The whole Apple vs. DMA thing has me feeling unenthusiastic, and it could...
I’ve not weighed in on Apple’s battle with the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act because, frankly, it seems out of my depth, and I’m not a citizen of the EU so I don’t think my opinion about...
View ArticleOne a Month Club
I wrote the other night, after several hours of keyboard-mashing, mouse-clicking, and DNS-wrangling: Too tired to write a proper introduction post, but I’m happy to say that oneamonth.club is now a...
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Shortcuts Tips: Creating Fallbacks
When I build shortcuts, I like to think through all the usual ways that someone might want to use it. And then I try to think through the unusual ways someone might use it. To account for different...
View Article7 Things This Week [#136]
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ Apple is moving steadily toward their sustainability goals, this time updating...
View ArticleStudy Abroad, Hobbies, and Blogging Origins with Valerie V
“Being a PenPal with someone in Kyrgyzstan” is not something that I would have had on my Bingo card a couple of years ago. Which is my way of saying that I’ve got a new exchange with Valerie up on our...
View ArticleNow, March 2024
Taking a page out of Maique’s book and trying a more bite-sized /now update. 🏋️♀️ A weight has been lifted off my shoulders after discussing my Leap Year plans with my wife. I wanted to have more of...
View ArticleAll eBooks Are Not Created Equal
I got a nasty surprise when I purchased an “ebook” version of a climbing manual this week. I thought it was going to be great. I could load it up, along with other guidebooks and reference books, onto...
View ArticleMy Wishes for AirPods (4th gen)
This isn’t a novel thing to say, but I’m a big fan of AirPods. I’ve named them as my most transformational tech product in the past, and I spend multiple hours every day with them in my ears. I’ve...
View Article7 Things This Week [#137]
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ Blogroll.social is a new site from Dave Winer with a neat way to display a blogroll:...
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Scott Yu-Jan’s Macintosh Studio
I know I just shared a bunch of links in 7 Things, but then I saw this video from Scott Yu-Jan. WOW! He 3D-printed a case for the Mac Studio in the style of the original Macintosh, with a slot in the...
View ArticleMicro.blog is becoming the fabric of the open social web of your dreams
Manton Reece, creator of Micro.blog, with some pretty momentous news on this Easter Sunday: Some folks on Micro.blog who also actively use Bluesky have noticed something new we’ve been rolling out...
View Article7 Things (Which Are My Favorite Routes I Climbed in Red Rocks) This Week...
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. I was in Las Vegas all week — not to gamble, but to climb in the beautiful Red Rocks...
View ArticlePenPaling With Valerie: Ramadan Updates, Crampons, Photoblogging, and More...
From my latest exchange with Valerie V.: You said, “posting a photo every day is quite a commitment”. Yes, I used to think of my blog as “posting a picture every day”. But now I think of it as...
View ArticleDigital Toolmaker
If you’re new around here, I’ll let you in on a little secret: I love building shortcuts. I have 579 of them in my personal library at the moment, and I’d guess that I built or modified about half of...
View ArticleRE: ‘Goodbye Micro.blog’
Being the Micro.blog advocate that I am (read this whole thing with that grain of salt), I’m always curious about why someone chooses to leave, as Khürt Williams did this morning: In conclusion, there...
View ArticlePenPal with Ratika: What does the sky look like where you are?
For the PenPal Project this month, I’m chatting with Ratika Deshpande, as writer’s writer — in that she’s authoring a book — and boy does it show: What does the sky look like where you are? Pictures...
View Article7 Things This Week [#139]
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ Huh. Third-graders are no longer frightened of quicksand as I was. [🔗 Radiolab //...
View ArticleCSS Naked Day
I saw this blog post from Dominik Schwind, writing for lostfocus.de, about CSS Naked Day: It’s CSS Naked Day! And if (big if) my if works properly, you should see this website without any CSS on April...
View ArticleI Didn’t Hate Apple’s Immersive MLS Highlights Reel
I just watched the Apple Immersive Video MLS Highlights reel that been talked about… and I didn’t think it was nearly as bad as I expected based on the rhetoric. Sure, there were too many jump cuts...
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Shortcuts Tips: Size Doesn’t Matter
My latest tiny tool is a three-action shortcut that helped me quickly get all the new descriptions for oneamonth.club formatted correctly. I had emailed all the member creators asking for their...
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Edelrid’s Design Team Is at the Top of Their Game
Edelrid is making some of the coolest, most forward-thinking climbing gear at the moment. My first exposure to their brand was through the Mega Jul, a belay device that offers assistive braking...
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Humane pinned their launch date, if not their pin
Say what you will about Humane’s Ai Pin1, I have to give them credit for nailing the timeline they set years ago, perhaps at the very outset of the company. Their whole brand and logo, revealed in...
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Making a dynamic auto-sorting list in Shortcuts to easily deploy memes
So you like memes. (Me too!) And you like Markdown. (Right there with ya, buddy.) And you’re the sort of person who cares about web accessibility, and you do your best to add alt text (image...
View Article7 Things This Week [#140]
Slug: /7-things-this-week-140 A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ If Keenan blogs, there’s a good chance I’m going to link...
View ArticlePenPal with Valerie: Climbing, Crafts, and Wrap-up
Valerie and I wrapped up our month(+) of email exchanges: And on that note, I suppose we’ll bring this part of our public conversation to a close. I’m so glad that we connected and have been able to...
View ArticlePenPal with Ratika: Sleep, Routines, and Short Stories
From my latest exchange with Ratika Deshpande: The sky is a color that refuses to be named; it is at once peach and grey and beige and white. I can’t think of anything to compare it to. In On Writing,...
View ArticleCrashing Clockwise #550: ‘Strap In and Forget My Email’
The tech podcast that just had its gears oiled! Audio narration generated using Shortcuts. ⏱️⏱️⏱️ Mikah Sargent: What is one of the first delightful things you remember doing on the World Wide Web?...
View Article7 Things This Week [#141]
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ This roundup of 20 years of Google searches really brought me back. [🔗 Carmen Ang //...
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My Favorite Alpine Draw Slings
Speaking of cool climbing gear, if you’re getting any traditional slings for alpine draws, general extensions, or building anchors, it’s hard to beat Mammut’s Contact Slings. They’re made of dyneema,...
View ArticleChatGPT Makes a Good Teacher & Quizmaster
Speaking of drafts you discover and then decide to publish, this was from last week. So I just used ChatGPT to learn about some CSS selector concepts I was confused by and, on a whim, asked it to quiz...
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Apple Watch + Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses make the perfect running combo, and...
As far as I’m concerned, this 8-minute YouTube video by Becca Farcace at The Verge is required viewing for anyone interested in the Meta Ray-Bans and will give you valuable context for this blog post....
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