: I’ve been hearing alarm bells ever since Trump banned Fable two weeks ago. Now the other shoe drops: …

: I am so sorry to hear of the passing of Om Malik. He was an inspiration. Truly a gentleman and a …

: Watched: Gary Hustwit’s 2024 documentary about Brian Eno: Eno. An amazing musician who doesn’t play …

: I do have an agent I’m working on. It’s based on Hermes from Nous Research. I call it Quicksilver, …

: The term “artificial intelligence” is terrible. It carries so much baggage and it’s implying things …

: MacBreak Weekly listeners: One of our providers (Megaphone) was down for 17 hours yesterday which …

: After a couple of (very productive) months using Claude code with Claude Max subscription I’ve …

: Life is Full of Empty Boats I love the “empty boat” philosophy from the 4th century BCE Taoist Chang-tzu. [!quote] A man’s …

: Lovely thought for a lazy Sunday, 90% of everything is sanding h/t Matt Webb.

: It’s so unsettling watching our 250 year-old democracy decay into dictatorship while the most …

: ,Services Watching the Superbowl while waiting for the Hellman’s ad (and my son’s half-second appearance in …

: Who knew the metaverse was text based all along?

: Fuck ICE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…

: Uncharted Territory I just vibe coded an entire TUI RSS reader in a morning. github.com/leolaport… It’s hard to describe …

: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Words to remember even if, …

: RIP Stewart Cheifet. He was an inspiration to all of us who stood on his shoulders. …

: And just to prove Claude Code really can do some interesting things, I just used it to add the …

: Thank you, Claude! Trigger warning: I am going to say something nice about AI. I am blown away by what Claude Code can …

: Today would be a good day to remember that correlation does not imply causation.

: Please forgive a proud father one more clip. From the NY Times: Salt Hank Rules the Sandwich World …

: Bee Acquired by Amazon? Oh dear! From a Bee.computer founder on Linked In: I guess I always knew this was a possibility, but I’m very …

: Mike Masnick nails it again in “Fascism for First-Time Founders” on Techdirt: Real innovation …

: Leo Tells (almost) All on The Anycast It’s out today! No not Cyperpunk 2077 for the Mac. Well that is out today, but if you’re interested …

: The (true) story of RSS Here’s a swell history of RSS in comic form: audmcname.com/comics/rs… I know sounds boring, but it’s …

: The Reviews Are In! The $28 French dip is big enough to feed two people with big appetites. It delivers miraculous mouth …

: Salt Hank’s is officially OPEN! Jones at Bleecker St in the West Village, NYC

: The Future is Now The future creeps up on little cat feet. As I was updating the firmware in my front door lock I …

: No Kings in Petaluma. The People united will never be divided. “I have decided to stick with love.” — MLK

: This is not a drill. All is takes is 3.5% of a population engaging in peaceful protest to hold back …

: Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish Today is the 20th Anniversary of Steve Jobs’s speech to the Stanford Graduating Class of 2005. He …

: I’m really excited that Apple is finally giving iPad its due. Our WWDC recap is live:

: So long and thanks for all the RoundRects I was so sad to hear of Bill Atkinson’s passing. He was one of the original Macintosh team members, …

: Micro.blog Photo Challenge, Day 6: Contrast #mbjune

: Micro.blog Photo Challenge, Day 5: Reflection #mbjune

: Micro.blog Photo Challenge, Day 4: Nostalgia

: Micro.blog Challenge, Day 3: Shadow

: Curve #mbjune

: ceci n’est pas un arbre #mbjune

: 🐒📝 “Alas, I monkey dost swing through yon trees, seeking merriment and ripe bananas, huzzah!” ~Sigmo …

: I’ve just been informed that this is Towel Day youtu.be/b6r8Tu-KJ…

: Test posting this from Obsidian… You don’t build strength by avoiding discomfort. You build it by …

: Rosy is watching.

: Flipboard’s Mike McCue joins us on Intelligent Machines #818 to talk about his new app, Surf, the …

: Bucket List ✔️ Over 25 years ago a producer on “The Screen Savers” came to me and said “Do you know a Dick …

: DOGE gave Russia access to private government data A very brave senior DevSecOps architect at the National Labor Relations Board turned whistleblower …

: My Very Own Action Figure

: If I Could Turn Back Time On the 20th Annniversary of the TWiT podcast, I thought it would be interesting to listen to an old …

: Power to the people.

: The Covid lockdown began in California five years ago today. Many of us turned to sourdough baking …

: Reading Ray Kurzweil’s new book, “The Singularity is Nearer: When we merge with AI,” (I know but …

: Can someone please tell this orange nitwit that “transgenic” is not “transgender.” No we are not …

: Stephen Wolfram on AI So many insights in just a few minutes… this is why we’re doing Intelligent Machines: For the full …

: System76 or Framework? The day after I ordered a new home server NUC from System76 (a Meerkat with Intel Core Ultra 5), …

: This video is the best overview I’ve seen for how LLMs work by one of the co-founders of OpenAI, …

: Now these DOGE assholes have utterly illegal access to the Department of Energy - keepers of our …

: Are We F**ked? Serious question here. Congress doesn’t have the votes to block this bro-motion coup. Courts can …

: AI Gets Me “Leo had a productive and engaging day filled with conversations about technology, artificial …

: Um. Don’t you mean nerdy?

: It’s a sign.

: 2024 AOC Day 5 Donzo I just completed “Print Queue” - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode …

: 2024 AOC Day 4 - More live coding! I’ve completed “Ceres Search” - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode …

: 2024 AOC Day 3 Oops I did it again. I’ve completed “Mull It Over” - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode …

: 2924 AoC Day 2 I survived “Red-Nosed Reports” - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode Had a lot of fun on this …

: 2024 AOC Day 1 I’ve completed “Historian Hysteria” - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode I always look …

: Election denialism. Them: storm the Capitol Us: leave that lawn sign up just a little too long.

: Sofa Parade The district South of A Street in Santa Rosa, California is called the SOFA district. Every year …

: New Mac Day The new M4 Pro Mac mini arrived today. (Buddha for scale.) It’s so small and cute. And the internal …

: My momma with her grandson’s cookbook. She’s so proud. Me, too.

: I feel like it’s a Scooby-Do moment. The orange spook mask comes off and it’s… President Musk!

: From Sherrilyn Ifill: Our spirits will be assaulted in the coming months – by coarse and crude …

: Now we sit and wait. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.

: Oi. I feel like a moron. I tried to add a font-awesome icon to my blog title. It did not work as …

: You might notice a bunch of older posts on my timeline - I’ve decided to move my blog from a …

: Let's see if this Stoot thing works... Chief TWiT :twit: @leo@twit.social I'm starting to wish …

: Is it weird that the Advent of Code problems keep me up at night? I don’t mean I’m staying up late …

: Time To Ask The Tech Guys As of Sunday, December 18, 2022, the Tech Guy radio show is no more. But starting Sunday, January 8, …

: Time for Windows Weekly. Listen live at live.twit.tv

: I’m turning off my automated news feed on my micro.blog (https://leo.social). If you still want …

: So I guess this means I have three Fediverse accounts: leo.social, @leo@twit.social, and …

: Hello. I’m reconnecting my micro.blog to leo.social. I’m also @leo@twit.social.

: This Old Man Roger Angell passed away yesterday at the age of 101. A long-time editor at The New Yorker, he was …

: Is It Over? I created this site in the midst of a pandemic. Now two years later, it’s over. Right? Today mask …

: Like Father, Like Son Yesterday my son showed up at the studio. I took the opportunity to interview him! Henry (or Hank as …

: Joining the PC Masterrace I pulled the trigger on a Monster Gaming Machine. I know it’s crazy, but boys just want to have fun. …

: I Am Not Throwing Away This Shot Yesterday I got the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine! When I arrived at Kaiser they threw me a …

: It's Right Against Wrong, Not Smart Against Dumb Just because someone believes in conspiracy theories, doesn’t mean they’re dumb. From an article in …

: An easy way out of the pandemic is available today A new study from CU Boulder (my son’s alma mater) and Harvard’s TF Chan School of Public Health …

: I resemble that cartoon. via Rakhim …

: How To Be "Talent" One of our hosts asked me for some talent coaching. This is how I responded.

: Life is Short I love Paul Graham’s essays. This one, from 2016, truly hits home. Life is short, so it’s worth …

: Stop the Insanity Normally I wait until Spring to start complaining, but I’ve gotten nothing else done this summer, so …

: Makin' Masks New research shows that wearing masks makes a difference. But we all have to do it!

: RIP Joze Last month, when the weather in Petaluma turned nice, I started riding my e-bike to work every day. …

: Five Years Later: The TWiT.tv Web Site Exactly five years ago, we debuted the “new” TWiT web site. I wrote the following post shortly …

: It’s a story as old as time. Well at least as old as HG Wells… The lawgiver, of all beings, most …

: Petaluma During the Pandemic Pictures of Petaluma during the height of the quarantine. An historic record.

: Fame is a Vapor I use fortune and cowsay1 to spit out pithy sayings when I launch my terminal2. This morning’s …

: And this is why I love living in Petaluma.

: Definitely confused.

: Noon In Valencia Spain Outside the beautiful cathedral. They hit the bell with a massive hammer.

: And off we go to Barcelona.

: Oops. letsrobot.tv/robocaste…

: Come control robots in our studio live. letsrobot.tv/robocaste… Watch from the other end live on the …

: Am I misunderstanding something @manton? Leo.micro.blog has everything I post. Micro.blog/Leo does …

: Micro.blog Conundrum I’m setting things up for my vacation but some of my posts aren’t appearing in the timeline. They DO …

: Triple threat: toot, tweet, and micro.blog… all from my Apple Watch. Technology, what a concept.

: Let’s try this again. Drafts ➡️ micro.blog.

: brew install bat alias cat=‘bat’ mind = blown remysharp.com/2018/08/2…

: Spent an excellent Friday with Apple legend Bill Atkinson. We talked for five hours about Lisa, …

: Drat. I keep accidentally posting the micro.blog token when enabling Drafts. (@agiletortoise does …

: So I’m using Drafts on my Apple Watch to post this to microblog. Does that count as crossing the …

: Checking in.

: First! A first attempt to use Microcast audio micro.blogging.

: Hey @manton - when did you add audio micro.blogging? Great idea! I shall try it forthwith.

: Two updates: Looks like mastodon.network has folder, and quitter.no is going away in September. So …

: Twitter is a breeding ground for madness Lately I feel like Twitter and its users are suffering from some sort of mass psychosis. It’s all id …

: Hey! I can use the iOS Drafts app to micro.blog, too. That’s cool.

: Happy Cinco de Mayo! Not a fast day - a feast day! El Roy’s Taco Truck here I come! …

: How do i change posting time from UTC to my local time?

: Posting from my micro.blog to Android using the web site seems to work fine. Markdown works but not …

: I’m trying to figure out a good workflow for micro-blog. I’m writing this in Mars Edit. It will …

: And, of course, as soon as I pledge my fealty to the Pixel, google announces it’s cutting me off in …

: So if I post from leo.social (backend provided by micro.blog) does it go to @leolaporte on Twitter? …

: Y’know. I was all excited about the Samsung Galaxy S8+, but after using it for a couple of weeks I …

: Posting from iOS now. Easy as a Sunday morning.

: Hey, check it out! My new micro.blog is live. Thanks, Manton! Next step - link it to …