After seventeen years, I finally deleted my Foursquare account, but not before exporting all of my data. I’ll do something with it at some point. I was already uncomfortable with the pivot Foursquare made and had largely stopped checking in on Swarm, but when the company recently got acquired by Infillion, an ad tech company, I decided to peace out. It was a good run and used to be an awesome app and service. Swarm has largely stayed the same and while it’s useful, I don’t want that data to be available to anyone but me at this point.
It was a rainy Halloween in Los Angeles, but that didn’t stop everyone from descending on the Cheviot Hills neighborhood.
Proof of life. Went to the Lucas Museum today and it was stunning. Absolutely blown away. Even if you have to wait months, I cannot recommend it enough. I’m buying tickets again so I can go a second time.
I grabbed coffee with someone in DTLA yesterday. Walking almost anywhere in DTLA is awful, so I took a Waymo. On my way back to the office my ride was one of the Ojai vans. A first! The doors slide open, which is pretty neat. I’ve taken them a handful of times and the novelty hasn’t worn off yet. It’s just such a superior experience to having a human driver, which I feel kinda gross saying, but there it is.
While everyone is talking about the Duo, I’ve had my 18 Pro for a couple of weeks (upgraded from a 16 Pro). I bought a case, but have been enjoying it caseless so much, I might return the case.
Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard is really awesome. Love the idea and the execution is wonderful. More of this in the world, please.
Nine albums I've been listening to on repeat
Here are some albums I’ve been listening to a lot lately. Hope you find something you like. They are all exceptional.
I’ve been consolidating a bunch of digital files into a comprehensive personal archive. Today I came upon a sheet of print-your-own stickers from the early days of the dot-com bust. San Francisco was absolutely covered in advertisements from dot-com boom. Shit was already starting to go sideways.
Got a new iPhone 18 Pro today. Went for a 512 GB in Glacier, which looks nice. I don’t have a case for it yet. I wish I trusted myself enough to go caseless, but I don’t. They really do feel so much better without a case.
I traded in my iPhone 16 Pro to Apple and got $510 for it, which seemed like a decent price. I can’t be bothered with anything more complicated. I was almost certain I was going to pre-order the Duo, but I can’t imagine compromising on the cameras, which are way more important than having a foldable phone. And it’s fucking expensive, even with the wife’s employee discount.
Love this animated ascii art.