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Jack Cheng

@jackcheng

Children's author, pattern linguist, slow technologist, expert dabbler. And new dad. Building lively worlds, both real and imagined.

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#438: The Aftervibe is the Message Digging my way out after illness.

Sunday #438:

24.02.2025 19:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#437: Too Early for Spring Dumpling Club Patreon, William Gibson, and The Fabelmans

Sunday #437:

28.01.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup, seven years now! He turned eight in July

29.12.2024 18:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#435: Individually Adapted Come to my digital mending circle.

Sunday #435:

16.12.2024 15:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#434: Noctalgia Or: Welcome to the butt spa.

Sunday #434:

03.12.2024 19:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Something I’ve tried to ask myself lately, when choosing between different actions, is: β€œWhich is more generous?”

26.11.2024 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooo would love to be added!

24.11.2024 22:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#433: The Commonality is Worldbuilding Writing reintroductions, obscure computing laws, and the Sagan-Muppet connection.

Sunday #433:

18.11.2024 13:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Sequoia I meant!

15.11.2024 03:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

knocked out a quick and dirty christopher alexander starter pack; dunno who's all on here though: go.bsky.app/Toiz4qB

14.11.2024 18:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of iCloud folder with "Keep Downloaded" selected in the context menu

Screenshot of iCloud folder with "Keep Downloaded" selected in the context menu

This used to drive me crazy but was finally fixed in MacOS Sonoma: If you have Optimize Storage turned on, you can prevent specific folders from getting offloaded to iCloud by right-clicking on the folder and selecting β€œKeep Downloaded”

14.11.2024 16:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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beehiiv β€” The newsletter platform built for growth Access the best tools available in email, helping your newsletter scale and monetize like never before.

Pika.page is great for websites, though they don’t have email newsletters yet. I know some folks who moved from substack to beehiiv.com. Also micro.blog, which has fediverse support baked in

09.11.2024 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

TFW someone writes an online security/privacy substack and adds you to their mailing list without your permission πŸ™ƒ

12.04.2024 14:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Music for an Eclipse Music for an Eclipse Β· Playlist Β· 27 songs Β· 337 likes

On loop this weekend: St. Louis Public Radio’s eclipse playlist

05.04.2024 13:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

+1 for pourover if they want to brew manually

31.03.2024 12:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Been listening to lofi video game tunes while writing lately so I guess I’ve come full circle

30.03.2024 01:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Aerial shot of dozens of buses flowing out of a terminal

Aerial shot of dozens of buses flowing out of a terminal

Underneath shot of massive concrete columned bridge

Underneath shot of massive concrete columned bridge

Three-quarters shot of multiple trains speeding in unison along tracks

Three-quarters shot of multiple trains speeding in unison along tracks

Dolly aerial shot of high speed rail bays, two main characters squeezed toward right of frame

Dolly aerial shot of high speed rail bays, two main characters squeezed toward right of frame

I get that Shin Godzilla is supposed to be bureaucratic satire, but to someone living in an American city without great public transit, it also reads as an ode to infrastructure

27.03.2024 14:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Susan Kare demonstrating the Macintosh Interface in 1984
Susan Kare demonstrating the Macintosh Interface in 1984 Watch now: History of The Graphical User Interface (GUI): A Wonderful Curse https://youtu.be/fHMPGhezj0s?si=DuBg3tOL_hiEG7sYIn this clip from the Computer Ch...

Susan Kare’s demo of the original Mac interface has strong Bob Ross vibes

25.03.2024 21:58 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1