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You sweat in your basement for years writing a book, working that nobody will ever read it - or that they will think you are a complete raving idiot, but then you read an astonishing, soul-warming, got-everything review like this and suddenly you feel like your whole life is not actually a waste.
I have a new review in @theguardian.com today, & contrived to write it in such a way they illustrated it with Mario Odyssey. Very happy. It's of C Thi Nguyen's new nonfiction The Score - an excellent game-related book that... well, just read the review:
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life
From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
You sweat in your basement for years writing a book, working that nobody will ever read it - or that they will think you are a complete raving idiot, but then you read an astonishing, soul-warming, got-everything review like this and suddenly you feel like your whole life is not actually a waste.
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Oh, Kagi Small Web is a cool thing! Like retro internet, but with current websites.
kagi.com/smallweb
kagi.com/smallweb
Kagi Small Web
Discover the small web - personal blogs, independent YouTube channels, and webcomics from genuine humans on the internet.
kagi.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Oh, Kagi Small Web is a cool thing! Like retro internet, but with current websites.
kagi.com/smallweb
kagi.com/smallweb
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This is pretty amazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L8O...
If/when we finally get something like domestic robots, I wonder if companies like Disney will have an outsize role in figuring out how to make their appearance acceptable (something the various humanoid robot companies seem mediocre at)
If/when we finally get something like domestic robots, I wonder if companies like Disney will have an outsize role in figuring out how to make their appearance acceptable (something the various humanoid robot companies seem mediocre at)
Olaf: Bringing an Animated Character to Life in the Physical World
YouTube video by DisneyResearchHub
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is pretty amazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L8O...
If/when we finally get something like domestic robots, I wonder if companies like Disney will have an outsize role in figuring out how to make their appearance acceptable (something the various humanoid robot companies seem mediocre at)
If/when we finally get something like domestic robots, I wonder if companies like Disney will have an outsize role in figuring out how to make their appearance acceptable (something the various humanoid robot companies seem mediocre at)
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For #blogvent day 19, I wrote about all you can do with .github on... GitHub!
cassidoo.co/post/dot-git...
cassidoo.co/post/dot-git...
December 20, 2025 at 5:49 AM
For #blogvent day 19, I wrote about all you can do with .github on... GitHub!
cassidoo.co/post/dot-git...
cassidoo.co/post/dot-git...
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While your junior developers are painting the proverbial fences, they're missing out on learning opportunities you *could* be offering them that would ripen these "green tomatoes" much faster.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/a...
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/a...
Are You Training Your Junior Developers, Or Hazing Them?
One of the ways I feel lucky in my software development career is in how I got started. I learned programming by building – well, trying to build – programs. Complete working programs &…
codemanship.wordpress.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
While your junior developers are painting the proverbial fences, they're missing out on learning opportunities you *could* be offering them that would ripen these "green tomatoes" much faster.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/a...
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/a...
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The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
Take 5-10 minutes a day to learn about compilers during @matt.godbolt.org's Advent of Compiler Optimizations series on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Bw...
[AoCO 0/25] The Advent of Compiler Optimisations
YouTube video by Matt Godbolt
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Take 5-10 minutes a day to learn about compilers during @matt.godbolt.org's Advent of Compiler Optimizations series on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Bw...
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L'esprit de l'escalier
December 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
L'esprit de l'escalier
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Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
Considering an upgrade to your computer's Wi-Fi or Bluetooth with an Intel wireless M.2 2230 module? Be sure to check to ensure system interface compatibility with your motherboard first! #PCBuilding #Troubleshooting #WiFi #Bluetooth
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Considering an upgrade to your computer's Wi-Fi or Bluetooth with an Intel wireless M.2 2230 module? Be sure to check to ensure system interface compatibility with your motherboard first! #PCBuilding #Troubleshooting #WiFi #Bluetooth
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New Blog Post 📝
Etymology in science usually stops at just photosynthesis, but I use it almost every single lesson.
Here are a few stories of some of my lessons and the impact teaching etymology has made on pupil understanding and literacy.
inquestion.co.uk/2025/11/28/e...
Etymology in science usually stops at just photosynthesis, but I use it almost every single lesson.
Here are a few stories of some of my lessons and the impact teaching etymology has made on pupil understanding and literacy.
inquestion.co.uk/2025/11/28/e...
Chlorine is Green, Zoos Have Life and Kings are Killed: Using Etymology in Science
It started with a happy accident. I had finished a lesson with my Year 8s and, surprisingly, we had powered through the material with 15 minutes to spare. My plan for the next lesson was to introdu…
inquestion.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New Blog Post 📝
Etymology in science usually stops at just photosynthesis, but I use it almost every single lesson.
Here are a few stories of some of my lessons and the impact teaching etymology has made on pupil understanding and literacy.
inquestion.co.uk/2025/11/28/e...
Etymology in science usually stops at just photosynthesis, but I use it almost every single lesson.
Here are a few stories of some of my lessons and the impact teaching etymology has made on pupil understanding and literacy.
inquestion.co.uk/2025/11/28/e...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Managed to make a Cacio and Pepe adjacent pasta dish (linguine with cheese and lemon and spinach) that turned out pretty good, aided by science!
arxiv.org/html/2501.00...
arxiv.org/html/2501.00...
Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce
arxiv.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Managed to make a Cacio and Pepe adjacent pasta dish (linguine with cheese and lemon and spinach) that turned out pretty good, aided by science!
arxiv.org/html/2501.00...
arxiv.org/html/2501.00...
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I'm giving one of my favorite talks "Testable Architecture (Ya Gotta Keep 'em Separated" online at the Calgary Software Crafters meetup on Wednesday, December 10th at 6pm PST (7pm MST, 8pm CST, 9pm EST).
Details and RSVP at www.meetup.com/calgary-sof...
Details and RSVP at www.meetup.com/calgary-sof...
Testable Architecture: Ya Gotta Keep 'em Separated - Ted M. Young, Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
One of the most important, yet misunderstood, aspects of Hexagonal, Clean, and Onion architectures is not their folder structure, but how they keep I/O and domain logic sep
www.meetup.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I'm giving one of my favorite talks "Testable Architecture (Ya Gotta Keep 'em Separated" online at the Calgary Software Crafters meetup on Wednesday, December 10th at 6pm PST (7pm MST, 8pm CST, 9pm EST).
Details and RSVP at www.meetup.com/calgary-sof...
Details and RSVP at www.meetup.com/calgary-sof...
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Reminder to schedule a colonoscopy
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reminder to schedule a colonoscopy
lol
I'm still using vi. It's not that there aren't better editors, I just never figured out how to close it.
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
lol
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happy monday, taps sign⬇️
happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
happy monday, taps sign⬇️
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Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
Yay but not until 2028... and also a SUV. I'd take a 6e if they were in Canada but alas
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yay but not until 2028... and also a SUV. I'd take a 6e if they were in Canada but alas
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Deadly Delivery brings the comedic courier horror game to Quest and Steam early next month.
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/deadly-deliv...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/deadly-deliv...
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Deadly Delivery brings the comedic courier horror game to Quest and Steam early next month.
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/deadly-deliv...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/deadly-deliv...
Rereading Seveneves and kind of want to play the Arker's orbital mechanics game.... but I would probably get just as sick as i did trying to play Eve: Valkyrie
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Rereading Seveneves and kind of want to play the Arker's orbital mechanics game.... but I would probably get just as sick as i did trying to play Eve: Valkyrie
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github.com/CtrlSpice/ot... simple enough for local dev purposes.
GitHub - CtrlSpice/otel-desktop-viewer: otel-desktop-viewer is a CLI tool for receiving OpenTelemetry traces while working on your local machine.
otel-desktop-viewer is a CLI tool for receiving OpenTelemetry traces while working on your local machine. - CtrlSpice/otel-desktop-viewer
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
github.com/CtrlSpice/ot... simple enough for local dev purposes.
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With friends like these, who needs enemies?
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
With friends like these, who needs enemies?