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: ‘Thusly’ is not a word. ‘Thus’ is already an adverb. That is all.

: Maybe I can still appear on a Top 70 Under 70 list.

: Hans Christian Andersen is said to have feared being buried alive and to have left a note on his …

: “A man may be personally ever so well off, and yet if his country be ruined he must be ruined with …

: Author says “Having that information is like wearing a neon sign that says ‘this is a very wise …

: ‘Thrival’ should be a word, analogous to ‘survival’.

: Freudian slip i just heard in a businesss podcast: “murders and acquisitions”

: Just realized I had a full Genuine Joe loyalty card and now I may never get my free coffee. :-(

: I missed this back in October: 100th anniversary of the first transatlantic passenger zeppelin …

: Still can’t believe he does all that crazy stuff for the International Monetary Fund. …

: If you can say “pizza” you can learn to pronounce “Zettelkasten” correctly.

: TIL that “graft” is apparently UK slang for diligent effort. I was a bit surprised to read an …

: Good insight from Bill Seitz’s Hack Your Life With a Private Wiki Notebook: the very few tasks in …

: Starting to think texting STOP to political text spam is up there with “unsubscribing” from email …

: Church

: Oh btw I’m back in the atx.

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: The trick is to build a black box… with a lid you can open.

: Drinking Turkish-style coffee is all about it sipping that last little bit of liquid without getting …

: Nobody names their kids Vannevar any more.

: Suspect all these guys trying to shoot Trump are time travelers from the future.

: Thinking I might just hold off till next year to get a new iPhone so I can set up a new Apple ID in …

: Text untouched by human hands: “highbrow belongings” as synonym for “intellectual …

: Taxi driver just now: “I am Vladimir. But no Putin!!!”

: I swear overzealous “security” in macOS has caused way more disruptions in my workflows than actual …

: Obsidian, like emacs back in the day, is not so much an application as an operating system

: Until this week the Harris campaign has been no policy, just vibes, and maybe that’s exactly …

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: Why are there multiple English translations of Luhmann’s Kommunikation mit Zettelkästen available …

: Everyone should know that 1964 is a most excellent year to be born in.

: Potentially unpopular opinion: B2B spam is still spam.

: Do not approach local wildlife.

: Trying again: my view for the next few weeks

: My view for the next few weeks

: How is it possible that in 37 years I have never noticed these stairs?!

: No way are ducks dinosaurs.

: Made with real tourists!

: Kamalamentum!

: ERA now! It’s time! eracoalition.org

: I’m on a boat! OK, it’s just a ferry boat. Still.

: Asterix?

: Window seat. 🤨

: The Parkinson’s story is Project Veritas–level BS. And the doctor’s name is Cannard?! Come on, …

: Cleaning tip I just at discovered: hand-wash dish detergent is great for removing bathtub soap scum.

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: I want to live in a house with an observatory.

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: Lab; much of the equipment in the photo was actually found here at the site.

: The four elements (original to the site but restored, according to the guide)

: Stairway to the underground alchemical laboratory

: Peak tram design

: A few pics from on this evening’s stroll.

: May have found the place for Coffee Shop Office Hours in Prague. Stately Viennese-style hi-society …

: Classic sausage company logo. Some men like sausages and there’s nothing wrong with that.

: Wore a sleep mask so the very early light this time of year wouldn’t wake me up. It didn’t work.

: Ride the paternoster!

: Bugs

: What happens if he’s in prison and he’s elected? He was convicted by the state of New York, can’t …

: Not sure how to pronounce this. (The food is pretty good actually.)

: Still figuring out how multiple Micro.blog blogs work. Right now I have two and I’m considering a …

: Finally got around to setting up cross-posting from Micro.blog to Mastodon and Bluesky. Greetings, …

: Dammit, bought a little portable scanner after reading a review that said it supports two-sided …

: Any non-US native English speakers here? Is “How do you do?” something people actually still say in …

: Czech habits: never make eye contact with strangers on the sidewalk, but always greet the staff when …

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: Worrying trend of beer being sold in 0.4 l. glasses.

: Well hell, seems I slept through the aurora.

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: Coffee shop life (Coffee Corner Bakery, Prague)

: Back in the ‘Ha

: No Boeings today. Just might make it to the other side alive.

: Just read a reference to Constellation and discovered that I remember watching it, but have …

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: I think I already posted this photo shortly after I took it, but since the photo challenge prompt …

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: My electric company just informed me that I’m at risk of losing my $50 credit for not wasting enough …

: Half of the supposed differences between US and British English taught to foreign English learners …

: I haven’t seen anyone point out that Dune is basically Lawrence of Arabia in spaaace. Just too …

: You can always tell when someone has served time in the helium mines. The voice… it never completely …

: Only one prisoner has ever escaped the helium mines of Saturn.

: Love this line from Patrick Rothfuss: “But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of …

: Also great for fighting xenomorph queens. www.globaltrademag.com/enter-the…

: At Port Aransas. Not exactly beach weather yet this time of year, but the fresh air and seafood are …

: It’s a well-deserved honor, and I hope it will expose more people to his work, but …

: Happy International Mother Language Day! Taken literally, my “mother language” is Low German — …

: Another gorgeous day for Coffee Shop Office Hours at Mozart’s on Lake Austin. Come by and say howdy …

: There’s got to be a better way to run an election campaign than constantly spamming your own …

: Congratulations to the Cherokee Nation on securing a $900,000 language preservation grant from the …

: Applications are open for the 2024 Texas State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant program, which …

: It’s a gorgeous springlike day on Lake Austin, where I’m holding Coffee Shop Office …

: I can’t really call it Office Hours today since I’ll only be here about half an hour, but I’m …

: Tuesday Coffee Shop Office Hours on foggy Lake Austin at Mozart’s today. I’ll only be here for about …

: Permanence is temporary.

: Not all Michelin star restaurants offer free tire rotations but you can usually get gas.

: ☞ This season is about launching!

: Is anyone else noticing their iPhone duplicating text they just typed? For exampleample — well, I …

: There’s the Big Deadline (emphasis on “dead”). But now that I’ve booked my flight for a five-month …

: Holding Coffee Shop Office Hours at Merit Coffee in the Triangle today. Come by andd say hello if …

: It’s not just the diversity of languages themselves, but also that of the writing systems that …

: This is a remarkable sentence: “In the wilds of Rajasthan a naked army of shaven-headed Hindu sadhus …

: On a day like today, putting on jeans straight out of the dryer feels really good!

: Holding Thursdays Coffee Office Hours at Genuine Joe as usual. Drop by and say howdy if you’re in …

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: Thursday Coffee Office Hours at Genuine Joe. Come drop by and say howdy if you’re in the …

: I am horrified by yesterday’s mass shooting in my beloved once-and-future “third …

: Thursday Coffee Office Hours at Genuine Joe on Anderson Lane, Austin. Come say hi if you’re in the …

: Starting Office Hours a little late today, but if you’re anywhere near Genuine Joe on Anderson Lane …

: Go mammals!

: Somehow entered the same destination in both Google Maps and Apple Maps this afternoon and ended up …

: I’m in Dallasas today so no Genuine Joe office hours this weekk.

: Siri knows where Waldo is.

: Thursday office hours at Genuine Joe on Anderson Ln. Come by and say hi if you’re in the area and …

: Back to basics? I’m starting to ask myself just how many of the yaks from this herd wandering around in my …

: Austinitas and Austineros, I’ll be holding “office hours” tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at Genuine …

: Worth the drive to Dallas

: I’m starting a habit of holding “office hours” at Genuine Joe on Anderson Lane on Thursday …

: Swift Passage 2.0 will support language revitalization groups As I reboot my business (more on that in a later post), I’m committed to making a positive …

: ☞ The coming week is about finding the groove.

: Well, hell.

: Yay fall, high today only 98.

: Actually blimp is an irregular verb meaning to travel by dirigible. I blamp from Dallas to Austin; I …

: Finder alias bug in Ventura 13.5.1 macOS Ventura 13.5.1 seems to have introduced an interesting bug in my system. After updating the OS …

: Doc Searls et all, doing the Lord’s work on “wide” local news in Bloomington, IN.

: Never trust automation that you didn’t build yourself.

: Guys, I guarantee you no planet and its moon “share an atmosphere” anywhere in the far-flung worlds …

: Got it in three, but not convinced today’s Wordle is a real word.

: Tried to post this last week while I was still in NM/CO but I don’t think it went through. This is …

: Amarillo, TX

: Osier, CO on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

: Locomotive on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Chama, NM

: San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM

: Santa Fe, NM

: Hatch, NM

: Penny’s Diner, Alpine, TX

: I can’t be the only one to have noticed that Hunter Biden is an identical lab-grown clone twin of …

: Mission San Jose, San Antonio

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: Another of San Juan. Clouds moving in.

: Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Antonio

: Espada Aqueduct, San Antonio

: The Espada Mission, San Antonio

: To dreep, perchance to sleam.

: Look what just landed in the tree behind my apartment.

: Given that I can get a URL link to pretty much any digital object I may be interested in, and can …

: Hey @manton , you seem to do a lot of train travel. I’m thinking of heading out to the Big Bend for …

: Any Canadians reading this? What do you put in your cars, “gasoline”/“gas” or “petrol”? (This is …

: Barry Olsen in *MultiLingual* on the impact of artificial intellence An insightful article about the current state of machine translation and what it suggests about the …

: I’d rather be writing the software that will replace my job.

: Trying to trim a 1.6 million TU translation memory down to 75,000 or so, to leave some room for …

: ☞ This season is about spinning the flywheel.

: Kourosh Dini asks an important question: “What differentiates perfectionism from mastery?

: Watching season 11 of The Walking Dead. Starting to root for the zombies.

: I find myself trying to spin up three different mostly unrelated businesses plus hit fitness goals …

: ☞ Next week is about agency.

: ☞ Next week is about engineering.

: ☞ This week is about momentum.

: ☞ Next week is about unarchiving SPT.

: None of my old Safari web archives from a few years ago will open any more.

: Wordle 523 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

: ☞ Next week is about making it click.

: Working with the garage door up: MetaboLog A few weeks ago I finished Paul Hudson’s excellent 100 Days of SwiftUI course. The next step …

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: In Big Bend Ranch State Park last week

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: SwiftUI class notes 2022-01-29 For now at least, weekends (and holidays) are the only times I really have the opportunity to focus …

: Why do Markdown unordered lists in my micro.blog posts look fine in the Mac app preview but display …

: SwiftUI class notes 2022-01-23 Still working on getting my head wrapped around UIViewRepresentable and …

: Excellent explanation by @twostraws of using UIViewControllerRepresentable and Coordinator to …

: SwiftUI class notes 2022-01-02 Just like it says in the title, Peter Friese’s Building a To-Do List App with SwiftUI, …

: SwiftUI class notes 2021-12-12 Friese’s Task model: enum TaskPriority { case high case medium case low } struct Task: …

: SwiftUI class notes 2021-12-05 Not following a tutorial today, just going to see if I can wrangle control of EventKit. On weekends …

: Alternative Christmas movies for people who hate holiday sentimentality: OK, I’ll give you …

: SwiftUI class notes 2021-12-02 macOS custom menu command https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/swiftui/creating-a-macos-app …

: SwiftUI class notes 2021-11-28 Apple tutorial: Interfacing with UIKit Completely lost on this coordinator stuff. import SwiftUI …

: What do y’all think: update MailSuite and stick with Mail.app for another year, or drop a few …

: SwiftUI class notes 2021-11-25 Yes, even on Thanksgiving. (I suppose I should write something about how grateful I am to have the …

: SwiftUI class notes 2021-11-24 Still in the Apple SwiftUI tutorial. I don’t like that the tutorial is having me drag in …

: An experiment: blogging my "class notes" 2021-11-23 Should I track down the source of the “snag” or just go on with the tutorial? I …

: Other than manually disabling and later reenabling cross-posting, is there a way to post to …

: Back to (micro-) blogging, in the spirit of Andy Matuschak’s concept of “Working with …

: Mission San Jose, San Antonio, 2020-12-25

: Hi folks — I’m trying to decide whether I want to drop $300+ on an external Thunderbolt SSD. …

: Once again our Black sisters and brothers have shouldered the burden of saving this nation’s soul. …

: Emergence I’ve been thinking a lot about “emergence” lately, since with luck we’ll all …

: My sister in Germany just sent this:

: What are we building after the plague? Because the world is never going back to “normal”. It’ll be …

: Zettelkasten A Zettel is a slip of paper; a Zettelkasten is a “slip box”. Since that phrase …

: US distillers have been hard-hit by EU tariffs, but other high-growth export markets remain. Learn …

: Swift Passage is offering free assistance with 2020 State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant …

: Sometimes the value of reading a book is as much in the ideas it shakes loose in one’s own …

: Unless it’s just a short underground section of a longer line, I’m having a hard time …

: My old Toastmasters friend Lukáš Liebich is becoming quite a storyteller. …

: Seems AccountEdge is giving up on ever building a 64-bit (Catalina-compatible) version. Can anyone …

: Testing Testing post from MarsEdit 2020-01-10 12:34

: TAP TAP! Zis thing work? (Testing cross-posting from micro.blog to Twitter and LinkedIn)

: It seems “Death to America!” isn’t actually as bad as it sounds in …