Cheers from Paris. I can’t begin to tell you the difference in heat from an American perspective. Yes, it’s been hotter in Boston. I’m assuming Atlanta thinks this is nothing. But the world isn’t ready for this. We went to Versailles, tons of people, packed together. Phones taking pictures of things I can see online. No one really looking. My daughter almost passed out from the heat. It’s, not to be cliche, but it’s a different kind of heat here. It’s 2238 and it’s still 84 degrees Fahrenheit. The bars are packed, which is a good thing. But Most people have to go to work in the morning. How the hell are they going to sleep?
Visiting the UK for work. English mustard makes a lot of things better. That horseradish kick? Perfection.
Someone just called this dreadful late spring Boston allergy season “Botanical Bukkake” and … that’s brilliant.
I subscribe to far too many streaming services, but whenever I feel the need to rewatch a classic (tonight I’m hunkering for Dogma) it’s only available to rent. Time to cut some services.
𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕖𝕨. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕖𝕨. -𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝔼𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕤
I don’t know who Brad Neely is, but I sure do now. What a clever idea!
Ah yes, the never ending Spring rain in greater Boston. Looks like we have to grill those burgers and dogs with an umbrella today. Happy Memorial Day.
About halfway through Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars. Amazing. Great pace, beautiful language. Surprisingly heartwarming.
Well I didn’t see mice getting spinach in their eyes on my science bingo card. But here we are.
The New York Times has an article on the best restaurants in Boston. I guess that’s cool, why not the Boston Globe?
Can’t help but share these amazing phone wallpapers - link to Kottke
Huh, looks like my last post didn’t work. I’ll assume user error. I am excited that I just got Ben Lerner’s Transcription as I’ve seen, but not read, an unlikely number of reviews. Posting this so I can read the review after reading the (short) book.
After an amazing family vacation to Savannah, Georgia to visit my niece, a student at SCAD, we are home, home again. It’s much colder here, and there’s a lot going on, but there really is no place like home.
“I am deep in Internet-as-utility territory. It gives me access to shops and makers I wouldn’t otherwise have…. But once you accept all the socially oriented internet things are busted and of no use, you free up a hell of a lot of time.” via Warren Ellis.
I’m not sure if I am embedding that, but Joe used to come into the bar where I worked when I was at RPI and … this is a great clip!
From Colossal -
The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects
Thanks to The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative, we can now experience every detail in three-dimensional renderings of nearly 140 significant objects in its holdings.
Saw this on hackernews today, and thought I’d give it a shot. https://arcade.pirillo.com/fontcrafter.html My handwriting is pretty bad, let’s see how it turns out!
This was posted in our corporate slack this morning and I’m DYING #programmerhumor
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.
https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/02/19/decalogue-3/
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.”