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Forevergreen
Link: Forevergreen — Academy Award®–Nominated Animated Short Film | Now Streaming for a Limited Time This 13-minute animated short film Forevergreen is delightful food for the soul. The filmmakers released...
3D printed whistles
Link: 3D Printed Whistles I got a 3D printer for fun and making stuff and now it’s my whole personality. (More on this soon.) It is also an outlet for...
Net fulfillment over net worth
Gina Trapani The most common piece of personal finance advice out there is to “know your net worth”—the number that represents your assets minus your liabilities. As a money nerd...
You will die anyway
I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die. The truth is that you...
Intentions over resolutions, habits over goals
January 1st may be an arbitrary Gregorian boundary condition, but I love an annual moment to take stock and plan change. This year I’m focusing less on resolutions to achieve...
AI CEO
Link: AI CEO (via) AI CEO generates corporate executive thought leadership at the push of a button. “We’re not destroying habitats, we’re creating urban opportunities for wildlife.” Tags: #llms #work...
New year, new notebook
Gina Trapani Happy New Year! My favorite January tradition is treating myself to a fresh new notebook. A friend asked our group what our best notebooks are, and that question...
Best things I watched, listened to, and read in 2025
Netflix What do you like, and why do you like it? Personally, I have to practice answering this question. I get influenced by what others like. I have an internal...
Our interfaces have lost their senses
Link: Our interfaces have lost their senses Digital tech has flattened our experience of the world to text under a glass touchscreen, writes Amelia Wattenberger in a beautifully-illustrated essay. We...
The art of KPop Demon Hunters
Link: The Art of KPop Demon Hunters Netflix released 142 gorgeous pages of digital art and behind-the-scenes stories about the making of KPop Demon Hunters, its most-watched film of all...
Be bored
Be bored. Be by yourself. Let your mind wander. Let your imagination breathe and watch what comes. Watch what comes and have the courage and the audacity to just try....
How to fix a typewriter and your life
Link: How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (via) I can’t get this lovely second-half story out of my head: Paul Lundy, a man in his mid-50s, left his...
Weekend computer build
Gina Trapani Last weekend’s Black Friday deals lured me to my local computer superstore, where I picked up a bunch of parts, went home, unboxed them all, plugged them into...
Stuff I built just for me in 2025
It’s the easiest it’s ever been to make software–especially simple apps, single-serving websites, and scripts. This year I’ve been having a blast programming again and I’ve really embraced the idea:...
High achievers are the most insecure
High achievers are perhaps the most insecure people among us. Competitive people behave the way they do because without those daily victories they struggle to accept themselves. They need constant...
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
Link: Jmail, logged in as [email protected] (via) Search and read Jeffrey Epstein’s email as if you were logged into his Google account with Jmail. Luke Igel and Riley Walz converted...
Busy simulator
Link: Busy Simulator (via) Brian Moore’s Busy Simulator makes repeating app sounds that make you seem incredibly busy. Fun exercise: observe how your body feels when you hear these sounds....
Trans portraits made from Harry Potter books
Link: Tai Ericson on Instagram Tai Ericson is using donated Harry Potter books to make portraits of transgender people who have been murdered, including Sam Nordquist and Ra’Lasia Wright. “The...
The art of interacting incorrectly
Link: The Art of Interacting Incorrectly (via) Artist Isabel Fish created a dozen animated horses using “unconventional methods” with her computer, including with smudges on her screen, Excel, Google Maps,...
Lily Allen's West End Girl
Link: Lily Allen - West End Girl Like everyone else on the internet, I’m completely obsessed with Lily Allen’s newest album, West End Girl. Allen wrote and recorded all 14...