Dan Steeves
Where do I find or submit Mac app bugs, like this one with link text formatting? @manton
The most important things I read this week: Bill Gates and Tyler Cowen. Recommended for everyone. Provides the context needed to understand anything else in the news.
This week it finally feels like we’re in full-on survival mode. Nothing is normal. Grocery shopping, the only allowed activity, is a chore, and makes one feel guilty for doing it too often.
Although I usally agree with vox.com more than disagree, this photo choice seems off. Especially as it was taken on March 18.
If one filed for unemployment and their weekly check-in asks the normally required “did you look for work last week?” should one answer yes or no? Question for NC Governor Cooper. (And any other Gov with similar websites.)
Goodbye, Comcast-Xfinity. Hello CenturyLink.
Just got off the phone canceling the internet + basic cable tv service that I’ve had for years and years and years. I have to say that other than being an overpriced monopoly, it all worked fine. And canceling today was easy.
For a few weeks now we’ve been on CenturyLink gigabit fiber service. Cheaper and better in almost every way. Hopefully I won’t have to go back or regret this change. For now, recommended if you’re in Minneapolis - St. Paul metro like me and can get it.
More on the same topic from Big by Matt Stoller.
Airline Bailout Already?
Not sure where the right answer lies but I’m sure it is somewhere south of “Airlines Ask for $50 Billion.”
Dear Microsoft Outlook… Please use your borg AI capability to detect when my “Reply All” should show up in my Inbox vs not. My memory too faulty. Your clicks too painful.
RIP Dirt Rag
The dirt riding magazine I most identified with is closing. I will miss Dirt Rag. My lifetime subscription was totally worth it.
It is with a heavy heart that we’re writing to say, that after 30 years of publishing, Dirt Rag is filing for bankruptcy and ceasing all operations, including the magazine, the website and Dirt Fest.
Food for thought today. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/…
Rabbit hole… “Wozniak used a TV as a monitor for the simple reason that he couldn’t afford a monitor.” My first computer’s (Commodore 64) monitor was an old TV!
A list of some books I’ve enjoyed about Russia.
- Gorbachev
- Catherine The Great
- Peter The Great
- A Gentleman In Moscow
- Dostoyevsky - Crime And Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
- Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
Best thing I’ve seen on the internet today: https://www.behance.net/gallery/41023081/Instagram-for-Win95?utm_source=morning_brew via Daring Fireball.
XC Ski with Darcie, Craig, and Bridget. Strava