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Old books bad, new books bad
April 9, 2026
A new book was coming out on a mostly-trustable press from an author that I deeply respect, one who really planned out the firmament of our current...
Artificially more intelligent
April 2, 2026
If you’re gone to a baseball game with me anytime in the past 20 years, you know that the free space of nickd bingo is that I believe the umpires should be...
One small blunt instrument
March 31, 2026
Today’s useful tool is StopTheScript, an extension that lets you block all JavaScript selectively across various domains. It is the penultimate step in the...
How to throw a potluck
March 26, 2026
The goal, of course, is to do as much nothing as possible. First, you tell people that you are unlocking the front door of your home and not feeding your dog...
Filled bin
March 24, 2026
In December, my partner’s cat moved in here, which effectively means my partner moved in here without most of their stuff moving in here. Now we are moving...
Everything somewhere all at once
March 19, 2026
Many changes happening in the business, to the point where it’s worth a bit of a meta roundup on text. First, we have put together our concluding offering...
Chhonk text
March 17, 2026
For those of you who are actually Indian or cook lots of Indian food, I’m probably about to describe heresy, so you will want to close your eyes for the...
Three gallons
March 12, 2026
There are many best things about Soup & Bread, and one of them is that the quantity of soup you must bring is specified in gallons. Specifically, you will...
Normal to someone
March 10, 2026
When people talk to me about making Asian food, they talk about the grocery store, and how it is hard. Whole aisle of soy sauce. Four brands of fish sauce....
What are the best mango pickles. I must know
March 3, 2026
Nobody likes food as much as my partner likes Indian food. I have watched them maul a plate of chicken kebob & turmeric-infused rice like it was a message...
Paris reviews
February 19, 2026
Poor bathroom layout, poor coat check layout, bad security, café is too small for the demand. Just a bunch of grafts on top of one another. Clearly an...
Text forever
February 12, 2026
I recently received a bit of a jump scare when using software. The main word processor that powers my consultancy has fallen victim to platform collapse. I...
Six weeks
February 10, 2026
The goal, of course, is the infinite pack load: something you can use forever that fits into a 45L backpack. Buy on the ground to replenish things as they...
Slowly revealed
February 5, 2026
Lisbon is not terribly legible. You learn it as you go. Stores don’t operate like you expect, and some basic services are far out of town. It requires a lot...
🎣
January 29, 2026
For those who need protein in a snap, and who want it to be reliably bar-clearingly delicious, there is tinned fish, which conquered America sometime when...
The fallow period
January 27, 2026
I talk a lot about not buying stuff here, but it’s worth talking about a period that I seldom discuss, which is the two-ish month span between the beginning...
What to value
January 22, 2026
Things are rough in my jurisdiction right now, and the last time that happened I asked my close people: what do we value? And yes, it’s easy to go to the...
Scattered bits
January 20, 2026
Nothing beats the feeling you get after you search for the best cheese shops in a new city, and you find out #1 is 700 feet away from you. “Cold” is...
Figure it out elsewhere
January 8, 2026
The knives aren’t sharp, the stove is either too hot or too cold, the oven is small, there’s only one baking sheet, and there is no microwave. There are two...
J1B-GT, 2 years, washed
January 6, 2026
I promised food, and we’ll get there, but one year later we must return to the jacket. For the first time, the jacket must be washed, but before that let’s...
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