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A description of software development
The rock—
It was about thirty feet long and ten feet wide, and blueish.
“What an amazing panorama,” said Twoflower, his eyes shining.
“Um, what’s keeping us up?” said Rincewind.
from The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
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The Democratic Chair
Curtis Buchanan put up a wonderful video series on how to make his “Democratic chair” with only ten tools. As Curtis puts it:
Giving people an equal opportunity regardless of economic status is kind of the definition of “democratic.”
Definitely worth a look if you have any interest in chair making. Kudos to Curtis for making this available for free. Open source woodworking is pretty cool.
hattip to Peter Follansbee, who just finished up his version
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Stuff for Dec 17 2019
Just a random set of stuff I stumbled across today.
wat The Far Side, on the web official. Cows have flown.
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Blue Mondays
The first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 came out recently and it features an orchestral cover of Blue Monday by New Order. Here’s that cover:
This kicked off a search for other covers of Blue Monday. Here’s a crazy one using instruments from the 1930s:
Here’s Orgy’s cover from a while ago
And finally, here’s the original for comparison:
And the search for orchestral covers of 80’s synth songs continues…
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Fancy fonts from iA
I’m a bit late to this party, but the fine folks over at iA released some very interesting variable fonts. I’ve always liked using their writer; I think I’ll give these a shot in my code editor.
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My new favorite weekend cocktail
The carajillo at Cicatriz is certainly (and by far) the best I’ve tasted, but it is not, I’ll admit, the one I crave. Because my platonic carajillo is not, by any rational standard, a good drink. It’s cloying and unbalanced and, as Patan pointed out, both utilitarian and over-the-top. It’s irresistibly fusty, the sort of thing my Manischewitz-swilling, Irish-Catholic great-grandmother would have loved. It’s served, as it was the first time I drank it at the classic Cantina Mirador de Chapultepec (a favorite among the city’s famously corrupt politicans), in an oversized brandy snifter under the gracious eye of a bow-tied bartender, elbow-to-elbow with people who couldn’t possibly care less whether it’s actually “good” or not.It’s a drink that makes you say carajo—fuck it.
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Takin’ a break, 2019
One of the best perks of working for Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, Happy Tools, Akismet, Gravatar is that every five years you get to take a 3-month, paid sabbatical. It’s a wonderful perk, and if it sounds wonderful to you, check us out.
Mine starts on Monday. So I’m unplugging from Slack, turning off WordPress notifications and spending some time doing off line stuff.
If Lucy has her way, that means a lot of fishing.
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Nothing beats boots on the ground
My wife and I thought this plan was a very bad idea. So we began to fight it. We spread the word about the plan to move the library. We talked about why this was a bad idea, and proposed alternatives. We met with other people opposed to this idea to map out strategy. But most importantly, we attended meetings where the people who made the decisions about the redevelopment plan would be.
Since January, my wife and I have spent most of our free nights attending meeting after meeting. Library board of trustee meetings. Redevelopment agency meetings. Town council meetings. Redevelopment advisory committee meetings. Local Democratic Party meetings. Redevelopment town hall meetings. And any meeting we could think of where we could talk to people face to face about the library.
And we won. The mayor wound up announcing that the library would not be moving.
Wilbur at Giant CypressCongrats Wilbur! Enjoy that downtown library.
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Detroit Hives 🐝
YouTube video on Detroit Hives Stumbled across this video about Detroit Hives, a cool little business based around transforming vacant lots around Detroit into bee farms. And they’re running on WordPress and WooCommerce!
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NetNewsWire 5, Alpha 1
My favorite RSS Reader is back, with its first alpha release on the new 5.0 line. I’ve been using it a couple of days now, syncing with my Feedbin account, and really enjoy it. Reading is quick and easy, just keep hitting spacebar. And I love the “Today” search, which limits my unreads to just what’s new today. Pretty darn impressive for an alpha 1.
Here’s Brent’s release post on his site.
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Angry Verlander’s Amazing Inning
I was so sad when the Tiger’s finally traded him to the Astros, but happy for him to finally get a ring.
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The Man Who Tried to Count to Infinity | Moss and Fog
Reminds me a bit of Momento Mori, but in the opposite direction.Source: The Man Who Tried to Count to Infinity | Moss and Fog
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Animating SVG with CSS
A nice intro to animating SVG with CSS animations. I wasn’t aware that inline presentation attributes in SVG were easy to override from CSS.
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The Electoral College, According to a Math Teacher
How, exactly, does it differ from a popular vote?
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The Law School Goes Under
The amazing story of how the Law Library at U of M ended up underground. To this day, one of my absolute favorite places on campus.
Source: The Law School Goes Under | University of Michigan Heritage
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@zingermansbakehouse big o cookies, dried cherries instead of raisans because raisans are gross #homecooking
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New spice racks From the Black oak we took down a few years ago.
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Sourdough no. 7 Using @kingarthurflour starter now instead of our homebrew.
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