I unironically think we need to bring back dumb goofball internet stuff like earth sandwiches or contrived picture days.

If Artemis IV is happening in 2028 then we need to get on top of Planetary Picture Day ASAP. Do we have a hemisphere in mind? The hotel blocks alone are going to be a nightmare

— Matt Policastro (@mattpolicastro.com)

Ate an entirely too-large sandwich for dinner, fell asleep, and am now listening to rain against the skylight.

April Fool’s is always a try-hard holiday but it is ringing particularly hollowly this year.

Hipster PDA

Somehow, an even busier week.

I’m sorry, seals MOLT?

We love a catastrophic molt, don't we, folks

— Blue sky nice ghost (@rajandelman.bsky.social)

I have gotten utterly smoked the last two nights playing Marathon and I still can’t stop thinking about it. They’re cooking.

✨ new video ✨ with marathon, bungie has taken its best-in-class gunplay and a frankly unbelievable visual identity and used them to lure players into a subtle shift in the way an extraction shooter can be played: one where extracting gear isn't even the point. my thoughts: youtu.be/RUtvq6BFThI

— brendon bigley (@bb.wavelengths.online)

By this, I am haunted

— marissa walmart dog (@meo.bsky.social)

Claudin' Around Pt. 3

F'ing A, F'ing O.

Hey, why does WGN have a pixelated 9? Like if it’s an accident I’m more just fascinated how that gets rendered

My brain is making grinding noises trying to figure out how you get these incredibly specific numbers

At Raja Krishnamoorthi’s election night party. In case you’re wondering, the senate candidate has spent more than $20 million on succeeding Dick Durbin but the campaign party is cash bar.

— Gregory Pratt (@royalpratt.bsky.social)

*tremulously* I voted in IL-9 and all I got was this sticker

Claudin' Around Pt. 2

Well that was fast.

Claudin' Around

The website rebuilds will continue until writing improves.

Scales and surprises

Taking stock after a few long years.

Resurfacing

Rebuilding, reviewing, and other life updates.

SoundBlasterBlaster

Well I left the team at Clearhead, so I made a silly toy.

Bad things, good things, all things

Working out my feelings in a difficult period.

Observations on Data Science

Fleshing out some ideas around data, organizations, and roles.

Preferred Super Glue & Other News

Definitely not burying the lede.

The Latest & Greatest

Switching to Ghost, finishing grad school, and settling into Chicago.

Marginalia VII

Trying to show some signs of life.

Marginalia VI

More updates. Site tweaks (again).

Pikachu Shops at Whole Foods

Trying to write an essay to a less-than-satisfying result.

Snippets

Microblogging rears its handsome head.

Marginalia V

I'm in grad school. Time passes.

Marginalia IV

Errata, etc.

Twitter in 2016

Attempting to eulogize something still very much alive.

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol over Transport Layer Security

I finally got on the HTTPS bandwagon, thanks to Let's Encrypt.

GA-frame

Screwing around in virtual worlds.

Skilful Grammar I

Experiments in iOS and Swift.

Marginalia III

More errata and effluvia, but I smuggled in an announcement.

On Writing

An apology. (Sorry again.)

Expertise

Excerpting Ursula M. Franklin.

Fitness Data: Kicking & Screaming

Poorly-considered experiments in the quantified self.

Marginalia II

Cool Dad Syndrome and acquisitions.

If this, then...

Kludges and digital super glue.

Second Thoughts III

An attempt at microblogging.

Second Thoughts II

Completing my second thoughts.

Second Thoughts

Wrestling with the features of the modern web.

Marginalia I

The first of many.

Adventures in Pi

Blinded by science (and hacking in the real-er world).

Fun

Making the tool is oftentimes more fun than using the tool itself.

Oh.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Ch-ch-changes

Making site updates and design changes.

Hello, world.

Humble beginnings.