David Carlton
@davidcarlton.bsky.social
These days, the main things that I'm spending time on are programming, Tai Chi, and Nei Gong. I blog at https://malvasiabianca.org .
Never gotten an earthquake alert on my phone before. (I didn't feel anything.)
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Never gotten an earthquake alert on my phone before. (I didn't feel anything.)
I am glad to not have to deal with Apria Healthcare any more, their systems are quite bad. (Unsurprising, I suppose, the healthcare industry is a mess.)
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am glad to not have to deal with Apria Healthcare any more, their systems are quite bad. (Unsurprising, I suppose, the healthcare industry is a mess.)
Pocket Casts' AI support response to my feedback is actually pretty good? An accurate summary / reflection of my feedback, a list of relevant documentation that was much better than normal, and instructions for how to get a human to further triage it.
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Pocket Casts' AI support response to my feedback is actually pretty good? An accurate summary / reflection of my feedback, a list of relevant documentation that was much better than normal, and instructions for how to get a human to further triage it.
I wonder how Duolingo's AI chats remember state from chat to chat, and how they decide what state they remember. (Lily knows that I have dogs, and I think she knows the name of one of my dogs; not sure if there's any other state that she's remembering.)
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I wonder how Duolingo's AI chats remember state from chat to chat, and how they decide what state they remember. (Lily knows that I have dogs, and I think she knows the name of one of my dogs; not sure if there's any other state that she's remembering.)
@jalbor.bsky.social Does Scott not have a Bluesky account? Anyways, on the last podcast he was talking about the excellence of Portal’s game design, so I though I should point y’all at the Dev Game Club podcast - thy just did a good series on that, including some interesting interviews.
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
@jalbor.bsky.social Does Scott not have a Bluesky account? Anyways, on the last podcast he was talking about the excellence of Portal’s game design, so I though I should point y’all at the Dev Game Club podcast - thy just did a good series on that, including some interesting interviews.
@flantz.bsky.social just listened to the Brough podcast; on the question of aesthetics and abstract gameplay, go might be an interesting counterpoint to chess? Go is an amazing abstract game, but still the aesthetics matter in a way that (to me) they don't in chess.
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@flantz.bsky.social just listened to the Brough podcast; on the question of aesthetics and abstract gameplay, go might be an interesting counterpoint to chess? Go is an amazing abstract game, but still the aesthetics matter in a way that (to me) they don't in chess.
I like Bon Appetit Your Majesty. Or at least the two episodes I've seen of it.
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I like Bon Appetit Your Majesty. Or at least the two episodes I've seen of it.
Death Stranding 2 sure is a video game.
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Death Stranding 2 sure is a video game.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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I'm quite glad that I played Last War: Survival but I'm also glad it's off of my phone now; hope my days get less distracted going forward.
November 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I'm quite glad that I played Last War: Survival but I'm also glad it's off of my phone now; hope my days get less distracted going forward.
Nice having Claude help me get emails from the server where I run my blogs working again - it had been broken for a couple of years, which meant that it took a while for me to notice on those (rare) occasions when people leave comments on the blogs.
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Nice having Claude help me get emails from the server where I run my blogs working again - it had been broken for a couple of years, which meant that it took a while for me to notice on those (rare) occasions when people leave comments on the blogs.
Been using macOS 26 for a while now, still not thrilled with how omnipresent / forceful the rounded corners are.
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Been using macOS 26 for a while now, still not thrilled with how omnipresent / forceful the rounded corners are.
One hell of a baseball game; honestly, the whole postseason was amazing.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
One hell of a baseball game; honestly, the whole postseason was amazing.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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That Warriors game was super exciting. And I am looking forward to seeing Kuminga and Butler this season.
October 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
That Warriors game was super exciting. And I am looking forward to seeing Kuminga and Butler this season.
Kill Bill has some good music in it.
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Kill Bill has some good music in it.
The level six Lily conversations in Duolingo are useful for me; at the limits of my speaking capabilities, but they're a lot less repetitive than the level five ones, and they're good for me.
October 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The level six Lily conversations in Duolingo are useful for me; at the limits of my speaking capabilities, but they're a lot less repetitive than the level five ones, and they're good for me.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Oh yay, Kuminga finally signed. At a contract that seems plausible for both sides too, I think?
October 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Oh yay, Kuminga finally signed. At a contract that seems plausible for both sides too, I think?
It's amazing how strongly Tai Chi forms flip from "there are so many moves in this form" (when you're learning them) to "oh, this form is actually really short". (I mean, they're not all short! But most of them are…)
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's amazing how strongly Tai Chi forms flip from "there are so many moves in this form" (when you're learning them) to "oh, this form is actually really short". (I mean, they're not all short! But most of them are…)
Wasn't expecting to see somebody on the train wearing a Pebble watch.
September 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Wasn't expecting to see somebody on the train wearing a Pebble watch.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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In iPadOS 26, Apple Mail only has mail messages take up two thirds of the screen when you're in portrait mode. Hopefully they'll change that, but if not I guess I should look for other iPad mail apps... (Anybody have any they like? How's the Gmail app? I don't need anything fancy.)
September 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
In iPadOS 26, Apple Mail only has mail messages take up two thirds of the screen when you're in portrait mode. Hopefully they'll change that, but if not I guess I should look for other iPad mail apps... (Anybody have any they like? How's the Gmail app? I don't need anything fancy.)
I like taking the train, I miss having reasons to do that more often.
September 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I like taking the train, I miss having reasons to do that more often.