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Robert Rackley

Orthodox Christian, aspiring minimalist, inteverate notetaker, budget audiophile and paper airplane mechanic.

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Tennis - At The Apartment (Live)

Tennis released an at home live video with friends just as they embark on a tour to promote their final album.

Tennis - At The Apartment (Live)
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Oh HEY, Hello

Why I went back to the HEY email service.

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So sentiments expressing objective claims of morality or beauty are still, as in Lewis’s day, found to be offensive, but sentiments expressing identity are seen as sacred. Alan Noble, on C.S. Lewis and education

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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

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Vinyl Me? No Thanks.

A record club wasn't able to make things work.

Vinyl Me? No Thanks.
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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

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Hookmark + Linkding

Two new tools for linking are inspiring me to step up my productivity game.

Hookmark + Linkding
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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

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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

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Several years ago, I listened to Terry Gross interview the son of a prominent religious leader, who had publicly broken with his father's legacy and migrated to another, rather different branch of the tradition. Gross asked why he had not simply let his faith go altogether. His reply