Daniel Jalkut
@danielpunkass.punkitup.com
Founder of Red Sweater and punkass of lore. https://redsweater.com/
Unread, made by local friend, and long-time co-organizer of Boston CocoaHeads, @johnbrayton, just won the Lifetime Achievement award from @[email protected] ! www.macstories.net/stories/t…
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Unread, made by local friend, and long-time co-organizer of Boston CocoaHeads, @johnbrayton, just won the Lifetime Achievement award from @[email protected] ! www.macstories.net/stories/t…
Happy Holidays from Core Intuition! We got you an episode: “A Little Bit of Light.” coreint.org/2025/12/e…
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Happy Holidays from Core Intuition! We got you an episode: “A Little Bit of Light.” coreint.org/2025/12/e…
Maybe it’s a mistake that DHH is the de facto head of PR at 37signals.
December 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Maybe it’s a mistake that DHH is the de facto head of PR at 37signals.
Hats off to the administrators of my 13yo’s middle school, who have deftly determined how to kill the “6-7” meme. They embraced it, and have declared today “6-7 day” with a lot of “cool” suggestions about how the kids can celebrate.
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hats off to the administrators of my 13yo’s middle school, who have deftly determined how to kill the “6-7” meme. They embraced it, and have declared today “6-7 day” with a lot of “cool” suggestions about how the kids can celebrate.
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Hey! Have I mentioned here that I redesigned my blog & made it all fancy, and you can check it out and sign up to read it by email, all for free with no tracking or cookies or creepy stuff (like always) at www.anildash.com if you'd like? I'd be obliged if you check it out or share it with a friend.
Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Hey! Have I mentioned here that I redesigned my blog & made it all fancy, and you can check it out and sign up to read it by email, all for free with no tracking or cookies or creepy stuff (like always) at www.anildash.com if you'd like? I'd be obliged if you check it out or share it with a friend.
In a Manhattan bar last night, I almost witnessed a fist-fight break out when a 20-something techie bragged to a 50-something techie that his company "created its own LLM." The 50-something, knowing how hard it is to create an LLM from scratch, said "oh, that's cute." 🥊
December 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
In a Manhattan bar last night, I almost witnessed a fist-fight break out when a 20-something techie bragged to a 50-something techie that his company "created its own LLM." The 50-something, knowing how hard it is to create an LLM from scratch, said "oh, that's cute." 🥊
Enjoyed the delightful Aimee Mann + Ted Leo + Special Guests holiday show at The Chevalier in Medford, MA. They really put on a great show!
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Enjoyed the delightful Aimee Mann + Ted Leo + Special Guests holiday show at The Chevalier in Medford, MA. They really put on a great show!
Which is to say, UC Santa Cruz was a pretty great school.
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Which is to say, UC Santa Cruz was a pretty great school.
Realized after chatting with @[email protected] that I associate the same common room in Crown College at UC Santa Cruz with learning about both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and imaginary numbers.
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Realized after chatting with @[email protected] that I associate the same common room in Crown College at UC Santa Cruz with learning about both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and imaginary numbers.
I remember feeling bad for Navy Admiral Bradley being “thrown under the bus” by sinister Pete Hegseth. But now that he’s taking responsibility and defending what he did, it’s obvious they’re all monsters. You know you’re bad when fellow Republicans bat an eye, let alone defy Trump to accuse you.
December 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I remember feeling bad for Navy Admiral Bradley being “thrown under the bus” by sinister Pete Hegseth. But now that he’s taking responsibility and defending what he did, it’s obvious they’re all monsters. You know you’re bad when fellow Republicans bat an eye, let alone defy Trump to accuse you.
In my humble opinion if you honor a Fascist, you are a fascist.
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
In my humble opinion if you honor a Fascist, you are a fascist.
Until today I didn’t know that FIFA is complicit in the global fascist movement to make Trump world dictator. I was not a huge soccer fan, but I’ll enjoy it less now.
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Until today I didn’t know that FIFA is complicit in the global fascist movement to make Trump world dictator. I was not a huge soccer fan, but I’ll enjoy it less now.
How it started. How it went. How it’s going.
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
How it started. How it went. How it’s going.
If there is one thing I could change about the United States government it would be to diminish the power of the President. I’ve always sensed this was a problem, but it never became so crystal clear until now.
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If there is one thing I could change about the United States government it would be to diminish the power of the President. I’ve always sensed this was a problem, but it never became so crystal clear until now.
Sometimes I worry that I’m neglecting my children by being late to make dinner, for example. But then I hear delightful chords coming from the family piano and I am reminded that kids need boredom.
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Sometimes I worry that I’m neglecting my children by being late to make dinner, for example. But then I hear delightful chords coming from the family piano and I am reminded that kids need boredom.
I haven't posted to my "personal" blog in so long, the MarsEdit support I'd kept in for Blogspot didn't work. I had to write it in the web interface, like an animal! I'll move it to a better host soon, but in the meantime: "I'll Miss You Too." blog.punkitup.com/2025/11/ill-...
Punk It Up!: I'll Miss You Too
blog.punkitup.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I haven't posted to my "personal" blog in so long, the MarsEdit support I'd kept in for Blogspot didn't work. I had to write it in the web interface, like an animal! I'll move it to a better host soon, but in the meantime: "I'll Miss You Too." blog.punkitup.com/2025/11/ill-...
It’s crazy, but I routinely walk into a freezing lake and then swim for a temperature-informed number of minutes (18 today at 43F). I’m not encouraging you to jump into a lake, but if there’s something you have long considered impossible … maybe it isn’t?
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
It’s crazy, but I routinely walk into a freezing lake and then swim for a temperature-informed number of minutes (18 today at 43F). I’m not encouraging you to jump into a lake, but if there’s something you have long considered impossible … maybe it isn’t?
I have experienced “Raynaud’s Syndrome” (where your fingers turn white) to varying degrees over the years, but since I started cold water plunging/swimming, I have never experienced it after a swim, and can’t remember having it at all during “cold water season.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I have experienced “Raynaud’s Syndrome” (where your fingers turn white) to varying degrees over the years, but since I started cold water plunging/swimming, I have never experienced it after a swim, and can’t remember having it at all during “cold water season.”
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Thanks to all our solvers/supporters for keeping us afloat. We subsist each year mainly from what we make in Nov/Dec, when I guess people are feeling the most crosswordy.
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AVCX – Crosswords for the (not) faint of heart.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks to all our solvers/supporters for keeping us afloat. We subsist each year mainly from what we make in Nov/Dec, when I guess people are feeling the most crosswordy.
If you subscribe now, or buy a gift sub, you help us a ton. And you get a free meta mini pack! So come on aboard:
Avxwords.com
If you subscribe now, or buy a gift sub, you help us a ton. And you get a free meta mini pack! So come on aboard:
Avxwords.com
Just posted MarsEdit 5.3.10 with a massive improvement to Tags auto-completion, if you have a lot of tags. Also includes several other important fixes. redsweater.com/blog/4243…
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just posted MarsEdit 5.3.10 with a massive improvement to Tags auto-completion, if you have a lot of tags. Also includes several other important fixes. redsweater.com/blog/4243…
Until last week I had scarcely paid attention to the song “Mr. Bojangles”, originally by Jerry Jeff Walker. Now I’m here on a Thanksgiving-eve with a queue full of covers. Currently John Denver with a faithful cover, more true to the original than many. www.youtube.com/watch
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Until last week I had scarcely paid attention to the song “Mr. Bojangles”, originally by Jerry Jeff Walker. Now I’m here on a Thanksgiving-eve with a queue full of covers. Currently John Denver with a faithful cover, more true to the original than many. www.youtube.com/watch
I swam today for 20 minutes in 44F water. People say I’m crazy, but I’ve got frozen diamonds on the soles of my shoes.
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I swam today for 20 minutes in 44F water. People say I’m crazy, but I’ve got frozen diamonds on the soles of my shoes.
I would like the FBI to investigate Mark Kelly his real crime: spamming my texts with uninvited political ads.
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I would like the FBI to investigate Mark Kelly his real crime: spamming my texts with uninvited political ads.
Rad Power Bikes is on the verge of going out of business, and this sure won’t help! Normally I would take such a warning at face value but the product being part of the electric transit industry makes me a little suspicious of the CPSC’s integrity. www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/…
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Rad Power Bikes is on the verge of going out of business, and this sure won’t help! Normally I would take such a warning at face value but the product being part of the electric transit industry makes me a little suspicious of the CPSC’s integrity. www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/…
People fault AI for stubbornly insisting it’s right even when it’s not, but if you’ve ever met an actually intelligent person, or an unintelligent person for that matter, they behave exactly the same way.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
People fault AI for stubbornly insisting it’s right even when it’s not, but if you’ve ever met an actually intelligent person, or an unintelligent person for that matter, they behave exactly the same way.