Checking in on the git log of one of my older (still running) apps...

So @jcn.bsky.social rescued some old GORUCO videos from 2010 and 2011 that I just posted up on rubyevents.org, including this killer talk from @sandimetz.bsky.social: www.rubyevents.org/talks/less-t... Enjoy the old school vibes!

Backblaze cloud storage partnered with StorageReview for a Pi Day promotion to make the 314th trillion digit calculation of pi available for download. If you’re a sicko who’s into that kind of thing. www.backblaze.com/contact-sale...

Your reminder that you can download the info from DOGE Track and use it for any projects you want, just as long as you're aware that I do make mistakes from time to time dogetrack.info/about/downlo...

And we're out. Happy Hanukkah, all.

Happy seventh night of Hanukkah (from a friend's menorah)

Have yourself a color block sixth night of Hanukkah

Fifth night of Hanukkah lights

Happy fourth night of Hanukkah, all

Happy third night of Hanukkah

Happy 2nd night of Hanukkah

Chag sameach on this somber first night of Hanukkah.

If you are working with Rails + ERB and you have not yet installed ReActionView => you are missing a lot. Just read this: "HTML-aware rendering with validation, reactivity, and built-in tooling for Rails applications" reactionview.dev

Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers

It is nice to have a computer with some whimsy again. I've ported the esheep app from the 90s to run as a native app on macOS github.com/orta/esheep-...

the anthem we need right now youtu.be/wdepf8H4Lgc?...

I built a new LLM plugin that can turn a PDF into an image-per-page for feeding into vision models, and in testing it found that GPT-4.1 mini hallucinates WILDLY if you feed it a blank white rectangle followed by a blank black rectangle simonwillison.net/2025/May/18/...

Law & Order: Organized Crime has the best theme music of all the Law & Orders

Partial list of things that always come in threes, that everybody knows always come in threes, never one or two, or four, yet we still find surprising: 1️⃣ Celebrity deaths. 2️⃣ USB port connection attempts. 3️⃣ Visits to Home Depot for a DIY project.

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

With tax day coming up on April 15, we want to make sure our community knows about IRS Direct File. It’s a free option for filing a federal tax return, and you can learn more about it at DirectFile.irs.gov.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Amtrak was cool while it lasted. https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/ceos-dismissal-signals-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-amtrak-analysis/

Redundant systems, single points of failure, etc. www.wired.com/story/starli...

because people asked for it, we have a 12-hour track of nothing but the sound of clean water flowing from our treatment plant back to the environment. soundcloud.com/neorsd/water...

Can’t wait to see who made large crypto buys in the hours before the crypto reserve announcement

introducing tangled: a git collaboration platform built on #atproto blog.tangled.sh/intro

@lesteph.com did a scrape of the whole site a couple of weeks ago - preserved.org.uk/18f.gsa.gov/...

I don’t imagine what we’re seeing today is the “post office of the future” being celebrated here

What’s up Queens Museum.

Really taking a page out of the “just unplug the servers and see what breaks” playbook, which, on some level, is kind of exciting! Except if you’re talking about people’s actual human lives. medium.com/@noahkingdav...

Looking up a new name in the DOGE list of engineers, I wondered if I had the right guy. Noticing they had apparently scrubbed their Github and LinkedIn profiles makes me more certain though! Reminder: I am tracking DOGE activities as reported in the media here github.com/harrisj/trum...

On this day in 1942, German tanks and soldiers marched through Winnipeg. The mayor, premier and Lt. Governor were arrested. The city was renamed Himmlerstadt, books were burned and the swastika flag flew around the city. This is the story of Winnipeg's If Day. 🧵1/14

Shout out to the iCloud Postmaster team who fixed email deliverability issues from my server to icloud.com in a mere 3 hours on a Sunday night during the Super Bowl. Yes, I am stubbornly still running my own mail server out here in 2025. Now to get Outlook to unblock this new IP...

a 30-second ad for sunday's Super Bowl will cost more than $8 million. in that same 30 seconds, we treat 73,250 gallons of water. it costs $241.

Finally some good news apnews.com/article/newl...

Really glad the US taxpayer will get to play the role of the greater fool.

Tuesday is really Mondaying today.

It’s three AIs in a trench coat.

New Glenn lifts off successfully, reaching orbit on its first attempt. 📸 @nasaspaceflight.com

One of my favorite NYC traditions is the annual Christmas tree Mulchfest organized by @nycgovparks.org

"With the fires still largely unconfined, and no sign of letup from the winds spreading the blazes, the loss of JPL is looking increasingly likely." JPL is NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. So many homes lost. Terrible. www.theregister.com/2025/01/08/l... #PalisadesFIre

Congestion Relief Zone tolling is now in effect. Learn more: congestionreliefzone.mta.info

Happy Hanukkah! #chrismukkah

Did anyone else save up Tropicana UPC codes as a kid to exchange them for ornaments?

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📢 1.96 is rolling out now (3/6) If you change your bsky.social username to your own domain, your old username will now be reserved for you! Only your most recent `.bsky.social` username is reserved, and it does not expire. bsky.social/about/blog/4...

Can all my nyc tech folks trying to cram their end-of-year parties into the next few weeks just spread them out through, say, February, so my tired old ass actually has the energy to head out to them? I’ve been to one holiday party this season and I’m already exhausted.

Snow Crash really nailed the rise of React

Honestly, I like using hotel shampoos. It makes me feel like my hair is on vacation too.