Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

My weekly Claude Fable limit resets every Tuesday. I usually work through it in a day or two, then I have to wait again. So I’ve noticed myself saving up more ambitious asks the rest of the week, waiting until I have time with the model again. It reminds me of computing history accounts of time-sharing mainframes.

I’ve started collecting apps and tools that capture the some of feeling of making something IRL. These are (presumably) built with AI coding agents, but the better ones also come from people who (presumably) know a thing about how their analog analogues work.

Is there a name for the sensation of a perfectly purring engine?

Mac History on YouTube

In this episode of CuriosiD, Russ McNamara fishes for answers as to why so many fire stations in Detroit have koi ponds.

I’m thinking about formats today. Though, it’s more accurate to say I’m often thinking about them for this newsletter. In the past, it’s been a book publishing dispatch, travelogue, link grab-bag, wee...

Hiring a personal AI assistant taught me that you can’t automate away upkeep—and that might be a good thing

Digging my way out after illness.

Dumpling Club Patreon, William Gibson, and The Fabelmans

Come to my digital mending circle.

Or: Welcome to the butt spa.

Writing reintroductions, obscure computing laws, and the Sagan-Muppet connection.

Music for an Eclipse · Playlist · 27 songs · 337 likes

Watch now: History of The Graphical User Interface (GUI): A Wonderful Curse https://youtu.be/fHMPGhezj0s?si=DuBg3tOL_hiEG7sYIn this clip from the Computer Ch...