Etc

Into NYC

Taking off

Fancy fonts from iA
I’m a bit late to this party, but the fine folks over at iA released some very interesting variable fonts. I’ve always liked using their writer; I think I’ll give these a shot in my code editor.
The Loop, a reversible golf course
This looks like so much fun. Next time I’m in Michigan…
My new favorite weekend cocktail
The carajillo at Cicatriz is certainly (and by far) the best I’ve tasted, but it is not, I’ll admit, the one I crave. Because my platonic carajillo is not, by any rational standard, a good drink. It’s cloying and unbalanced and, as Patan pointed out, both utilitarian and over-the-top. It’s irresistibly fusty, the sort of […]
The sound of hewing
(flute noises)
Cooking everything from Zelda: BotW
Purrfection
New Chemical Bros
Takin’ a break, 2019
One of the best perks of working for Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, Happy Tools, Akismet, Gravatar is that every five years you get to take a 3-month, paid sabbatical. It’s a wonderful perk, and if it sounds wonderful to you, check us out. Mine starts on Monday. So I’m unplugging from Slack, […]
Nothing beats boots on the ground
My wife and I thought this plan was a very bad idea. So we began to fight it. We spread the word about the plan to move the library. We talked about why this was a bad idea, and proposed alternatives. We met with other people opposed to this idea to map out strategy. But […]