Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk (2011), Didn’t It Rain (2013) Aimee Mann: Lost In Space (2002), The Forgotten Arm (2005), One More Drifter in the Snow (2006), @#%&*! Smilers (2008), Charmer (2012), Mental Illness (2017) Alexi Murdoch: Time Without Consequence (2006) Regina Spektor: What We Saw … read more

I’m the proud new caretaker of a Dayton Audio hybrid tube amplifier. I’ve wanted to get into tube amplification for a long time. This solution seems like a great starting point– the efficiency (and temperature) of solid-state power amplification with the sweetness (and warmth) of a … read more

Re: Rapid Log, I’ve established a daily log in Obsidian and installed the Actions for Obsidian app on all the platforms to hopefully allow my work iPad, work PC, home Mac, and phone to log to the note. Quick entry with the Stream Deck?? #shortcuts #obsidian

Love optimized charging. Sits patiently after gassing up to top off before I get up around 6.

Thinking about the idea of a daily rapid log that gets archived every night. Supported by something like a Drafts action that appends something to the end of a note. Maybe a shortcut connected into Obsidian.

I’d love to build a basic automation in Omnifocus that allows me to tie a focus mode to certain perspectives. When I’m in my office, for example, a geofence triggers my Work focus mode. That focus mode already filters my calendars (in the iOS Calendar) and my email inboxes (in Spark). … read more

A few months ago, Apple’s Music app decided I needed to back up my music. At least, that’s what I’m assuming happened. Somehow, by some act of God, my music library was populated with a duplicate file of every song in my collection. We’re talking hundreds of gigabytes, here, … read more

Current home screens— I’m working on stripping out as many icons as possible and replacing them with shortcuts designed to trigger the specific things I need those apps for.

I’m fascinated by workspaces and studios. I love to see the infrastructure behind creation and creativity.

From an interesting piece on The Verge: They each seem to have spontaneously discovered that shortform videos from strangers are simply more compelling than the posts and messages from friends that made up traditional social media. Call it the carcinization of social media, an inevitable outcome … read more

File under “Well this certainly won’t help your case, Jim.” TikTok Browser Can Track Users’ Keystrokes, According to New Research In the web browser used within the TikTok app, supplementary code lets the company track every character typed by users. The company said the … read more

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Have you seen this cat?

Please always remember that the only one who wins is Mr. McBean.

I’ve never been more proud of an Arkham Horror deck title than I am for my “Darrell Simmons, the Photographer” deck.

“Gentle on the ear you whisper softly, rumors of a dawn so embracing. Breathless love awaits darkened souls; soon will we know of the morning.”

The point of art is encounter, experience– if you’re continually framing that encounter as primarily a function of your own brand or politics, you’ll lose the track on what makes art important in the first place.

“I get ideas in fragments…it’s as if in the other room, there’s a puzzle; all the pieces are together. But in my room, they just flip one piece at a time into me. The first piece that I get is a fragment of the whole puzzle, but I fall in love with this fragment…and … read more

You’ve heard of “Elf on a Shelf.” Now get ready for:

Combatting the desire to spend the rest of the day watching Camelot and lying on the couch.