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Currently reading: Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks đź“š

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Finished reading: The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks đź“š

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Week note - iii: object.computer

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@spencer.place I loved SU. What made it good was the the dopamine hit of finding something “cool.” There was a great deal of trash and occasionally pushing the button sifted out something amazing.

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I would open it when I was bored and the usual things (gaming, forums, etc) couldn’t scratch the itch.

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Finished reading: Ravenor Rogue by Dan Abnett 📚 — I think that’s enough Warhammer books for a while.

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@lacroixshotgun.bsky.social I can’t argue with that.

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@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social I feel this. The calves on Seattle cyclists should be studied and admired.

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@lacroixshotgun.bsky.social Lemme get that human skin salmon

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I think I have to admit defeat again with Orion as a browser as a daily driver. The 1Password extension continues to be unreliable, which is very frustrating. On top of that it seems like I am getting more frozen tabs and poorer performance than my initial go around. Back to Safari for now.

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I visited Minneapolis for the first time over the weekend and I have to admit I was jealous of their cycling infrastructure. So many protected bike lanes. My jealousy was tempered by the fact I was constantly drenched in a thin layer of sweat from the humidity though. Jealous perspiration.

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@jtp.bsky.social I know American Sign Language so my hand say hi. Saves me on the AI subscription.

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Week note - ii: object.computer

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@manton +1 to Connections. This feels clearer.

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@thomas.camp It looks like the primary artist is Vee Chanting Qian! This page has a collection featuring their awesome designs.

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Kick flippin’ pine goes hard. www.veeqian.com/pdx-airport

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@thomas.camp #PDX people: help me make my dream come true.

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I need a giant sticky note character from the PDX in my house.

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@councilorkanal.bsky.social as my councilor, you have the power to create a better world, one in which each day I come up greeted by giant PDX sticky note. Dan Ryan could never.

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I demand that PDX start selling merch with the absolute banger characters they’ve created. I would fight a person for one of the giant sticky notes featuring these little weirdos they hung during the construction.

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Even this serene donut dude on the wifi landing page is great.

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Look I know there’s a lot of bad things happening in the world right now, but what really grinds my goat is email apps in 2026 defaulting to adding a “sent from phone” type line to your signature.

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No one receiving it cares and nobody sending it wants it. Stop it. This is crime.

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Lately I’ve been enjoying more newsletters. Some favorites include Dense Discovery, Citation Needed, and (rip) Naive Weekly.

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I’m always looking for weird and interesting newsletter recommendations if you’ve got any to share.

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One change I’ve made is trying to replace my doom scrolling habit with Kagi’s small web tool. It’s a spiritual successor to StumbleUpon that takes you to a random indieweb page. It’s been fun to see so many personal sites I’d otherwise never encounter.

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kagi.com/smallweb/

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I pulled the trigger on a Kagi subscription and moved my browsing back into Orion. Orion still has rough edges, but Kagi’s search is a superior product. The biggest hurdle was psychological. My brain’s knee jerk insistence that search should be free.

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I’m pleased with the latest design changes I made to my blog. I’ve been collecting inspiration from other small web blogs for a while and finally implemented a few vanity features. My favorite: switching my footnotes to a “marginalia” style.

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object.computer/colophon/

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Watched: Over Your Dead Body 🍿 - 3/5

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Watched: They Will Kill You 🍿

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Weekly review - 1: object.computer

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On finding purpose in customer support: object.computer

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@justinpot.com POSSE is the way! indieweb.org/POSSE

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I’ve never watched any Star Trek. Not the shows or the movies. Maybe it’s time to dive in? What’s the best entry point?

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@rbreich.bsky.social Not good Robert. Not good.

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@russ41.bsky.social I’ve heard and felt similar. Unfortunately a lot of people go to therapy and don’t do the work. I can also imagine it’s even easier to do that when you’re fabulously wealthy and there’d be therapists happy to take your money and tell you what you want to hear.

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@russ41.bsky.social I can’t imagine what it was like for Jonah to grow up as a fat dude in the media spotlight where his fame was so closely associated with his body in a media landscape so critical of fat bodies, but he needs therapy not martial arts.

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@leftcoastreads.bsky.social Maybe it’s because I grew up in the tri-state area but the first thing I associate hardcore music with is straight edge.

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Has anyone found an app (ideally available on iOS) that allows you to easily consume your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds in one place that they really enjoy?

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I think some of these potential new Euro banknote designs are fantastic.

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www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/bank…

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Wholeheartedly support the em dash. psychotechnology.substack.com/p/em-dash…

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@manton I’m excited to see what you come up with. I’d love Micro.blog to be flexibly integrated into the ATProto in more ways.

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Apologies to Salem, OR who did not deserve to be left off that list.

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Oregon is the absolute leader in America’s city flag game. The newest addition is Oregon’s City municipal elevator inspired update.

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It joins the ranks of OG great Portland and recently redesigned Hillsboro who all buck the trend of crappy seal based city flag.

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#oregon #flags

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A tiny version of my van fits in the oddly shaped cubby in its dashboard perfectly.

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Summer slows and trips do to: object.computer

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@thomas.camp My partner is a bagel snob. She’s a bagel snob in the sense that if your bagel doesn’t have seeds on both sides, you’re immediately out of the running. She’s from Long Island.

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I realize our powers combine into the worst kind of “east coaster living on the west coast.” We’re not wrong though.

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@pip Love this.

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@thomas.camp The Big Obsidian Flow at Newberry Volcanic National Monument is… a big ass flow of obsidian. I’ve never seen anything like it before.

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The whole monument area deserves more attention and I feel foolish having lived so (relatively) close without knowing how great it is. I can’t wait to go back again

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@thomas.camp Summer Lake is my favorite hot spring in Oregon. It is totally worth the drive to experience it. It has some of the darkest skies I’ve ever seen.

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The nearby refuge has just a mindblowing amount of birds and is a vital home for many migratory species. It is stunningly beautiful.

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@thomas.camp While Hart Mountain is a ways out there I can’t recommend it enough. A beautiful high desert grassland with herds of pronghorn — the American antelope. Over 400 sq miles of refuge.

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Camping is free and the hot spring campground is magical. We saw a ton of shooting stars while soaking.

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#oregon

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@thomas.camp Our rough itinerary:

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Hole-in-the-Ground & Crack-in-the-Ground
\nSummer Lake Resort & Summer Lake Wildlife Refuge
\nHart Mountain National Antelope Refuge & Hot Springs Campground
\nThe meeting spot of CA, OR & NV
\nNewberry National Volcanic Monument

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My wonderful partner planned this and it was amazing.

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@thomas.camp That’s the best question and I’m absolutely going to use it in the future.

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@thomas.camp Close! Not in order but we are at Hart Mountain Refuge, Summer Lake, and some other spots thereabouts.

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@fischer.bsky.social I-5 should be converted into a bike lane.

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@seth.computer Also - 👋 I was an early Zapier employee (#14) looks like y’all are still up to some cool stuff.

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@seth.computer For what’s it’s worth micro.blog has a solid mobile interface, supports standard.site, and makes it easy to POSSE. My posts there syndicate out to Bluesky and Mastodon (and could go to other places too.) I think Leaflet’s great but I am shocked by how little I see micro.blog mentioned here.

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