I’m glad I don’t like lobster or I might have been tempted to act on the skate shop owner’s recommendation of the lobster rolls at Dollar General.
I’m glad I don’t like lobster or I might have been tempted to act on the skate shop owner’s recommendation of the lobster rolls at Dollar General.
Sticker selection from the skate shop.
Bought the hype and started reading Galahad and the Grail Merlin’s Isle by Malcolm Guite 📚.
The ATmosphere plugin for WordPress doesn’t work most of the time. I posted a review to that effect on the plugin page and it was deleted by the moderator because it was taken as “reporting a problem.” So basically, you can only leave positive reviews of WordPress plugins or they will get removed?
Brandon writes about having Reverse SAD — seasonal affective disorder that occurs during the summer instead of the winter.
Research also suggests that high temperatures might play a role in reverse SAD. Notable differences between summer and winter SAD are that summer SAD individuals may typically feel manic, whereas those with winter SAD lack energy. Georgetown University psychiatrist and professor Norman Rosenthal, who first described and coined the term Seasonal Affective Disorder, notes that the drop in temperature can be calming for those people, who might otherwise find the summer heat oppressive and agitating.
I am totally feeling this. When it’s 100 degrees actual temperature outside, like it was today, it’s easy to feel confined and isolated.
Details are scarce, but a Bluesky post has people once again wondering about the fate of Bandcamp.
my 13 years at bandcamp are coming to an end - i’ve been laid off along with most of the remaining engineers. best job i’ve ever had, working with the best people you could ever work with. unceremonious end to quite a ride.
Some are speculating that Bandcamp’s owner, Songtradr, has enough engineers to fill in the gaps and keep the service running. I would not be surprised if that were the case, and I don’t think this piece of news is necessarily an indicator that the service is shutting down, but nevertheless, it’s not a good thing.
My pen-pal Adam thought I would enjoy this video and he was right. The short combines my love of fonts and of prayer books.
This morning, my power briefly went off, which took out my Dyson fan. Despite having an error code on the screen, I went through the Dyson app, their chat and the website to find out what the issue could be with no success. With Claude, I had the fan back working in under 5 minutes.
Tortoise - I Set My Face to the Hillside (YouTube)
Last year, I bought TNT by Tortoise on CD from a Discogs seller.1 I should tell you, this sort of activity is as sure a sign of my devotion to a particular album as any. After all, I’ve got access to high-quality digital copies of albums like this through streaming. I don’t need to seek them out on an online marketplace, where, let’s face it, you don’t always know the quality of the merchandise.2
The Economist looks like it has some interesting pieces and I think I would enjoy their coverage, but I’m a lot less likely to subscribe to a publication that doesn’t allow me to share articles for discussion.