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Tracing my musical journey.

Months ago, Jason Dettbarn, creator of music community Crucial Tracks, kindly asked if I would be up to participate in the Crucial Interview series. There are some great people in there, some I'm familiar with from the indie web, but most notably, my first…

Charlottetown is organizing Week Without Driving from October 1 to 8, 2026:

How would your days change if you had to give up your car for a week?

The Week Without Driving experience was created to give firsthand knowledge to those who have the option to drive about the barriers…

Back on August 12, I made tweaks to this blog’s setup with a goal to improve its speed. 

I can now see the effect of these changes in Google “Core Web Vitals” report:

This…

Arc is the greatest web browser ever, and has been tragically moved-on-from by The Browser Company of New York-come-Atlassian. I’ve been back on it the last month or so though. It’s still very usable as they keep the Chromium version updated.

I just really like it. It’s so good. My…

Poor bottlenecks. Always seen as problematic, antithetical to efficiency.

But bottlenecks aren’t universally bad.

Think about it: a bottle’s neck is designed to constrain the amount of liquid that can flow out. A decrease in bandwidth is its entire purpose! Otherwise an overwhelming amount of liquid flows out and makes…

Microsoft’s Humanist AI document is long, I’m still reading it, but so far I like it. It’s a rejection of the idea that AI could one day be a peer of humanity:

At Microsoft AI, we begin with a simple premise: people matter more than AI. Technology’s purpose is to…

We’re rolling out a series of improvements for podcasts in Micro.blog. The first was last month with a better web playback UI. Now there’s also a Listen Later feature that builds on bookmarking. Coming soon: a new version of Wavelength with audio narration for posts and more.

Muse is in the 2nd spot in the App Store now, behind the perpetually 1st place ChatGPT. I’m not planning to use Muse, but it’s fascinating if it resonates with Meta’s user base after the initial interest. It’s basically ChatGPT Work but simplified, slightly less capable, and maybe less confusing.

I’ve been quietly improving the saved links feature in Micro.blog, available to Premium subscribers. Nice way to find what you’ve linked to on your blog. This screenshot of the Mac app shows the new web page thumbnail previews for quick scanning.

Not totally sure when to update to macOS 27. I just submitted an app update to Apple with Xcode 26. Feels safest to stick on that until the iPhone Duo simulator is out.