Links to cool stuff I’ve read. Updated whenever I remember to. Subscribe to the feed for updates.
- July 1, 2025 Bookmark: July Reply
Via RSS. This looks like a fun event. I have been meaning to do some more reply posts anyway.
- July 1, 2025 Bookmark: Pen and paper are superior to your AI bullshit
Via Mastodon . Does AI really make you more productive? And at what cost? Also, yes, paper notebooks are great and computers cannot replace them.
- June 27, 2025 Bookmark: Start all of your commands with a comma
This is a nice tip for writing scripts.
- June 25, 2025 Bookmark: My Country Isn't a Nation
Via Bluesky A deep dive into the definition of the word “nation” and the nature of what the United States is.
- June 25, 2025 Bookmark: Scrolls duodēvīgintī
A special catch-up edition of this newsletter. I’m in it!
- June 24, 2025 Bookmark: Connect with Ross
Via Mastodon. Contact pages tend to be pretty standard, but I like the organization of this one into the different kinds of contact you might want to make with someone.
- June 24, 2025 Bookmark: Scrolls septendecim
It’s good to see this newsletter back after it’s little hiatus. I get a lot of good links from here.
- June 18, 2025 Bookmark: 6/18/2025 – Pivot Point
Yet another skill AI may take from us: bullshitting. Or, more generally, improvising.
- June 17, 2025 Bookmark: How to Dress and Undress your Home
I’ve thought a bit about awnings. The outside wall of my bedroom is fully exposed to the sun in the evening, which makes it quite warm in summer. It’s clear that a well placed bedsheet would do a lot to keep the temperature down, if only there were a place to hang it.
- June 17, 2025 Bookmark: The Horizon Line
I have Thoughts about the horizon too. There are mountains where I live, always looming, even if only in brief gaps between buildings. So whenever I travel to a flatter region it feels like there’s something missing. The ocean is different, I will concede. It has a sense of vastness that flat land doesn’t.
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