Golang Diaries: Generics · My coding time this year has been invested in Quamina , an …

Long Links · Once again, a selection of long-form pieces for those who (unlike me) have jobs and …

Three Perfect Tools · We live in a world of things that have Product Managers and Design Teams and …

4,000,000m Lessons · The odometer on my e-bike clicked over to 4K and, rather than a general-purpose …

Three Perfect Tools · We live in a world of things that have Product Managers and Design Teams and …

Long Links · Welcome to another
, selected pointers to long-form pieces that have added value to my …

Professor Dale and Me · To misquote William Gibson: “The past is still here with us, just unevenly …

Get Computer Glasses · Let me guess: You spend a lot of time in front of a computer, to which is …

Long Links · Welcome to another curation of long-form pieces, the kind of thing that I, as a …

Long Links · Welcome to another curation of long-form pieces, the kind of thing that I, as a …

Get Back
Beatles documentary. I’m a pretty intense music geek and while I gather there were some …

2022 Crocuses · It is an annual tradition on this blog to celebrate the early-spring arrival, in our …

Lock-in and Multi-Cloud · Alone in a room with the customer’s CTO, I said “So, I spent this morning …

Pulp Fiction · A dozen years ago, our growing family created a problem: Too many books! So after I …

New Year’s Day · In Vancouver, we have a tradition of going for a walk on New Year’s Day, no matter …

New Year’s Day · In Vancouver, we have a tradition of going for a walk on New Year’s Day, no matter …

Long Links
early in each month, recommending long-form pieces that I’d had the time to read, …

Locally Optimal · It’s six months since my second Covid shot (team AZ/Moderna) and thus booster …

Broken Earth
,
The Expanse
Merchant Princes/Empire Games
Neapolitan Novels
The Sandman
Sandman Slim …

Listening to re:Invent · This is the week that AWS owns the tech news cycle because anyone who cares …

CL XLII: Picture Hugs · Out on a walk with Lauren, we stopped in a park and I noticed she was …

Overtorqued · I don’t write much about really personal stuff, but in recent years there have been …

Blah, Blah, Blah, Boom · COP26 is winding down, and I think nobody can seriously disagree with Greta …

Diablo Immortal · I tried out Diablo Immortal on my Galaxy Tab 7+ and, well, it’s pretty convincing …

Diablo Immortal · I tried out Diablo Immortal on my Galaxy Tab 7+ and, well, it’s pretty convincing …

Worst Case · Suppose you’re running your organization’s crucial apps in the cloud. Specifically, …

Catharsis · It was just a minor story in the business section , nothing front-page. But when …

Rock Decades · On Saturday September 25 th , 2021, we went to a concert by Cousin Harley featuring …

Blueskid Demo · I’ve been in the conversation around Twitter’s @bluesky project, and last December I …

Saving þ · Herewith a lost-pet story with (spoiler) a happy ending, starring a real bloodhound. …

LG C1 · What happened was, our TV is ten years old and (following on some renovations) we could use …

How Much Range? · When someone wants to talk to me about my car , invariably the first question is …

The Green Knight
movie … [4 comments]

Western Electric · At 6:30 PM on Wednesday August 4 th my 15-year-old daughter and I pulled up the …

Long Links · Welcome to the August 1st edition of “Long Links”, which assembles long-form pieces …

Music Notes · Herewith notes on what I’m listening to in 2021, and why that’s a problem. With …

Where’s the Apple M2? · DPReview just published Apple still hasn't made a truly “Pro” M1 Mac – …

Murderbot Diaries · I suffered a massive loss of productivity for a few days last week because I …

Investing Intro · We’ve started to actively manage some of our family investments. It’s entertaining …

Investing Intro · We’ve started to actively manage some of our family investments. It’s entertaining …

Long Links · Welcome to the June 2021 issue of
, in which I curate long-form works that I enjoyed …

LP Victory · Some readers may remember a February 2019 blog post describing how I inherited 900 or …

Sixteen Classics · I just finished writing about the process of, and lessons from , processing …

The Economist
. And folks, with a very few exceptions, it was pretty well all bad news. I feel …

Decarbonization · We’re trying to decarbonize our family as much as we can. We’re not kidding …

Decarbonization · We’re trying to decarbonize our family as much as we can. We’re not kidding …

Amazon Q1 2021 · Amazon announced their financial results for the January to March quarter last …

Amazon Q1 2021 · Amazon announced their financial results for the January to March quarter last …

Amazon Q1 2021 · Amazon announced their financial results for the January to March quarter last …

Topfew and Amdahl · On and off this past year, I’ve been fooling around with a program called Topfew …

Long Links · Welcome once again to
, a monthly curation of long-form pieces that pleased and …

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