Wednesday Links
Brian Phillips lists some of the many ways tech makes our lives harder, more infuriating, etc. 4. Please, please stop asking me to verify my humanity by clicking on tiny motorcycles. OMG YES!!!! The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech And John Gruber wrote about a very specific example of how tech can trigger us. If you visit a website…
May Media
Movies, Shows, Etc. Your Friends & Neighbors, season two One episode left. There was a rather large cliffhanger at the end of episode nine that I was expecting to drop in #10,[1] so we’ll see what Friday’s finale has in store. Incomplete There’s Something About Mary A month or so ago I came across this on cable and watched for…
Weekend Notes
A weekend with some big sporting events to discuss. Hibachi I did some Good Dad stuff to start the weekend. L’s favorite restaurant is a hibachi place near us. Since I got a Blackstone grill last year I’ve made a far-less-elaborate home version a couple times. She had bragged about my skills to her friends and requested that I cook…
Friday Playlist
Unlike last week, I had almost too much music to pick from today. Let’s see how well I do editing. (One track, marked with ***, is not available in Spotify and I’m too lazy to adjust. Another vote for Apple Music…) “Summer Begins” – The Proctors Let’s go! “The Weak” – Iceage This is what The Strokes wanted to sound…
Reader’s Notebook
Polostan – Neal Stephenson I’ve not read a Stephenson novel since 2010. The blurbs for this one got me interested enough to pick one up again. This book, which kicks off a new series, takes place primarily in the 1920s and 1930s, flipping between the Soviet Union and US. At the heart of it is Dawn/Aurora, a young woman born…
Weekend Notes
The first weekend of summer has passed. Based on the forecast for the next week or so, it looks like Monday Mother Nature finally decided to get her act together and push the cool, rainy weather away. I swam my first laps of the year Monday and we sat outside much of the day, enjoying the sun. L might have…
Emergency Monday Video
It is a Monday holiday, which normally would mean no posts. But with the horrible news Friday that hip hop legend Rob Base had passed at the age of 59, it seemed rude not to share the video of his biggest hit. “It Takes Two” came out of nowhere in the fall of 1988 and became a timeless classic. I…
Friday Playlist
As you can guess by the lack of activity on this website, it was a busy week for me. In strange ways, which we may or may not get to next week. Because of that, my working playlist for today was half-formed, at best. Good thing it is Memorial Day weekend, though. That unlocks multiple fun tracks for us. “Constructive…
Weekend Notes
Another relatively unexciting weekend for us, with one notable exception. Saturday was rainy and lazy, the kind of day when you look out the windows and think it is in the 50s and are surprised to step outside and find it is actually near 70. Sunday was much better, approaching hot in the afternoon with big, warm gusts of wind.…
Friday Playlist
Perhaps a bit of an edge to this week’s playlist thanks to the general theme of a few songs. “American Dream” – Alabama Shakes Brittany is letting people know! “Heatin Park” – DMA’S As if these Aussies haven’t already pushed the Manchester sound enough through their first four albums, now the lead single for LP5 is about a park in…