Town Hall #26: Rounding

I am so relieved to be finished with microwave oven research for NDC Porto! Here are some [absurdly detailed] notes, compiled for your entertainment:

• A History of Microwave Ovens

I also wrote some technical stuff in preparation for my upcoming talk at UNSOUND:

• Irresponsible Servers: From Slop Talk to Shop Talk
• the soundless interstitium

In preparation for LIVE 2024, I've been making making lots of solid progress on scrapscript:

• scrawl: spartan web editor
• elm-scrapscript: crappy parsing/eval library

My series on offensive horticulture is finally complete:

1. Theft: Proplifting, Plant Piracy, and Dumpster Chocolates
2. Poaching: Profitable Plant Propagation Prevents Poaching
3. Infringement: Seizing the Means of Re-Production
4. Colonialism: Kimba Syndrome
5. Possession: Legalize Life (and Living)
6. Trespassing: A Georgist's Guerilla Gardening Guide
7. Activism: Further Reading

Questions & Answers

Thanks to everybody who sent tips/advice about Seattle! We had a lovely trip; we'll hopefully be back again early 2025 (permanently, if work permits).

• I'm in the early stages of writing a semi-non-fiction book entitled Artificial Idiocy. If you know any good agents/publishers, send 'em my way.
• How often do you sharpen your kitchen knives? Do you specialized tools? Do you mail your knives to a sharpening service?
• The Arxiv RSS firehose is fun and overwhelming. I'd love some more commentary/curation for cool new papers. Any suggestions for academic blogs or niche newsletters?
• Any personal thoughts/experiences with Dynamicland?
• Do you observe any strange/invented holidays?
• What are your must-have nvim extensions?
• Any cool tindie projects I should be aware of?
• Do you know of any podcasts that are consistently funny?
• Is preschool worth it? Is it worth looking into a Montessori program?
• Are there any AI agents that actually work yet?
• How do you balance main quests vs. side quests?

If you have questions or answers, email me at [email protected].

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After months of listening to the same few DJ mixes on repeat, I started listening to new albums again! It feels good to be back, folks.