Today’s camry cassette: Canadian roots band’s debut “Toute la Gang” featuring the woefully underrated Michelle Rumball
February 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Today’s camry cassette: Canadian roots band’s debut “Toute la Gang” featuring the woefully underrated Michelle Rumball
Today’s camry cassettes: Tge Freewheelers’ self-titled debut album and Trout Fishing in America’s “Truth is Stranger Than Fiction “
February 16, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Today’s camry cassettes: Tge Freewheelers’ self-titled debut album and Trout Fishing in America’s “Truth is Stranger Than Fiction “
Cassette camry day. Today’s tape is from exactly 35 years ago. Ottawa CKCU American Acoustic featuring rarities by Michelle Shocked and Susanne Vega
February 14, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Cassette camry day. Today’s tape is from exactly 35 years ago. Ottawa CKCU American Acoustic featuring rarities by Michelle Shocked and Susanne Vega
The odometer of the beast
February 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The odometer of the beast
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... - Jason Fried (37 signals/the Rails guy's partner) on how tech has failed in the home in so many ways. (prob why people are nostalgic for the 90s - things were advanced but they also just worked). W Hotel light panel I'm looking at you
Smart Homes Are Terrible
You shouldn’t need a tech tour and app to turn the lights on.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... - Jason Fried (37 signals/the Rails guy's partner) on how tech has failed in the home in so many ways. (prob why people are nostalgic for the 90s - things were advanced but they also just worked). W Hotel light panel I'm looking at you
@zzyzx.bsky.social Did you know about archive.org/details/ajc0... ?It's not in relisten
Since Aadam taped everything he saw, I assume he did it all stealth mode. The tape might be 1st gen but sounds like it was done on a Walkman
Since Aadam taped everything he saw, I assume he did it all stealth mode. The tape might be 1st gen but sounds like it was done on a Walkman
archive.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
@zzyzx.bsky.social Did you know about archive.org/details/ajc0... ?It's not in relisten
Since Aadam taped everything he saw, I assume he did it all stealth mode. The tape might be 1st gen but sounds like it was done on a Walkman
Since Aadam taped everything he saw, I assume he did it all stealth mode. The tape might be 1st gen but sounds like it was done on a Walkman
Armenian lunch at Lamajoun, Richmond BC
December 31, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Armenian lunch at Lamajoun, Richmond BC
Non-spoiler hints for doing the thomaswc.com/2025.html 45x45 connections puzzle
1. DO NOT VIEW SOURCE
2. The new button goes where you click second. Best to move groups up and to the left.
3. You can combine groups later
4. The author works at google. Searching is encouraged
5. Wikipedia works
1. DO NOT VIEW SOURCE
2. The new button goes where you click second. Best to move groups up and to the left.
3. You can combine groups later
4. The author works at google. Searching is encouraged
5. Wikipedia works
2025
thomaswc.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Non-spoiler hints for doing the thomaswc.com/2025.html 45x45 connections puzzle
1. DO NOT VIEW SOURCE
2. The new button goes where you click second. Best to move groups up and to the left.
3. You can combine groups later
4. The author works at google. Searching is encouraged
5. Wikipedia works
1. DO NOT VIEW SOURCE
2. The new button goes where you click second. Best to move groups up and to the left.
3. You can combine groups later
4. The author works at google. Searching is encouraged
5. Wikipedia works
The problem with Liquid Glass is that it draws attention to itself. 40+ years after Apple introduced the first Mac you'd think it. would be ingrained in Apple culture that a great UI does just the opposite (necessary but not sufficient)
December 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The problem with Liquid Glass is that it draws attention to itself. 40+ years after Apple introduced the first Mac you'd think it. would be ingrained in Apple culture that a great UI does just the opposite (necessary but not sufficient)
I missed the 30th anniversary of www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7q_... but it's still worth listening to any time.
2.3 Stash→Manteca→Stash→Dog Faced Boy→Stash - 1995-11-14 | UCF Arena, Orlando, FL
YouTube video by Bowa4141
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I missed the 30th anniversary of www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7q_... but it's still worth listening to any time.
You know what's cool? In Laura Poitras' doc "Cover-Up" on Seymour Hersh, there's a shot of him in the 70s with a copy of Richard Barnet's "Global Reach" on what looks like his inner-cache bookshelf.
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
You know what's cool? In Laura Poitras' doc "Cover-Up" on Seymour Hersh, there's a shot of him in the 70s with a copy of Richard Barnet's "Global Reach" on what looks like his inner-cache bookshelf.
stereogum.com/2476602/80-a... - lots of deep cuts here. Lots of the hits. Tons of love for On The Beach, esp. Ambulance Blues. Pretty sure no picks from Time Fades Away, my personal favorite. Pleased to see Kurt Vile's pick is from Life (no one picked a Landing On Water cut).
80 Artists Pick Their Favorite Neil Young Song
Happy 80th birthday, Neil Young!
stereogum.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
stereogum.com/2476602/80-a... - lots of deep cuts here. Lots of the hits. Tons of love for On The Beach, esp. Ambulance Blues. Pretty sure no picks from Time Fades Away, my personal favorite. Pleased to see Kurt Vile's pick is from Life (no one picked a Landing On Water cut).
Just learned that U of Toronto physics prof David Harrison passed recently. He's the reason this poli sci/english student showed up with a copy of Dancing Wu Li Masters at his office hours, talked about getting off the pre-law path, burned 2 years, switched majors, and never looked back
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Just learned that U of Toronto physics prof David Harrison passed recently. He's the reason this poli sci/english student showed up with a copy of Dancing Wu Li Masters at his office hours, talked about getting off the pre-law path, burned 2 years, switched majors, and never looked back
Rediscovered Jiggle the Handle as great coding music. How come these guys never made it big?
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Rediscovered Jiggle the Handle as great coding music. How come these guys never made it big?
Whoever said "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" needs to see letterboxd.com/film/columbu...
Columbus (2017)
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant mo...
letterboxd.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Whoever said "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" needs to see letterboxd.com/film/columbu...
@zzyzx.bsky.social - given this week's loss of Gordon Lightfoot, any chance you could use your influence to get someone to sing "Esther" to the tune of "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald"? Or the other way - I think both will work because of meter and stuff. And then upload to youtube? Thx
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
@zzyzx.bsky.social - given this week's loss of Gordon Lightfoot, any chance you could use your influence to get someone to sing "Esther" to the tune of "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald"? Or the other way - I think both will work because of meter and stuff. And then upload to youtube? Thx
builder.bracket.city - bring on some puzzles. Easier to solve one than make one
Builder
builder.bracket.city
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
builder.bracket.city - bring on some puzzles. Easier to solve one than make one
The lag in this #MLB game 3 is horrible. At least once a minute. Don't know if it's due to Fox, CITY-TV, or Telus, but whoever "they" is, they figured out how to enshittify live sports. Never had this problem with Curt Gowdy calling the game on NBC with a pair of rabbit ears for grainy reception
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The lag in this #MLB game 3 is horrible. At least once a minute. Don't know if it's due to Fox, CITY-TV, or Telus, but whoever "they" is, they figured out how to enshittify live sports. Never had this problem with Curt Gowdy calling the game on NBC with a pair of rabbit ears for grainy reception
Borrowed dad’s 95 Camry with the working tape deck for a long Sunday drive. Which can mean only one thing: Sons of Papaya at the confusingly named east LA bar in Syracuse, April ‘95. Available maybe nowhere else
October 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Borrowed dad’s 95 Camry with the working tape deck for a long Sunday drive. Which can mean only one thing: Sons of Papaya at the confusingly named east LA bar in Syracuse, April ‘95. Available maybe nowhere else
I still got it
Lirdle game #978
Solved in 5 tries.
◼🟨|🟩→◼|🟨🟩 - 95
◼◼|◼→🟨|◼🟨 - 22
|◼→🟨|◼◼◼◼ - 11
|◼→🟩|🟨◼◼◼ - 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
lirdle.com - the lying word game
Lirdle game #978
Solved in 5 tries.
◼🟨|🟩→◼|🟨🟩 - 95
◼◼|◼→🟨|◼🟨 - 22
|◼→🟨|◼◼◼◼ - 11
|◼→🟩|🟨◼◼◼ - 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
lirdle.com - the lying word game
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I still got it
Lirdle game #978
Solved in 5 tries.
◼🟨|🟩→◼|🟨🟩 - 95
◼◼|◼→🟨|◼🟨 - 22
|◼→🟨|◼◼◼◼ - 11
|◼→🟩|🟨◼◼◼ - 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
lirdle.com - the lying word game
Lirdle game #978
Solved in 5 tries.
◼🟨|🟩→◼|🟨🟩 - 95
◼◼|◼→🟨|◼🟨 - 22
|◼→🟨|◼◼◼◼ - 11
|◼→🟩|🟨◼◼◼ - 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
lirdle.com - the lying word game
Is it cheating at Slate Pears to do this:
```
cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep -v -e '[^a-z]' -e '[^'$BASE$LET1$LET2']' |
grep "$LET1$LET2" |
grep -v -e $LET1'[^'$LET2']' -e $LET1'$' -e '^'$LET2 -e '[^'$LET1']'$LET2 | awk '{printf("%d %s\n", length($0), $0) }' | sort -nr
```
?
```
cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep -v -e '[^a-z]' -e '[^'$BASE$LET1$LET2']' |
grep "$LET1$LET2" |
grep -v -e $LET1'[^'$LET2']' -e $LET1'$' -e '^'$LET2 -e '[^'$LET1']'$LET2 | awk '{printf("%d %s\n", length($0), $0) }' | sort -nr
```
?
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Is it cheating at Slate Pears to do this:
```
cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep -v -e '[^a-z]' -e '[^'$BASE$LET1$LET2']' |
grep "$LET1$LET2" |
grep -v -e $LET1'[^'$LET2']' -e $LET1'$' -e '^'$LET2 -e '[^'$LET1']'$LET2 | awk '{printf("%d %s\n", length($0), $0) }' | sort -nr
```
?
```
cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep -v -e '[^a-z]' -e '[^'$BASE$LET1$LET2']' |
grep "$LET1$LET2" |
grep -v -e $LET1'[^'$LET2']' -e $LET1'$' -e '^'$LET2 -e '[^'$LET1']'$LET2 | awk '{printf("%d %s\n", length($0), $0) }' | sort -nr
```
?
Was the Louvre security system relying on AWS?
October 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Was the Louvre security system relying on AWS?