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How to use software

September 30, 2025

One of the most interesting things about living right now is the unfolding witnessing of others’ principles in their relationship to software. Others’...

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By now

September 25, 2025

By now, you should have probably eaten the jam. It has been two and a half months. I hand it to you with a label: eat it like it’s abundant. How long does it...

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City commuting

September 23, 2025

In our last text, I talked a little about the process of visiting City, a mile-long contemporary artwork in the Nevada desert. This text is about the artwork...

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City driving

September 18, 2025

We’ve written text about City before, which, to sum: City is a very big artwork in the true-ass middle of nowhere; it took 50 years to build, basically...

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The thermos

September 11, 2025

I made a mistake the other day. For years, I’ve used a double-walled borosilicate glass carafe to make coffee in bulk. I wanted to make iced coffee for some...

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New era/what’s next/meta-text

September 9, 2025

I threw a garage sale the other day and, because I have taste, it was wildly successful. Pretty much everybody bought something, and I ended up with enough...

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Ex-sunchoke

September 4, 2025

Sunchokes are very weird. They’re not related to artichokes or the sun. They’re a tuber, like a potato, and they look like a bit of ginger with some knobs...

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Dumper text

September 2, 2025

The job of a catcher is largely to catch. You use the force of your very large, very muscular body to absorb the force of about 150 pitches that are thrown...

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One perfect evening

August 28, 2025

I’ve written about the perfect evening privately before, but never on text. That changes now. I speak frequently with my friends about my perfect evenings....

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Techo text

August 26, 2025

It’s time. 2026 goes on sale in a week. First, a story. On January 07, 2018, I walked into one of my favorite stores on earth, the Shibuya branch of Tokyu...

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How to buy a drop

August 19, 2025

There are drops occasionally, where something special arrives on sale, limited time only, a one-off, and everybody’s gotta refresh to get one. Of course you...

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The intention, the pause

August 14, 2025

Given what’s coming, there are updated rules. Buy nothing on subscription.Buy nothing that inherently possesses a “subscription” to spare parts, refills,...

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The cooliest

August 12, 2025

Yeti’s origins were formed in two crucibles at once: those who definitely need their coolers to be bear-proof while they drop off-grid for six weeks, and...

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10 redesign principles

August 7, 2025

In the process of repositioning, I’ve held to a few high-level principles: Lead with who, specifically, you are talking to.No redundant points.Pain, then...

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One small note on algorithmic resistance

August 5, 2025

Someone recently asked me where I find new music, because I’m not on any streaming apps and own my data, and because my tastes are weird & specific. The...

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🗒

July 29, 2025

I once threw a stack of post-it notes on a shelf next to my bathroom wall and put up a note telling people to write nice things about each other. Now the...

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Not the world’s only sandwich

July 25, 2025

We’ve written occasional text about Loaf Lounge, which is an okay café with peaceful vibes that makes good-enough bread and excellent pastry that also...

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Notes on a side quest

July 22, 2025

I just concluded a brief 1-month series on my job’s mailing list about an unrelated topic. The topic itself is complicated, and everybody is thinking about...

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Travel in clothes

July 17, 2025

All travel clothes are fake. They are just clothes. That’s it, that’s the whole text. I lied, here is more text. I recently saw a blazer that was billed as a...

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A fun fact about (checks notes, squints at clipboard) citric acid

July 15, 2025

One of the things you learn as a home cook is dietary restrictions. Everybody’s got ‘em. I, noted cilantro hater, have one. And so in the back of my head...

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