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2022

On the working class, manual labour, and how it is still perceivedoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2022
Essays on aging, from Oliver Sacks, on my birthdayoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2022
AJP Taylor, on Winston Churchilloriginal ↗
27 Apr 2022
It’s Monday. You’re struggling. Maybe you need some help adjustingoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2022
On the Zanclean Flood and other extinction threatsoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2022
Your next piece of luggage could be your next piece of furniture toooriginal ↗
23 Apr 2022
Friday night cocktail: the negroni. A classicoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2022
What I find interesting in tech in general, Apr 2022original ↗
21 Apr 2022
What I find interesting in tech: DevOps and CI/CD (April 2022)original ↗
20 Apr 2022
On DevOps, or the important of a good reference architecture when doing IT Architectureoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2022
What are NFRs (non-functional requirements) and why should you care?original ↗
18 Apr 2022
On the Amazon Astro robot, or servants old and neworiginal ↗
17 Apr 2022
This week in forbidden tweetsoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2022
Coffee tourism: why coffee lovers should visit Toronto (and Torontonians should go to College St.)original ↗
16 Apr 2022
Here’s how to know when to quit, using math.original ↗
15 Apr 2022
It’s Thursday. Here’s how to motivate your unmotivated selforiginal ↗
14 Apr 2022
On Emmy Noetheroriginal ↗
13 Apr 2022
My grandfather’s pansiesoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2022
Three things to add to your first aid kit for minor mental health issuesoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2022
Your next TV should be dumb. Here’s how to go about getting a dumbTV and whyoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2022
It’s Monday. How much “fun” have you scheduled in your calendar?original ↗
11 Apr 2022
It’s Sunday afternoon. A good time to read Mary Oliver. Here’s her 10 best poemsoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2022
Great photos from NASA/ESA’s Hubble telescope and the ESA mission to the sunoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2022
Friday night cocktail: the white negroni (with thoughts on Brutto’s £5 negronis)original ↗
8 Apr 2022
On Jim Jarmusch, the king (to me) of indie filmsoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2022
In praise of non-fancy French restaurantsoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2022
What I learned writing web scrapers last weekoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2022
On the complex process of electing the Doge in 14th century Veniceoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2022
A critique of the weird counterfactual history of Matt Yglesias and his case for the Austro-Hungarian Empireoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2022
It’s Monday. Two ways to work better this week: more stretching and less control freakingoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2022
On moving off Google for Searchoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2022
New robots just dropped (in your pool and your…toilet?)original ↗
2 Apr 2022
Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather is 50original ↗
1 Apr 2022
The pandemic is not done and neither is my newsletter. Here’s my highlights and ramblings for March 2022 (a newsletter, in blog form)original ↗
31 Mar 2022
On acceptance, Ukeireru and the Serenity Prayeroriginal ↗
30 Mar 2022
It’s spring. You should freshen up your web site too.original ↗
29 Mar 2022
It’s Monday, you need some healthy habits to add to your life. Here you go.original ↗
28 Mar 2022
For the musician/gamer in your life: NES-SY37 Synthesizeroriginal ↗
27 Mar 2022
The history of the 80s as it first appeared in Usenet groupsoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2022
And now for something completely different: The Venice Simplon-Orient-Expressoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2022
Thinking about left wing social mediaoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2022
It’s time for spring cleaning. That includes the art on your walls. Here’s what you should do.original ↗
23 Mar 2022
On the new iPhone SEoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2022
Stop giving the praise sandwich feedback, and other advice on giving good feedback at workoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2022
It’s time yet again for a post on well designed cat furniture!original ↗
20 Mar 2022
On “Good” IKEAoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2022
On Auden, Brueghel, and the brilliant way the New York Times combines themoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2022
On the ethics of the pig heart transplantoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2022
On Stonehenge and the Judean Date palm: the past is never goneoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2022
On the importance of intolerance and how it plays out in real lifeoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2022
On qualificationsoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2022
The two problems with home robotsoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2022
Seven links on Indigenous people within Canadaoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2022
White noise generators: virtoceanoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2022
What I find interesting in math and sciences, March 2022original ↗
10 Mar 2022
It’s Wednesday. If you need a reset, read thisoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2022
On Elon Musk, 2022original ↗
8 Mar 2022
It’s Monday. Here’s how to work smarter and speak betteroriginal ↗
7 Mar 2022
And now for something beautiful: a tiny black cabin built from felled oak treesoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2022
The very fashionable New Balance 327 are perfect for springoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2022
On surveillance capitalism, Tiktok editionoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2022
When a scientific experiment is beautifuloriginal ↗
3 Mar 2022
On the annexation of the Balkan regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary (or, the world needs more historical examples)original ↗
2 Mar 2022
Forget resolutions and get healthier any time (My fitness and health links for March, 2021)original ↗
1 Mar 2022
The bleak midwinter is done! The pandemic is not! Here’s my highlights and ramblings for February 2022 (a newsletter, in blog form)original ↗
28 Feb 2022
I’m in a New York state of mind…original ↗
27 Feb 2022
What is a prelude? (and more ways to learn about classical music…)original ↗
26 Feb 2022
Tiny DOOM! And other things I find interesting in tech, February 2022original ↗
25 Feb 2022
Penk Chen is making computers cool againoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2022
What do you get if you get your six year old to design you website?original ↗
24 Feb 2022
Chrome OS Flex could be just the thing you need to make your old hardware useful againoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2022
How to write a long sentenceoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2022
It’s Monday. Family Day. Here’s a guide to getting the rest you need, today and other daysoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2022
Soups! Salads! Oysters! And more. My cooking interests for February, 2022original ↗
20 Feb 2022
On the beauty and meaning of Hugh Hayden’s Briar Patchoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2022
Friday night cocktail: the Penicillinoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2022
Cloudnola: for lovers of clocksoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2022
Is Facebook / Meta in trouble?original ↗
16 Feb 2022
On Philippe Starck, now and thenoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2022
Analog: a beautifully simple non-digital way to be productiveoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2022
Colonialism, Churchill, and other things I find interesting in history, February 2022original ↗
13 Feb 2022
Decluttering 101original ↗
12 Feb 2022
(Very) smart socks (and gloves) for winter!original ↗
11 Feb 2022
Why some people in the hospital with COVID despite being vaccinated …original ↗
10 Feb 2022
It’s winter. And cold. You could use some flannel sheetsoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2022
Hacking North Koreaoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2022
Good fast cheap: pick twooriginal ↗
7 Feb 2022
Two weird pieces for a Sundayoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2022
Two good pieces on left wing politicsoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2022
The beauty of the TTC’s interiorsoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2022
Five great links on three great (and one not so great) paintersoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2022
The 80s were cool. Don’t believe me? Ask the kidsoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2022
Some good links on how to learn Pythonoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2022
Thinking of moving from Spotify to another service?original ↗
1 Feb 2022
It’s the third year of the pandemic. Sigh. Here’s my highlights and ramblings for January 2022 (a newsletter, in blog form)original ↗
31 Jan 2022
It’s Monday. Your resume could use a tuneup. Here’s a easy and fast way to do itoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2022
It’s Sunday. A good day to be useless. Here’s a guide to being that wayoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2022
The way to tell your kids how to live is to show themoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2022
On one of the best twitter accounts there is, Canadian Paintingsoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2022
Hey! It’s time to take a break and wander the most brilliant bookshops in the worldoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2022
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