I know Mighty Networks aren’t the only show in town but she is not wrong. I remain amazed how people keep building THEIR communities inside the silos. You explain and the response often includes how they have so many people in their ‘socialsilo’ group. I can’t be bothered to explain any more.

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🪦 Thankyou Donald .. what a career. Barely a dud.


📸 🌊

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📸 🌊 A day time photo for a change.

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I know it’s my fault - it always is .. but nevertheless having seen this before can’t help wondering what I did.

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💬

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📸 🌊 Been waiting for a better shot all day - but other than different levels of light - this is has been ‘it’ for the day. All day.

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The GOP’s Vision of an Authoritarian America Is…Coming True.

Umair Haque nearly a year ago. He seemed a little extreme back then.
 https://eand.co/the-gops-vision-of-an-authoritarian-america-is-coming-true-c74bea74710


🎈170/366 Over on Substack, Tom Cox dispatched a newsletter : All The Life Coaches Have Life Coaches.

There were some comments, but nobody seemed to be looking at the title, which prompted me to remark that I thought it was Hawking that introduced ‘turtles all the way down’ to a broader audience and went on to wonder if this refinement relates.

"If all life coaches have a life coach can that life coach coach the life coach that coaches his life? Or is it life coaches all the way down?"

 https://open.substack.com/pub/tomcox/p/all-the-life-coaches-have-life-coaches


📸 🌊

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I need to understand what this means. It’s from an essay that I tried to read, which lead me to the conclusion that I am definitely not the target reader, which might explain why this seems to be the absolute opposite of my understanding of even ‘why’ an ecosystem.

I will try to 🚧 revisit.

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We live in a world where everything is Alternative .. and so nothing is.

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Curious final line in Matt Mullenweg’s post re Apple Intelligence.

"(Interesting that Apple has now started to adopt the playground terminology.)"

💬 Matt Mullenweg

I am no expert on these things - but …

Didn’t Wordpress come out with ‘Playgrounds’ last year?
Haven’t Apple been using ‘Playgrounds’ for around a decade?

 https://ma.tt/2024/06/apple-intelligence


Lift, 2024 - ★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/17/lift.html


The most immediate existential threat to the world is not climate change, or nuclear proliferation, or growing the population, or anything else. It is Trump. No more. No less. Don’t sit back and think that this is just an American problem.


📸 🌊 Early one morning, just as ….

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I was very happy to learn that the ferry goes to the mainland every hour and that the bus to the ferry also goes every hour.

I was not happy to learn that the bus arrives at the ferry around 3 minutes after the ferry leaves.

Filed in the ‘stuff you can’t make up’ bucket.

.


Not seen much comment about this (but  then I don’t always read the right things).

Sadly I won’t be experiencing it any time soon.

1] Serious to @gruber and team

2] If Apple doesn’t know - I feel they should work it out … quickly.

Stopping now - 🔗 📼 to watch the 2D version.

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Listening to Scott Galloway on the show with Kara .. essentially defending ‘work based’ sexual predators. Yes he qualifies … but no.


Listening to the latest ‘Automators’. First time in a LONG time, but interested to listen into the WWDC through the Lens of Automation.

@dsparks and @rosemaryorchard doing a good summary. I second the ‘don’t update advice’. I have a spare iPad that I use for Beta. So not totally pissed off that it is curr... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/16/listening-to-the.html


🔗 I’ve done mine. .. have you done yours?

🔗 Thanks for the the link Joe/

(This is why my 🖇 Guestbook blog roll is useful.)
 https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2 https://artlung.com/blog/2024/06/15/my-political-compass-2003-2024/ https://john.philpin.com/blogroll/guestbooks/


Guestbooks, Blogrolls, Reciprocity and Paying It Forward https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/16/guestbooks-blogrolls-reciprocity.html


Safe House, 2012 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/16/safe-house.html


Elvis, 2022 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/16/elvis.html


"When asked how I juggle so many different roles, I explain that each time I add a new one, I do all the others a bit worse. …"

💬 Agnes Callard, Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming


💬 A Couple O’ Crackers that resurfaced today …

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I kid you not, so frustrated earlier today that I have had to calm down. All my iOS stuff not currently in use is kept in a single place. Yesterday the pile was - shall we say - ‘organised’. All stuff in same place - just a neater pile than usual.

Today, I went to pick up pad and pencil - and pencil was m... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/15/i-kid-you.html


I just signed 🔗 Joe Crawford’s guest book. I also have one of those. The one that @bjhess built. 😎 I have to say that only as I have wandered the web and signed have I realized how unusual Barry’s is - in that allows Markdown - which if supported allows me to leave my Kilroy moniker …

 https://philpin.com/wp-content/uploads/johnphilpinblogfiles/JohnWasHere.jpg https://artlung.com/guestbook/ https://micro.blog/bjhess


📸🌊 The storm continues to move out.

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A six - three SCOTUS decision against something that with this court you would assume would be a six - three in favour is pretty seismic.


🔗 MacGPT - ChatGPT in your menubar if you are into that sort of thing.
 https://www.macgpt.com/


🔗 🎵 Fascinating
 https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/the-strangest-hit-songwriter-in-history


📸 🌊 I was right about that storm .. hard to - but persisting with intense precipitation.

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🎵 Memories Moving To The Future https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/13/memories-moving-to.html


📸🌊 I haven’t looked at the weather forecast, but I feel another storm is in the offing.

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📸 🌊 7.03 am

7.26 am

7.33 am

7.38 am

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Hit Man, 2023 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/11/hit-man.html


Hit Man, 2023 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/11/001529.html


📸 🌊

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Oops


There’s A Thought. I wonder if, come November 6th, America will come out and agree? ‘France’ didn’t seem to. (Yes different - not sure how those rules work - but it seems to have unnerved Macron.)

"Fareed says Indian voters rejected Modi’s strongman ways. Some sophisticated international observers praise strongmen who can get things done, Fareed says. But Indian voters seem to have recognized that “pluralism, cooperation and diversity,” rather than religious nationalism and authoritarian leanings, are their country’s strengths."


🎵🔗 Ten New Albums I Am Enjoying Right Now - Ted Gioia

This is a track from one of them.

LOVE IT
 https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/ten-new-albums-im-enjoying-right


😂 I was rolling in the aisles when they first came out. They just reappeared today and I’m rolling in the aisles all over again. …

🔗 📼 How Does The Financial System Work

🔗 📼 How Banks Work
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_3T-Af57Pg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyaitC91hEM&t=4s


Anyone else saddened by the name choice for the project ‘Foundation Model for Humanoid Robots’.

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💬

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The greeting when you come in from Canada!

Welcome to America.

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📸 🌊 It took a while after last nights weather

But the clouds seemed to have moved on pretty quickly. This was just 20 minutes before.

And this just THIRTEEN minutes before that!

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💬 .. just a reminder. Not the first time I have posted this.

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📸 🌊 Sometimes everything moves so ‘fast’ …

6:53am ..

7:37am ..

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Ha .. kudos to Mr. @danielpunkass .. if it all goes wrong with MarsEdit, he clearly has a future with roles like ‘futurist’ ‘Oracle’ ‘pundit’ .. AI indeed.

Daniel is one of a handful of people that circulate in the Apple ecosphere that never forgets why Apple s different .. to (pretty much) any other comp... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/09/ha-kudos-to.html


Rishi

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Two must reads … that came through (to me at least) just this morning.

Enjoy.

🔗 Crisis in the Culture: An Update - by Ted Gioia

🔗End of the Cloud Era - by Dana F. Blankenhorn
 https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/crisis-in-the-culture-an-update https://open.substack.com/pub/danafblankenhorn/p/end-of-the-cloud-era?r=2d79


📺 Turn Up Charlie

Just like 🖇 Loot .. not one to dislike … and likely more a passion project for the only reason I watched it ( a while back now) .. Idris.

But I do like to occasionally log some older stuff .. cos we don’t all watch everything at the time do we … so you still need to know.. right? Wrong... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/08/turn-up-charlie.html


📺 Loot

There should be a rating between Like and Dislike. In the end I went for like .. because in all honesty I couldn’t really ‘dislike’ … but no .. NOT a recommendation. I wonder if they were trying to go for that Ted Lasso feel good thing? No idea .. but whatever that Ted Lasso feel good thing is … it... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/08/loot-there-should.html


📸🌊 “🔗🎵📼 Early one morning just as the day was dawning …”

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Found on a 1Password thread …

"Left unchecked you may stop worrying about building the best product, and you instead focus on building the best business. It is a subtle subconscious switch, but it’ll have massive impact on the product your customers use."

I like that distinction.


📸🌊 An unusually ordnary morning.

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📸🌊 Busy day to day … took this early this morning. 14 hours later … oh yeah … should post that picture.

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These days, reading about Musk and all follow up commentary is akin to where I have been with The Orange Clown for a while …

".. yes .. I know .. seen / read it before .. insert ‘expletive descriptor’ .. what a ‘expletive’, but what are you going to do about it, and if the answer is nothing / I can’t then stop wasting my time and petition the people that can ..  because if we don’t it will get worse."


All those years ago the 🍎 Long and Hodgman ads were really very good and clever, definitely creative, truly fun. Interesting how the subsequent careers of the two actors developed to be nearly the exact opposite of the companies they represented.


📸 🌊  Taken eatlier. Posted much later.

I’m

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Interesting Twist .. from today’s HCR

"Then, on Saturday, there was what Danny Westneat of the Seattle Times called a plot twist. It turns out the state of Washington has a law on the books that prevents felons from running for office. But because a candidate has to be certified to be on a ballot before they can be challenged, the issue can’t be resolved until Trump officially becomes the Republican Party’s presidential nominee at the July convention. Westneat asked, “Republicans: You sure you want to go down this road?”"

Not entirely sure why this is differentt to Colorado off top of my headers.


🍿 The Conway family is its own self contained circus. No extras needed.


📸 🌊

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Our very own @jthingelstad on the 🔗 🎙 Omni Podcast
 https://micro.blog/jthingelstad https://overcast.fm/+K3-SPEjZA


Interesting that Gig Young won 3 Oscar nominations (including 1 win). All three roles saw him playing some kind of drunk/ alcoholic. Life imitating art?


You know what this is - right?

Christmas WWDC is coming.

All I really want is for it to STOP.
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About That Show I Just Watched

Gratuitous Naked Shots ✅

Tops and Bottoms ✅
Male and Female ✅

Clichés ✅
Happy Endings ✅

Arc of the shows story ✅
Sex scenes ✅

Champagne corks popping ✅ and
Crashing waves (see 2 - clichés) ✅

Bad Acting ✅
Plenty of military jingoism  ✅
Nationalities of the baddies as e... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/03/about-that-show.html


I just listened to Steven Hackett and David Sparks talking about Arc. Been a while, because though I am subscribed - I tend to listen to podcasts based on the topic per episode - not the podcast or host(s) of same.

Topic - Arc? Im in.

Nice summary - and a couple of things that I will try out - but most d... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/03/i-just-listened.html


📸🌊 Sometimes I don’t even know what to say …

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The First Vision Pro Concert Movie https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/03/the-first-vision.html


Today I Learned that ‘A Boy Named Sue’ was written by Shel Silverstein …

… I’m also thinking that today most of you will be asking ‘ what’s ‘A Boy Named Sue’ ‘


Magnet Fishing.

Had you heard of the term before now?


The surprising thing about ICQ closing down is that it is 2024 and it is still around to close down.


Sounds like a grand plan. If memory serves he’s on a sticky wicket when it comes to his coalition, If they go - the whole house o/ card is at risk - he loses power and will then have to face courts for other crimes - or something like that - I need to check. BUT. It sure smells like another example of a ve... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/03/sounds-like-a.html


Just to say after writing that last post I suddenly realized that Reminders has become my Task Manger of choice.

For years it’s been Things … which still lurks .. but Reminders has always been there because ‘family sharing’ .. and then a few weeks ago I asked Siri to remind me to buy something and Siri dr... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/02/just-to-say.html


Sitting with ‘a quiet one’, wandering through the reminders re prioritizing - as you do. Needed to remember to connect a couple of people to another couple and accidentally added them into my Shopping List.

Have to say, impeccable logic.

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Great job @danielpunkass
New Mars Edit Release
Search & Find Improvements

NICE

Find me all the posts containing 😂 AND 📸 - which would find all my funny images is a great way to narrow down for whatI am looking for. (Words also work @devilgate 😂) - I wonder if ‘OR’ is in our future?)

Micropost Panel

I w... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/02/great-job-danielpunkass.html


Remember a while back there was this series called Sugar and there was a bit of a debate around - ‘well I did not see that coming’ at the end of Episode 6.

I have been in and out of another show that is absolutely nowhere near as good. Nowhere near. BUT … at the end of Episode 6 there is a 🤯 that I defini... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/02/remember-a-while.html


The post 🔗 Slashes by Manu got me to thinking …

If

foo.com/contact

takes you to ‘contact’ - but by using a ‘redirect’ and the actual URL is more like

**‘stuff.weirdandcrazy.jcaourincag79q8i6iasicnAYT.com’ **

… is it still a slash page?

Asking for a friend.
 https://manuelmoreale.com/@/page/hhm2chyyE0IwYUyA


📸🌊 Part of the point of this series is to record a daily ‘ever changing mood’ (queue song?) of the weather from a consistent angle. On occasions I might post as many as 4 from a single day. I saw this and had to move fast before it disappeared.

I went back inside, turned around, I kid you not ONE MINUTE L... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/02/part-of-the.html


I’ll come back to this later. Lefsetz has already connected some dots .. but he didn’t go on and introduce the lurking ‘hobby’ that ‘solves this’ and is a clear and present danger to the entertainment industry if they continue to focus on BAU.

The last paragraph.

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📸🌊 Tops and Tails … this one is the first of the day.

A little bit later the sun starts to break through

Then at the end of the day, all the boats that are here for the long weekend looked quite pretty IRL …

But it took another half hour for it to get dark enough for this old iPhone to pick up the boat ... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/06/01/tops-and-tails.html


🔗 Systems: The Purpose of a System is What It Does - Anil Dash

Yes?

Yes!
 https://anildash.com/2024/05/29/systems-the-purpose-of-a-system/


📸 🌊 The interesting shots tend to be moving towards the evening …

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Politics - Again. A Reply That Got Out Of Hand https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/31/politics-again-a.html


"Trump also is a first-time offender with no criminal record."

💬 Wall Street Journal

Whilst I understand the thinking behind the first part of that sentence …

Surely it is only true in as much as he hasn’t previously been caught and held to account.

Semantics? Sure. But language is important.


Today I got my first 🖇 guestbook signature from a total stranger.
 https://jphilpin.pika.page/guestbook


💬 They just accumulate and then you purge saving a few that aren’t particularly the best but do very much resonate at that moment in time.

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📸 🌊 After 🖇 yesterdays weather - this was rather welcome particularly since it was so bad that it knocked the power out. Bed by 7 for this bear.

But … the next morning - what do they say ‘calm after the storm’?

Or is it before?

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And The Word is ‘OM’

🔗 Mama - Mother Earth - Om … from Ted Gioia open.substack.com/pub/tedgi…)

Great dive into ‘M’ …

🔗📼 But mostly this a short video demonstrating how a repeating rhythm increasingly speeded up just eventually ‘hums’. Quite lovely.
 https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/the-most-powerful-sound-in-the-world https://youtu.be/P3hdTbtLra4


🔗📼 Updating Airtable records with advanced Fillout forms - YouTube

Had you heard of Fillout? Marvelous stuff.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvDQBif-sbE


Just updated my 🔗 Using ‘page’ .. no longer jsy personal usage - now added business.
 https://yaks-laugh-hm1.craft.me/HRGzyIZ4VyEmho/b/DF6D49E4-9EA8-452A-9780-8827E09A5D2A/Using


Sometimes … the software does exactly what it is programmed to. It is rather easy to forget that and I need to really remember that it is usually always my fault. 🤦♂


📸 🌊 Weather ❗

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📸 🌊 Weather ❗

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The Information

"At this rate, it won’t be too long before Nvidia becomes the most valuable company in the U.S. Shares of the AI chip maker rose another 7% on Tuesday to $1,139, giving the company a market capitalization of $2.8 trillion, according to Koyfin data. Apple, by comparison, finished the day with a market cap of $2.9 trillion, while Microsoft, the current leader, has a market cap of $3.2 trillion."

There is something seriously wrong with the Stock market. Yeah - I know. Old News.


📸 🌊 Some days you see the conflict of the weather over time and I publish a short series - like 🖇 yesterday. Today the conflict is happening all at once.

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/86d345c8ad.jpg https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/27/a-different-approach.html


😂 🔗 An oldy but goldy
 https://youtu.be/AwQ-_g8KuHI?si=yLjHYpVd_NzBOcoe


🔗 Darn

"Q: We’ve been getting a lot of questions about an alleged Winston Churchill quotation and I’m trying to verify if it’s genuine. The story is that when Churchill was asked to cut funding to the arts in order to support the war effort in World War II, he responded “Then what would we be fighting for?” Have you ever seen this quote? I’ve seen a lot of sources saying that it’s fake but I would love to get your opinion."

💬 Dan Evon, Snopes.com

The quote came to mind about 80% through Ken Burns Brandeis address.

[🔗 📼 You can watch it here.](Ken Burns, H’24 Keynote Address to Brandeis University... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/27/darn-q-weve.html


"Speak as if you know what you’re talking about. Listen as if you don’t.
Act as a way to find out."

💬 Mark Manson

N I C E


The 🍎🗞 widget has suddenly appeared on my desktop - did I accidentally press something - or is this the U2 debacle reframed for 2024?


You Just Can't Tell. Nobody Can. https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/27/you-just-cant.html


History ‘scholars’ weighing in on this 🔗 LinkedIN post .. I can’t be bothered to join in.

For me - YUP … Count me with the Luddites

The point of this post is more about language changing  .. over time words get co-opted and they change and come to mean something different .. oft' through more and more pe... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/27/history-scholars-weighing.html


🔗 George Conway predicts Trump won’t be unanimously acquitted in hush money trial (🍎🗞)

.. been thinking that myself - and when it happens how THAT will get spun into puke and bile.
 https://apple.news/ATzIXRAHjRVOj7VNbYVAnfw


Talking about ‘series’ .. as we are in the process of closing out ‘May’ - I finally got round to updating my 🖇 🔎 366 series
 https://john.philpin.com/categories/366/


🖇 Back then I was undecided whether the early images constituted a series. This morning I hit ten - so I hereby declare that 🖇 we do in face have a series.
 https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/19/why-the-wip.html https://john.philpin.com/photos/


📸🌊🚧 A different approach today. Caught this one at just gone 7am.

And then over the space of the next hour …

An hour later ….

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It’s neither here nor there there really when you add up what a holiday to New Zealand is going to cost you .. but still …

"“(‘The Govt’) is also considering nearly tripling an entry tax on tourists to almost $100 a visit."

.. aren’t there more pressing problems?


Today I ‘Learned’ that Baron is a time traveller who is here to cement the Trump dynasty … or something like that … and people wonder why I like living under my rock.


I’m enjoying it but I’m feeling that the pitch was Sliding Doors meets Doctor Who.


📸 🌊 🚧 Definitely a choice today … this one, because it is a little different the the others to date.

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🔗 😂  Impeach Nixon! - a lesson from history.
 https://open.substack.com/pub/roblong/p/impeach-nixon


🔗 Behold - The Tiny Pod - for those of you that have a watch but don’t want to wear it on your wrist?
 https://thetinypod.com/


🖇📸 The series - I guess it is now - is building nicely
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I know it’s 🔗 here - but I have to look it up every time. Of course ‘every’ shouldn’t be too many - but sadly - not the case.
 https://micro.blog/account/logs


📸 🌊 🚧 Just Another Day

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🎈144/366 Today Is My Anniversary 🚧 https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/25/today-is-my.html


No need to bring you up to speed about that google short code to bypass Google’s world of enshitification - except to say 🔗 Ernie at Tedium built a web site to make it ‘easy for all’
 https://udm14.com


I stumbled across this today as I was collecting 🖇 these. I nearly moved through because ‘Kelly’ - but I am a sucker for Jeff, so …

Holy Crap …🔗 🎵 📼 Jeff Daniels

.. I was under the impression he had only recently written it - but this from 13 years ago - suggests otherwise.

🔗 🎵 📼 Jeff Daniels.
 https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/25/in-no-particular.html https://youtube.com/watch?v=qCdDpjZPREU&si=WgSCwEFsD09Bscrz https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pa-XYi49Jg8&si=tYwQNKd21niSo8NI


In no particular order (except for perhaps the first two) …

🔗 🎵 📼 Nina Simone

🔗 🎵 📼 The Animals

🔗 🎵 📼 Jac Ross

🔗 🎵 📼 Cat Stevens

🔗 🎵 📼 Elvis Costello

🔗 🎵 📼 Joe Cocker

🔗 🎵 📼 Cyndi Lauper

🔗 🎵 📼 Santa Esmeralda
 https://youtube.com/watch?v=EcKHuvkAEDM&si=aVe4jFcaROfZsjsa https://youtube.com/watch?v=_2sz_YwwwQ4&si=DcD1j0LZS4jEFtlG https://youtube.com/watch?v=F50KZ-iGs4k&si=p_uJfaP7QmMCmXjY https://youtube.com/watch?v=yOJmBI-ZgN4&si=8lL5RamRE3O-WJOL https://youtube.com/watch?v=tE1axH-PocI&si=5nDFw9jEFS2kgv7B https://youtube.com/watch?v=ity-l7be1z0&si=ERXsdMB0Oo9RmQsK https://youtube.com/watch?v=-XvHy4PY_dg&si=zmZxUWfGOVhttf9c https://youtube.com/watch?v=uvXeeus94GY&si=fwKtdAFm9HuJu07a


About content.

🔗 📼 😂 Stewart Lee on Social Media (Content Provider)

Don’t worry, it’s not my usual rant. Just a very funny piece of standup that needs to be watched more than it has.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz9Nad0bxDU


Back Of The Boat

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💬

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📸 🌊 🚧 No ‘drama’ this morning, so I just let the sun move up for a while …

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Saw [🔗 this)(https://www.facebook.com/694316572/posts/pfbid02vs6dz3AoT5cwJTiAAzaWWs9mBdraDWp9Q5AqXixQtDezQ1zzNtwPCYo58RH2WcpEl/) .. (sorry ..Facebook) .. thought of @Ron
 https://micro.blog/Ron


SlashPages are here.

I’d already playing with them without knowing the name. I was nearly ‘done’ and then Pratik shared this. Menu item added.

Hat Tips to @rknightuk @bjhess @sivers @alastairjohnston @manuelmoreale @goblingumbo @pratik @simonwoods - you have each inspired me on this one.
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I tried the Spark introductory Premium offer last year - and while some things are interesting and cool - at a renewal of 60 bucks … yeah - not that interesting and cool … and then I just spotted that they seem to be in the SetApp store.


If I know the answer - can I win? Or,do I really have to guess?

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From The Daily Beast

"The Bulwark reported that the staffer was Natalie Harp, a Trump confidante who follows him around with a portable printer so he can read a constant feed of news and other information on paper."

… my bold


A gamble? He just wants out.

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Trick bicyclists this way.

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🖇 🎙 Vinyl Sneak Peek

Conan’s short promo had me laughing out loud 😂 as I wandered down to the ferry this morning.
 https://overcast.fm/+zneauq2h0


Public Service Announcement

🔗 Daring Fireball: How to Make Google’s ‘Web’ View Your Search Default

Not tried this yet … but I will be . and I know it will be of interest to most people in my world.
 https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/22/google-web-tedium


Advice from a pro

If you are wondering if the croissant that is heating in the oven. Is done .. don’t use your finger tip to test. 🤦♂


📸 🌊 🚧A particularly stunning one this morning ….

.. in fact, with stepping back from today.

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Category Culls and Categorization https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/22/category-culls-and.html


I have to say, being English and all that - well, I don’t usually do this kind of thing - but he gave me permission to use his name, so …

🤯

Honored? Without a doubt.

Speechless? Definitely. Apparently not.

GOBSMACKED? Totally.
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Craft. For Vision Pro.

Is there anything more niche?


📸 🌊 🚧 Good Morning Good Morning Good Morning

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Whatever you are doing … stop … and 🔗 📼 😂 spend 5 minutes watching this.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz9Nad0bxDU


A Bucket Of Slop https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/21/a-bucket-of.html


🔗 📚 Leaving

… now added to my ‘want to’ list (Leaving by Roxana Robinson)

… but separately the piece by Lefsetz is archived into my Readwise … lest I forget.

Gorgeous.
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A Warning For Our Times …

🔗 How DeviantArt died: A.I. and greed turned a once-thriving community into a ghost town.
 https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/deviantart-what-happened-ai-decline-lawsuit-stability.html


💬 About that IndieWeb thingy …

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📸 🌊 🚧

The storm that went through last night made the power flicker and took out the internet … you wouldn’t think so based on what you can see today …

Although … 30 minutes later …

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I’m old enough to remember the Boesky trials and the public furor .. ok .. no internet .. the media furor.. today, it would be barely a blip on the radar.


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Is Scott Galloway the American Tech version of Clarkson?


📸 Another in the ongoing series that isn’t yet a clear series.

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I am no fan of the orange douche .. but the Biden campaign’s tweet on the crappy podium is misguided and not right. The clip they circulated was actually quite funny .. demonstrated fast thinking .. the ‘leaning left’ pun particularly clever and the words in their headline are misleading .. his dig was not... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/20/i-am-no.html


For nearly winter it’s pretty nice…

More tenders on the beach than I have seen for a while.

And some larger boats parked outside the usual ‘lot’.

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Sometimes Gallagher just nails it …

🔗 Read The Whole Thing
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You know the problem with great new features being added to Micro Blog?

You have to keep on learning more CSS to keep it ‘pretty’

Not complaining now - but seriously the last adjustments were only last weekend!

GREAT job @manton

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📸 🚧

Why the WIP? Because I am toying with a short mini series - and if I decide to do it - I will be back.

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📺 Sugar

Stunning .. great job from Colin F .. but the homage to ‘noir’ yet modern, the direction, the cinematography, the colors, the lights, the nuance … everything. Just so good.

I have read that people loved the mid season ‘twist’ …if we are talking last scene in episode 6 .. yeah no .. I had that sce... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/19/sugar-stunning-great.html


I opened Chat4o and my first words (audio input) after ‘hello’ were something like write me a quick post about Markdown. What is it. Why should I use it.

Response back - as written. No formatting. No editing.

Introduction
In the world of technology and software development, it is crucial to have pro... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/18/i-opened-chato.html


Shed a Tear🔗  - William Gallagher

"The DECORATOR stands back to appreciate his day’s work. The entire wall is now painted. Satisfied, he collects his snap-tin, paint, brushes, ladder, etc., lights a cigarette stub and walks off.

While he’s been achieving that painted wall, the film crew cast have failed to do anything at all. So much effort, so much energy, so much time, and nothing achieved whatsoever.

Completely unrelated, I’ve been sitting and typing in this chair for the past few days while four men put up a shed in our garden."

😂😂😂
 http://williamgallagher.com/selfdistract/2024/05/17/shed-a-tear/


Thrutopian Futures anyone?

🔗 📚 Any Human Power - Manda Scott talks about her new Thrutopian Mytho-Political thriller - Accidental Gods
 https://accidentalgods.life/any-human-power-manda-scott-talks-about-her-new-thrutopian-mytho-political-thriller/


This morning ..

… just couldn’t decide which.

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📺 Safe House

Meh. Look carefully you will see I didn’t dislike it. Equally, I didn’t like. I liked the premise - each series an entirely different cast, set of characters - even the Safe House itself was a different house (and yes - I did watch both) … but still. MEH.

SafeHouse on 🔗 Reelgood

’All’ My TV... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/18/safe-house-meh.html


What Will The Cathedrals Of The Future Be  Let Alone Look Like. https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/18/what-will-the.html


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A Thought For Your Day.

Ok …TWO Thoughts.

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If Craft is the Word/Doc online equivalent to what Google Docs had the opportunity to be.

And Airtable is the Excel/Numbers online equivalent to what Google Sheets had the opportunity to be.

Then

What is the Powerpoint/Keynote online equivalent to what Google Slides had the opportunity to be?

Figma, Mi... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/17/if-craft-is.html


Mmmm

Whichever way you look at it

.. and tasted rather good.

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🔗 When the city told him to hide his boat, he complied — sort of - The Times of London - sorry 🍎 📰 - just couldn’t resist. A fine example of creativity besting bureaucracy.
 https://apple.news/AKjRZNU1VQuWMfi1i0slMCg


Translating A Transcript https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/15/translating-a-transcript.html


"Elon Musk’s startup, xAI, is nearing a multiyear deal to spend $10 billion to rent Oracle cloud servers"

💬 The Information

10 BILLION. To RENT.


Sad

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Hers what I’m thinking.Trump announced the Barron story .. and Melania killed it.


Early this morning.

And then a bit later ….

You got to stop taking them eventually. Right?

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Looks like Sam has gone all in on the nuts brigade.


🔗 Obsidian derives its name from the shards of obsidian discovered in our vineyard during its initial planting. This unique volcanic glass, not native to Waiheke, was brought from Mayor Island by Māori tribes living in Onetangi. The obsidian was highly valued … by the native Māori for tools.
 https://www.obsidian.co.nz/our-story


🔗 Simplified - though still a WIP.
 https://yaks-laugh-hm1.craft.me/HRGzyIZ4VyEmho


I’m no developer … but I disagree … what do you all think.

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I must have missed the announcement at the time but apparently Break Dancng is now an Olympic sport .. no mention why the centuries old waltz has been an outcast  since it all started.


Seriously people .. this straight quotes and curly quotes difference needs to be fixed. Am I the only one that gets messed up .. regularly.


When I was a kid, buying a box of choks for my mum whilst not cheap against my pocket money, was stilll doable … wondering how kids today do it, I can’t afford these as an adult.

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They stole the Sybase logo..

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A Public Service Announcement.

You already know that the Internet is fifty years old this year. If you want to take part in celebrating half a century of connectivity - The People Centered Internet is promoting these three links.

Fri, May 17, 3pm PST- The Office of the Future: 3 IEEE Milestones Honoring ... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/12/a-public-service.html


You might have heard that New Zealand was given a rare taste of ‘Aurora Australis’ last night. Just a 4 year old iPhone - this was one that I took. No effects added. Will put some more up later.

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Trotting through my threads this morning and stumbled across this. You are being noticed @benwerd

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Very happy with myself. Up at 4:30, sucked back some caffeine made myself and house ready for the day and out - with time to walk down to the 6 o’clock ferry.

Got there in record time and plenty of time .. fully 10 70 minutes ahead of departure.

I had forgotten it was a Saturday. 🥳😂🥱

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Shame https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/10/shame.html


Three Thousand Years of Longing, 2022 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/10/three-thousand-years.html


‘The Biden Crime Family’ … seriously Rudy?


I know this has been raised on the past - and the answer is generally way above my pay grade, but thought I would ask again in case there have been any break throughs.
Is there a relatively easy way to add a ‘nested menu’ / drop down item/menu on to the ‘normal’ Micro.Blog menu?


Be a pity if something happened to it? @simonwoods 😂 Thank you
 https://micro.blog/simonwoods


Currently reading: 📚The Loop by Jacob Ward
 https://micro.blog/books/9780316487184


Currently reading: 📚 Stoic at Work by Annie Lawson 📚
 https://micro.blog/books/9781761187520


I’m gonna say that even though my ‘pages’ - you know the ‘about’ .. ‘doing’ .. ‘new’ .. ‘using’ .. aren’t ‘done’ - they are clearly done enough to add them to the menu.

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Read 🔗 Bob Lefsetz today - with this 🔗URL at the very top of his post. Nice piece. On the click through you see this.

Different chap I know - but I wonder if anyone else has remarked on it.
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Cough - no idea how long it has been there @bjhess  - but I think that is a first for me. 🙏🏼
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The Furor and How One Designer Can Make A Difference https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/09/the-furor-and.html


**Now THAT is what I call a lineup - **

The 2 ‘permanent’ members of the Haiku Hillbillies plus their occasional phenomenal guest guitarist Tom Conway. Right there I miss Maui. And all the more special to be at Ocean Vodka.

paging // @crossingthethreshold

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Just as I have just about sorted out my now | doing | using | about pages .. now I discover guestbook pages .. 🤯

// @pratik @SimonWoods
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📺 A Man In Full

It was only when I got to the end that I discovered it was a series that emerged from a Tom Wolfe novel. This is no ‘Bonfire’ though. Jeff did a good job - but really, not much of a story. The only surprise was the ending. No spoilers - but it wasn’t what I expected - but now you know it i... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/08/a-man-in.html


Page Eight, 2011 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/08/page-eight.html


Confess, Fletch, 2022 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/08/confess-fletch.html


I think it was John Gruber who posted this originally - or maybe Chris Lockhead. I will find out and adjust if/when i do.

Meanwhile. 🔗📼 Enjoy.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_8n2q5iI4E


🔗 Protests, Then and Now

I highlighted too much to even start to choose a great quote. Just read the article .. talking the ‘differalities’ of the 60s to today. Written by a 75 year old Vietnam vet who was awarded the a Purple Heart and came back and joined the peace movement.
 https://www.currentaffairs.org/2024/05/protests-then-and-now/


"Rafah’s fate hung in the balance on Monday after Hamas said it had accepted a ceasefire-for-hostage deal but Israel responded skeptically and carried out night airstrikes on Gaza’s southernmost city."

… whatever happens now - whatever is said - why on earth would Hamas believe anything being said.

My mum used to tell me that what you say is not important - it is how you act.

Cards Played.


💬 I know what he means …

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I think 📚Victim by Andrew Boryga might be ‘next’ having just read 🔗 Bob’s post
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Any preferences for Utilities that allow me to export / import Apple Contacts to and from CSV files and similar?


💬 I like this distinction.

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Spotted on the ‘Book of Face’ ….

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I know @dave is a fan of Andrew Hickey - me too. No time to listen to them all, but when you do - superb. Absolutely superb.

🔗🎙 Sad to see this in my stream .. disgusted even. Got to say, I thought he was a better person than I could ever have been)

Meanwhile - let’s see what happens - and if it doesn’t... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/05/i-know-dave.html


Not subscribed to this podcast - but loaded a few that caught my eye after Mike Maples called them out … just spotted the length .. I don’t have time? How does anyone?

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Excellent point from Don.

🔗 Read the whole thing here

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/890e93ccd5.png https://blog.zgp.org/easy-experiment-behavioral-advertising/


On a Substack today I read a restaurant reviewer talking about people complaining that some food had ‘too much flavor’

The other day, Rick Beato going on about people ( including his own family ) not understanding him when he said something was ‘out of tune’. In fact he was so flummoxed that he talked to ... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/05/163910.html


On a Substack today I read a restaurant reviewer talking about people complaining that some food had ‘too much flavor’

The other day, Rick Beato going on about people ( including his own family ) not understanding him when he said something was ‘out of tune’. In fact he was so flummoxed that he talked to ... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/05/on-a-substack.html


🔗 Nervous drivers pay to be whisked across America’s scariest bridge

(Sorry - 🍎📰 )

.. I am of the opinion that if you’re too scared to drive this road - you shouldn’t be licensed for any road. What say you?
 https://apple.news/AAZ8UA96XR6q7n3EzIQF8Kw


📺 Baby Reindeer

Well - I didn’t see that coming. What a ride. Not for the light hearted. Not for everyone - but loved it. Every little weird bit. Want a proper review - 🔗 try this one

Baby Reindeer on 🔗 Reelgood

’All’ My TV Show Reviews

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/87a0bf09a7.jpg https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2024/05/03/baby-reindeer/ https://reelgood.com/show/baby-reindeer https://john.philpin.com/categories/myshows https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/87a0bf09a7.jpg


📽 I have been watching ‘Sugar’ - and impressed throughout. Great job. Until last night - the final episode - and I was so upset. LIKE - DUH - we all knew that - but what about everything else? It was all so up in the air. VERY disappointed.

Today I go an alert that Episode 7 was coming May 10th

🤦♂ … o... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/05/04/i-have-been.html


🔗 😂 Letters ‘by’ Shaun Usher

Funny, worth a click through - unless you don’t think this is funny …

"Last weekend, the drive up to London was improved by listening to a Sherlock Holmes audiobook on the car’s CD player. I was amused by my inability to follow the plot as closely as I would have liked, and put this down to middle age. It was only when I arrived at my destination that I realised the CD player was on “shuffle” mode."

 https://open.substack.com/pub/lettersofnote/p/maybe-we-should-ban-suits?r=2d79


got a new gizmo yesterday - and all happy that it had USBC charging … to get home, unbox and find that the provide charging cable had USBC at one end and USBA at the other.


😂

🖇 Me - in the middle of April - but had been having the problem (an out of control mouse) for a lot longer.

Cracked the issue this morning.

Sidecar.

It seems recently that I have not been closing my iPad, and so my Mac believes that I have a second screen.

Issue resolved.
 https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/17/intermittently-and-seemingly.html


In The UNdaunted Collective I put up a new action group called ‘The Intersection’. I will explain more, I think some of you might be interested in joining.

Job 1 : A concise summary of what and why it is.
Job 2 " Share with you all - to see if my gut is right.

Job 0 : Launch The UNdaunted!
 https://www.theundaunted.global


London’s Evening Standard is running a piece with ‘Biblical Storm’ in the headline.

Me? I just got my popcorn out for the countdown to the complaints.


🖇 Me a couple of days ago ending with ‘wondering what ‘Rob’ will say.

Now we know.

He just delivered a great story - as always and funny. He didn’t say it the way I did (mainly because he has more talent) … but I think we agree. Take a listen.

🔗 🎙 Paramount: Buy, Sell, Fight
 https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/30/thats-entertainment.html https://overcast.fm/+BEtMiTyOiI


I have referenced 🔎 🖇 The UNDaunted on this blog a few times. On a call this morning - and we are going live in two weeks . Letting a few friends and family in early. If you are into Social Impact - you are going to love The UNDaunted. Hit me up in whatever way makes sense to learn more.
 https://john.philpin.com/search-space/?q=undaunted


I love Rick Beato’s podcast channel and Ted Gioia’s writing and so was delighted to watch this meeting of minds last night …

🔗🎵📼 Rick and Ted ‘chat’
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM4sEl8avug


For your most happy listening pleasure … put me in such a good mood.

🔗🎵📼 The Mariachis with Hugh Cornwell perform Golden Brown
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy8Y3R4dXyc


Not dissimilar jobs when you think about it …

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/b7dadbcae1.png


🔗 🎵 📼 Good Morning Good Morning Good Morning Good Morning Good Morning

(📸 from earlier today)

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/2c1b93ec91.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru3O23zqqaE


Is it me?

Someone knows I am in ‘deck mode’ - and sent me a link. This is the home page proudly stating

"“our most popular presentations and pitch deck from top companies and startups.”"

Grammar aside - not one of them has a view ≠ ‘0’.

No I didnt bother exploring more.

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/6e1c31b149.png


🔗 Cigarettes After Sex are playing Madison Garden.

Don’t worry, I hadn’t heard of them either.

🔗 🎵 Apocalypse is their ‘biggie’. (1,233,307,237 streams. Apparently, I must have been under my rock at the time.)

🔗 🎵 📼 Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) - not as many!
 https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2024/04/25/cigarettes-after-sex/ https://songwhip.com/cigarettes-after-sex/apocalypse https://youtube.com/watch?v=VGwX1PrVEFA&si=sA_CdWQjzqAkSB8j


That's Entertainment  https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/30/thats-entertainment.html


We’re getting there …

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/f1671acc8c.png


Have to say .. great coup for the Smartless guys .. let’s see how it pans out …


As I wrote in January …  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 📚is a wonderful little book .. so who knows why I am posting on April 30th that I have just finished it. Opinion not changed. Read it.
 https://john.philpin.com/2024/01/06/the-first-collection.html https://micro.blog/books/9780307371560


I had been wondering about 🔗 Keycap Shine.

Then @gruber 🔗 explains even more today.

It all makes sense. Still bloody annoying.

At lease I can now stop polishing my keyboard.
 https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/24/keyboard-keys-shiny https://micro.blog/gruber https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/04/25/more-on-keycap-shine


Dana makes some good points in ‘🔗 Why Full Self Driving is a Fraud.’. And of course the US isn’t protectionist.
 https://open.substack.com/pub/danafblankenhorn/p/why-full-self-driving-is-a-fraud


I have stopped using ‘mtg’ as an abbreviation for ‘meeting’ just to avoid being reminded of a dimwit.


Today in Tedium:

"As you may know, Tedium is a blog and/or newsletter (we haven’t decided yet–I know, surprising nine years in) focused on questions that you never bothered to ask yourself, but are suddenly consumed by the second you hear them."

I know how they feel!


🔗 The web is not dying

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/023b43ffab.png https://manuelmoreale.com/@/page/SWz1dvj7fs0CM5Zw


{title} https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/29/title.html


Not everything on The ‘Book of Face’ is bad ..
.. consider this that was just sent to me (reproduced in full so you don’t have to sully yourself).

• An Oxford comma walks into a bar where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.

• A dangling participle walks... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/29/not-everything-on.html


"A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that’s just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it’s a joke."

💬 Søren Kierkegaard


You’re taking a picture and just want a detail in the distance. Which produces best quality .. zoom as far as can and crop later or pinch on screen to get what you want and then click.

Or is there no difference?


Weinstein reversed.
Trump delayed .. again.
Life normal continues.


No - 🤖 Not My First Time  https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/26/no-not-my.html


Does

"And (of course) the US and allies drove the nazis to full and complete surrender."

Mean the same \ Have the same conclusion .. feeling(?)  \ Correctly reflect history as

"And (of course) the allies and the US drove the nazis to full and complete surrender."

If not .. which do you feel is more accurate?

How would you write the sentence?


Coming Home The Other night

At the beginning of the year I had grand plans for this series. A daily long-form post about something that was rattling my brain that day. And then life. For a while, I was even just dropping markers - to revisit. I came to realise that part of the problem was the comp... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/25/coming-home-the.html


See you tomorrow … say 6:30?

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/266a5df21c.jpg


[🔗 Bob’s writing about Music and Musicians]](https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2024/04/19/reaching-mass/), but what he described has applicability to any new business launching itself onto the world.
 https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2024/04/19/reaching-mass/)


"US finally breaks ground on its first-ever high-speed rail."

… from LA to, no … not SFO .. Vegas baby. It’s gonna be so much quicker and Greener to go see a show at the Sphere.

IMHO .. this particular route would be waaaay down on the ‘which route first’ list, but I can’t think of any route that might be higher on the ‘which route is easiest’ list.


Yet another one to file in the bucket of things that don’t seem quite right.

🔗 Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation
 https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/why-you-cant-get-a-restaurant-reservation


New Projects -because of course, you can never have enough projects. https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/24/new-projects-because.html


Today I discovered and then learned about Scoped Tags in Drafts - only 10 versions later I think - but now I know and thank you @Agiletortoise
 https://micro.blog/Agiletortoise


I am killing alerts on my phone to the minimum and adding some of them to my less used mini .. so phone allows for focus and when I pick up the pad I can quickly scan the notifications ..got it .. flush them.

Sounds like a grand plan, except that I have now found three iPad apps that do not have notificat... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/24/i-am-killing.html


🖇 Remember Micro Monday Follow Day? - I just fixed the click through - because after all this shuffling a few things got broken. There are some crackers in there … 5 Years Ago Today Apparently!
 https://john.philpin.com/2019/04/22/its-micro-monday.html


I seem to have an about page that is rather old and I want to kill it anyway - but according to my page list - it doesn’t exist.

F U N K Y


I am guessing that Spark New Zealand is having an issue - got an email this morning demanding an outrageous amount of money that apparently I owe them. Not phishing as far as I can so tried to log on to their site - which I did - but no service available, no billing, no way to message them, no list of prod... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/23/i-am-guessing.html


🔗 Received from my friend Graham, article from The New Yorker .. as I commented tomorrow him;

"Personally speaking - my life is too short"

 https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/why-you-cant-get-a-restaurant-reservation


I am at a good point now. Time to stop for a while and let it digest .. but still ‘goodenough’ to have a link on the site that takes you down the rabbit hole for any passing observer interested enough to click.

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/f87526da74.png


🧶 Sorting My Pages On MicroBlog
 https://yaks-laugh-hm1.craft.me/UKPkFZ4JfEG1lJ


Podcasts work on RSS don’t they.

Behold

📜 🎙 My Podcast Roll
 https://john.philpin.com/blogroll/podcasts/


Another discovery from the archives … although only March, so not so bad.

"Many of us seek status and belonging without even seeing it; we find it hard not to react to what others are doing, especially those we have been programmed to want to impress. We’re reactive without realizing it. We put limits on ourselves because we buy into other people’s rules. It’s the fundamental limit I’ve observed in most people, including myself and most founders: they define success by succeeding according to the rules that others have defined. "

💬 Mike Maples

🔗 Source (Medium) - so heaven only knows how I stumble... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/22/another-discovery-from.html


Doing Pages.
Using Pages.
Now Pages : about nownownow.com.
Any other pages we need to know about?
 https://nownownow.com/about


TIL

"Dubai has a unique demographic model. Of its 3.5 million people, 92% of are foreigners who come from 200 countries to live and work in the city, lured by its tax-free status and relaxed lifestyle."

92% are foreigners … 🤯


😂 🔗 Letting ‘Marketing’ have a ‘seat at the table’

Truth in humor from Tom.
 https://marketoonist.com/2024/04/marketing-table.html


I’m sticking with the Three Bodies thing .. but …


🎵 Years since I listened to this and as it turns out - 50 years old this year. As fresh and moving and as brilliant as it was back then.
 https://songwhip.com/al-stewart/soho-needless-to-say


We Don't Care What The World Thinks - We Know Best. https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/22/we-dont-care.html


I do like @jsonbecker photo plugin that basically allows you to 🔍🖇  for a post based on the image that’s there … (I know that’s not how it is promoted - but that is how I am using it …) … just wish I could ‘present’ them better. Maybe a second plugin?
 https://micro.blog/jsonbecker https://john.philpin.com/photos/


Just a BIG shout out to @vladcampos for 🔗 📼 this video which talks you through how to rearrange the categories on the archive page of your MicroBlog.

GREAT JOB SIR - most excellent. Really really clear - and it worked first time.

AND of course - big shout out to @otaviocc for the new page.

I did it and ... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/21/just-a-big.html


I play the guitar. I am not a guitarist.


Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?


In case you hadn’t realized - I have been doing some backlog clearing over the weekend, this is one of those catchups. Links from the wild - collected and - not quite curated.

Still there might be something here for you?

🔗 Validating Factual Personal Information | February 2024 | Communications of the ACM - it’s as if Vint isn’t plugged in to the possibilities? What am I missing?

🔗 A Fascinating dive into the history of Poland

🔗 Why Is California the Way It Is? - by Tomas Pueyo - love this kind of visual analysis of the ‘history of geography’.

🔗 Haitz’s law - Wikipedia - the Moore’s law of ligh... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/21/in-case-you.html


Bastille Day, 2016 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/21/bastille-day.html


🔗 📼 This an 11 year old Ted Talk featuring Pablo Holman - demonstrating hacks on the stage. ELEVEN years ago .. so what 2013?

It includes a shout out to Kim Cameron who Pablo called The Chief Privacy Architect at Microsoft, which indeed at one time he was - though Kim retired from Microsoft May, 2011, the... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/21/this-an-year.html


How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, 2003 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/21/how-to-lose.html


🎥 Love Actually, 2003 - ★★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/21/love-actually.html


📺 Crooks

Netflix. Dubbed. Caper.
Not much more to say, except I did watch it all the way through.

Crooks on 🔗 Reelgood

’All’ My TV Show Reviews

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/293256d976.jpg https://reelgood.com/show/crooks-2024 https://john.philpin.com/categories/myshows


🚧 Setting The Record Straight https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/21/setting-the-record.html


🔗 🎙 The American Dream Is A Pyramid Scheme … Sean Illing doing his thing.
 https://overcast.fm/+QLhVK1W8Y


August 24th 2021 was the last time I updated my ‘Using’ page … oh my … currently applying copious ‘strike out’ throughout.

I will update properly, but so interesting how much and how little has changed in the past three years.

I will keep the old one just for posterity.


🎈110/366 Ola Has Gone Lyft Was Never Here. I Refuse To Use Uber. Now What? https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/21/ola-has-gone.html


About This Blogroll Thing

I updated the base to include @ameripie and @jedda specifically.

While I was there - I found some peeps in my Feedbin that I had - but weren’t in the right folder - so fixed that and now the list is a bit longer. Discovering some additional anomalies;

@manton - Is there a way t... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/21/about-this-blogroll.html


I think I broke the Internet - so stopping now.


I promise you - there IS land over there - I’ve even see it.

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/0d8716ebf6.jpg


Not a big user of MicroBlog bookmarks - so a couple of months ago I went through what I had and brought it all down to zero.

Today - I dropped in there - wrong click I think - and there are a whole raft of bookmarks that were not there before. (All valid - nothing odd - other than they are there.)

Did so... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/20/not-a-big.html


Josh Browder talking ..

Key message - Everybody needs their own AI Agent.

Fresh out is a short podcast with him talking to 🎙 ‘Danny In The Valley’

I have this feeling that he might be at the vanguard of such an offering - and he is on our side.
 https://overcast.fm/+JDB4ZAyV0


I read something this past week about  ‘feeds and posts’ - and I know ‘we’ do all know that the difference is there - but ‘we’ are also aware that it is not always understood … I think maybe @SimonWoods mentioned it recently?
Anyway - I was about to reply with something I considered to be an excellent ripo... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/20/i-read-something.html


🔗 Daring Fireball: How to Temporarily Disable Face ID or Touch ID, and Require a Passcode to Unlock Your iPhone or iPad

I know I shared this when @gruber wrote it way back - but sharing again - as he just did - and a reminder from moi  .. its not a matter of if they come after you - it is when - best be p... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/20/daring-fireball-how.html


[🔗 Bob’s writing about Music and Musicians]](https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2024/04/19/reaching-mass/), but what he described has applicability to any new business launching itself onto the world.
 https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2024/04/19/reaching-mass/)


I saw🔗  this in Visual Capitalist today.

No mention of New Zealand where a lot of people complain about the country’s debt, so I thought I might explore - and found this in Macro Trends.

And sure - while we are higher than historical - it isn’t unprecedented - even in the past twenty years. 2003 and 20... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/20/i-saw-this.html


Anyone have a nice OPML of micro blog feeds that they would care to share?

(Asking for a friend.)


When you sell a house, you pay a realtor, various service and inspections, possibly the tax man. Maybe an accountant and/ or lawyer … and and and … there is no question … you pay.

When you buy a house, it’s not dissimilar, you pay.

Need the services of a lawyer .. pay.

an accountant .. pay

buying ‘litt... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/19/162657.html


When you sell a house, you pay a realtor, various service and inspections, possibly the tax man. Maybe an accountant and/ or lawyer … and and and … there is no question … you pay.

When you buy a house, it’s not dissimilar, you pay.

Need the services of a lawyer .. pay.

an accountant .. pay

buying ‘litt... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/19/when-you-sell.html


I see lots of posts these days on LinkedIn from recent ‘arrivals in the work force’, where the message is some version of ..

‘I am available .. if you need a python developer.’

I wonder if their request might be better served by ‘writing’

‘I am available .. if you need someone to solve your (x marks the... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/19/i-see-lots.html


"There is a real sense of frustration in Ukraine about a perceived double standard in US support for Israel. “The view among some is that if Britain, America, Jordan and all these other countries are willing to shoot down drones to help out Israel, why can’t they do something similar for us when we’re facing this all the time?”"

… from Today’s Yesterday’s Guardian


It’s clear that there is a dickhead in charge over in the Middle East.


Who am I to disagree with Austin Kleon and in fact I still don’t .. but the conclusion to the article ends with a use case for why paper dictionaries .. which to this bear seems identical to the why online. What am I missing?
🔗 Source
 https://austinkleon.com/2024/04/18/how-to-have-fun-thinking-with-a-paper-dictionary/


Wow — that’s a LOT of Bloody Mary I thought .. oh wait ‘OR’ … not ‘OF’.

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/1eee00e8de.jpg


Don’t worry about the effect on the environment .. all the passengers carbon offset their vacation by using cardboard straws in their cocktails.

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/0e87467b5d.jpg


Suggestions that Informatica to be bought by the increasingly wrongly named ‘SalesForce’.


Suggestions that Informatica to be bought my the increasingly wrongly named ‘Salesforce’


Meanwhile lie, over on another network, my response to some advice …

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/c0328d8bab.jpg


Early Start to a busy day …

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/b8f0b94a75.jpg


"Substack is a unified media ecosystem. It encompasses both publishing and conversation. This duality is important, because ….. ramble ramble ramble"

.. Hamish McKenzie over on Substack but I liked the first part and racking my brains to try and recall where I’d seen that idea before …


🎈106/366

Not a new one. Just stumbled across it in ‘the collection’. It is real - took it myself - in Burford.

At the beginning of the year I had grand plans for this series. A daily long-form post about something that was rattling my brain that day. And then life. For a while, I was even just droppi... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/16/not-a-new.html


I’m feeling a clean up coming on me …

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/df3064d185.png


I think I just used my new Random (Surprise Me) Link more times in the last 10 minutes than it has ever been used in total.


OH. Now that’s a neat idea. (The ‘random’ button between the previous and next)

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/ef2431745e.jpg


Was I talking about stumbling across things? Don’t think so, but an example of just that from a few months ago. No words needed to explain the images, but if needed - click through.

🔗 Weekend Reading — Never Again Is Now —  Labnotes (by Assaf Arkin)
 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/8566c09e8f.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/ce43b62fc5.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/f907469c3d.jpg https://labnotes.org/weekend-reading-never-again-is-now/


"It occurred to me watching a Martin Scorcese documentary about the life of George Harrison, how much people in music seek out opportunities to create with other musicians. In technology, it doesn’t happen, we don’t even look at each other’s software."

💬 Dave Winer

🔗 Source
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison:_Living_in_the_Material_World http://scripting.com/2024/04/14.html#a011848


Long said that I speak three languages; English, Music and Math(s) .. sounds like @andysylvester is on a similar track.
 https://micro.blog/andysylvester


I just sent this to Readdle.

"I hit inbox zero and you invite me to share with x - as a Ukraine Company I am  surprised that you would promote a space owned by someone who’s goal is to solve the war by handing Ukraine over to Russia."

"If you must .. at least give your customers the chance to promote their success into a platform that we use or at least a free, fair, open platform - which that fiasco most certainly isn’t."

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/b609fea43e.jpg


I am still running these words in my mind … (stumbled over them somewhere so sorry - no source)

"Starting right now we must invest time and resources to hone, sculpt and architect the six key skills will be essential in the future to complement machines, co-exist with change, and ensure continuous re-invention.
Three of these have to do with individual competence (Cognition, Creativity, Curiosity) and three how we connect with each other and the world outside our minds including new AI agents. (Collaborate, Communicate, Convince)."


An Interview With An AI https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/14/an-interview-with.html


Have to say that were somebody to back me up against a wall - put a gun to my head and ask me who my top 10 artists - ever - were, XTC would be on that list.

📼 Just finished watching this

Just lovely and a tremendous trip down memory lane.
 https://youtu.be/ytc9fv96ZGg


I know politicians don’t like to think that they put themselves above their country - but we all know they do. But this is a case of a journalist essentially making the two things equal - and allowing them to get away with the decision … me or the country? Me or the country?

I remember the days when polit... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/14/i-know-politicians.html


🎈103/366

Yesterday 🔗🎙 Timothy Rybak and Kara Swisher

Today 🔗🎙 Christopher Lyon with Lyndsey Stonebridge talking about  Hannah Arendt

One common observation. by Timothy and Lyndsey (I paraphrase)

Trump is an overweight, obnoxious nothing - it is the apparatus around him that is the problem.
 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lessons-learned-from-hitlers-rise-to-power/id1643307527?i=1000651756143 https://radioopensource.org/lessons-from-hannah-arendt/


📺 **Citadel **

There are spies. A bad organization called Manticore. A mole in the good guys organization. Who knows how it will all end? OK - not a real question. But entertaining enough.

Gray on 🔗 Reelgood

’All’ My TV Show Reviews

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/c459d572ea.jpg https://reelgood.com/show/citadel https://john.philpin.com/categories/myshows


📺 One Lane Bridge

Two seasons worth. Another in the style of ‘Kiwi Scandinavian Noir’ 😁. It’s not a cracker - but good enough to watch both seasons over time. (Trust me - there are many a show I start - never finish - and a review of which you will not find in here.)

Gray on 🔗 Reelgood

’All’ My TV Show ... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/14/one-lane-bridge.html


📺 The Brothers Sun

Despite writing this back in February - it didn’t. Quirky. Funny. Great Action - and Michelle Yeoh. I mean - c’mon.

Gray on 🔗 Reelgood

’All’ My TV Show Reviews

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/d6f326c6eb.jpg https://john.philpin.com/2024/02/07/watched-first-episode.html https://reelgood.com/show/the-brothers-sun-2024 https://john.philpin.com/categories/myshows


📺 Criminal Record

‘Truth to Power’. Solid, gritty, Brit detective drama.

Gray on 🔗 Reelgood

’All’ My TV Show Reviews

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/6231b3da2d.jpg https://reelgood.com/show/criminal-record-2024 https://john.philpin.com/categories/myshows


📺 The Gulf

Coincidentally found myself living on/in ‘The Gulf’ when I discovered the show, so watched it with a little bit of a ’travelogue’ perspective. 😁 One of those dark Kiwi shows - they seem to be emulating ’Scandinavian Noir’ - if that is a term. If it isn’t, it should be. Great show.

Gray on 🔗 Re... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/14/the-gulf-coincidentally.html


📺 Gray

Arguably formulaic - but something about it kept me hooked. And ‘Cornelia’, don’t you love that name? If you like this genre - it is well worth a watch.

Gray on 🔗 Reelgood

’All’ My TV Show Reviews

 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2529/2024/3daeb0c97d.jpg https://reelgood.com/show/gray-2023 https://john.philpin.com/categories/myshows


🖇 Me 5 Years Ago - Simpler Times. .. who would have predicted where we are today.
 https://john.philpin.com/2019/04/21/maybe-but-the.html


📸 Fun watching the little boats racing each other in the mini Regatta. Not a great photo - I know - but given the distance not bad for a 4 year old iPhone.

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"“Andy Warhol once promised everybody 15 minutes of fame, but on TikTok that often gets reduced to 15 seconds of attention.”"

💬 Unknown (to me at least)


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💬

Manu writing (about) how I feel.

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As far as I can tell - this headline (which is repeated everywhere) only has one source - The Orange one.

And he announced it shortly after Biden announced his 25 million or so.

There are is no separate verification - if there is - can you point me.

There were a LOT of foreign peeps at the event - sure ... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/13/as-far-as.html


📺 Ripley

Started slow. Continued slow. Finished Slow. And I loved it. The Black and White cinematography was superb. More in those grey tones than color could ever do. Have to say I was nervous of having a longer version of the film. No worries. Totally different.

Ripley on 🔗 Reelgood

’All’ My TV Show R... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/13/ripley-started-slow.html


1] This Morning ….

2] This Afternoon ….

It’s dark now - so no photos - but it sure sounds like number [1] has returned!
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Talk About Misguided and Fucked Up https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/12/talk-about-misguided.html


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Filed in the bucket of ‘Things That Are Wrong With The World’ .. that moment that you discover that your translator has stolen $16 million from your bank account.


Wondering if anyone saw this ‘post’ of mine from earlier this year.

(NO response at the time 🥺 - but if you have ‘replies turned off - it would have gone straight by you.)

Been bouncing around since then - and I keep coming back to 🔗 Daylite - a Mac only app - BUT seems to be very powerful. Finally took ... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/11/wondering-if-anyone.html


Have I mentioned before that I like [🔗 🎙 Rob Long’s Martini Shot], short entertaining, great story telling about the entertainment business - and ties back into broader business - this one feature Karl Lagerfeld. My take? We all have a ‘little Karl’ in us.


Remember all that kerfuffle about Apple and Beeper - well - as reported just this week Automattic just bought Beeper - which personally I thought was a GREAT move. Even greater - in the same week Beeper launched their new app!

Installed - and ready - because even without iMessages - I still have a Unified... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/11/remember-all-that.html


Two pieces that in some ways seem to contradict each other and themselves - even down to one being quite serious and the other with more humor.

🔗 Fergie Chambers Is Heir to One of America’s Richest Families and Determined to See the U.S. Fall. (Readwise with Highlights)  …. (Original 🔗Rolling Stone Link)
... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/11/two-pieces-that.html


"Gamify my community"

Seriously Mighty Networks? Seriously?


If anyone feels inspired to pop over to 🔗 this page on LinkedIN that I just made public, it is the very early beginnings of our new initiative ‘The Future Found’. More will be forthcoming.
 https://www.linkedin.com/company/thefuturefound


Ranked: The World’s Top Flight Routes, by Revenue https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/10/ranked-the-worlds.html


I think it was ‘eclipsy’ that @dave called out as not a real word.

Might I add ‘winningest’ to the new ‘un-dictionary’
 https://micro.blog/dave


Flip IT in ‘UNITE’ to get ‘UNTIE’

At the same time you flip the meaning of the word.


🔗 A Failed Rock Adaption of Dune Might Have Starred Mick Jagger, Orson Welles & Salvador Dalí (with Music by Pink Floyd)

.. personally, I see this as one of the world’s great successes - how near were we I wonder?
 https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/a-failed-rock-adaption-of-dune-might


🔗 108 companies, graded from most to least racist.

It’s a start, but I wouldn’t take it as absolute - to me the more interesting info is in the footnote ..

"NOTE: The companies listed in black are federal contractors. The companies in gray aren’t."

The sheer number of contractors ‘in black’ could surely be reduced by a little more vigilance in the government to at least reduce that number - maybe others will then follow?

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ONE HUNDRED? A timely reminder that I need to bring these ‘dailies’ into alignment. Once ‘the daily’ became too much (because of the approach I was taking), I worked out how to simplify - but still not on top of it.


That’s a lot off missing years … assume the hamsters are doing something .. wish they’d hurry up. Will leave it overnight and check in tomorrow a.m.

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Raindrop, which I have had for yonks, landed with a thud in my conscious this past week, the usual, yes AND the possibility of 🖇 this.

BUT - just not sure - yet - how / if it connects to everything else in my newly emerging connected world of NetNewsWireFeedBinReadWiseRaindropMicroBlog.
 https://raindrop.io/6rbt7hfwmm/new-news-43149134


Looks like the eclipse has eclipsed any and all other news.


But all was not lost. Spotted as I was leaving …

.. and they say print is dead.

Were it not for ‘print’ and the ‘physical’ world, I would never have known about an AI presentation using a hologram.

Ironic - right?
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🖇 Meanwhile … I stopped off for a well deserved ‘Latte and Eggs Bennie’.

I don’t know who this young lady is

(angle to purposely disguise her identity) , but she talked for the duration.  And I do mean talked, barely drawing breath, much less pausing to listen to whoever was on the other end.
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Time For A Stroll On My Beach

Long Shots Never Quite Work

Nature Finds A Way

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Am I missing something?

This is the headline on the fireflies site

And you read down the page and get to …

Seriously?
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And another post ‘posted’ and lost to the ether .. I wonder if they hang out with all the socks I don’t have?


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You are tired at night so go to bed early - so you wake up earlier - so you are tired even earlier at night - so you go to bed even earlier - so you …


Alert on my LOCK screen - via Spark - a single SPAM message promoting LeCreuset.

Settings investigation in my future.

Particularly since on opening Spark I found  lot of messages that I presume somebody/thing ‘thought’ were far less important!

(To be fair .. some of them definitely were!)

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The irony of a footer that tells you that you aren’t going to get one of this annoying little pop ups asking you to sign up - and not being aware that it is dutifully delivered over and over again through the RSS feed on each post - sometimes even without a post.


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🔗Gioia’s rule of the spheres.

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🔗 Biden may have trouble getting on Ohio’s general election ballot, state’s top election official warns.

.. there are some things in life that I clearly do not understand … such as the need for Democrats to self destruct.
 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-may-trouble-getting-ohios-general-election-ballot-rcna146706


A Public Announcement https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/07/a-public-announcement.html


You Know He’s Right.

As is so often the case.
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The Beautiful Game, 2024 - ★★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/07/the-beautiful-game.html


The Gentlemen, 2019 - ★★★★ https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/07/the-gentlemen.html


🔗 Porn showing the way again?

We know that the Porn Industry leads the way in adopting new technology to redefine itself.

Not once or twice - but continually. Only Fans might be the latest example.

In this piece Bob Lefsetz suggests that musicians of the world take a leaf out of their book.
 https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2024/04/04/onlyfans-2/


Homeless People - Soccer - Movie - Awareness .. https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/07/homeless-people-soccer.html


OOH OOH - here’s an idea - let’s take a movie from 25 years ago and turn it into an 8 part mini series.


📼 🎵 But We Had Music
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-akjypHazAM


"Seperately I still look forward to having MicroBlog and Readwise just synch with my chosen folder in Newswire. And then I thought I read the other day that this is indeed possible. Is it? I can’t find anything about it anywhere. 🥺. But there’s more. I want the opportunity to change the order dynamically, based on ‘last post in’ - but no plans according to Manton."

.. from here - where i have just published V4 of my ‘blogroll - but still no answers to those question - plus - I wonder if there is any plan to offer a ‘nested’ list. (If you click through - the need becomes clear. 🤒
 https://john.philpin.com/blogroll/


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I wrote a post yesterday morning. It’s not my usual style, so I filed it in drafts while I cooled down.

I woke up this morning and saw the headline “Israel Blames Misidentification for Strike That Killed Gaza Aid Workers” … and so fuck it … it’s in the comments below. (If you are reading this and not on m... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/04/i-wrote-a.html


🔗 Google to delete search data of millions who used ‘incognito’ mode.

Incognito is not incognito and barely a flutter in the ether.
 https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1242019127/google-incognito-mode-settlement-search-history


📸 My bus is arriving.

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Pirates in the Bay?

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🔗 Johnson Warns Jeffries Could Become Speaker

‘Warns’ …

… the article suggests Hakim is the House Minority Leader- I would suggest that if indeed he ‘assumes the mantle’, that he would then be the House Majority Leader … it’s just that the definition of which ‘majority’ ii is - like different to the usua... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/03/johnson-warns-jeffries.html


🔗 The great list of all the blog platforms.

I scrolled and scrolled and thought …. he’s forgotten Montaigne.

But he hadn’t. Why did I doubt?

More importantly, Did you know there were this many blogging platforms out there?
 https://manuelmoreale.com/blog-platforms


🔗 🎙 Can you patent a pizza? Decoder with Nilay Patelt

Good question.

TL;DR - yes … yes you can.

BUT, apparently it means nothing, because you still need to be big and with deep pockets to protect that patent - because otherwise them large corporations - hell they invented the 💩
 https://overcast.fm/+QLdv9BFNU


I think this is a great list …

Courtesy of :  🔗 Social Rebellion
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Umm - a new record?

// @mguhlin
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🔗 Why I write.

Do I agree?

YUP.
 https://manuelmoreale.com/@/page/EMdQMyHxCynwUzZ2


Two perspectives - at least two in my mind.

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🔗Avoid these 3 common phrases—they make you look weak and insecure, experts say (🍎 News) ..

I don’t know .. I am sorry to ask, I just wonder if anyone else thinks this is a croc?

It just tends to be how we talk in England.
 https://apple.news/AJUpoZZAgSPSfpvQh0zIW8g


Happy April Fools Day

🔗 Why The Sun Never Sets Over San Serriffe - by Mike Sowden

Have to say, I don’t recall it .. being so young and all .. but I agree, hard to see how we could make it work in 2024.

All you font wonks out there .. you definitely will enjoy, but then mytgc
 https://open.substack.com/pub/everythingisamazing/p/why-the-sun-never-sets-over-san-serriffe


Behold THREE Lefsetz pieces - personally annotated and ready for your delectation … your welcome.

🔗 The New Music Business | annotated by John

🔗 The Normalization Of Insanity | annotated by John

🔗 John Oliver’s Million Dollar Offer | annotated by John
 https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01htasats20f6rfb73k185pnnz/ https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01hq7b0zfp41cxhz1q28y710jy/ https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01hq3rtcs52anery91ghb6ty84/


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🖇 After this .. another one from May last year. This one wasn’t as ‘finished, so tweaked a bit for clarity.

Separate question - what was going on in my life in May last year?

Just off a loooong web session with 50 or 60 very wise people talking about AI and ESG. Specifically ‘The Future of S... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/04/01/after-this-another.html


From The Annals Of History https://john.philpin.com/2024/03/31/from-the-annals.html


Just a test from Obsidian.


🖇 You wouldn’t thinks so - but the culling count hit double digits today.
 https://john.philpin.com/archive/


My list is long - and so I made a list of lists.
My list of lists was also long.
So I consolidated some individual items into - well … lists.
So my list of lists is now shorter.
BUT
The number of things in a specific item on the list of lists are many.
Not yet ready to introduce the concept of a list o... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/03/31/my-list-is.html


🔗 LLMs and reputation management is an interesting take by Don Marti on a problem we don’t seem to talk too much about - but you can see it developing.
 https://blog.zgp.org/llms-and-reputation-management/


In case you thought that there’s not much variety in music these days … turns out that at the Macro level - you are spot on.

🔗 🎵 Global Album Charts - IFPI

TL;DR

Taylor Swift and Kpop - that’s (just about) it.
 https://www.ifpi.org/taylor-swift-seventeen-and-morgan-wallen-top-ifpi-global-album-charts/


The new blogroll functionality has taken me down a rabbit hole as I have come to realize how disorganized my feeds were - are, despite appearing very organized.

Anyway. 🖇 V2 is now in place. V2 ≠ Final.
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"I think micro.blog is going to get very interesting once the APIs for all these random social networks fill out.#"

💬 Dave Winer

Nice - and prolly right.  Which reminds me.

Blogrolls …

On the @dave blogroll 🔗 at scripting.com his order pushes blogs with ‘latest post’ to the top - any plans on something like that for Micro Blog @manton ?
 https://micro.blog/ http://scripting.com/2024/03/27.html#a020223 https://micro.blog/dave http://scripting.com https://micro.blog/manton


The Ticket Master rip off discussion often pops up into the feeds - so this one doesn’t surprise me
🔗 Explosive New Documents Unearthed On Live Nation/Ticketmaster
 https://open.substack.com/pub/mattstoller/p/explosive-new-documents-unearthed


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Judging by the boats in the bay, I guess there’s a holiday weekend happening.

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This will make more sense if you read this first.

… in a situation like that there’s only one thing you can do and that’s walk into The shrink [BAD Business] wherever you are, just walk in say “[BAD business], You can get  anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant. You “support election deniers, I’m out”.... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/03/29/this-will-make.html


🔗 These 50 companies have donated over $23 million to election deniers since January 6, 2021 (In case you were wondering.)

I was - which is why I will be back later with some more thoughts.

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Massive shout out to @danielpunkass for #awesome support. Thankyou sir.
 https://micro.blog/danielpunkass


Well - there’s a story to this post - but not yet. Meanwhile, know that this is coming from Mars Edit @danielpunkass
 https://micro.blog/danielpunkass


"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

💬 T. S. Eliot


The Information Reporting …

"Reddit’s Tumble
Uh-oh. Reddit’s dream ride on Wall Street has come to an abrupt halt. The stock tumbled 11% on Wednesday after a research firm published a report saying the stock should trade at about half its current levels, Bloomberg reported."

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I walk by this sign a lot. So finally popped into the store to enquire about renting an electric bike for a week - $99 seemed bargain.

"Nah - we don’t do them that cheap."

But your sign says … showing him

"Oh yeah - old sign - been meaning to update it - we can do one for you for $300."

(Which is still not a bad price in all honesty ($200 US) - good way to try the idea out.)

I walked off.

I was walking by again a yesterday - the sign is still there.

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🔗 Did Trump Just Get Bailed Out?

It’s rhetorical folk.
 https://www.theissue.io/did-trump-just-get-bailed-out-plus-why-the-authoritarians-are-one-step-ahead-of-democracy-and-the-path-back-to-the-presidency/


Just tickled my funny bone - because of course it is TRUE.

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Customer Loyalty Means NOTHING To Nord. https://john.philpin.com/2024/03/27/customer-loyalty-means.html


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This very much resonates with my My People First thinking. via Stowe Boyd - essentially - when you hear ‘the powers’ talking about how people are their most important assets and blah blah blah - would be interesting to learn how they really sit against this list/

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It wasn’t just his music that was ahead of its time.

Prescient!

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Started watching a new series on Netflix. First episode definitely has me hooked ,,, though it seemed that I knew the plot. So, looked it up. Of course I knew the plot. It was a movie from a 5(?) years ago. A very good movie actually. But different as it was, the connections were tight - even down to the d... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/03/27/started-watching-a.html


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Bowie And The Internet

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And of course fussing with only 🖇 one change is never enough - now I am onto blogrolls - very much like the OPML import. Thankyou @manton
 https://john.philpin.com/2024/03/26/it-seems-that.html https://micro.blog/manton


It seems that ‘microhooks’ are the key - every journey starts with a single step … etc


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When you talk about 🔗 Blank Faces … and you get Blank Looks.
 https://theblankfaces.co.uk


"Don Poorleone"

😂😂😂😂

Via Heather Cox Richardson


One URL - Many AIs to chat to … 🔗 Poe - Fast, Helpful AI Chat
 https://poe.com


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Clearly Blake needs to recognize she isn’t funny … but is most certainly a follower.


"Hyperlinks subvert hierarchy"

‘Throwaway’ line from ’Cluetrain’ .. 25 years old this year.


Sad - at many levels.

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OK - enough with this procrastination … Keynote is calling me - but first - some quick hits - yes I know the small pebbles bick rocks story.


Apparently we do have similar problems to Russia …

"The country needs those central Asians who do many of the jobs Russians do not want for salaries Russians will not accept, and thuggish repression might well persuade many to leave."


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Reading all the various commentaries around DoJ v 🍎, I am finding ‘heads on Threads’ making good arguments.

Walt Mossberg for one.

Ben Thompson for another.


🔗 Microsoft’s Brazen AI Inflection

What Om does not touch on is the issue of ‘acquisition’.

To this bear (and others), what also seems to have happened is that Microsoft has all but bought the company. but actually didn’t.

Why not just buy it?

Well because then you need permission from the Feds - if no... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/03/24/microsofts-brazen-ai.html


I’m alwayss amazed how there are so many calendar app on the App Store .. how manyy calendar apps does one person need?

Three apparently.


…STILL …

The ability to apply a filter to users to follow .. to separate out microblog accounts from the fediverse.

Is it so hard?
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