Brian Christiansen
@briandigital.com
Dad, Husband. Lead Product Designer ⛈️Drummer. EVs, bicycles, trees, tea, UConn alumnus. #NUFC #MAWX also @[email protected]
We need to pass a law barring the naming of institutes and buildings and other government things after people who are still in office at any level.
December 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We need to pass a law barring the naming of institutes and buildings and other government things after people who are still in office at any level.
In the event you’re not aware of NCAR, this is an institution on the cutting edge of science. It would be very, very bad to gut.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
In the event you’re not aware of NCAR, this is an institution on the cutting edge of science. It would be very, very bad to gut.
Happy to have installed iOS 26.2 last night. This is the big win for me as someone very reliant on Reminders. Now do Calendar.app, Apple!
December 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy to have installed iOS 26.2 last night. This is the big win for me as someone very reliant on Reminders. Now do Calendar.app, Apple!
Definitely not loving “inspo” as shorthand for “inspiration”.
December 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Definitely not loving “inspo” as shorthand for “inspiration”.
Dear parents, when you’re sitting in a cold, dark parking lot with a lot of other parents waiting for your kids, this is what parking lights are for. Use them. There’s no point in us all blinding each other.
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Dear parents, when you’re sitting in a cold, dark parking lot with a lot of other parents waiting for your kids, this is what parking lights are for. Use them. There’s no point in us all blinding each other.
I’m going to have come to grips with the fact that my Bears may actually be for real this season.
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I’m going to have come to grips with the fact that my Bears may actually be for real this season.
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
UConn beats Duke. That’s not unusual, but doing it in football is new. 🎉
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
UConn beats Duke. That’s not unusual, but doing it in football is new. 🎉
Sad to see that Uni Watch will soon be taken off the web. Hopefully the writer can take the archives to a new endeavor!
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Sad to see that Uni Watch will soon be taken off the web. Hopefully the writer can take the archives to a new endeavor!
This upcoming Apple Reminders feature is one I’ve wanted for years, and seriously considered vibe coding an app to make this happen. High hopes for this one: iOS 26.2 Adds Alarms for Reminders
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This upcoming Apple Reminders feature is one I’ve wanted for years, and seriously considered vibe coding an app to make this happen. High hopes for this one: iOS 26.2 Adds Alarms for Reminders
I’m sorry Toronto.
But it was an epic World Series.
But it was an epic World Series.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’m sorry Toronto.
But it was an epic World Series.
But it was an epic World Series.
“We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires but by the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, (and) the efficiency of public schools.”
—W.E.B. DuBois
—W.E.B. DuBois
November 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires but by the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, (and) the efficiency of public schools.”
—W.E.B. DuBois
—W.E.B. DuBois
Reposted by Brian Christiansen
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
As a neutral, I both want to see the Jays wrap it up with a come back in the bottom of the 9th, while also wanting the baseball season to last one more game.
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
As a neutral, I both want to see the Jays wrap it up with a come back in the bottom of the 9th, while also wanting the baseball season to last one more game.
Scariest thing I saw driving my girls tonight for Halloween was a house with a lit Christmas tree inside.
November 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Scariest thing I saw driving my girls tonight for Halloween was a house with a lit Christmas tree inside.
Such a beautiful New England fall day. Wish I could sit on my deck in the sun without the drone of industrial-grade leafblowers echoing across the little valley we sit at the bottom of.
October 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Such a beautiful New England fall day. Wish I could sit on my deck in the sun without the drone of industrial-grade leafblowers echoing across the little valley we sit at the bottom of.
Listening to some Jack DeJohnette this morning, in honor of one of the men on jazz’s Mount Rushmore, who passed yesterday.
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Listening to some Jack DeJohnette this morning, in honor of one of the men on jazz’s Mount Rushmore, who passed yesterday.
Holy crap. An hour ago I asked Claude if it had an interactive voice mode, like I’d used with Gemini, and it responded “no”. And then, just now, I mistakenly hit a button that wasn’t there an hour ago, and Claude started talking out loud to me. 😮
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Holy crap. An hour ago I asked Claude if it had an interactive voice mode, like I’d used with Gemini, and it responded “no”. And then, just now, I mistakenly hit a button that wasn’t there an hour ago, and Claude started talking out loud to me. 😮
Reposted by Brian Christiansen
Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
I love the way my dog plays tug-of-war with me. We’ll be tugging, and she’ll “win” pulling the toy out of my hand, and within 2 seconds, she’s putting the toy back in my hand, because the tugging—not the winning—is the good part.
October 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I love the way my dog plays tug-of-war with me. We’ll be tugging, and she’ll “win” pulling the toy out of my hand, and within 2 seconds, she’s putting the toy back in my hand, because the tugging—not the winning—is the good part.
An announcement from your local drummer about Rush going back on tour: https://briandigital.com/2025/10/07/an-announcement-from-your-local.html
October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
An announcement from your local drummer about Rush going back on tour: https://briandigital.com/2025/10/07/an-announcement-from-your-local.html
Reposted by Brian Christiansen
Just noting that this reporting is from the correspondent for that radical rag...The Economist
October 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Just noting that this reporting is from the correspondent for that radical rag...The Economist
“The Radical Left” sounds like a great band name.
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“The Radical Left” sounds like a great band name.
In protest of all the day to day stupidity we are all dealing with, I’m sticking it to the man. I just took a Tylenol.
September 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In protest of all the day to day stupidity we are all dealing with, I’m sticking it to the man. I just took a Tylenol.