathan Franzen’s “10 rules for novelists” - Number 8 hits hard: “It’s doubtful that anyone with an Internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction.”
Researchers led by Nobel winner Jennifer Doudna have developed “NANITE”—a gene-editing tool that mimics viruses to replicate and spread to neighboring cells.
I know its being sold as a good thing, but … “self-spreading” sounds scary.
via Singularity Hub
miss intelligence and coherent discourse
Blogging renaissance
Hackernews had a cool post, worth a read through the comments. Platforms like paperboat.website, Bear Blog, and Mataroa are proof people are tired of the algorithmic web. No ads, no tracking, just writing. It’s why I’m on Micro.blog. You don’t need a content strategy. You just need to post.
The SOUPErbowl was a big hit, even with snowmageddon. We got more than 2 ft (60+cm) of snow. My son lost his cellphone while playing outside, that’s going to be a pain. I’m not sure we will find it. Trying to get an old iphone to boot and change it to his profile, if I can.
My father passed away on this date in 2017. Miss you, Dad. We are all prepped for the snowstorm, hoping we don’t lose power. Lots of firewood to keep us warm if needed. Lots to read, comics have been picked up! And beer and wine and SOUPer bowl One of our favorite traditions.
Well this is pretty cool - makes me want to try to create one on my own. Game Poems via
So excited to see Bad Bunny perform. This is an epic video trailer/teaser. Only good news in my feed today.
Today’s short story read.
