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More fun from the archives: article tiling algorithm for a digital magazine layout engine on the first gen iPad.

The content feed was backed by RSS. Google Reader during development, if memory serves.

Aesthetically pleasing layout required conceding that publication date was only one factor in sequencing, but how heavily this factor was weighted depended on the average frequency of publication (the more temporal distance between units, the more important that sequencing be preserved).

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theverge.com/2023/8/25/2384559

“[T]hinking takes place in your brain. * * * It’s here here that the connections are made and the insights are formed. And it is a process that stubbornly resists automation.”

Up until this statement, I was growing concerned that Casey was attempting to outsource the intellectual sine qua non of knowledge. It’s along the edges of the graph where insights live. If you outsource that to a machine, you’ve substituted its thinking for your own. (Contra, a Zettelkasten)

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Summer. Eye Contact. Yellow, Green, Cute All Over. 

I brought summer colors to Montreal with me. ☺️

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Soothing trees to soothe you and to soothe me.

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Somehow my screen got featured in an org meeting this morning. And, somehow, I don’t disapprove of being seen. 🙂

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension was released 39 years ago today.
Time for a rewatch!

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You can now open and use SQLite files in Emacs 😎 xenodium.com/emacs-29s-sqlite-

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Not all the stuff I listened to back in the 90’s still lands, but some of it does. 😭

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Eye contact. Denim. The color red. 

My goals today are simple: (1) support my engineers; (2) be kind to myself; (3) cry when I need to. .

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I’m not sure how an 11” dog can so reliably kick a 72” person out of her own bed, but here we are again. 😑

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Any day where I can capture four decent photographs of my friends and their families is a good one in my book. 🥰

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Musk and building inspectors in standoff over giant neon X sign

There are currently two active investigations into Twitter's HQ signage changes.

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I’ve known these two fools since high school, and yet—in my eyes—this is the first photo we’ve ever taken together.

It’s so good to be seen.

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The Whore of Blahbylon

SUBMIT
OBEY
CONSUME

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Back from San Diego Comic-Con.@pauline and I dressed up; there was dancing; Tori Amos played. Best one yet.

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Well. Was supposed to leave Tucson yesterday, but that was before the rain went sideways and knocked over 30 utility poles.

Hoping to sneak out tonight. Two hours left to deliver on this dream.

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Being in Tucson again, I am struck by the heat, and realize that skirts were always the solution. 💃

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Excite.

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Cosplay. Star Trek. Eye Contact. Comic-Con. 

Badge arrives tomorrow!!

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Cosplay. Star Trek. Eye Contact. Comic-Con. 

Starting to pack for Comic-Con. I’ve been promised dancing, so I’m cobbling together a Star Trek-like outfit for the occassion.

San Diego Comic-Con is the perfect place to get out of my comfort zone: the whole town dresses up, the crowd is crazy, and there’s a growing trans presence.

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