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Self mob loyalty
My cliff notes for “Productivity through self-loyalty“: The tendency to act against your judgement or preferences (akrasia) is a thing. To heavily paraphrase several similar (but more nuanced than...
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A Newsletter for Podcasts Listeners
“Write about what you know” the saying goes. I know something about podcasts. I regularly listen to over 70. When discussing favorite shows at cocktail parties, I tend to find myself accidentally...
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Nazi Swastika, Confederate Flag
This is a must-read, at least for white people. I’m annoyed I’ve never encountered this idea before. It’s so coherent and self-evidently true, but never occurred to me. Nazism and the tradition of...
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The best podcast you won’t tell your friends about
Rating: PODCATS I’m not the first to observe that podcasting is an especially intimate medium. Rich gentle voices recorded close to a microphone sound confessional and personal. Listening through...
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On Focus
Focus is hard for me. I don’t mean focusing on one thing at a time in the moment. Rather, I’m bad at focusing on one project at a time. I’ve stretched myself too thin for as long as I can remember by...
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PODCATS
Siskle and Ebert had two thumbs. Sound Opinions have Buy It, Try It, Trash It. Rotten Tomatoes invented percentages. Podcasts need our own system. Introducing the Podcast Ordinal Designation Cat...
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The podcast episode to listen to learn more about North Korea
tl;dr — For a good introductory look at North Korean society, I recommend the first segment of the second episode of Vox Media’s new show Worldly. Find this episode by scrolling down to the Worldly...
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Be outdoors more
Pretty much just that. But okay: Removing everything artificial that you don’t need to relax and be comfortable, to leave only the products of the evolution that cradled you, can feel like becoming...
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Being on the beach
Being on the beachPutting my feet in the sandJoy again at last. The post Being on the beach appeared first on Matthew Eppelsheimer.
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Lady Miria
Styled “The Mew”, the first of her nameThe Queen on the Porch, and Breaker of small flying thingsWarden of the DenLady Commander of the Panda Guardand Lady Protector of the Bamboo Fields She chases a...
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Why .dev domains redirect to HTTPS in Chrome and Firefox
Thanks to Mattias Geniar for solving this frustrating mystery for me. In short, `.dev` isn’t only a convenient “fake” top level domain for use in local web development; it’s also a legitimate top...
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This whole egg spoon thing
I love everything about this: Hearth cooking $250 analog kitchen gadget that does one thing: Alice Waters Anthony Bordain Intersectional feminism (sort of) Food culture personalities accusing each...
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“Progressive” and “Liberal”are Distinct. One is better.
The New York Times published a Greg Weiner op-ed titled “When Liberals Become Progressives, Much is Lost“, that elucidates the difference between the ideologies of progressives and liberals. Historical...
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The sky is full of viruses
Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each DayMost of them aren’t bad for us. They might be responsible for a majority of our genome. I had no idea. The post The sky is full of viruses...
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
I got a spiffy credential to add to my resume this week! I’m an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner. The post AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner appeared first on Matthew Eppelsheimer.
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3 weeks at 10up
10up just released a marketing video that’s a good excuse to finally make an announcement here: Monday, July 23rd was my first day as a Senior Web Engineer at 10up. I’m supporting our enterprise...
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March 21st COVID19 Journal
Today is Saturday, March 21st. I don’t know how regularly I’ll do this or even if I’ll continue at all after today, but I’ve been thinking of recording news, thoughts, and observations for a few days,...
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March 22nd COVID19 Journal
Some of my thoughts on this Sunday, March 22nd. Forget what I wrote yesterday about asthma I’m subscribed to Oregon Health Authority email updates. Despite what I wrote yesterday, today the update...
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How to Not Get Traumatized From This Thing (As Much As Possible)
The following is copy/pasted wholesale with permission from a FFB post by friend-of-a-friend Halle Ritter. Ever human being needs this information right now. [obvious content note is obvious. No...
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March 23rd Covid19 Journal
It’s Monday, March 23rd. I just have three recommendations today: Please, everyone read this short primer on how to minimize the trauma of this moment. Jason Kottke’s captures the moment well in his...
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