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very cool new thing with the mac: hookmark, which is an app that allows you to link to anything on your computer as though it was a URL. So If i’m in Tana, I can link to a document I’m working on. Bam wam this is great.  

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Easily the best named songs on an album i’ve ever seen

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handed it in : alexdobrenko.micro.blog

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some lil passages i've been writing : alexdobrenko.micro.blog

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a log of time poorly spent, #3030: alexdobrenko.micro.blog

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Jennifer Egan's Look At Me: alexdobrenko.micro.blog

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xmas eve. as a jew it is strange to be a dad of a family that is so into christmas but i think I like it? tbd but I think I do? its complicated but I think a lot of that has to do with me always feeling like i’m not really getting enough stuff lol.

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the hype of AI is so fucking strong, it feels like a big ol fomo mountain of everyone going “omg omg this is so crazy its so cool’ that I feel stupid not participating!

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A list of tiny companies and people doing cool shit on the internet

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1. Good Enough 

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Am writing these now in MarsEdit and enjoying that flow. Also enjoying the fact that no one actually knows this exists yet. Maybe I’ll keep it that way? 

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mirror mirror on the screen: alexdobrenko.micro.blog

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this looks cool - excited for it next year yes www.metalabel.com/canvas

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been wanting a place to have a tiny lil blog and maybe this is it?

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thanks to everyone for the support these last couple days about Game of Thrones. As you all saw, my emotionally fulfilling scene that explained everything was CUT FOR TIME. Not sure what to do next, but am hopeful I’ll be tapped for one or more of the sequels.

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website URLs should allow emojis don’t @ me, just send the $$ and let’s get this done

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Watch: a near perfect short film (7 min): alexdobrenko.micro.blog

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@amoroso thanks! you too :) have you figured out how this all works yet?? I sure haven't

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LISTEN UP: Howard Stern and Terry Gross on Fresh Air wherein I also realize Stern Was A Weirdly Big Part of My Childhood: alexdobrenko.micro.blog

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@manton that article just brought me here !

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