2026-09-10 11:12:53
This is so cute, clever, and impressive. An easy subscribe for me.
2026-09-09 21:48:20
Mary Bruno was the person who introduced me before I delivered my TEDx talk a few years ago. She's an incredible letterpress artist who runs a shop up in St. Cloud.
Anyway, she sent out a newsletter today linking to these excellent perimenopause greeting cards, and it reminded me that she has an entire shop of dope-lookin' art. I am in the process of designing my new office and it may need to feature one of these prints.
2026-09-08 08:23:56
Betteridge’s law of headlines unfortunately applies here, but this was such a fun watch.
I also snort laughed at “ROM MAXXING.”
2026-09-08 08:00:52
Angela Collier made an apology video for making people feel dumb for not knowing that physicists use LaTeX instead of Word, and it’s so delightful.
I learned that LaTeX is pronounced “Lah-Tech”. I assumed for decades that it was pronounced like the fabric?
I also enjoyed her anti-Microsoft rants peppered throughout the video. As someone who inherited a legacy .NET project, I could not agree more with her sentiments here.
2026-09-01 20:56:43
I had the honor of interviewing Tom Greenwood on the Constant Variables podcast a few years ago, and he remains one of my favorite voices in the world of sustainability.
He's got a new book called Overton's Garden coming out in a couple weeks and I couldn't smash the pre-order button fast enough. I highly encourage you to do the same. You can preview the first chapter on his website.
If the rest of the book is as good as that preview, it's gonna be an inspiring read.
2026-08-26 23:02:17
In the ’90s, Berkeley Systems’ After Dark screen savers were ubiquitous: Flying Toasters, Fish, and Starry Skylines animated across computer screens in school labs, homes, and offices everywhere. They served a practical purpose in preventing burn-in on CRT monitors, but also entertained, with animations that could be funny, surreal, beautiful -- sometimes gross.
They were works of art.
Running After Dark modules in the present day has involved fussy configuration of Mac OS emulators or vintage hardware. Even then, no single emulator or vintage computer can faithfully run every module: some animate too fast, some too slow.
Afterglow is an emulator built specifically for running After Dark modules -- the original 68k module code, not a remake or port -- with no dependencies on ROMs or classic Mac OS. Created in the spirit of software preservation, it makes After Dark easy to enjoy today and for years to come.
The app uses the Internet Archive to browse After Dark installations, and to my delight, there is a Simpsons one available to use.
Can't wait to watch Homer eat my desktop for the next month!