iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 05/07/2026

This is hard to put down. All “smart”watches should work this way.

Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 04/07/2026

Can’t sleep. Why not build a Sutnar inspired watch face? apps.repebble.com/sutnar_8d995... www.artic.edu/artists/2527... #pebble #ladislav

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 04/07/2026

Built a pebble watchface that I’m happy with. Build details and installation instructions are here: www.nilcoast.com/blog/buildin...

Brutalist pebble watch face with iMessage support.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 03/07/2026

Finally took my wthr.cloud app to its logical conclusion. Built atop the amazing WeatherStar4000 open source project. wthr.benoist.dev

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 11/06/2026

They did the same near Glenwood and Granville— better than bollards!

Downed tree laying across a road with a blue car underneath

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 01/06/2026

I prefer building watch faces to web sites.

Pebble 2 watch face featuring mouse
follow eyes and a compact design.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 27/04/2026

Trees down in Edgewater

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 27/03/2026

I think Wikipedia found the line between LLMs as tools vs LLMs for wasteful slop. With the shutting down of Sora and firm statements by the folks @wikipedia.org I feel a smidge of hope that we’re starting to pass the fascination with slop phase— I don’t want to read gen-facts, prose, or poems.

A snippet from Wikipedia’s take on AI slop in articles with highlights over the words that define the line between LLMs as tools and as slop machines 🎰

generated articles. Editors' position, as well as the position of the Wikimedia Foundation, has been to not make blanket rules against AI because Wikipedia already uses some forms of automation, and because AI tools could assist editors in the future.
The new policy doesn't ban the use of other automated tools that are already in use or future implementations, but it does show the Wikipedia community is less optimistic about the benefit of AI-generated content, and taking a stand against it.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 08/03/2026

The Bride wasn’t great, but the bike ride, the theater, and the weather were lovely.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 05/02/2026

Coding is now finally a hobby.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 13/12/2025

I know it’s hip to get to 0 inbox, but what about -1?

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 10/12/2025

Use comic sans you cowards.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 19/11/2025

I really hope this typo was intentional and not AI slop. This is page is live. Speed: Must blast the bus at more than 5mph.

Landing page screen shot of Amazon Prime’s Speed (1994) getting the actual speed of the bus wrong.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 12/11/2025

Northern lights in Edgewater.

A dark sky with green and purple auroras and St Gertie

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 09/11/2025

This one is old enough to order a beer.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 07/11/2025

Where have all the Rude boys, gone? youtu.be/hzTZzo40PUg?...

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 25/10/2025

That boat scene in Willy Wonka was a surprise to the cast as well. Thanks Gene.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 18/10/2025

Benoists eating beignets.

A cute red head named Benoist eats a beignet.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 16/10/2025

I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don’t like the vehicle.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 16/10/2025

Let’s fill this in. Are we done yet?

The red line tracks are in the background and there’s some prime real estate for infill in the foreground.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 23/09/2025

Goooooood morning, Mr Cicada. Isn’t it late in the season? Where’s your brooders.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 23/09/2025

Edith is ready and waiting for The Rapture. I always preferred Liquid Liquid.

A terrier looking contemplative on a porch

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 22/09/2025

Floor gender reveal party was a success.

Sections of carpet revealing 100+ year old hardwood floors.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 20/09/2025

It’s pretty fun. Mine is pink.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 14/09/2025

It’s one of my favorite spots.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 10/09/2025

I’m really hoping this @frame.work replaces my m4…

Bubblegum and blue 12” framework laptop installing ubuntu

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 08/09/2025

Sure, that's your code— now :)

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 07/09/2025

90% of homes that I visited growing up looked a lot like this. I used to help my Dad install drapes in Fort Lauderdale.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 29/08/2025

It’d be really nice if we didn’t have to hang these in literal sanctuaries.

Constitutional rights against ICE agents, in a Church.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 26/08/2025

Met the neighborhood watch.

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 18/08/2025

Are you sure we should do a service extraction in 3 days and re-launch the website? What's the worst that could happen? join1440.com got a new brain today :)

An ambitiously named repo, written in just a few days, now holding up 4.5 million viewers

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Erik ❤️ @benoist.dev · 18/08/2025

MN state fair has some sacrilegious food. The Uncrustable Burger should be punted on merit alone, but the Pizza Cheese Curd Tacos... www.mnstatefair.org/new/food/