Oh HEY, Hello
Why I went back to the HEY email service.
Bio Vinyl
I noticed that The Cure was advertising their heavily praised new album Songs From A Lost World in a bio vinyl format. I was curious about what that meant. Fortunately, I had my good buddy Claude to help answer the question. He responded with this: Bio vinyl refers to vinyl
Vinyl Me? No Thanks.
A record club wasn't able to make things work.
The Precarious Fox
It seems that being a Firefox user means being in a constant state of trepidation about whether the app will last the year. For a long while now, it has been well known that the browser’s very survival depends on the largesse of its search partner, Google. The Mozilla
Hookmark + Linkding
Two new tools for linking are inspiring me to step up my productivity game.
Amazon Rufus
Amazon’s Rufus, which must be some kind of AI chatbot, wonders if I’ve got the following questions about Stereolab’s upcoming album Instant Holograms On Metal Film: * Can it be used on any type of metal surface? * Does it leave any residue after removal? * Is it easy to
Sticking It Out
David Brooks on doing things that aren’t easy because you feel compelled to do them. But when you look around you see a lot of people out there choosing to do unpleasant things. I don’t just mean those adventure freaks who feel compelled to climb Mount Everest, walk
The ChatGPT Mary Feature
The popular LLM is devoted to the Theotokos.
Accumulate Wisdom, Not Information
Chris Butler writes about the glut of information to which we are exposed and how that does not advance our wisdom or understanding. Think about this comparison: Information is to wisdom what pornography is to real intimacy. I’m not here to moralize, so I compare to pornography with all
The Perfect Villain
Ben Mendelsohn's portrayal of Orson Krennic gives Star Wars its most realistic bad guy.