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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf6e3f249", "title": "White Out! Here’s a blizzard of good links to end the year (i.e. the December 2025 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/31/white-out-heres-a-blizzard-of-good-links-to-end-the-year-i-e-the-december-2025-edition-of-my-not-a-newsletter-newsletter/", "published_at": "2025-12-31T13:08:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf78b2ec1", "title": "The decline of Starbucks", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/29/the-decline-of-starbucks/", "published_at": "2025-12-29T13:08:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93aca7f8aa", "title": "You might think you want band steering on your home router, but maybe you don’t :)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/27/you-might-think-you-want-band-steering-on-your-home-router-but-maybe-you-dont/", "published_at": "2025-12-27T13:08:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93ad973dda", "title": "Happy Christmas Eve, 2025", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/24/happy-christmas-eve-2025/", "published_at": "2025-12-24T17:24:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93ae6e3303", "title": "You might think you want to run your code in a Docker container on AWS ECS vs having it run on a AWS EC2 server, but you are wrong :)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/22/you-might-think-you-want-to-run-your-code-in-a-docker-container-on-aws-ecs-vs-having-it-run-on-a-aws-ec2-server-but-you-are-wrong/", "published_at": "2025-12-22T13:08:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93af3debcd", "title": "Blogging in the AI era", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/19/blogging-in-the-ai-era/", "published_at": "2025-12-19T13:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93aff6df0e", "title": "1984: the year computing changed", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/16/1984-the-year-computing-changed/", "published_at": "2025-12-16T13:08:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b023c5eb", "title": "On the rise of AI, and the decline of food blogging (and potentially all user generated content)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/11/on-the-rise-of-ai-and-the-decline-of-food-blogging-and-potentially-all-user-generated-content/", "published_at": "2025-12-11T13:08:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b0451cf0", "title": "Need a book to read? A gift to give? Let the New York Times and I help you", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/10/need-a-book-to-read-a-gift-to-give-let-the-new-york-times-and-i-help-you/", "published_at": "2025-12-10T13:08:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b0e931a2", "title": "Mark Zuckerberg says Social Media is dead (and other thoughts on social media for Dec 2025)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/09/mark-zuckerberg-says-social-media-is-dead-and-other-thoughts-on-social-media-for-dec-2025/", "published_at": "2025-12-09T13:08:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b1a4078b", "title": "On Gilbert and George, their Southbank Centre show, and conservative artists", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/04/on-gilbert-and-george-their-southbank-centre-show-and-conservative-artists/", "published_at": "2025-12-04T13:08:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b1fdaccb", "title": "On Gerhard Richter at the Fondation Louis Vuitton", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/02/on-gerhard-richter-at-the-fondation-louis-vuitton/", "published_at": "2025-12-02T13:08:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b2f766b0", "title": "Let gen AI and the Internet be your travel guide in this day and age", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/11/27/let-gen-ai-and-the-internet-be-your-travel-guide-in-this-day-and-age/", "published_at": "2025-11-27T13:08:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b3636b38", "title": "My guide on how to use Michelin Guides to causally dine", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/11/26/my-guide-on-how-to-use-michelin-guides-to-causally-dine/", "published_at": "2025-11-26T13:08:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b42416c7", "title": "Three good lists to help you dine well in Paris (plus some other good sources)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/11/25/three-good-lists-to-help-you-dine-well-in-paris-plus-some-other-good-sources/", "published_at": "2025-11-25T13:08:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b48de55e", "title": "Good desks, great home offices", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/11/13/good-desks-great-home-offices/", "published_at": "2025-11-13T13:08:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b4cbafb2", "title": "How to think about being happy and how to be happier", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/11/11/how-to-think-about-being-happy-and-how-to-be-happier/", "published_at": "2025-11-11T13:08:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b53ed048", "title": "New analog cameras in a digital world", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/11/06/new-analog-cameras-in-a-digital-world/", "published_at": "2025-11-06T13:08:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b5c1bc7d", "title": "When Vienna was the center of the world, and Cafe Central was the center of Vienna", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/11/04/when-vienna-was-the-center-of-the-world-and-cafe-central-was-the-center-of-vienna/", "published_at": "2025-11-04T13:08:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b64e9017", "title": "No one is safe from eviction, not even the rich and famous", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/11/01/no-one-is-safe-from-eviction-not-even-the-rich-and-famous/", "published_at": "2025-11-01T14:37:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b68a7f12", "title": "Is there any cocktail abused more than the martini?", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/31/is-there-any-cocktail-abused-more-than-the-martini/", "published_at": "2025-10-31T23:19:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b6f1bc0d", "title": "A simple trick to keep up with pop music culture as you get older", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/30/a-simple-trick-to-keep-up-with-pop-music-culture-as-you-get-older/", "published_at": "2025-10-30T12:08:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b6fd6593", "title": "On Churchill’s Daily Alcohol Consumption", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/28/on-churchills-daily-alcohol-consumption/", "published_at": "2025-10-28T12:08:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b757b1b6", "title": "On the recent AWS outage of October 2025", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/25/on-the-recent-aws-outage-of-october-2025/", "published_at": "2025-10-25T15:52:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b81b583c", "title": "McRib lovers! Here’s how you can have a McRib any time", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/23/mcrib-lovers-heres-how-you-can-have-a-mcrib-any-time/", "published_at": "2025-10-23T14:14:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b8bc96fc", "title": "On my recent vibe coding experiences building a web site and a spotify app using Copilot and Claude, October 2025. Here’s what I did and what I learned.", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/21/on-my-recent-vibe-coding-experiences-building-a-web-site-and-a-spotify-app-using-copilot-and-claude-october-2025-heres-what-i-did-and-what-i-learned/", "published_at": "2025-10-21T15:01:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93b9b17997", "title": "If your playlists are getting stale and your listening habits are diminishing….", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/16/if-your-playlists-are-getting-stale-and-your-listening-habits-are-diminishing/", "published_at": "2025-10-16T12:08:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93ba839b39", "title": "How AI created a new Time Zone for Cape Breton, and other stories of out East", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/14/how-ai-created-a-new-time-zone-for-cape-breton-and-other-stories-of-out-east/", "published_at": "2025-10-14T12:08:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93ba886e38", "title": "My dream of working from home started with this ad for IBM and Coppola’s Thinkpad (publish those visions you have)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/09/my-dream-of-working-from-home-started-with-this-ad-for-ibm-and-coppolas-thinkpad-publish-those-visions-you-have/", "published_at": "2025-10-09T18:12:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bafc8f60", "title": "How to get started with High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) by building your own customized workout courtesy of me and the New York Times", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/09/how-to-get-started-with-high-intensity-interval-training-hiit-by-building-your-own-customized-workout-courtesy-of-me-and-the-new-york-times/", "published_at": "2025-10-09T12:08:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bb27daa9", "title": "The Bitter Southerner has the apparel for the times we live in", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/07/the-bitter-southerner-has-the-apparel-for-the-times-we-live-in/", "published_at": "2025-10-07T12:08:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bb847e3a", "title": "On reducing the idea of wellness down to 3 or 4 principles", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/03/on-reducing-the-idea-of-wellness-down-to-3-or-4-principles/", "published_at": "2025-10-03T12:08:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bc4417d7", "title": "The arts on Wednesday: from VanGogh to Roz Chast, with some Morandi mixed in", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/10/01/the-arts-on-wednesday-from-vangogh-to-roz-chast-with-some-morandi-mixed-in/", "published_at": "2025-10-01T12:08:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bcf5d050", "title": "On Palestine and Poland", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/26/on-palestine-and-poland/", "published_at": "2025-09-26T12:08:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bd4221b1", "title": "Just because you don’t want to see poverty, doesn’t mean it has gone away", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/24/just-because-you-dont-want-to-see-poverty-doesnt-mean-it-has-gone-away/", "published_at": "2025-09-24T12:08:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bd466817", "title": "Restaurants loved and living: Côte de Boeuf", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/22/restaurants-loved-and-living-cote-de-boeuf/", "published_at": "2025-09-22T12:08:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bdc61146", "title": "On Crémant, a great wine that’s terribly under-appreciated", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/19/on-cremant-a-great-wine-thats-terribly-under-appreciated/", "published_at": "2025-09-19T12:08:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bdeb2660", "title": "On the disturbing subject matter of Francis Bacon’s paintings", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/17/on-the-disturbing-subject-matter-of-francis-bacons-paintings/", "published_at": "2025-09-17T12:08:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bed22e87", "title": "Towering Toronto (my semi-annual update on Hogtown, September 2025 edition)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/15/towering-toronto-my-semi-annual-update-on-hogtown-september-2025-edition/", "published_at": "2025-09-15T12:08:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bfb90812", "title": "On Giorgio Armani, Kate Moss, and other great things from the 80s and 90s", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/12/on-giorgio-armani-kate-moss-and-other-great-things-from-the-80s-and-90s/", "published_at": "2025-09-12T12:08:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bfc26f8f", "title": "Every thing — everything — is a gift", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/10/every-thing-everything-is-a-gift/", "published_at": "2025-09-10T12:08:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bfc4e902", "title": "On natives and migrants", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/08/on-natives-and-migrants/", "published_at": "2025-09-08T12:08:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93bfd60985", "title": "On risotto, a dish no one should fear and everyone should embrace", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/05/on-risotto-a-dish-no-one-should-fear-and-everyone-should-embrace/", "published_at": "2025-09-05T12:08:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93c09122b9", "title": "My annual robot survey, 2025 edition", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/03/my-annual-robot-survey-2025-edition/", "published_at": "2025-09-03T12:08:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93c10d2733", "title": "On life and death and the substack writings of Helen de Cruz", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/09/01/on-life-and-death-and-the-substack-writings-of-helen-de-cruz/", "published_at": "2025-09-01T12:08:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93c1b53a85", "title": "On The Course of Empire (paintings and otherwise)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/29/on-the-course-of-empire-paintings-and-otherwise/", "published_at": "2025-08-29T12:08:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93c2866ea5", "title": "How to avoid doom scrolling", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/27/how-to-avoid-doom-scrolling/", "published_at": "2025-08-27T12:08:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93c2fa3d45", "title": "The rise of Nazi thoughts and deeds in American politics – a marker", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/25/the-rise-of-nazi-thoughts-and-deeds-in-american-politics-a-marker/", "published_at": "2025-08-25T16:28:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93c307a887", "title": "New York is great, near or far", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/22/new-york-is-great-near-or-far/", "published_at": "2025-08-22T12:08:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93c30db7da", "title": "Tiny homes, 2025 edition", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/20/tiny-homes-2025-edition/", "published_at": "2025-08-20T12:08:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93c3a6bb05", "title": "Seven questions to ask yourself this week", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/18/seven-questions-to-ask-yourself-this-week/", "published_at": "2025-08-18T12:08:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-670e-70d7-9108-5c93c48a22c6", "title": "Math and physics books from Dover via Google Books (what I find interesting in math and physics, Aug. 2025)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/13/math-and-physics-books-from-dover-via-google-books-what-i-find-interesting-in-math-and-physics-aug-2025/", "published_at": "2025-08-13T12:08:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9838aa71", "title": "On the death of Perks Culture and other thoughts on Work in 2025", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/11/on-the-death-of-perks-culture-and-other-thoughts-on-work-in-2025/", "published_at": "2025-08-11T12:08:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf98601d9b", "title": "On the mad, bad egg and wine diet", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/08/on-the-mad-bad-egg-and-wine-diet/", "published_at": "2025-08-08T12:08:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9956d500", "title": "Whenever you read a historical book, you owe it to yourself to find good critics of the book", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/06/whenever-you-read-a-historical-book-you-owe-it-to-yourself-to-find-good-critics-of-the-book/", "published_at": "2025-08-06T12:08:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf99697895", "title": "On laser eye surgery", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/05/on-laser-eye-surgery/", "published_at": "2025-08-05T15:48:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf99843b97", "title": "How generative AI works (it’s not designed, at least the way you think)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/04/how-generative-ai-works-its-not-designed-at-least-the-way-you-think/", "published_at": "2025-08-04T12:08:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf99dad691", "title": "SNL makes you famous. It may not make you rich.", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/08/01/snl-makes-you-famous-it-may-not-make-you-rich/", "published_at": "2025-08-01T12:08:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9a60260b", "title": "Souped up IKEA (or how to hack the Malm, Billy and more)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/30/souped-up-ikea-or-how-to-hack-the-malm-billy-and-more/", "published_at": "2025-07-30T12:08:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9b5923f7", "title": "On good political art", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/28/on-good-political-art/", "published_at": "2025-07-28T12:08:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9c566fcc", "title": "Another smart blog to read (still!) is Norbert Hoeller’s blog", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/25/another-smart-blog-to-read-still-is-norbert-hoellers-blog/", "published_at": "2025-07-25T12:08:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9ccf721d", "title": "60 or so interesting things I wanted to write about and maybe will some day", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/23/60-or-so-interesting-things-i-wanted-to-write-about-and-maybe-will-some-day/", "published_at": "2025-07-23T15:17:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9cf35af1", "title": "Two great hotels that reflect two things I am a fan of", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/21/two-great-hotels-that-reflect-two-things-i-am-a-fan-of/", "published_at": "2025-07-21T12:08:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9d2a3554", "title": "Declutter challenge, part 2: using the pile method", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/17/declutter-challenge-part-2-using-the-pile-method/", "published_at": "2025-07-17T12:08:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9d4bb443", "title": "Declutter challenge, part 1: a 30 minute trash run", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/16/declutter-challenge-part-1-a-30-minute-trash-run/", "published_at": "2025-07-16T12:08:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9e020bf6", "title": "On the end of Jersey Milk and Cherry Blossom chocolate “bars”", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/14/on-the-end-of-jersey-milk-and-cherry-blossom-chocolate-bars/", "published_at": "2025-07-14T12:08:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9e5e386c", "title": "How to live in wonderful small spaces", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/11/how-to-live-in-wonderful-small-spaces/", "published_at": "2025-07-11T12:08:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9ea89db3", "title": "Design that is neither digital nor minimal", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/09/design-that-is-neither-digital-nor-minimal/", "published_at": "2025-07-09T12:08:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9f8f0a0f", "title": "The Withings smart watches, for people who want their watch to look like one", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/07/the-withings-smart-watches-for-people-who-want-their-watch-to-look-like-one/", "published_at": "2025-07-07T04:08:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bf9fb22606", "title": "How to become a birder and improve your life in the process", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/04/how-to-become-a-birder-and-much-more/", "published_at": "2025-07-04T12:08:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa0ac98dc", "title": "On the famous essay and subsequent career of Anthony Bourdain", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/07/02/on-the-famous-essay-and-subsequent-career-of-anthony-bourdain/", "published_at": "2025-07-02T12:08:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa14898aa", "title": "Heat dome! Some thoughts – hot and not – and the usual ramblings midyear year (i.e. the June 2025 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/30/heat-dome-some-thoughts-hot-and-not-and-the-usual-ramblings-midyear-year-i-e-the-june-2025-edition-of-my-not-a-newsletter-newsletter/", "published_at": "2025-06-30T12:08:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa1ffcd10", "title": "One reason to record", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/29/one-reason-to-record/", "published_at": "2025-06-29T15:21:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa2620586", "title": "What’s cool? These seven links are cool", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/27/whats-cool-these-seven-links-are-cool/", "published_at": "2025-06-27T12:08:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa2d18253", "title": "The arts on Wednesday: from Ruth Asawa to Wim Wenders", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/25/the-arts-on-wednesday-from-ruth-asawa-to-wim-wenders/", "published_at": "2025-06-25T12:08:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa3462aeb", "title": "The century is a 25% over. Here’s the best books and movies of those 25 years.", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/23/the-century-is-a-25-over-heres-the-best-books-and-movies-of-those-25-years/", "published_at": "2025-06-23T12:08:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa41207a9", "title": "What do Paris and London and Detroit have in common?", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/20/what-do-paris-and-london-and-detroit-have-in-common/", "published_at": "2025-06-20T12:08:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa49321dc", "title": "Three fantastic chairs", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/18/three-fantastic-chairs/", "published_at": "2025-06-18T12:08:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa57f1044", "title": "A good formula for anyone who likes flowers but is terrible at buying them", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/16/a-good-formula-for-anyone-who-likes-flowers-but-is-terrible-at-buying-them/", "published_at": "2025-06-16T12:08:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa619d1aa", "title": "The best way to become a minimalist is not to buy different stuff, but to downsize and have less", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/13/the-best-way-to-become-a-minimalist-is-not-to-buy-different-stuff-but-to-downsize-and-have-less/", "published_at": "2025-06-13T12:08:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa676a599", "title": "On political consequentialists vs political deontologists (with a reference to Churchill and Andor)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/11/on-political-consequentialists-vs-political-deontologists-with-a-reference-to-churchill-and-andor/", "published_at": "2025-06-11T12:08:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa73cf6e0", "title": "A good guide of how to create a web page with some css", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/09/a-good-guide-of-how-to-create-a-web-page-with-some-css/", "published_at": "2025-06-09T12:08:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa7548272", "title": "On the Open Benches project", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/06/on-the-open-benches-project/", "published_at": "2025-06-06T12:08:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa7ffd825", "title": "On Tyranny: the book (now with resources you can use)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/04/on-tyranny-the-book-now-with-resources-you-can-use/", "published_at": "2025-06-04T12:08:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa8539daf", "title": "Restaurants loved and living: L’Express", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/06/02/restaurants-loved-and-living-lexpress/", "published_at": "2025-06-02T12:08:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa8cc7eac", "title": "On wills and death binders and Swedish death cleaning", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/31/on-wills-and-death-binders-and-swedish-death-cleaning/", "published_at": "2025-05-31T16:37:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa8f06d49", "title": "How to paint with a limited palette and other art making skills you might find useful", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/28/how-to-paint-with-a-limited-palette-and-other-art-making-skills-you-might-find-useful/", "published_at": "2025-05-28T12:08:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfa9d13293", "title": "Project Esther, or how to demonize your opponents and for what purpose", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/26/project-esther-or-how-to-demonize-your-opponents-and-for-what-purpose/", "published_at": "2025-05-26T12:08:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfaa68451e", "title": "Transportation is about class – some thoughts", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/23/transportation-is-about-class-some-thoughts/", "published_at": "2025-05-23T12:08:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfab5cb863", "title": "Some thoughts on using chatGPT to write a program to determine which foods are fresh in Ontario", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/19/some-thoughts-on-writing-a-program-to-determine-which-foods-are-fresh-in-ontario-by-using-chatgpt/", "published_at": "2025-05-19T17:58:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfac0d0fd5", "title": "The American Right is familiar with Carl Schmitt and you should be too (for different reasons)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/19/the-american-right-is-familiar-with-carl-schmitt-and-you-should-be-too-for-different-reasons/", "published_at": "2025-05-19T12:08:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfac81d0bf", "title": "On bike-shedding / the bike-shed effect", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/19/on-bike-shedding-the-bike-shed-effect/", "published_at": "2025-05-19T12:08:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfaca8594f", "title": "Venus if you will (What I find interesting in math and science, May 2025)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/17/venus-if-you-will-what-i-find-interesting-in-math-and-science-may-2025/", "published_at": "2025-05-17T12:08:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfad256dbf", "title": "Japan has 72 microseasons and why having more than 4 seasons is a good thing", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/16/japan-has-72-microseasons-and-why-having-more-than-4-seasons-is-a-good-thing/", "published_at": "2025-05-16T12:08:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a894-7177-8163-d4bfad776d60", "title": "A rule to apply when books are banned or removed", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/14/a-rule-to-apply-when-books-are-banned-or-removed/", "published_at": "2025-05-14T12:08:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a895-7281-befb-2e2a203ca7fc", "title": "How to make food taste better", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/12/how-to-make-food-taste-better/", "published_at": "2025-05-12T14:26:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a895-7281-befb-2e2a208890e4", "title": "On supply and demand curves and the one thing to remember", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/12/on-supply-and-demand-curves-and-the-one-thing-to-remember/", "published_at": "2025-05-12T12:08:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a895-7281-befb-2e2a20e0d7b0", "title": "On police forces, gangs and prisons", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/09/on-police-forces-gangs-and-prisons/", "published_at": "2025-05-09T12:08:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a895-7281-befb-2e2a2123067c", "title": "Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t care about you and your friends", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/07/mark-zuckerberg-doesnt-care-about-you-and-your-friends/", "published_at": "2025-05-07T12:08:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-a895-7281-befb-2e2a219e3ca0", "title": "Art Deco turns 100", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/05/05/art-deco-turns-100/", "published_at": "2025-05-05T12:08:21+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

White Out! Here’s a blizzard of good links to end the year (i.e. the December 2025 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
31 Dec 2025
The decline of Starbucksoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2025
You might think you want band steering on your home router, but maybe you don’t :)original ↗
27 Dec 2025
Happy Christmas Eve, 2025original ↗
24 Dec 2025
You might think you want to run your code in a Docker container on AWS ECS vs having it run on a AWS EC2 server, but you are wrong :)original ↗
22 Dec 2025
Blogging in the AI eraoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2025
1984: the year computing changedoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2025
On the rise of AI, and the decline of food blogging (and potentially all user generated content)original ↗
11 Dec 2025
Need a book to read? A gift to give? Let the New York Times and I help youoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2025
Mark Zuckerberg says Social Media is dead (and other thoughts on social media for Dec 2025)original ↗
9 Dec 2025
On Gilbert and George, their Southbank Centre show, and conservative artistsoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2025
On Gerhard Richter at the Fondation Louis Vuittonoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2025
Let gen AI and the Internet be your travel guide in this day and ageoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2025
My guide on how to use Michelin Guides to causally dineoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2025
Three good lists to help you dine well in Paris (plus some other good sources)original ↗
25 Nov 2025
Good desks, great home officesoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2025
How to think about being happy and how to be happieroriginal ↗
11 Nov 2025
New analog cameras in a digital worldoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2025
When Vienna was the center of the world, and Cafe Central was the center of Viennaoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2025
No one is safe from eviction, not even the rich and famousoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2025
Is there any cocktail abused more than the martini?original ↗
31 Oct 2025
A simple trick to keep up with pop music culture as you get olderoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2025
On Churchill’s Daily Alcohol Consumptionoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2025
On the recent AWS outage of October 2025original ↗
25 Oct 2025
McRib lovers! Here’s how you can have a McRib any timeoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2025
On my recent vibe coding experiences building a web site and a spotify app using Copilot and Claude, October 2025. Here’s what I did and what I learned.original ↗
21 Oct 2025
If your playlists are getting stale and your listening habits are diminishing….original ↗
16 Oct 2025
How AI created a new Time Zone for Cape Breton, and other stories of out Eastoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2025
My dream of working from home started with this ad for IBM and Coppola’s Thinkpad (publish those visions you have)original ↗
9 Oct 2025
How to get started with High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) by building your own customized workout courtesy of me and the New York Timesoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2025
The Bitter Southerner has the apparel for the times we live inoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2025
On reducing the idea of wellness down to 3 or 4 principlesoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2025
The arts on Wednesday: from VanGogh to Roz Chast, with some Morandi mixed inoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2025
On Palestine and Polandoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2025
Just because you don’t want to see poverty, doesn’t mean it has gone awayoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2025
Restaurants loved and living: Côte de Boeuforiginal ↗
22 Sept 2025
On Crémant, a great wine that’s terribly under-appreciatedoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2025
On the disturbing subject matter of Francis Bacon’s paintingsoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2025
Towering Toronto (my semi-annual update on Hogtown, September 2025 edition)original ↗
15 Sept 2025
On Giorgio Armani, Kate Moss, and other great things from the 80s and 90soriginal ↗
12 Sept 2025
Every thing — everything — is a giftoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2025
On natives and migrantsoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2025
On risotto, a dish no one should fear and everyone should embraceoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2025
My annual robot survey, 2025 editionoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2025
On life and death and the substack writings of Helen de Cruzoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2025
On The Course of Empire (paintings and otherwise)original ↗
29 Aug 2025
How to avoid doom scrollingoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2025
The rise of Nazi thoughts and deeds in American politics – a markeroriginal ↗
25 Aug 2025
New York is great, near or faroriginal ↗
22 Aug 2025
Tiny homes, 2025 editionoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2025
Seven questions to ask yourself this weekoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2025
Math and physics books from Dover via Google Books (what I find interesting in math and physics, Aug. 2025)original ↗
13 Aug 2025
On the death of Perks Culture and other thoughts on Work in 2025original ↗
11 Aug 2025
On the mad, bad egg and wine dietoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2025
Whenever you read a historical book, you owe it to yourself to find good critics of the bookoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2025
On laser eye surgeryoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2025
How generative AI works (it’s not designed, at least the way you think)original ↗
4 Aug 2025
SNL makes you famous. It may not make you rich.original ↗
1 Aug 2025
Souped up IKEA (or how to hack the Malm, Billy and more)original ↗
30 Jul 2025
On good political artoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2025
Another smart blog to read (still!) is Norbert Hoeller’s blogoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2025
60 or so interesting things I wanted to write about and maybe will some dayoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2025
Two great hotels that reflect two things I am a fan oforiginal ↗
21 Jul 2025
Declutter challenge, part 2: using the pile methodoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2025
Declutter challenge, part 1: a 30 minute trash runoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2025
On the end of Jersey Milk and Cherry Blossom chocolate “bars”original ↗
14 Jul 2025
How to live in wonderful small spacesoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2025
Design that is neither digital nor minimaloriginal ↗
9 Jul 2025
The Withings smart watches, for people who want their watch to look like oneoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2025
How to become a birder and improve your life in the processoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2025
On the famous essay and subsequent career of Anthony Bourdainoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2025
Heat dome! Some thoughts – hot and not – and the usual ramblings midyear year (i.e. the June 2025 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
30 Jun 2025
One reason to recordoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2025
What’s cool? These seven links are cooloriginal ↗
27 Jun 2025
The arts on Wednesday: from Ruth Asawa to Wim Wendersoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2025
The century is a 25% over. Here’s the best books and movies of those 25 years.original ↗
23 Jun 2025
What do Paris and London and Detroit have in common?original ↗
20 Jun 2025
Three fantastic chairsoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2025
A good formula for anyone who likes flowers but is terrible at buying themoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2025
The best way to become a minimalist is not to buy different stuff, but to downsize and have lessoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2025
On political consequentialists vs political deontologists (with a reference to Churchill and Andor)original ↗
11 Jun 2025
A good guide of how to create a web page with some cssoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2025
On the Open Benches projectoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2025
On Tyranny: the book (now with resources you can use)original ↗
4 Jun 2025
Restaurants loved and living: L’Expressoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2025
On wills and death binders and Swedish death cleaningoriginal ↗
31 May 2025
How to paint with a limited palette and other art making skills you might find usefuloriginal ↗
28 May 2025
Project Esther, or how to demonize your opponents and for what purposeoriginal ↗
26 May 2025
Transportation is about class – some thoughtsoriginal ↗
23 May 2025
Some thoughts on using chatGPT to write a program to determine which foods are fresh in Ontariooriginal ↗
19 May 2025
The American Right is familiar with Carl Schmitt and you should be too (for different reasons)original ↗
19 May 2025
On bike-shedding / the bike-shed effectoriginal ↗
19 May 2025
Venus if you will (What I find interesting in math and science, May 2025)original ↗
17 May 2025
Japan has 72 microseasons and why having more than 4 seasons is a good thingoriginal ↗
16 May 2025
A rule to apply when books are banned or removedoriginal ↗
14 May 2025
How to make food taste betteroriginal ↗
12 May 2025
On supply and demand curves and the one thing to rememberoriginal ↗
12 May 2025
On police forces, gangs and prisonsoriginal ↗
9 May 2025
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t care about you and your friendsoriginal ↗
7 May 2025
Art Deco turns 100original ↗
5 May 2025
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