I don’t know with certainty that language is a virus, but if not, it’s certainly a carrier.

Beyond “Existentialism”

With gratitude to Terence, Dennis, Lorenzo and Joe


Pro-Tip

I could not get OwnYourGram to work until I created an account on GitHub that pointed back to my Micro.Blog URL, then added that GitHub username to my account in the account settings on Micro.Blog.

After that it was like butter.

I’m not a developer, but okay…


Words, and Writing Them Down

Picking which idea gets written first is a tricky proposition. I close my eyes and listen to them recite themselves over and over. Some lead to more ideas. Others stand alone starkly or awkwardly. Some seem ridiculously and unnecessarily revealing. Or mundane. Or grandiose. Vain. A trope. My internal editor red-lines most everything, anymore. However, I still crave writing and returning to the habit. Baby steps.

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“I know that when we listen, deeply, to the experiences of other people, we often actually find ourselves standing in front of our own mirror, and we can see ourselves."

—Esther Perel

/Via Zero to Five


Bacon cannot be rushed.

It will not be rushed.


Was gifted a new Apple TV for Father’s Day. First I watched Tron, then 808.


In other project news, I’m keeping an older EliteBook pc notebook alive via Ubuntu. I made the leap to Mesa 18.1.1 for video.

I don’t think it’s the placebo effect—video and rendering seem better, artifacts seem fewer.

/via OMG! Ubuntu!


In the past several weeks I have been working on long-dormant web projects, including changing my registrar, changing service with my host, adding SSL finally, then adding Micro.blog. Feels like home.


Very grateful to @manton for a new vision of networking and for rapid assistance on a technical issue.


A question I had not thought to ask before:

Why is today different from all other days?

via Fast Company