Skip to main content

Links

  1. ‘It was hard not to stare at him all the time’ | The Guardian

    Lovely oral history of Leonard Rossiter. “He was also very affectionate with our bearded collie, Humphrey.”

  2. Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art | The New Yorker

    Ted Chiang again with good arguments. (via everyone, weeks ago)

  3. The Shield oral history: Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, Glenn Close reflect on FX drama

    A bit too “It and everyone are the best!!” but still interesting.

  4. Adam Curtis: The Map No Longer Matches the Terrain

    “We’re waiting for someone to draw a new map, and until then, we’re just going to witter away to each other on podcasts.” (via Garbage Day)

  5. Tom Johnson · Diary: Strange Visitations

    I didn’t expect to come across mention of a church just up the road from us in the LRB. (subscribers only)

  6. radiac/nanodjango: Full Django in a single file

    Sounds great, very clever. Nicely done. (via Simon Willison)

  7. Retirement Planner Links — James Shack

    Love a good retirement planner spreadsheet.

  8. Record Club

    Like Letterboxd, but for music I think. Seems nice.

  9. It’s Lowtime — Observations on Apple’s September event | Riccardo Mori

    “My impression that Apple is severely removed from how actual people use their phones is reinforced every time they show a short video to illustrate how certain features work.” (via Michael Tsai)

  10. UV with Django

    Very useful, by Anže Pečar.

  11. UV — I am (somewhat) sold – Oliver Andrich

    I’m trying to switch to uv entirely and am eager for examples of real-world usage like this. (via Simon Willison)

  12. The Spectrum

    A ZX Spectrum with built-in games, HDMI, etc. I wouldn’t actually use it but it’s a lovely looking idea. (via b3ta newsletter)

  13. Philosophize This!

    If I listened to podcasts then I’d give this a go. (via Transmissions from Nowhereland (Ted))

  14. OSM Then and Now

    Compare OpenStreetMap in 2008 with now. Amazing progress. (via @amcewen@mastodon.me.uk)

  15. A Weekend at the Immersion Larp Festival – mssv + Have You Played

    Fascinating account of Adrian Hon’s visit to a Nordic Larp festival.

  16. Slow-Motion Machines

    A mix by James A. Reeves based mostly on five favourite 1990s tracks slowed way down to haunting speeds.

  17. Russell Davies: TikTok Triptych

    I really like these “collagey/plunderphonic/ColdCutuppy thing[s]” made out of TikTok’s. Well done Russell.

  18. astral-sh/uv: An extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust.

    Sounds good. Replacement for pip, pip-tools and virtualenv, with plans to replace more like pipx and pyenv. (via @frabcus@mastodon.social)

  19. Tom Crewe · Carnival of Self-Harm: Good Riddance to the Tories

    Even having lived through this mess, it’s shocking to read how badly successive Tory governments have screwed the country.

  20. Peeping on Pepys | History News Network

    Surprisingly in-depth look at the history of pepysdiary.com.

  21. The Dave Nice Video Show, Part Two: “I’d Be Delighted, Sir” – Dirty Feed

    Not sure I ever saw ‘Smashie and Nicey: the End of an Era’ but these posts are so good.

  22. William Davies · Antimarket: Capitalism Decarbonised

    For the bit at the start about the difference between free markets and capitalism.

  23. Lucie Elven · Unblenched: Homage to Brigid Brophy

    I do enjoy LRB articles about interesting 20th century authors I’ve never heard of.

  24. That mysterious font is Festive, not Stymie

    On the old signage font you’ve seen in many places.

  25. Some of the best free fonts | Clearleft

    For future reference. I also saw Literata suggested. (via @Robb@front-end.social)

  26. Mass Hysteria | RHOC | Substack

    Real Housewives Of Clapton expand from Insta with their funny, painful trend-spotting from the frontlines of London’s gentrification.

  27. Web dev craftsmanship | Go Make Things

    I’m not convinced we’re “on the verge of a renaissance” unfortunately. There are still bespoke suits, but it’s never going to be more than a small craft that’s only for those with money or time.