I’m letting my beard grow out for the winter. Currently, it’s at the “curling up under my neck” phase. Something must be done.
Made a delicious lentil curry off my chef friend Kayla’s recipe.
My psychedelic improv team the Cat’s Cradle is playing the Player’s Theatre again March 1st at 9:30pm. Get tickets before time folds in on itself (discount automatically applied).
Apropos of nothing, I’d like a band called “Pesto Acropolis” to exist.
Over the weekend I saw the Black History Month Check In Show, an evening of all black improvisation and one sketch. Such a funny show.
Artists compete with each other for status so fiercely that they often run out of ways to look more upper-class. So, a favorite maneuver is to adopt patterns from the lower class. But while they might wear clothes designed for factory workers, they wouldn’t wear polo shirts or khaki pants because those are coded as middle class—too much danger that their competitors might not understand their advanced maneuver.
A fascinating long-form on how taste is informed by status seeking from Dynomight Internet Newsletter.
Eat at Haidilao Hot Pot in Flushing yesterday. Meal lasted ~3 hours. So damn good. I only have one photo of the food from before anything was cooked as after I was too busy stuffing my face.
I added a search page to my blog. Let me know if you find anything interesting.
Has there ever been a bigger drop in quality in album art than between the first two Danzig albums?
The first record? One of the most iconic images in hard rock.
The second record? Prank.
Got to perform in a wonderful, supportive speed-dating improv show last night. These shows are always so fun and the audience has such a great time, not to mention us the performers. Check loose corn on Instragram for upcoming shows.
Great piece on privacy and money, and why it matters to society.
Privacy suffers from a collective action dilemma: individually it isn’t worth much and so we don’t defend it, but lack of privacy is immensely costly when lost en masse. Moreover, our data, en masse, is worth a lot to corporations and governments. Thus privacy has few defenders and strong attackers.
Once, after a ring-bearer dog defecated in the aisle, she scooped up the dog poop with her bare hands to prevent the bride from soiling her dress.
Merely one of the bonkers stories of the world’s most successful professional bridesmaid. Ignore the vague waft of click-bait, this is a detailed, fully reported piece.
My brilliant co-owner Greg Dunlap has a Kickstarter up for his new book, Designing Content Authoring Experiences. If you work with Content Management Systems, you owe yourself a look.
Yesterday I Learned that the Chinese zodiac has subtypes based on the elements. So, 2024 is the year the Wood Dragon, and I was born under the Fire Tiger. 🪵🐲
These Stickers to Manage Replies by Don Hon seem useful. How cool would it be if they were built in to social media sites?
I added a faint grain to the background of my site, but I keep thinking it’s too subtle and just looks like your monitor is dirty.
It’s a snow day in Astoria ❄️
Welcome to the Webmention-a-verse but she’s a girl…!
Had amazing Sichuan food at Hupo in Long Island City. So good, I’m jealous of my past self.
I’m very glad I’m not thirteen anymore, because I did improv practice then played Magic instead of watching the Super Bowl, and that would have gotten my ass kicked. 😎
A humble, thoughtful, and in-depth analysis of algorithms and their use and misuse from a former Spotify engineer.
The same words tell different ideas
Different ideas tell the same words
Words tell the same ideas different
Ideas tell words the different same
Different ideas tell tell different
Same same different ideas
Same same different same
Words words tell words
What’s that got to do with it
My colleagues made me aware of lumpers versus splitters, which might be the ultimate meta-taxonomy.
Taking a short bus ride into a short walk to pick up my city boy coffee on a warm day right here in Astoria. ☕️
