Brad Barrish

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:30:19 -0800

Lucas Gelfond put togeher the (searchable) Whole Earth. What a cool project.

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:34:56 -0800

I dunno… $25/year for a weather seems steep to me. And I’ve probably spent at least double that on weather apps for my iPhone as long as I’ve been using one. I asked Claude to talk me out of it, but instead it made me laugh.

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:45:32 -0800

Gravity is a really nice app that definitely fills a certain void for me. I use Obsidian for pretty much all text, but I find it a little to slow sometimes for when I just need to jot some things down on a digital scrap piece of paper. Drafts used to serve this purpose for me.

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:51:04 -0800

Well, I can cross off making a Google Docs for markdown files from my list of things to build for myself. Matt did it.

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:05:09 -0800

With all of the messing around with AI that I’ve been doing, mostly with Claude Code, I’m spending a lot more time in Terminal. Working with a machine and instructing it using natural language is absolutely wild. Over the last few months, the time I spend in in a TUI is upwards of 50% of my time and I absolutely love it. What I’m about to share assumes that you have some familiarity and comfort on the command line and already have Homebrew installed. And, hey, if you don’t, ask your favorite AI for some assistance. These are just a few things that have genuinely enhanced my experience:

iTerm instead of Terminal
Oh My Zsh for some handy enhancements to the command line experience
Powerlevel10k theme for Oh My Zsh

Gabe Perez has an easy-to-follow guide to help and so does Steven Chim. I used them both to get my command line set up. So much of it is subjective. My suggestion is to start simple and minimal.

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:21:05 -0800

I was lucky enough to attend XOXO a few times. Cabel’s talk really was one of the best. I was floored to see that he posted a behind-the-scenes backstory that is utterly fantastic.

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:25:23 -0800

Finally doing something with the ~68,000 bookmarks I’ve been hoarding.

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:10:38 -0800

Tom Morello plays First Avenue in Minneapolis.

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:45:40 -0800

Love the upcoming Bruce Lee Forever stamp from the USPS.

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:10:51 -0800

What did Bowie do at your age?

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:17:35 -0800

Saw Jeff Tweedy tonight at Largo. Such a great show, even though I wasn’t familiar with most of the songs. I haven’t spent much time with his solo stuff. Judd Apatow did some standup to open, but Jeff might have actually been funnier.

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:59:40 -0800

If you are a California resident, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. I’ll probably keep paying for Incogni as well. I’ve definitely noticed a difference.

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:16:56 -0800

Excited to dig into this beautiful new book from Stewart Brand. I can get enough of Stripe Press books. They’re always so lovely.

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 16:42:57 -0800

No international travel this year, which was a bummer, but I did get to spend some time in NYC, which I had not done in a while.

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 16:28:16 -0800

I love my Oura ring, but for all the focus on making it feel smarter I still get notifications about stretching my legs when I’m on planes and driving, which feels pretty dumb.

Disclosure: I’m a former employee and shareholder.

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 14:59:19 -0800

I was sad to learn that James Grauerholz passed away on January 1. While it had been some time since I spoke to James, I was lucky enough to spend some time with him and William when I was going to school in Lawrence, Kansas in the 90s. James was visiting Los Angeles not long after I had moved there and we spent some time together. He was especially supportive of me when I started my short-lived record label. He was also encouraging of my writing, which meant a lot. Farewell, James.

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:59:13 -0800

Speaking of RSS, I’m using it more than ever. Every newsletter I subscribe to goes into my feeds now and I made major progress unsubscribing from most newsletters that were coming into my email inbox. In 2025 I added 74 new feeds, bringing the total number of sites in Feedbin to 3,651.

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:50:26 -0800

The fine folks at Buttondown made a tool to combine multiple RSS feeds into a single feed. I don’t currently have a use for this, but I think it’s a neat idea.

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:48:11 -0800

Happy New Year.

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:12:14 -0800

I had not previously read Chenyang “Platy” Hsu’s blog, but their post Times New American: A Tale of Two Fonts was delightful.

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:53:01 -0800

Finished Pluribus last night and really enjoyed it. Is it about disconnection and loneliness? AI? Vaccines? Politics? Culture? Feels like I need time to process more and maybe write about it. Definitely made me think.

Also watched one of the new episodes of Stranger Things with the daughter.

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:16:37 -0800

This PhotosExport tool from Rui Carmo looks really great. I just exported my Google Photos library using Takeout and am consolidating everything on an instance of Immich on PikaPods.

A ChatGPT Prompt To Help Monitor Travel Data

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 22:43:00 -0800

I love giving ChatGPT tasks like monitoring a bunch of real-time info to help with travel. Here’s a nice prompt we came up with together. I ran this (or something quite similar to it) from the iOS ChatGPT app and it now sends me hourly alerts. Copy it, remix it and make it your own. I also highly recommend paying for Flighty, which is hands-down the best travel app out there. I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before. Nothing comes close and it almost always alerts me ahead of the airline apps.

Travel Monitoring Prompt (with Risk Rating)

Monitor the following flights and airports for me. Track real-time flight status, airport operations, weather conditions, air traffic flow, aircraft/crew constraints, and any other relevant context that could impact travel plans.

Notify me promptly if there are significant delays, cancellations, missed-connection risk, airport closures, weather disruptions, or systemic issues that could affect my itinerary.

For each flight leg and each airport, provide:
• Current status (on time / delayed / canceled / at risk)
• Confidence score or risk rating (e.g., Low / Medium / High risk, or 0–100%)
• Clear reasoning behind the rating (weather patterns, airport congestion, ATC flow constraints, aircraft rotation risk, crew limits, holiday volume, etc.)
• Forward-looking insight on what is most likely to happen next and what to watch for

Call out early warning signs before they become problems and explain tradeoffs (e.g., tight connections vs. weather windows).

Flights:
– [Airline + flight number + route + date]
– [Optional additional flights]

Airports:
– [Departure airport code]
– [Connection airport code(s)]
– [Arrival airport code]

Continue monitoring until travel is complete.

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:36:26 -0800

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, from a snowless and balmy Colorado. It’s 52 here (probably over 60 in the sun), which is pretty crazy.

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:25:05 -0800

Having a little time off means I’ve been spending some time on my blog. I’ve been wanting to catalog as many of my music playlists as I can find, whether they’re online or not. You’ll see a new Playlists menu item if you’re visiting my blog on the web. I’ll be adding more over time.