“What is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good?”
“What is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good?”
I was well into my 30s before I realized my mother’s aphorism on relationships, “Fits find each other” had a positive meaning. Because my mother and her sister both taught in special education and because their side of the family is from …
Do you, like me, often find yourself in internet arguments for no good reason and want to reply with a dead-perfect response GIF so everyone will clap and love you even more but the response you want is actually stored in your bookmarks in the superior …
I recently automated the download of one of my favorite cryptic crosswords, both because I am nerdy and because it went behind an extravagantly high paywall. In the process I decided I wanted Sunday mornings to be even more leisurely and made the script …
Didn’t expect to be back so soon, but I got busy doing something* this weekend and what I was listening to finished and Spotify’s Recommended let me know The Beths have a new album out and it’s just as good as the last one …
Trying something new, here are a couple of things I’ve been playing on repeat.
Safely inside my Dad Rock, Springsteen-inspired category, I think I found this via Xgau’s Substack. The whole album is amazing and the previous one is great too …
Because I drive myself insane replicating this when I find I want autocomplete on Windows, here are the steps (as of January 2017 anyway):
pip install pyreadlinepip install ipython[shell]Except right now step 2 fails when installing scandir so I grabbed it …
Dear Josie,
On the very off-chance I don’t get a chance to barrage you about this a thousand times, here’s a lesson on weasel words. Take a look at
Always be suspicious when politicians or advertisers (if there’s still a difference) don …
Internet of Things project for homeowners with heating oil
Internet of Things project providing homeowners with better efficiency for oil heating
