2026
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Recently Read
A weekly recap of the articles and posts I’ve read that I think are worth your time. GitHub – Myraas/BetterGreenButton: A tiny macOS menu-bar utility that makes the green window button maximize instead of fullscreen · GitHub — A tiny macOS menu-bar utility that makes the green window button maximize instead of fullscreen. YES! We…
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Get The Party Started by Shirley Bassey
If today were a genre, what would it be? Pick a matching song. It’s a birthday weekend! Today we have Jacks’ party, and tomorrow we have his cousins party. To say Jack is excited for his party is an understatement, we’ve just got to try and keep him calm adjacent until this afternoon! “Get The…
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Jack is 5
Every month, on the 9th of the month, I write him a letter. Sometimes it’s only a few paragraphs, sometimes I find myself realising something about his character that I recognise in me and write about how that played out through my life. Mostly I just write about what has happened in the previous month,…
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6 Months of Bubbles
So this is a little unprecedented. I wrote this post and sent it on to Ben as a heads-up. I’ve included a summary of his excellent, well-reasoned reply and have to agree with all his points. And for the eagle-eyed, you may have noticed that he’s already made a change, with the Random view moved…
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Dancing in the Dark by Hot Chip
What’s a remix or cover you like more than the original? Heck what a question! Fires up his playlist of Cover versions… well, let’s see. Lianne La Havas version of Weird Fishes is a wonderful reimagining in a trip hop style with her smooth soaring vocals over it. Glorious. Ben L’Oncle Soul covers Seven Nation…
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Aphasia by Pinegrove
What’s a hidden gem or underrated song you love? I think it was a recommendation from a website that took me to this artist. Describe as emo meets alt-country, I loved their sound, and especially (as you’ll have noted already, Dear Reader) the lyrics. I saw them live twice in two different, very small, venues…