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Landscapes of Giuseppe De Nittis

By the Ofantino channel (1866) Crossing the Apenninesm - Memories (1867) Along the Ofanto River (1870) The Road from Naples to Brindisi (1872) From the top of the diligence (1872) The Arc de Triomp...

Weekly Robotics #346

It is my pleasure to welcome Jiga as a sponsor of Weekly Robotics! Jiga is built for hardware teams who want the speed of digital manufacturing with the trust of a long-term supplier relationship. ...

Habits and transition points

Whenever you’re at a transition point in your life, I wonder why I’m writing this! moving to a new city, starting a new semester, changing jobs, making a life decision—you need to pay close attenti...

Composing systems in an automated way with Ansible, Podman, and bootc

Groundhog Day Meaning

Yak Shaving

Or, how you sat down to send one email and ended up reinstalling your operating system.

Will They Inherit Our Blogs?

I've thought about this topic more generally before, but this one is specifically about blogging. This blog is by far the hobby I have sunk the most time into over the last 13-ish years, and I'd li...

Daily News Stuff 1 February 2026

Carcainisation Edition Top Story Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, has denied reports that his company is not going to invest $100 billion in OpenAI. (CNBC) He explained that the real story is that Nvid...

Weekly Recap: 1 February 2026

My Student Showcase Presentation Permalink to section 'My Student Showcase Presentation' # My school, 42 Malaysia, just held a roadshow event on Tuesday and Wednesday. Two weeks ago, I and two othe...

2026W04

Automatic Programming — The distinction antirez makes here finally gave me language for something I’ve been fumbling with. It’s not about whether you use AI to write code—it’s about whether you’re ...

Digital Independence Day: Posteo statt Googlemail

Am Digital Independence Day im Februar 2026 habe ich bei einigen Accounts meine Kontaktemailadresse auf meine Posteo-Adresse geändert.

Habit Loops Explained: 3 Things to Know on How Your Brain Builds (and Breaks) Habits

That is exactly what we’ll cover here: habit loops explained in simple language, with examples you can use right away. Habits often feel automatic: you reach for your phone, grab a snack, or open s...

Inside LaVilla's long-forgotten red light district

Centered around Ward Street in LaVilla, Jacksonville's notorious early 20th century red light district was a dense and complicated landscape that most Jaxsons know very little about. Home to more t...

Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXV 〜 Car moving service

Welcome to the 265th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal ("NLJ") and its short-form writing sister...

Weeknotes 2026-02-01

The World It is February. The world, it still turns. USPol: Epstein files, Melania documentary, winter, government shutdown etc. RIP Kai Budde, GOAT of the MTG pro tour. RIP Catherine O'Hara My Wee...

Ship types, not docs

Types are the contract between services, docs are not

Classes start tomorrow

Today is Sunday, the day of rest. My day today was very good. (My goodness it’s so nice to be back home in Cambridge, MA.) I was debating whether or not to post anything today, but I figured that a...

git.usebox.net and bots

I just had a chat with Alex because I couldn’t reach any of his websites, but I fired Tor browser and they were there. Alex has been documenting his fight against the AI-crawlers, so I assumed that...

Daily News Stuff 31 January 2026

Logical Negativisim Edition Top Story One third of video game workers have been laid off in the past two years. (Variety) I'm a little surprised it's not higher, but the article points out that lay...

Utrecht Path part 10

Hiked 18.0 kilometres from Hollandsche Rading to Maarssen. After a walk in the woods you reach the Hoorneboegse heath. Along the historic border of North Holland and Utrecht you can enjoy peat pond...