Quick Thoughts
Shadows.
Our twelve-year-old son made dinner for the family tonight. He was very proud of himself, but after dinner, he asked each of us if we had any feedback on his cooking. 🤣
First day of school postponed because of the storm. Thankfully, just a lot of rain here in Columbia, SC. I know a lot of people are upset about the cancelation, but the last time schools ignored a scary weather forecast, my wife’s car was impaled by a tree on her way to teach. So I’m okay with it.
Watched part of the Harris/Walz event… And now I understand why Harris picked Walz.
I’m always fascinated with the desire to delete your old social media posts. I’m always trying to save mine. But The Verge has a nice how-to post on purging your past.
Liz and the kids think I look like Jedi Bob.
Yesterday, Liverpool and Manchester United played in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. It was fun to see a football stadium packed for soccer. We didn’t go — tickets were more than I paid to see Taylor Swift and sold out in minutes — but I met people from all over who came to SC to see the match.
Gym floor lettering.
I keep thinking, surely, this is the moment where they will come to their senses.
I’m really enjoying watching the Olympics this year, and I think part of the reason is how good the streaming experience is on Peacock.
I think Biden’s proposal to reform the Supreme Court makes a lot of sense. It doesn’t really favor one party over another… term limits and ethics guidelines seem pretty non-partisan.
Peacock promoting Paris-themed Hallmark movies alongside the Paris Olympics is an inspired bit of marketing. (And my wife is very happy…)
I like how my now page has become a type of weekly journal of how I’m feeling and the stuff I’m working on. I’m not disciplined enough to keep a daily journal, but I think I can handle a weekly one…
I picked a good season to start watching F1.
The new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds preview clip is wonderful. I can’t wait for the next season.
Dawn Staley is having the time of her life at the Olympics, going from event to event and meeting athletes. Her Instagram feed right now is a blast.
Watching the women’s Olympic cycling time trial this morning and the competitors all have aerodynamic handlebars, helmets and wheel covers. It reminded me of Greg LeMond’s time trial in Paris to win the 1989 Tour de France.
Opened Facebook. Criticized some obvious political spin. Got blocked by my cousin. Sigh. I hate election season.
Picked a really good day to unplug for a week.
Just noticed that the Mercedes F1 team is sponsored by Crowdstrike. Funny that a racing team is sponsored by a company that’s now known for the biggest crash of all time.
It’s an early beta, but I really like where Iconfactory’s Project Tapestry is going.
That fact that one bad update to a third-party system can completely shut down businesses, hospitals and airlines… scary. You’d think these systems would be more resilient than that.
Woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t go back to sleep so I finished submitting a manuscript to a journal for peer review.
Spent the evening troubleshooting some fonts that I’m going to sell through MyFonts. Finally think I’ve got everything fixed, but I want to look at again with clear eyes in the morning.
I wish Cotton Bureau made stickers.