A weekly recap of the articles and posts I’ve read that I think are worth your time.
- A 450-year History of Blogging · brennan.day — Not sure how I missed this one —I follow Brennan’s wonderful blog— but an interesting take on ‘logging’ for sure.
- On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness | The Idle Gazette — “To be idle is to occupy time that has been removed from the economy of usefulness altogether, time that will never be redeemed, time spent as an end in itself rather than as a means to some later, more respectable end.”
- Daring Fireball: It’s True That I Stole Your Lighter, and It’s Also True That I Lost the Map — I don’t always agree with Gruber but he nails this.
- Right said fred – Bez Lightyear — Ugh. We are on a dark path indeed.
- My folding iPhone predictions — Noting this on the 7th Sept (two days before any announcement) as Matt echoes a lot of my thoughts.
- SciFi Books: The Golden Oldies – wry writer — Great. MORE amazing books to add it my list! 😉
- Weird little guys of FOSS — There are more, lesser known, ones. But you gotta stop a list somewhere!
- Wonders of Web Weaving — Have I recommended this podcast before? It’s still new, but well worth a listen for some interesting discussions with a variety of ‘web’ people. Humans are endlessly fascinating.
- The age-gating of history – Hi, I’m Heather Burns — It’s been a while. I wasn’t there but can still remember that day. Watching on TV in the office canteen. Seeing the second tower hit. And later at home turning the TV off because it was all too much.
- Are women better than men at endurance running? – BBC Sport — Yes.
- The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life | Freddie Mercury | The Guardian — Still such a loss.
- “Don’t remind people what you aren’t”: DC’s Richard Bruning on prestige, Vertigo, and why Paul Levitz wouldn’t buy a Mac, Part 1 – The Comics Journal — Never fully gotten into Comics but love the passion and background that this interview shows.
- A Note from Your Editor Regarding the Entirely Routine Authentication of Your Humanity – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency — Ha ha ha haaaa ohh wait, this isn’t funny at all!
- I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian — This is always where my mind goes at the moment. How will [insert tech] work in Jacks life?
- Who Was the Falling Man from 9/11? – Falling Man Identity Revealed — Still shakes me, all this time later.
- Why Is the iPhone Duo? – Pixel Envy — A good question.
What are your thoughts?