2025

June

Ruby Gem Naming: The Art of Delightful Obscurity | June 7 | Tagged: ruby, programming, culture, community

What If RSS Had Won? Rethinking the Web's Original Architecture | June 14 | Tagged: web, rss, technology, internet-history, micropayments

"To Know" in the AI Age | June 16 | Tagged: philosophy, linguistics, AI, knowledge, linguistics, neologism

AI Magic vs. The Disappointment: Why AI Feels Both Revolutionary and Broken | June 21 | Tagged: AI, technology, expectations, ux

The Failed Promise of Automator and the Failed Promise of AI Workflows | June 23 | Tagged: AI, development, workflow, automation, technology

April

Applications | April 2 | Tagged: freebsd, unix, operating_systems, window_managers

Conclusion | April 2 | Tagged: freebsd, tutorial

My First FreeBSD | April 6 | Tagged: freebsd

March

Infinite Jest in the American Literary Canon | March 14 | Tagged: books, literature, generation-x, infinite-jest, american-fiction, david-foster-wallace

Infinite Jest in 2025: Wallace's Eerily Accurate Predictions | March 14 | Tagged: books, literature, infinite-jest, generation-x, american-fiction, david-foster-wallace

What Is Infinite Jest About? A Reader's Guide | March 14 | Tagged: books, literature, infinite-jest, generation-x, american-fiction, david-foster-wallace

Bass Lines | March 15 | Tagged: music, bass

Motivations | March 15 | Tagged: freebsd, linux, minimalism, productivity, fsf, open_source

Installation | March 16 | Tagged: freebsd, zfs

Power Management | March 16 | Tagged: freebsd, zfs, acpi, sysctl

Appendix: Implicit Skills | March 16 | Tagged: freebsd, unix, pkg

Sound and Vision | March 17 | Tagged: freebsd, audio, video, backlight, mixer

WiFi | March 18 | Tagged: freebsd, wifi, wpa_cli

Boot Ergonomics | March 19 | Tagged: freebsd, beastie, bootup

Wayland and Sway | March 30 | Tagged: freebsd, wayland, sway, installation, fuzzel, foot_terminal, grimshot, bourne_shell

February

AI Experiments Steven 2: Searching for Coordinate Systems | February 17 | Tagged: AI, mathematics, history, education

Tool Creation and Cognitive Space | February 17 | Tagged: science, intellectual_history, software, history, mathematics, tools

A Surprisingly Beautiful Inhaler | February 18 | Tagged: design, typography, healthcare, accessibility

Learn Common Lisp With Touretzky | February 22 | Tagged: lisp, education, programming, books, reviews

RIP David Lynch (1946-2025) | February 26 | Tagged: film, rip, nostalgia

January

Nostalgia for Aqua | January 4 | Tagged: apple, design

The Ashes of Phoenix | January 26 | Tagged: movies, music, nostalgia

Quitting the Land of Lisp | January 30 | Tagged: lisp, education, technology, books