Can’t wait to get my copy of Pace Layers from The Long Now Foundation.
It is tradition to listen to William S. Burroughs recite his Thanksgiving prayer.
I really loved this essay that Sari wrote for Every.
I’m in the car more than I have been over the last few years, which means I have more time for podcasts. This recent episode of 10% Happier was a great listen. I’ve been writing in some form or another since I was a kid. It has helped me tremendously through the years.
After holding off for a while on replacing my iPhone 13 Pro, I finally caved and picked up an iPhone 16 Pro with 256 GB of storage. My iPhone 13 Pro also had 256 GB and I had nearly 100 GB left, so I didn’t see a reason to get more storage. I ordered it last night and it was delivered via courier for $9 this morning, which felt like magic. The time it would have taken me to pick it up at the nearest store was worth way more than $9.
The screen is noticeably nicer and it has only the slightest bezel. It really does feel like a leap forward coming from the 13 Pro. And I haven’t even messed around with the camera yet. My car unfortunately does not have wireless CarPlay and now I have to get an adapter or new cable to connect the USB-C to a USB-A port in my car, which is annoying.
Travis launched an indiegogo campaign for the Buddyhead movie.
Deanna Dikeman’s Leaving and Waving really got to me. I was visiting my mom, who has Parkinson’s, last week. Brutal.
According to Infectious Disease Tracker, “H5 bird flu virus levels in Los Angeles County wastewater have increased AGAIN, reaching a new high of 109.3, up from 87.62.”
I’m sure it’s nothing 😬
John Gruber’s latest post is some of his best writing, maybe ever. It’s also a lot more personal than he almost ever is.
Seems like a lot of people are closing their Twitter (still not calling it X) accounts for good this time. While I remain largely inactive, I still find value in quite a bit that gets posted there, at least as I experience it, but I hardly ever post there.
I used to have a service that deleted my tweets every 30 days and since Twitter closed down their API, I haven’t been able to do it systematically. Deleting tweets one-by-one is a real PITA. So today I collaborated with Claude and ChatGPT to code what I am calling Delete Tha Tweets. It’s some javascript that you can copy/paste into your browser console to delete your tweets, retweets and replies, though as of this writing the replies functionality is a separate script. Anyway, I hope this helps some others that may not want to delete their accounts, but don’t want their posts to stick around.
Here’s a little screen recording of it doing its magic.