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  1. Golden Gate Bottle
    Sep 16, 2026 · original
    Best new feature in macOS 27 (Golden Gate): A handy icon in the menu bar to show you how much milk is left in your baby bottle.
  2. Former Latters
    Sep 14, 2026 · original
    I’m an adult and have been for several decades. Every time someone say “it’s the former”, or “it’s the latter”, or “more the former than the latter”, I have to stop, and think: “Which one is first, former or latter?” It’s not your problem, it’s mine.
  3. Caring for each other, including the weakest in society, is a sign of strength
    Sep 11, 2026 · original
    Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada at age 92 (the quote is around the 11min mark, but the relevant section begins around 8min30s): “Welcoming people from all over the world, [and] caring for each other, including the weakest in society, is a sign of strength.”
  4. Modern Day Typographer
    Sep 9, 2026 · original
    The Modern Day Typographer is impressive.
  5. Retroactive Sentiment
    Aug 22, 2026 · original
    If you enjoy some piece of media (a story, a song, an image), and then find out it was created with AI, is it reasonable to have your enjoyment impacted in retrospect? It sure is. John Gruber wrote on his blog (that has a pretentious title, which I can identify with): My advice is not to care whether anything was written by an AI or a human. The only thing worth evaluating is what we human readers are naturally good at determining: whether it is good or bad. If it’s good, read it. If it’s not, don’t. […] If you read something and enjoy it, and subsequently find out it was generated by an LLM, don’t feel bad. You read something good that you enjoyed. If I read something, enjoyed it, and subsequently found it out was generated by an LLM, I absolutely would feel bad. To suggest I should not change my sentiment implies that text and reading are solely for the purpose of conveying some object
  6. Smashing Pumpkins Tribute for 2026
    Aug 17, 2026 · original
    There’s a tribute album of Smashing Pumpkins covers that has some gems. Smashing Pumpkins were a formative band for me, and Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness will always be among my favourite albums. A few tracks from this cover album I particularly enjoy: Today by YONAKA Cherub Rock by Carpenter Brut Bullet with Butterfly Wings by Palaye Royale Tonight, Tonight by Starbenders
  7. Beach Offsides
    Aug 5, 2026 · original
    I have invented a new rule for swimming at the beach: When swimming at the beach, you can never be the furthest from the shore. Frequently asked questions (probably): Q: What if I’m swimming with a friend? A: Worry about yourself! Q: What if there’s no one else swimming? A: Then you’d be the furthest from the shore. OFFSIDE! Q: What if the furthest-out person swims in past me? A: OFFSIDE!
  8. Duck Race
    Jul 29, 2026 · original
    I must have made some good choices in my life, because I have a duck reserved for the harbour run rubber duck race more than a week ahead of Naufrage Harbour Day .
  9. You want ghosts?
    Jul 8, 2026 · original
    CBC: Underwater images reveal 1st look at Quest, the final ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton You want ghosts? Because that’s how you get ghosts.
  10. The Goalkeeper’s Parent
    Jun 27, 2026 · original
    The most difficult position in soccer must be the goalkeeper’s parent.
  11. Uber for Dogs
    Jun 11, 2026 · original
    My friend and colleague at silverorange , Jacky, is a great designer and a great writer. For years, we’ve used “Uber for Dogs” as a shorthand for a hypothetical example of a solution coming before the problem. I love Jacky’s writing style, and found this article to be a lovely serving of human thought without AI blurring the edges. Read Jacky’s article: Uber for Dogs: How to Stop & Think for Design .
  12. AI floss
    May 11, 2026 · original
    Saying “I always review what the AI gives me and I don’t let it write for me” is the new “yes, dentist, I do floss every day.”
  13. Connections Band Names
    Apr 25, 2026 · original
    When playing the New York Times Connections game, it occurred to me that it would be a good band name generator. This day in particular had some great band names: Octopus Breeze Thunder Messenger Moon Saddle Bull Waltz Bunk Gold Hobo Mosey Bilge Crossbody Stroll Baloney I’d go see Hobo Mosey opening for Octopus Breeze.
  14. Countdown Standard
    Apr 14, 2026 · original
    I endorse this Countdown Standard proposed by XKCD :
  15. Sound design of old
    Mar 27, 2026 · original
    I was talking about sound design for user-interfaces with some colleagues today and remembered this gem. Back in 2004, I asked Brad Sucks to help with some sound design for the open-source instant messaging app, Gaim . The sounds he came up with hold up well even 22 years later. I remember an interesting debate around whether the send or receive sound should have an “upward” tone (like asking a question), or “downward” tone. It depends whether you consider it a notification if your receipt, or the other persons sending (also see moving meetings “ahead” or “back” ). Hat tip to Brad for keeping his post about the sounds alive to this day. Cool URIs don’t change! (and yes, I’ve reached the “blogging about my own old blog posts” stage)
  16. The Web is a Guitar Amp Now (Literally)
    Mar 11, 2026 · original
    I’ve been working with the web platform for years – and I was pretty blown-away to be able play my guitar through a website, and have it processed like a vintage amp. I wrote about it over at the silverorange blog.
  17. The perfect book for the 10-year-old soccer / football fan
    Mar 6, 2026 · original
    My son is 10 years old and loves soccer. He received a novel for Christmas called The Academy by T.Z. Layton . When we started reading it together, I felt like someone had plugged directly into my son’s brain and formulated the perfect book for him. The dialog among the characters sounds like my son talking soccer with his friends. When you find a great book, it’s even better to find out that it’s the start of a whole series. We devoured book one, and quickly turned a few bookstore gift cards from Christmas into the next few entries in the series. We’ve now enjoyed books 1 through 4, with book 5 coming this week and book 6 later in May. The book is such a hit in our house that is has changed our approach to reading and writing. If I could bet on the further success of this book series – or any adaptations for TV or film, I would. The writing level and subject matter are perfect for a kid
  18. Shipping a button in 2026
    Mar 4, 2026 · original
    Every web developer should enjoy this (and if you’re not a web develop, skip it):
  19. As it is with bacon, so it is with life
    Jan 28, 2026 · original
    We have a saying in our house that’s about our approach to cooking bacon, but it applies in many different aspects of life: Cook the bacon until the fat turns to meat.
  20. It goes without saying
    Jan 20, 2026 · original
    I don’t like writing, or thinking, about Donald Trump and everything is presidency represents. First of all, it’s gross. He’s awful. Second, the situation seems so obviously terrible that my comments don’t add anything to the discourse. If it’s not obvious to you why threatening democratic allies, promoting dangerous misinformation, and encouraging hate towards trans people is bad, I’m not going to convince you. That leaves me saying nothing. If I read a diary of someone who lived through the 1940s in Europe and it didn’t mention World War II, I would be bewildered. If I (or someone else) looks back on this website decades from now, they might wonder: What did he do about it*. * The ‘it’ will be more obvious in historical hindsight depending on where we end up, but in general, I’m talking about a political climate of intolerance, corruption, and dangerous stupidity. I’m a Canadian who li

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