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s13e05: AQI But For Brain Fungus
October 11, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's Tuesday, October 11, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. Yesterday I wrote another 877 words for the absurdist satirical tech novel. That...
s13e04: What is it like to be a PlayStation, Netflix/Everyone Else Edition
October 10, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's Monday, 10 October, 2022 in Portland, Oregon and it continues to be unseasonably warm. Thanks to anthropogenic climate change (or...
s13e03: What is it like to be a PlayStation: Software Defined Brands; Gerrymandering Autocorrect
October 7, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's Friday, 7 October, 2022 in Portland, Oregon and outside is fog and grey. The weather should do what it's normally supposed to do...
s13e02: What Is It Like To Be A PlayStation?
October 6, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's Thursday, October 6, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. 1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention What is it like to be a PlayStation? Last...
s13e01: Google Stadia, or, Winning at Videogames
October 5, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's 8:30am on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. I've been reading Ruthanna Emrys' A Half-Built Garden -- I'm about two...
s12e59: Look, the Disney Thing; Weak signals, Zoom; Commoditization breeds Complacency
October 4, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's Tuesday, 4 October, 2022 in Portland, Oregon, and it is unseasonably warm. 1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention Look, the Disney...
s12e58: We can hallucinate it for your wholescale
September 28, 2022
0.0 Context Setting As I write this, it is, weirdly, still Tuesday, September 27, 2022 and also hotter than 80f in this room. You know that thing where you...
s12e57: A Grab Bag
September 27, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It’s Tuesday, 27 September, 2022 in Portland, Oregon, where right now it’s 80f/26.6c. 1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention A grab-...
s12e56: The Point of the Thing
September 23, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's Friday, September 23, 2022 and I shit you not, I have been looking quite intently and interestedly at things like Trello boards and...
s12e55: It's a trombone, a midi controller, and a videogame controller...
September 22, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It is Thursday, September 22, 2022 and I was not able to write yesterday. 1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention It’s a trombone, a...
s12e54: Manifest What I Mean, Not What I Say
September 20, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It is Tuesday, 20 September, 2022 and I am at an altitude of 37,996 feet or a more sensible 11,581 meters, and my ground speed is 693...
s12e53: Write clearly, or carry a bigger brain
September 19, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It is Monday, September 19, 2022 and I am just outside of St. Louis, where I've been on a work trip. It's very hot here -- around 91...
s12e52: And Everything's Burning To The Ground
September 16, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's the afternoon on Friday, September 16, 2022 and I am still easing back into things after the very long trip to the Elizabethan era....
s12e51: I Am Reasonably Jet Lagged
September 15, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's Thursday, September 15 2022 and I am back in Portland, Oregon after a month visiting family and friends in the U.K. As far as I can...
s12e50: Blistering 5G Internet Speed on America's Best Mobile Network and also No Potable Water
August 30, 2022
0.0 Context Setting Hello! It's Tuesday, 30 August, 2022 and I am in an undisclosed location in England, part of a country that is currently undergoing its...
s12e49: Google Slides is a Feature, not an App; Choices; Here, take one of these
August 12, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's Friday, August 12, 2022 in Portland, Oregon and it is only moderately hot today. I started writing this on Wednesday, and then...
s12e48: Conan, What Is Worst In Life, And Why?
August 9, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It’s Tuesday, 9 August, 2022 and for the first time this week the air conditioner next to my desk is not running and I am not feeling...
s12e47: Domestication
August 8, 2022
0.0 Context Setting 1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention It’s Monday, August 8, 2022 and it is still hot and this is how things are nowadays....
s12e46: iRobot haven't been involved in PackBot for at least 6 years, Dan
August 5, 2022
0.0 Context Setting It's Friday, August 5, 2022 in Portland, Oregon and the end of a long week. Here's a picture I took of the milky way above a hill, and...
s12e45: Bits and pieces
August 4, 2022
0.0 Context Setting Holey moley1, it is only 72f, or around 22.2c in Portland, Oregon today right now. I sat outside this morning and worked on a giant...
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