“I have sad news that I have decided to shut down the mastodon.technology instance.”
Looks like I’m going to need a new instance: ashfurrow.com/blog/mast…
While visiting the new bookstore near me yesterday, I was reminded how pleasant it is to wander through a bookstore instead of clicking and scrolling online. I always leave a bookstore with a sort of serene, mellow vibe. And books!
I am disabling cross-posting to Mastodon and Twitter. It still feels weird pushing the exact same nonsense to three different platforms every single time. I’ll do it by hand if needed. I’d love for Micro.blog to allow for more granular (per-post, per-service) x-posting.
“‘It Just Works’ causes a pervasive ethos of incuriosity that’s marketed to us as a luxury.”
“The Dark Side of Frictionless Technology” newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-br…
These instructions are on the TAOCP page (by Donald Knuth), but should be universal: “your message should be readable on brand-X operating systems for all values of X”: www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/ta…
Every single person pulls the handle first. Every time.
I see the race is on to be in the first group of Thought Leaders around Tana.
Vesper, 2022 - ★★★½
I loved the mood of the film, even though it was grindingly bleak. Great visuals. Interesting ideas. A bit too long and a bit too thin on narrative and characters.
If I could keep just two 35mm film cameras, these would do nicely.
I do not keep a diary although I plan to start doing so any day now. Every preparation is in place and it only remains for me to begin.
Thinking about how I think is, by hours spent, my number one favourite hobby. As hobbies go it fits somewhere between self-flagellation and NFTs.
My “Inspiration Board” is telling.
I wake up every day swearing off Emacs and go to bed every night having put even more of my life into it.
Maybe renewing my Micro.blog subscription will cheer me up. Let’s find out!
Bullet Train, 2022 - ★★★½
Moved right along, while going nowhere. And for too long.
Dinner in America, 2020 - ★★★★
Simon's character needed to bring it down a notch, but the second half was great.
Strawberry Mansion, 2021 - ★★★★
Sweet, weird, lo-fi, candy-colored fantasy. I love movies that make me say "WTF?!" in a good way. I'm totally naming my turtle Sugarbaby.
Confess, Fletch, 2022 - ★★½
I like Hamm, but he's not Fletch. Not for me, anyway. His snark seemed pasted on and used inconsistently. I found it...boring? Maybe the next one will be better.
Three Thousand Years of Longing, 2022 - ★★★½
I'll watch Tilda Swinton do anything. Like most, I loved the visuals. Thought things just sort of fizzled out toward the end. I didn't buy the love story. Was there no chemistry? I didn't see any chemistry.
Thor: Love and Thunder, 2022 - ★★½
You get a joke, and you get a joke, and YOU get a joke. An extra half-star for the screaming goats.