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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 19/09/2026

But would Road Runner beat Max Verstappen?

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 13/09/2026

It feels good to play around with making ontologies again.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 07/09/2026

"I don't know the answer myself, but I asked a blowhard I know and he took a wild guess, here's what he said: " How I interpret pasted replies from an LLM in online conversations

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 06/09/2026

literally me every time I think I might be a techie and can have a go at any self-hosting projects

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 05/09/2026

Three hours to kill on a Saturday afternoon in Central London..

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 05/09/2026

Today's entertainment - different crowd from Thursday!

A photo of the stage for the Football Clichés live show at the Southbank Centre

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 04/09/2026

This isn't anything particularly insightful, but one of the things that gets me about <The Technology Everyone's going Mad over> is (at least in general, every day discussions) how unfalsifiable a claim that it does something, is.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 02/09/2026

Booked a ticket for the @footballcliches.bsky.social live show on a whim, because why not.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 01/09/2026

Sitting next to a football agent on the train, on transfer deadline day 👀

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 29/08/2026

Well, after feeling good about managing to set up various instruments in Ableton Live, I'm now left baffled and frustrated *yet again* by the Push 2 just not... working in the way it's apparently mean to. And doing this solo means I'm stuck. Trying to learn music is truly frustrating.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 28/08/2026

Good news, everyone! I've found a really nice Neapolitan pizza place near me that does takeaway and delivery at a reasonable price and distance! The year is saved!

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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The BBC have gone too far employing Sith weather presenters.

A bbc weather presenter Chris Fawkes stands in front of the forecast screen which is showing a photo of lightning over a field. His hands are outstretched and it looks like the lightning is coming out of his fingers

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 26/08/2026

I really need an animated GIF of the "Machines will do the heavy work, men will supervise the machines" line from several @psbhq.bsky.social songs. Mostly because of the 'plus ça change'-ness of it.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 22/08/2026

Taking myself to the cinema tonight, because why not. End of Oak Street it is, then!

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My graphic design has really caught fire, without anyone really knowing, ever since I started using the typeface Inspector Sans.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 22/08/2026

Fascinated by The Athletic's transfer window taxonomy

A screenshot of the Athletic's transfer window tracker, with clear labels for the type of transfer activity happening

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 21/08/2026

Coffee nerds, assemble! I have a Sage/Breville Barista Express Impress. Lately, it's been slow to start building pressure, which should happen about 6-7 seconds into the brew. I've changed beans and tried finer grinds. What's going on?

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 20/08/2026

The Detectorists, but for a group of modular synth enthusiasts

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 16/08/2026

What are people using these days, instead of Meetup, for finding events?

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 14/08/2026

Was that really necessary?

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 13/08/2026

Left the office, no problem with Thameslink. Got to St. Pancras, whole thing down. Luckily, I should be able to route around...

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 11/08/2026

Listening to @footballcliches.bsky.social talk about law tweaks for the upcoming Premier League season, and now I can't stop thinking about lore tweaks instead. We've decided the pizza throwing incident was actually Papa John's, not Domino's.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 10/08/2026

(probably flawed) idea for a social networking thing - You Oughta Know, where you point two or more mutual followers who don't yet know each other, at one another, because you think they'll get on well or do good things together.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 09/08/2026

Right then, here's part one of my take on all this: r4isstatic.substack.com/p/tools-for-... (and I'm going to see if I can migrate over to Buttondown ASAP)

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Tools for Better Data, Now

Well structured data (has always) been hard - but worth it

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 09/08/2026

Right then, here's part one of my take on all this: r4isstatic.substack.com/p/tools-for-... (and I'm going to see if I can migrate over to Buttondown ASAP)

r4isstatic.substack.com

Tools for Better Data, Now

Well structured data (has always) been hard - but worth it

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 07/08/2026

Portions for Foxes, tonight.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Can’t believe we’re doing ‘which Americans did actual play first’ discourse again. How many times does Simon need to fall into a fucking hole before Treguard of Dunshelm finally gets his flowers, eh?

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Funniest Knightmare death ever!

YouTube video by Andy Bill

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 06/08/2026

Ok, OK, @doriantaylor.com & @danhon.com have basically provided the fodder for my next newsletter topic then. Well, it was something I was planning to write anyway, on tools and structured data and plural point of view, but now I can refer to their conversations too.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 06/08/2026

Off to see a man about a spider

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Gritty live action reboot of the Flintstones starring Joaquin Phoenix as Fred, Chloe Sevigny as Wilma and Paul Dano as Barney. Paul Thomas Anderson to direct. Score by Jonny Greenwood using only period instruments.

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This is perfect. Excerpt from a longer piece by Shawn Smucker, published here: shawnsmucker.substack.com/p/please-use-ai #poem #booksky #writing

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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 05/08/2026

Tools are easy now, data is hard

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 04/08/2026

BCN 🇪🇸 >>> LHR 🇬🇧

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Walkers should start producing small bags with exactly eight Quavers in them called Semibreve send tweet

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 30/07/2026

Does anyone remember an old internet meme/Flash animation, of a Gorilla, set to the music of ‘Jump’ by Van Halen? It was around the same time as the ‘Star Wars Gangsta Rap’ and ‘YATTA!’

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 27/07/2026

Finally finished reading this, after starting it last year in Lisbon. Wonderful, bittersweet, touching, fill of heart, and all the feels - loved it. Reminiscent of Halt & Catch Fire too.

A photo of the front cover of the book Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 27/07/2026

First episode going out later today, for anyone who wants to follow along...

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 25/07/2026

Turns out, I quite like Grasshopper cocktails.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 22/07/2026

Forgive me, but I might have rejoined Substack, mostly to have a place to start writing (and reworking) my work around structured data and digital narrative. It’ll probably eventually move somewhere more sustainable (Buttondown, maybe), but for now, it’s a start. Subscribe: r4isstatic.substack.com

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Paul Rissen | Substack

I’ve been writing, researching, prototyping in the area of structured data, narrative and the Web for twenty years. Here, I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned, done, and thought about. Click to read Paul...

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 21/07/2026

Doing birthday number 43 right. Happy birthday to me!

A photo of a piña colada. In the background is the Mediterranean Sea.

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 19/07/2026

In Barcelona for one night. Depending on the outcome of tonight's match, I'm not sure how much sleep I'll be getting..

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Paul Rissen @r4isstatic.com · 19/07/2026

LHR 🇬🇧 >>> BCN 🇪🇸

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