The Boogeyman is just your dad when he dances.
One time, in the far distant past, I used to both have hair and make movies. I loved every minute of both. 🍿
I got to see Lake Street Dive at Madison Square Garden. I didn't know them well, but they were so good I'm a converted fan. Their new album Good Together is great. 🎵
Wonderful, in depth piece on colonial Willamsburg's approach to teaching history by Laura Jedeed for Politico. One of its insights is a reimagined safe space.
First you establish the safe space, then you teach the facts. Only when people feel secure will they feel ready to grapple with realities that might upset them.
The whole piece is well worth a read.
“History is not there for us to like or dislike. History is there for us to learn from.”
Kurzgesagt has a fun, interesting video on how your body metabolizes tattoos (under 10 minutes).
I'm fascinated with tattoos, but as someone who received a permanent immune system alternating stem-cell transplant, this didn't reassure me on getting one myself.
Although, if I felt more of a need to express bodily autonomy, that calculus might change.
More Than Friends is a touching, personal, short-ish piece by Aubrey Hirsch on the inverse of a one night stand. Someone with whom you have a connection beyond friendship, but without sex.
Today, I was introduced to the Alan Watt's philosophical concept of Prickles and Goo.
Prickly people are precise, rigorous, logical – they like everything chopped up and clear. Goo people like it vague, big picture, random, imprecise, incomplete and irrational...They always argue with each other but what they don’t realize is neither one of them can take their position without their opposition being there...Life is not prickles or goo, its gooey-prickles or prickly-goo.
Today is National Register to Vote Day. Please, register to vote. And then, you know, vote. It matters. A lot. 🇺🇸
There's a lot to digest in the story about the (hopefully) upcoming Prince documentary, but this quote from Questlove really jumped out.
...the idea of cool, the mere ideal of cool was invented by Black people to protect themselves in this country...
Let that sink in.
The Future is Analog (if you can afford it), by Maroussia Lévesque, explores the "analog privilege" of economic elites to escape the automation and A.I. they apply to everyone else.
I found this conceptually sprawling UX article in the depths of my reading list. It's several years old, so you may spot an outdated reference or two, but the points are still salient.
Anyone actively use Oblique Strategies?
Vim Macro Trickz by Hillel Wayne is just that. For the vimthusiasts.
Gripping read about one of the first women hackers, by Claire Evans for The Verge. I read this years ago, and only now getting around to sharing it.
In the ’80s, Susan Headley ran with the best of them—phone phreakers, social engineers, and the most notorious computer hackers of the era. Then she disappeared.
I added a new about page for this blog. It has everything: information, links, whimsy, that's it.
Today I learned the term Data Piggy.
A tech sector Venture Capitalist who stuffs their little piggy faces on people's private information until their little piggie overall buttons pop off their engorged little piggy bodies.
Seems incredibly useful. 👍
My smart talented colleague Laura Donalan is co-leading Untangling Your Drupal Migration: Lessons from the State of Iowa. If you're considering any CMS data migration, it's well worth a look.
Playing with photo filters.
Finished reading: Cinemaps by Andrew DeGraff 📚
Every time I type bathroom, half way through iOS suggests 🦇.
Why does any hobby turn into a socialized to do list?
Context: I added 6 movies to my watchlist today.