God’s Grandeur

A lovely graphic rendering of one of Hopkins’ famous poems, by Julian Peters.


My “Now” page

After another trip around the sun, I’ve made some updates…


Tangled Up In Blue

“I don’t want to push the team to die over this,” Ms. Crawford told Mr. Musk at one point, trying to warn about burnout.

“Well, push them to just before they die,” Mr. Musk responded, laughing.”

An excerpt of the forthcoming book, Character Limit, published in The New York Times, gives some insight into the transition Twitter underwent in 2022.

Perhaps it will become a case study in the potential harms of organizational decision-making. Musk appears to offer a masterclass in how NOT to make decisions.


What we learned in our first year of 404 media

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How to Wheelie

I wish there was a video like this when I was 10. This looks so fun!


Roundup: Eric Schmidt says the quiet part out loud

if nobody uses your product, it doesn’t matter that you stole all the content.

Your digital ethics can’t be good if your business ethics are bad.


Someone just unironically asked me:

Is the pope Catholic?


Happy 100th Birthday, Brother Alberic!

When asked about what drew him to monastic life he answered, “Nothing. It wasn’t attractive at all.” It just got into his head that it was something he ought to do, he said, and the idea wouldn’t go away.

I love this response so much! Vocations are mysterious.


Turd, turd, turd. Turd is a word.

Screenshot of NYT's Spelling Bee game, indicating that the word "turd" is "not in word list."&10;&10;That's crap.


In our increasingly algorithmic society, we should look to wisdom like this, from the James Beard Award-Winning Hansen’s Sno-Bliz:

The wall of Hansen's Sno-Bliz on Tchopitoulas St. in New Orleans, LA. It is a mosaic of various signs and framed images, including: a menu, black & white photographs, a framed James Beard Award, and a sign that reads,

There are no short-cuts to quality.