My pet, in terms of a recent @puzzmo.com clue, “[sitting] around doing nothing, perhaps in a self-contained-feline sort of way” 🍞

I have a new word puzzle called Trails 📌 I hope you enjoy it. trailspuzzle.com 📍📌🏅🥾

Here's an example of typographic design telling a story In December 2019, The Atlantic updated their identity for the print issue, switching to a more compact stylized "A" in the upper-right corner.

Fun use of a generative model: cuter password reminders. Here's an example interpretation of a password referenced in the xkcd comic "Password Strength". Beats a Post-it note. - xkcd.com/936

Hands down my favorite nerdy video of the year. youtu.be/_BrFKp-U8GI?...

In three words: worth the wait #silksong

After completing Playdate Season 2, @panic.com sent me a nice sticker. The fine print on the back deserves a shout-out. Well done, @play.date designers.

Ooh, shiny ✨ Got a version of @observablehq.com Notebooks 2.0 working! Excited to play around with it more. tk.cookwcode.com/hello

What are some music moments that always give you a good feeling? Here are three for me. 🎶

Was watching some 3-year-old vids from @smartereveryday.bsky.social and it was cool to see prototypes of The Smarter Scrubber on his desk.

A @play.date is fun for everyone 💛

There are a lot of important things to care about, but it would be nice to fix the "Add Profile" icon on @netflix.com. The horizontal bar has been mis-centered for years.

Steve Mould and a Hirox microscope 🔬 This is so cool. Microscope imaging with depth. youtu.be/o-dZKBwbsis?...

Some fun puzzles for April Fools: - NYT MINI: www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g... - NYT Connections :) www.nytimes.com/games/connec... - NYT Crossword ✏️: www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g... - Puzzmo 〰️: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-... - Daily Akari 🎶: dailyakari.com

I like keeping track of stuff, so I added a calendar view to readie post on my website. @observablehq.com Plot template works well. Example: zachbogart.com/read/revenge...

👕 @puzzmo.com ❔😊

Another Big Cross|word from @puzzmo.com Favorite clues: - Most likely to ask a mirror "Who is the fairest one of all?", probably (7) - Single click on a typewriter (9) - Cartoon sound effect milder than "bang!" (5) Give it a go! puzzmo.com/play/crosswo...

I don't know a bunch of things. But I try to work on that every day. youtu.be/YdOXS_9_P4U?...

Watch the whole thing. You'll get smarter. youtu.be/7xTGNNLPyMI?...

Always crispy youtu.be/QEah75Oyv8c?...

👀 Tabloid: the clickbait headline programming language From the README under "How to Use" it just says "Please don't." 😊 tabloid.vercel.app (spotted via Ergo Newsletter from ZSA)

Destin of @smartereveryday.bsky.social is tackling nuclear power, and his visual aids are fantastic. youtu.be/JVROsxtjoCw?...

For the longest time I had ESCARGOT as a theme portion. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/c...

💛 Website goodies - Writing about crosswords - A year of readies zachbogart.com

He's back with another confusing system: postal codes youtu.be/1K5oDtVAYzk?...

A quick Akari today (No. 22). Harder ones of these take me ages. dailyakari.com

I was wondering what Jill Lepore was up to. Turns out she's racing around in a 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Congrats @puzzmo.com on another great Big Cross|word ✍️ Favorite clues: Song that gave us "I'm working late, 'cause I'm a singerrrrr" (8) Phoenix's dandruff, probably (3) Fluctuates in and out of falsetto (6) Go give it a try! puzzmo.com/play/crosswo...

Working within the grid ✍️ Posting little crossword creations every weekday. Happy solving! zachbogart.com/xword Image: 'Guide for Constructing the Letter X' by Joris Hoefnagel ca. 1595, sourced from PDIA

Here are some ideas for sprucing up your NYT Games play, from easy 💚 to hard ❤️. www.nytimes.com/crosswords

When you are learning, find a way to document your progress. Failures don't mean *you* are a failure. It means you are trying new things.

Little Legos 🧱 I was gifted a big box of Legos over the 2024 Holiday, and it was fun trying to make recognizable creations with just a few bricks. Turned into a thing worth sharing. Posting periodically, little creations using Legos (and maybe a Remarkable tablet) littlelegos.bsky.social 💛

Kimchi Camp 🥬

🎨 Base layer Came across an old wooden drill case for something like five bucks. Spray painting a primer layer, then going to decoupage with New Yorker cartoons.

Reconstruction of opening painting from Cat Fishin' (1947)

📊🙂 One-off Stacked Range Chart Taking a crack at making a stacked range chart as mentioned in Minute Physics video. Main challenge is coloring. observablehq.com/d/684f8997af...

🍔👀 Cabel’s 2024 XOXO talk I remember when TED talks were a newfangled thing and were more loose and bright and odd (see JJ Abram’s Mystery Box). This has that feel in the best way. Absolutely fantastic. 💌

💛 Website goodies - Added backlog of readies from this year - Spun up new hobby of cruciverbalist (starting with small grids) - If you missed: a bunch of notes on writing implements I like to keep on hand zachbogart.com/welcome.html... 💛

🧮👀 Large Language Models explained briefly I enjoyed this quick explainer on LLMs from @3b1b.bsky.social. A good starting point for how text is generated, with great Manim visuals. youtu.be/LPZh9BOjkQs?...

📸 Sand paintings Playing with Hack Pack, making sand shapes. 2024-10-27

👟👀 Vid on custom shoes Answer in Progress vid on super shoes. Always appreciate a DIY approach, testing it out yourself. youtu.be/AiG_yD0Jf8Y?...

📸 Generous portions Loukoumades - 2024-10-05

✍️ Favorite writing implements Post on finding the pencil/pen I like to have in my pocket. zachbogart.com/write/implem...

💛 Website Refresh Dusted off digital cobwebs on personal website, now using VitePress ✨. Excited to play around with this. Come on over and checkout the renovations. zachbogart.com

👀 Giorgia Lupi on tracking her long COVID TED talk from information designer and Partner at Pentagram. A good example of to quantifying and tracking the invisible things that shape out lives. youtu.be/jFl9kFms7nA?...

📸 Thank goodness A lovely gift from the nice folks at @panic.com for completing Coal Supper’s “Thank Goodness You’re Here!” Cheers. 🫖 2024-09-30

👀 Watching Grant code in Manim 🧮 Grant Sanderson of 3Blue1Brown demoing Manim to Ben Sparks. Incredibly capable out-of-the-box to visualize math concepts. Highlights for me: - Getting good visuals quickly - Exposure to Brave, Wikiwand, & Mathpix (Sparks: flippin' heck!) youtu.be/rbu7Zu5X1zI

🚀 First post Testing out Bluesky, first post