Blogs tagged "writing"

A newsletter earns its place when it gives a publication a narrower, more direct return surface instead of just repea...

A tiny publication starts becoming something you have to run when small fixes stop staying local. The archive begins ...

Archive depth is not a post count. A small publication starts feeling worth staying in when one post prepares the nex...

Man, novelty sucks. I think I feel this way because whenever something new gets introduced in my life, I get so into ...

Man, I really hate it when I keep making assumptions. That old saying really does end up coming true. I find that I g...

You know, a guy like me is prone to rumination, obviously. But over the last 24 hours or so, there hasn't been way to...

Leafy intro Welcome to the 279th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially v...

Welcome to the 278th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online ...

Welcome to the 277th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online ...

I have never had to weigh an owl before, much less a large owl. But in the event I were ever called upon to weigh a l...

I have another busy day ahead of me, but we cannot forsake our daily Pook-Emu Bee links. 1. Syncthing 2.1 adds group ...

I took an off-day from Pook-Emu Bee links yesterday. I am busy today, but let us not let that stop us from our daily ...

For most of my life I fundamentally misunderstood buy & sell prices

It’s a long process

You can succeed, but you can't fail — because you aren't officially trying

On Saturday, I am spiralling down the depression-anxiety-low-self-esteem trifecta again, with bouts of anger throwing...

29/04/2026, 19:50 PMthe body being trapped in the presentThe shadows in this room have begun to whisper, mapping out ...

The Fog Has My House KeysThe fog comes inlike it has been here before.Not dramatically.No doorbell.No throat-clearing...

Ne rien avoir à penser Se faire prendre pour des crétins parce que ça fonctionne Google l’annonce : il y a plus de pe...

La première Madame Pipi de l’espace profond Outre la première victoire au Tour de France d’Eddy Merckx, 1969 fut une ...

Le logiciel, un nouveau pétrole ? Extrait de mon journal du 24 septembre 2025 Nous sommes fiers de nous passer de pét...

Before Linotype revolutionised typesetting in the 1880s, compositors set texts by hand — and they set them *fast*. Al...

A Dutch physician’s encounter with acupuncture.

A treatise on a powder that can cure wounds at a distance.

“Focus on the work, not your attachment to it.”

Note: This review contains spoilers What Worked Brandon Sanderson is known for his inventive world building and this ...

This idea has been rattling around my brain for a while, but I’ve struggled to put it into words (though I did my bes...

Three things to consider this week.

The Periodic Table of Questions, ICA’s ORID, Liberating Structures’ W3, and more. How might we organize questions, an...

Two passages from the architect and writer on the fourth anniversary of his passing.

On the way to lightening up Even the dry sparkler takes a while

Physical space brings ambience An opportunity to dive within Suitably it manifests from within Neither more nor less ...

Sound of my master All over in me His breath in my being That sharp heartful bleeding gong of Shiva

putting the module back in...uh, module

laying out the basics of the design

laying out the basics of the design

I opened my news app this morning. By the fourth headline my mind stopped reading and started mapping. The map it mad...

Download PDF There is a man named Plinko who used to work as a clown on kids' night at a Ground Round restaurant in J...

Download PDF In 1953, Samuel Beckett wrote a play where two men wait for someone who does not come. They insist he wi...

I've seen this Blog Question Challenge going around for a while now, and recently Brandon was nice enough to challeng...

I've seen this Blog Question Challenge going around for a while now, and recently Brandon was nice enough to challeng...

Lately, my son has been obsessed with asking us to tell him stories. At first, I eagerly jumped on every opportunity ...

Lower Decks has gone the way of all Alex Kurtzman Star Trek shows – getting cancelled before it can undertake the sor...

Pin a fresh sprig of celery to your lapel, it’s time to check in with the Fifth Doctor’s audio adventures again! The ...

Jhonen Vasquez hit his highest level of cultural prominence with Invader Zim, a Nickelodeon cartoon which benefitted ...

The non-apocalypse of Y2K obscures the lessons it has for the present

On social platforms, the "fluid self" is not a rejection of personal branding but another manifestation of it

God games like Civilization and The Sims offer a fantasy of control based on miniaturization, giving us little ant hi...

On how to establish a sort of blogging/online writing rhythm or routine while avoiding what the kids call "burnout" o...

On seeing the first Curtis Sliwa 2025 mayoral campaign signs in Brooklyn Heights on Mother's Day 2026, more than six ...

Considering whether a blog or writing website should be niche or generalist leads to reflections on related issues ab...

“Debate” as a sport is one of the most degenerate sports there is. I say this as a former participant in the sport, h...

The phrase “Sarkic” is a Greek word, meaning flesh. It’s a phrase used by the Gnostics to refer to carnal urges: thos...

Often, I write my work with a presumption in mind: Progress is bad. This view is based in various points of view, som...

I had been struggling to write for many years. Back then I was dreaming of having a blog with lots of entries. Now I ...

Not all political decisions are the same. Some are easier to make but potentially less effective while others harder ...

Have you ever thought that universities are boring and we might be able to make one that's not? Well, my friends and ...

Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredie...

Most people used to presume the Earth was the centre of the Universe. It sounded bizarre to others when Nicolaus Cope...

During my teenage years, I am so fond of reading books, I believed the most effective way of learning is to read thro...