My time for this morning’s five miler was five minutes less than last week’s “fast five” #running

Eight miles out ‘n back before dawn. Two weeks to go before the 10 miler, then a few weeks to a Thanksgiving Half. 🏃🏼‍♂️

They say “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but when a cover looks like this, you know I’m gonna go get it.

Happy Friday, friends!

it's 2025 and we're still starting almost every [Teams/Zoom/etc] video call with "can you all see my screen?" The only thing worse is "Bob, you're muted" after Bob's been answering a question for two minutes. 🙄

“Jackson Arnold! War D Eagle!”

Yesterday's training schedule said "6 miles." I had a nice 7-mile route laid out, but about 1 mile in I realized it just wasn't going to happen. I turned left and finished with 2.5; I'm rescheduling the 7 for Sat. Stay flexible. This is about #running. This is not about running. Right @coachbennett?

#book and #history people, what's a good book on WWI that's not a 700-page tome? I'm looking for a grasp on the political causes and changes, not military strategy/tactics.

is it just me, or does @vscode.dev swallow these keystrokes? They do nothing for me when Code is the active app/window, though (most?) other apps' windows function as described here. support.apple.com/guide/mac-he...

oh geez, people are going to be upset with Connections (green) today.

... in three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being ... In a few months it will be at genius level and a few months after that its powers will be incalculable ... -- Marvin Minsky, LIFE Magazine, November 20, 1970

A six mile run this morning; now it’s time for coffee & code.

Did you know that you can do this with interpolation for numeric values in C#? Here's some others you can try: F → Fixed decimals N → Number with commas C → Currency P → Percent E → Scientific X → Hexadecimal Read more here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet... #dotnet #csharp

Learning some Typescript via trial and error. Mostly error.

No, getting up an hour earlier won’t automatically make you more productive. You may find, however, that it gives you the opportunity to be more productive. 

My advice to people, as it has been since the USENET days, is simply this: Everything that can be made public on the Internet one day will be made public. Say what you want and what you feel is necessary, and remember it will be found.

Reminder that muting specific words on social media for a day, a week, a month, or even forever can be laudatory self-care.

GitHub #Copilot: my understanding was that an .md file in `./github/instructions` directory would be automatically added to the context. That's not happening for me. Is there someplace that I need to specify which file(s) to use? cc: @james.montemagno.com @scott.hanselman.com

“When the $7,500 federal EV tax credit ends on September 30, 2025, EV demand is expected to significantly drop.” That’s the whole rationale behind this ‘news article.’ It ignores those of us who want an affordable EV and don’t care who manufactures it. 1/2

4mi #running today, followed by Wordle in 3 and Connections in 4. Huzzah!

Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?

I bought Minecraft today for the Switch, then asked my grandson to teach me how to play. Best $30 I’ve spent in a while.

Five miles #running and a three-attempt Wordle, not bad for a Thursday morning. ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I wish google drive had not de-emphasized directory structure. The suggested stuff is not often what I am looking for and I'm so used to remembering hierarchies instead of filenames

One story completed today, across three repos. My brain hurts.

Lift a bit

Happy Birthday to my twin brother. Man, why you so much better lookin’?

September’s (first) 5k (#running distance, not race) in the books ✅

No logo or fake Jim Crow era crap on the walls will entice me back through the storefront of junk for mediocre food. #crackerBarrel

LLMs, the technology underpinning the current AI hype wave, don't do what they're usually presented as doing. They have no innate understanding, they do not think or reason, and they have no way of knowing if a response they provide is truthful or harmful. www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/b...

…and I continue to do so occasionally. I really don’t understand the “have ‘ai’ write my program for me” thing at all, though.

Ok, my #book people: where are the lines between horror, thriller, suspense, and mystery? For bonus points please provide examples.

Recommend listening: The Rest Is History episode 511. America in '68: George Wallace, The First Donald Trump

"When the struggle gets real, we turn the music louder." -Jessica Darrow (Encanto's Louisa) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQwV...

“Value outcome over output.” Lines of code written or stories completed means nothing to your customer. Look for, document, and celebrate value obstacles removed from the customer using our product to run their business.

“after a certain point growing older is psychologically punishing. How could it not be? It involves getting a little bit weaker, stupider and uglier every year. …The miracle is that most of us are not driven mad by this knowledge.” www.ian-leslie.com/p/27-notes-o...

A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves. And when he drove away, they opened fire on him. This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.

diving in tonight…

Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.

Ok, come on. This is absurd. Computers are very good at putting numbers into a known format.

I just pointed my team to a blog post I wrote (checking) twelve years ago. Yes, adding thread.sleep() to tests is still a bad thing. steven.vorefamily.net/2013/05/07/w...

“Adding testing to a code suite will always get kicked down the road because other things are ‘more important’” (big sigh)

IT Security PSA: If you're trying to tell if something is poop or chocolate you wouldn't lick it to find out. If you have any suspicions that a link is malicious you should not click it to determine that. Many links can compromise your device with just a click. At that point you've "licked poop."

Focus on what is manageable. Ignore what is out of your control. Work your process, and let the outcome take care of itself. 

Shared again this morning with colleagues via email. If you don’t “know” Scott, here’s your introduction.

The task is intimidation, the purpose is fear

I’ve been frustrated with the (lack of) battery life on my Apple Watch lately; last night I plugged my Garmin Fenix5 in and this morning it regained its rightful place on my wrist.

Any win… no matter how small… can stop a losing streak and start a winning one. This is about running. This is not about running.

the most important part of the journey is choosing to go. … To trade in these wings on some wheels. _Tonight In Jungleland; the making of Born to Run_

The Rose Garden.