: Why do I read this with both pride and fear? Because we are losing the Melvin Mermelsteins, but the …
: Hilarious that men buy “compression pants” when women buy “leggings”.
: This is a test. select names, breeds from dogs where age < 1;
: Announcing Bigfoot.js for Micro.blog plugin
: This is to test Bigfoot1 Bigfoot is all about footnotes. ↩︎
: The First Ten My life will be defined by the last decade. How could it not be? In 2010 I graduated from a …
: It’s the end of the year, so of course I’m thinking about redoing my whole blog.
: I’m working on a post to summarize the decade, and I think I’d like to have some nice photo …
: Reform the Senate— make it out of congressional districts just like the House. Except they can cross …
: It is better to give a risky gift than a safe one.
: At the Indieweb meetup at XOXO Fest this year I was talking about the need for more ephemeral spaces …
: I have had a year very much worth reflecting on. I may try and do a blog post on all this. It’s …
: Not in love with the instructions for Day 4, but think it’s hilarious I did a bunch of work …
: I just had a thought— how much would I pay for a Mondo poster of Baby Yoda? The answer is far higher …
: Day 3 of #adventofcode2019 using #rstats complete. I found today pretty challenging, even though it …
: Finished Day 2 of Advent of Code in #rstats. That wasn’t so bad, but I’m still being …
: I just completed “The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation” - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2019 …
: Just finished “To Be Taught, if Fortunate” and my god is Becky Chambers a treasure.📚
: Met someone who didn’t think they were the cool, creative person in the room even though they make …
: I laughed harder at #xoxofest Story tonight than I than I have in years. Comedy peformed at that …
: Just had the chance to play a couple of rounds of @resistorygame at #xoxofest. It would be quite …
: Why yes, that’s an Imperial Stout with Coconut! It’s quite delicious, even if 10% ABV is a lot for …
: It’s been weeks, and I’m still thinking about this dog poking out of a second floor window and …
: This pop up art at #xoxofest was very moving. Beautiful origami cranes floating lightly on the wind …
: Watching a cartoon and they said, “Look at this dweeb who likes sci-fi,” and he responded, …
: I think one of the most surprising things I tell people is that I don’t watch Game of Thrones.
: Goodreads doesn’t store ISBN for Kindle books (or it seems other books added through Amazon). …
: All three books in the masterful Last Policeman Trilogy for just $5.97 is a steal. 📚
: Becky Chambers has a new book coming out? Pre-ordered.
: Things I’d like to see at WWDC this year Wide support in macOS for sharesheet-style extensions, along with better built system supported …
: All I want for iOS 13 is auto-removal of expired boarding passes.
: How powerful are the network effects of Facebook? We’ll find out over the next few years. This kind …
: New bookshelves ❤️. @westminsterfox and I have always thought built-ins belonged on this wall and …
: Hopped on a call before anyone else was on. Muted call and started playing guitar while I waited. …
: Small, anonymous, interest-based, communities online was where the internet was at its best and …
: Five years ago today, I asked a question at a conference and it changed the course of my life.
: Last morning here. Can’t wait to come back with @westminsterfox once Southwest announces flights.
: Took a walk today in Hawaii.
: Hiking Diamond Head Road a bike up a bit from the beach to Diamond Head Trail. A long way up, but worth it. Killer views …
: Reparations makes for a better litmus test than the Green New Deal.
: Write blogs, not text as images on someone else’s platform.
: Back home after a weekend run up to NYC. I’m always sad when I take Amtrak along the Northeast …
: The best falafel is always green inside.
: Quite a few books I’ve been reading lately start out as 3s but morph into solid 4.5 or 5s in the …
: I loved the alleyways of Taiwan. Like grass pushing through the cracks of sidewalks, activated …
: This Saturday morning’s air guitar and singing around the house is brought to you by Midtown’s Save …
: I’m thinking about the phrase “group by”, which is great for technical folks but maybe not good UI …
: For dinner I had what I called a “Mediterranean tostada”, which was really just a warmed up pita …
: Spinning Silver was brilliant. At least as good as Uprooted. Wow. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚
: This great post by Craig Hockenberry on the origin of the word “tweet” just makes me feel sadder …
: Is there anything more exhilarating than the last 25% of a good book, especially one where the first …
: I’m almost certain I’m going to finish 4 books this month and it feels great.
: Monday win— I think I did a good job with a hard conversation today. It’s the kind of conversation I …
: Soon Copenhagen will be a carbon neutral city Some things I learned from this video: The public …
: I’ve been thinking a lot about how important great editing is to great writing lately, how I almost …
: I’ve only ever read his excerpts/shorter pieces, but Robert Caro is just a joy to read. It’s time. …
: In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and requirements will change.
: Since Reeder doesn’t support the new iPad Pro, what RSS reader should I be using on mobile with …
: Seriously, there’s no way to map Caps Lock to Escape with a hardware keyboard on iOS? Jimminy.
: So how do I get a vim experience on iPad these days?
: Every book I want to read is expensive on Kindle right now. 😡
: Better Worlds, The Verge at their best Better Worlds is a series of 10 original science fiction stories commissioned by The Verge. …
: My experience at the Apple Store today— walk in knowing exactly what I wanted to buy, still wait …
: Surprisingly, when I went to https on micro.json.blog, it broke my OwnYourGram connection. I had to …
: I’ve always like Conduit as a street name.
: Worth It: Week 1 2019 five things from around the web I think were worth it this week.
: Just added open graph to json.blog for the three times a year I have an image in a post.
: Worth It: Week 1 2019 There’s No Shortcut to Wisdom A good read on Adam’s decision to dive away from reading …
: I was surprised to learn that the last two years I’ve read more books by women than men
: Oh. My. God. They discontinued Total Rasin Bran. Like 2 yeas ago.
: I have completed my Goodreads challenge for the first time since 2015, just in time.
: 2018 Review of Subscriptions on json.blog
: Salads, noodles, trees, Elsa, street market food… Seems like a pretty on brand Top 9.
: Salads, noodles, trees, Elsa, street market food… Seems like a pretty on brand Top 9.
: 2018 Review of Subscriptions A quick inventory of things I currently subscribe to (prices per year): Washington Post ($48) …
: For years I couldn’t get @LastFm working with @Spotify. Just constant log in errors. I finally …
: Also, I just found out my hugo blog works totally fine with title-free posts, which I kind of love. …
: Are there any reasons I should keep using my own server and nginx stuff for a static site over …
: I have had this little motivation to do something in a very long time.
: A nation of cowards, operating on fears of status threat, using the state’s machinery to pull the …
: 2005 was a very weird time in my computing life.
: I know I’m late to the party, but Apple Photo’s Auto Enhance is incredible. It’s …
: How do you not love a local comic book store/bar that has this in the window display?
: Without specifically trying, 18 of the 30 books I read this year were written by women. Not bad. …
: For the second time in like four years, Worth It, stuff I read in the last few days that seemed …
: Sometimes product management is about figuring out what must have feature makes it impossible to …
: Does anything I do on a computer invoke “power” less than PowerPoint?
: HomePod(s) With one HomePod, I though the sound was pretty good, but a bit small. I have lots of great “big …
: Anyone else notice you can’t use the left arrow to go “back” in the new Mac App …
: I’ve been a Tomorrow Night Bright person for a long time. Any color themes I should be looking …
: Indieweb should absolute have a reference open source blogging engine. I don’t want to use …
: I am happy to report the ECG feature on my Apple Watch says that things are ok. I’ve had a …
: Afternoon stroll through the Warehouse District.
: Our Legacies When I think about the legacy of politicians, I think about the growth of my personal political …
: I’ve added a Now page to my site, inspired by @manton who was inspired by @sivers
: Fascinating look at how solar costs have been reduced over time. Traces importance of R&D …
: Starting to get somwhere less horrible with json.blog, including finally getting SSL setup.
: A little Sunday #treatyoself
: I am getting tired of my current static site. Love the theoretically simplicity, but looking for a …
: Apparently when Comcast sees a closet like this, it is the equivalent of saying …
: How does “airplay this to my HomePod” not work with Siri? I mean Jesus, does anyone at Apple use …
: It seems like ever rock song lives in the high F/G territory, which is literally the highest note I …
: I got a HomePod. It’s kind of bad. Probably will buy at least two more at some point.
: We live in new construction. I had them run Cat6 everywhere in the house. Like, several thousand …
: The Lady Astronaut Series I just finished the two published books in The Lady Astronaut series. They are tragic and …
: Solid view of Nashville from this hotel.
: Solid view of Nashville from this hotel.
: This isn’t an iPad Pro announcement. It’s the opening argument for ARM on the Mac.
: It’s just baffling to me that folks are clamoring to recreate the laptop form factor with iOS. I’d …
: I can’t think of an app on iPad that isn’t in macOS, or isn’t a web app that would ditch native as …
: I don’t understand the argument that iPad should basically become a MacBook bc some people think …
: I have been accused of paranoia with regard to legal fights for “religious freedom”. “But you’re …
: You know you’re a product manager when you’re super excited about the way a table in …
: My god a good salad makes me happy.
: My god a good salad makes me happy.
: Do I recommend creative works, or am I recommending my emotional experience of those works?
: If whatever you’re doing right now is not reading The Calculating Stars you need to stop and do that …
: I’ve loved Explosions in the Sky for years, and even I forget just how remarkable The Earth is …
: If finishing a book makes you feel slightly more human, I might actually like you. Others need not …
: If you scream, people say you’re melodramatic; if you submit, you’re masochistic; if you call names, …
: Someone posted this playlist to r/postrock and it is 🔥.
: I am struggling through The Female Man, because it’s so powerful and painfully relevant. It’s so …
: It has been really tough to face some things I could do to succeed, but that I won’t. Not bc of a …
: I still can’t get comfortable with certain tasks on iOS. For example, I hate organizing things …
: The thing I’ll miss most while traveling this weekend is my fancy keyboard.
: How have I dealt with the Mac App Store for this long and just learned about softwareupdate -i -a?
: Slowing Down Over the last few weeks I have been resurrecting some old reading habits. I am trying to spend more …
: I really dislike the redesign coming to Overcast. For the first time since it came out, I’m …
: It’s amazing to me how often we come across business requirements that seem totally sensible and …
: Is there any reason the 2020 Democratic Platform shouldn’t be 11 justices and DC & Puerto Rico …
: I am feeling uninspired using Omnigraffle lately. Does anyone has other good suggestions for …
: The thing I struggle with most is how little of my work I feel I get to share. I’m doing my best …
: Here’s the cycle: underfund schools, claim administration is bloated, drive all possible dollars to …
: The more I think about it, the more I like the title “Record of a Spaceborn Few”. I’m …
: Just your regularly scheduled reminder that the second solo of Comfortably Numb is the greatest …
: I think it’s a major cultural failing that we are so concerned with a few people …
: @danielpunkass a quick piece of feedback about the MarsEdit site. I’m surprised it …
: The end of The Village Voice is yet another sign that we’re going through a rapid change that’s …
: Deadlifting is hard when you haven’t touched the bar in 4 months.
: I hope Apple gets its shit together. …
: Was in a major funk of not getting shit done, so I cleared the calendar and I’ve been clearing …
: Consultants– bad for the culture of consulting firms, bad for the culture of their clients, …
: Elsa and I have long discussed a road trip up to Montreal through New Hampshire and Vermont. Every …
: Fascinating look at how our built environment impacts behavior. What if we had an “abandoned …
: I’ve always been liberal. Two men I disagreed w/ but respected from GOP were John McCain & Colin …
: It’s a huge bummer that our best friends all live in NYC.
: I have a confession. The other day I was about 45mins into an intense work meeting with a client …
: I think a lot about how I’m falling short of the example set by those I admire. I guess I should cut …
: Sometimes I imagine dedicating myself to being a skinny person and then I remember milkshakes exist.
: If this rumored Mac Mini is: real ~ $1000 can drive LG 5K display has 16gb of ram (upgradeable oh …
: Audio Engine N22 or TEAC AI-101DA? I want one to drive an extra set of Paradigm Atoms and my Fidelio …
: I thought I liked this song, and then the trumpet came in and now I love this song.
: I hate Sunday night packing so much I’m gonna turn it into Early Monday Morning packing. …
: Tips ∝ Diet Coke refill rate.
: Took a hiatus from guitar for the last few years. But boy, I never regret buying this Larrivée …
: This is a great article about the discovery of archaea, how paradigms change in science, and the …
: A great example of why I use Spotify over Apple Music and why open platforms win: there is a bot on …
: A New Citizen Decides to Leave the Tumult of Trump’s America A great read on the complexity of …
: Good reminder, Tina. Just because you think something is embarrassing doesn’t mean you have to …
: We All Die! What A Circus! is quite the eponymous album. I’ve played it at least 5 times since …
: This $500 reverb pedal is how I’ll become a great guitar player right?
: Continuing to read my interest graph Media personalities are better follows on most social media platforms because they are generating …
: How Jason can a day get? So far I’ve: eaten cold leftovers for breakfast, bought a Jewish cook book …
: GYBE is playing in Baltimore and I didn’t know and I’m not going and this seems wrong.
: Someone posted in our neighborhood Facebook group a picture of a groundhog. Now like 10 more …
: I don’t think I’ve watched these movies for over a decade, but they were formative for me and I …
: When I’m really frustrated and anxious I do a lot of fantasizing. Just me or is this a normal coping …
: This Will Destroy You is very good music.
: Sometimes I decide I’m going to play a song that requires a few repeated chords and rip my …
: How Infowars Reinforces My Support for the Web I sometimes have difficulty explaining to friends why micro.json.blog exists. Why post there and …
: Philosophy Bites is a great podcast, but this episode on “overdoing democracy” is particularly good …
: Elsa and I often use partner. Here are my reasons: At some point I decided assuming straightness …
: What a lovely story about Mel Brooks, a man who has deeply influenced my sense of humor.
: Evening walks with the pups, @gracie.and.brandy
: Go to Whole Foods to buy food for dinner: that’ll be $80. Go to Wegman’s to buy food for the week: …
: I haven’t evenread this yet, but I wanted to say, “Of course there’s a woman I’ve never heard of who …
: Summer of Storms In some ways, the endless torrential rain this summer is the ideal way to break in a new home. What …
: This morning I was feeling down. I was wallowing (self-analyzing?) and I think I achieved some …
: Also, holy crap, I’ve been playing guitar longer than I haven’t. I missed that moment. Although to …
: I’ve been playing guitar for 17 years and I just now realized that Hallelujah is in the sweet …
: Hello, “moderate” Republican 👋🏻. Did your party abandon you, or does it turn out your political …
: This is good weather and a good joke. It’s silly how much I love my weather app.
: Currently reading: The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley 📚
: Just about nothing is more frustrating in development than a slow cycle time. Taking 20 minutes to …
: A break in the clouds #nofilter
: A break in the clouds #nofilter
: An international lens on anti-gentrification. tl;dr It’s about distrusting outsiders, which is …
: We’d do well to allow politicians to explain both their ideals & their plans for practical steps …
: Horrifying look at Baltimore Police Department IT, which is still running on decades old systems and …
: New keyboard day, ask me anything.
: I set up Ubiquiti equipment at home and I got it working just fine without much hassle and it makes …
: Sometimes I try and imagine myself failing up into a cushy, lucrative job. The fantasy seems nice, …
: Got a tetanus shot in the arm today, I am supposed to bench press at 9am tomorrow. How well is this …
: While I don’t think concentration camps are the right comparison, I’ve been thinking a lot about the …
: Pretty much nothing goes wrong when you combine mushrooms and butter.
: What is the best way to share something with people these days asynchronously? I feel like everyone …
: This horrific article is a great example of the banality of evil.
: I’ve never read Ulysses, but The Dead was one of the first pieces of literature I ever read that …
: Why does anyone eat anything but BBQ?
: I’ve had a tough few weeks personally. I thought getting back to routine would help, but honestly …
: All I ever seem to want to eat is pizza.
: One vacation and three deaths in the family in the last two months means I’ve barely been to the gym …
: Uncle My Uncle has passed. Uncle Marty lived with my parents from before I was born. Growing up I was …
: I’m feeling very ungenerous today.
: I’m not sure there’s any experience quite like cleaning out a grandparent/parent’s home after …
: I received a compliment today so deep and affecting that I am sure I will remember it for the rest …
: TFW your really nice knitr to s3 to web workflow slowly becomes a CMS 😂 #rstats
: Every once in a while I forget how much I like Jimmy Eat World.
: An afternoon walk in the park.
: An afternoon walk in the park.
: Does anyone outside of New York make pickles that are any good? So far all signs point to no.
: Elsa has been dying to go to a taco place she found in Baltimore started by fellow Poblanas. She …
: I think micro.blog should allow anyone who follows more than say, 10 people to get a Discover feee …
: Don’t fuck with me when it comes to the discrimination so many see in the workplace. One of the …
: Hampden has nice trees too. Feels good to be home.
: Hampden has nice trees too. Feels good to be home.
: Just found a copy of The History of Love I gave my grandma to read that I’m pretty sure my friend …
: Sometimes it’s good to listen to the music you loved before and fall in love all over again.
: Southside of Hong Kong Island is a nice change of pace.
: Sometimes You Skip The Paste And Head For The Chili Luk Yu Tea House (陸羽茶室).
: Another Walk Up A Mountain. Once Again, Worth It Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery 萬佛寺.
: A Tail of Two Breakfasts We went back into Hong Kong City from the Island side this morning to go for “Hong Kong French …
: A Rainy Morning in Hong Kong I walked around this morning to get Elsa some allergy medication— she appears to be allergic to Hong …
: The final noodles in Taipei.
: I don’t recommend The Fifth Season; I proselytize.
: Select Sights From A Free Walking Tour
: Food Day 3 藍家割包: Guanaco! Gontran Cherrier.
: Taipei’s MRT is the most impressive subway system I’ve used as a tourist. Super easy, fast, and …
: A stroll through National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (國立臺灣大學).
: Favorite trees, you shall not pass edition.
: Just love that there’s this beautiful public space in the MRT station abutting a park with families …
: Hazy Day From Taipei 101 Taipei 101 Food Court (台北101美食街).
: Day 2 Food Lee’s recommendation of shaved ice was spot on, as was Elsa’s insistence we eat bao.
: Hiking The Elephant Trail Xiangshan Hiking Trail (象山登山步道). It was a tough 20 mins up the steps this afternoon. We had already …
: Taipei Day 2 Taipei 101, more walking around the city, a short hike, and total collapse. We missed the night …
: First Day in Taipei Pictures from our first day Taipei, which involved napping, beef noodles, napping, walking through …
: Beef noodles and dumplings. @westminsterfox and I had this for lunch. Basically $11.55 with tip for …
: 6:20am in Tapei. Devices are recharging and we have chosen our noddle place for lunch. And I have a …
: I hope my mild panic about taking a long vacation is understood entirely as fomo and not as …
: Things I did not do today: prep at all for international travel coming up attend 50% of the …
: Finding Places About 6 or 7 years ago, Elsa and I visited San Francisco. I think we were there for a conference, …
: Baltimore is starting to spring.
: Working at a startup means tiny effort can have a huge impact on you, your company, and most …
: As much as I hate Excel, let me remind you that every day you talk to someone who has never used a …
: Find you a job that goes from demoing with potential vendor and client partners, figuring out …
: Weekend win: I felt like I was good at my job the last 7 days.
: Chicago The new Apple Store is gorgeous. I feel like you always see it from the river, but what impresses me …
: Posit— one reason people tend to “fail up” is that failure enables open outreach to professional …
: This is totally the content I want as a @theincomparable member.
: I still have anxiety about every single user of our product, constantly hoping we empower and …
: This week I’ve put about 10 hours into creating an automated way to do a task I’ve been dreading. …
: If you’re hired to express your ideas and your ideas are bad you should get fired. Yes, ideas can be …
: A great article on continued orientalism, conveniently read after Elsa and I had a long …
: If you’re freaked about Facebook, consider posting on your own site and syndicating that post …
: Me at 10:45pm: I’m pretty tired. Me at 10:46pm: I’m snoring. Me at 03:45am: Well that sleeping thing …
: Thinking a lot about how advertising targeting men is different than advertising targeting women.
: Never fails. Spend time on the West Coast, can’t sleep past 6am. Get back to the East Coast, can’t …
: This is a good answer from Wizards of the Coast designer Mark Rosewater on representation in games.
: Annual restatement that Google Reader, pre-Buzz and Google Plus integration, was the best social …
: We lack complex female stories, and we lack real relationships between the sexes We don’t see complexity in female stories because we have so little experience imagining it might be …
: Does Weighted-Student Funding Imply Autonomy? Sorta. I tried to make a point today at an AEFP panel on weighted-student funding that came out all wrong. …
: Has there ever been a more horrific sentence than “The user experience will be identical to …
: 🎶Today’s jam A Sixth Trumpet by From Monument to Masses 🎶
: I wonder which is my most controversial pop culture opinion: I couldn’t care less about The …
: It’s shockingly complex & costly to hire employees in multiple states. We’re a small company …
: I am a sucker for new mechanical keyboards…
: 🎶 Today’s tune, definitely Auto Rock by Mogwai. 🎶
: A couple weeks back I was a little disappointed at my one rep max deadlift. I felt tired from my …
: Paul Ford makes the best bull case for the blockchain I’ve ever read.
: Our heat is out. It’s 34 degrees outside. I still want to put on the fan in the bedroom. Elsa might …
: “I’m sure this $8 airplane wifi will be fine for Slack and Google Docs,” he …
: SXSWEDU 2018 2018-03-05 I may have over ordered BBQ and ended up with some serious meat sweats. 2018-03-06 The …
: Good lord tech, you have to do a lot better than this. “I’m just an engineer,” is a horrific …
: I think I need one of these.
: Part of me wants to walk to BookPeople right now. Then the other part of me remembers I can go to …
: Did a little sleuthing and confirmed that it was yesterday, March 4th, four years ago that I asked a …
: Hi Austin, spiritual home of micro.blog. Time for tacos and brisket.
: I don’t want to wait until July for Record of a Spaceborn Few. 📚
: Some important work I need to do involves uninterrupted thinking. Not desk work like coding, but …
: A great blog post about the twin awful experiences of dating and job hunting.
: “You think a newborn knows what it all means? It just happens and then you go about the mean …
: The only thing that ever really calms my imposter syndrome is recognizing just how much I’ve …
: My frequent flouting of my (sometimes) crippling imposter syndrome is not a cry for reassurance. …
: It’s as though toxic masculinity was collected and coalesced into one living man.
: I remember when Sunlit came out for ADN and I remembered liking it but I remembered very little …
: I have to admit, I’m pretty torn on whether I should move json.blog and my other domains to …
: Missing the vulnerability of a smaller, pseudonymous internet I think the internet stopped being fun for me when I was 18 in 2005. Our family signed up for …
: sqlite is totally the right tool for this job, but I ❤️ PostgreSQL too much to stop myself.
: How I start my work in R Ideation At the start of every project, there’s a blinking cursor. Actually, that’s …
: I have only read two of the Nebula nominees for best novel, which means I can add 5 more books to my …
: Altered Carbon was good, but probably about 100-150 pages too long. 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, book 7 of the year …
: It’s been 9 long years that I haven’t had my amp and pedal board in my home. Here’s hoping I play …
: Tell me about the temporal_tables PostgreSQL extension. Anyone use it? Any gotchas (other than no …
: My typical Saturday position. Just missing the Kindle.
: Get you a weather app that understands your feels.
: What annoys the hell out of me about Brian Chen’s HomePod review is I remember how annoyed I was …
: Just booked a trip to Tapei and then Hong Kong. Never been anywhere near that part of the world. …
: Finished my 6th book of the year and it feels so damn good.
: Solid work view for this Baltimore resident.
: Interesting to consider different protections for commercial versus residential real estate. Outside …
: Seeing that dummy sitting in a Tesla Roadster in outer space is somehow way cooler than I could have …
: I’m afraid of a world without brave, outspoken Holocaust survivors to hold our collective …
: I am shocked at how slow a fairly straightforward DELETE is on PostgreSQL. Stupid nested data with …
: This shit is toxic. The casual abuse women face in tech is deeply disturbing. I can’t even imagine …
: Missed my GoodReads challenge 2 years in a row. So I started this year by breaking one of my rules …
: A new, smaller home I believe in owning my own space on the web. I have had some form of a blog since LiveJournal, but …
: Stack of Glue I have some text, but I want the content of that text to be dynamic based on data. This is a case …
: Naming Manual Colors with ggplot2 I have been using ggplot2 for 7 years I think. In all that time, I’ve been frustrated that I …
: This Year in My R Code Looking back on 2017, there were three major trends in my R code: the end of S4, directly writing to …
: Hard to complain about the traveling I do when I get to see this outside of the window. Off to …
: New favorite tree candidate?
: Feels like fall, but it looks like summer.
: Killer title at front desk of a new @allovuebalance district
: Pork tenderloin is inexpensive, low fat, high protein. Great for watching weight. The lack of fat …
: My dogs have an Instagram now. #furbaby @gracie.and.brandy
: Announcing jsonfeedr, a new R package I have not yet spent the time to figure out how to generate a JSON feed in Hugo yet. But I have …
: Still my favorite spot, especially when I’m feeling down and out.
: Finishes for the new house. Colors are a bit off in photos. In my defense, this is after like 6hrs …
: Making Sense of dplyr 0.6 Non-standard evaluation is one of R’s best features, and also one of it’s most …
: I think this is my new favorite tree.
: We’re not even done brushing her. @westminsterfox
: Maxwell House purchased literally three decades of advertising with these free Haggadahs.
: maiz y cacao. @westminsterfox is like one of three POC sitting here. #stilldelicious
: Foreign Keys and assertr I have been fascinated with assertive programming in R since this from 2015 1. Tony Fischetti wrote …
: One of my favorite things to eat in Baltimore.
: Labeling Data with purrr Here’s a fun common task. I have a data set that has a bunch of codes like: Name Abbr Code …
: “I’ve been waiting for you.”
: Contributing to vegalite One of my goals for 2017 is to contribute more to the R open source community. At the beginning of …
: Just a night on the town in Portland.
: This is a part of the march of progress that seemed certain to triumph a few months ago.
: My confrontation with the mainstream You can check my Goodreads profile. I love science fiction and fantasy. And I know in 2017 and …
: Has a bookstore ever known it’s sci-fi/fantasy audience this well?
: Chilaquiles, always, everywhere.
: Grilling in the dark because our courtyard lights are broken.
: Star Wars was on when we got to grandma and grandpa’s!
: Going to grandma and grandpa’s house for rehab.
: Last couple of days she’ll have both ears.
: Siri Won't Catch Alexa “I just got an Amazon Echo and surprisingly, I really love it.” In one form or another, …
: A Gateway Drug to purrr A lot of the data I work with uses numeric codes rather than text to describe features of each …
: Introducing json.blog I have written a lot on the internet. This isn’t a surprise, I’ve been here since the …
: Men’s room finally caught up @crystalcoache
: My new daily view walking around the neighborhood.
: The view from my desk is pretty solid.
: Gracie on the road to return home to Providence.
: westminsterfox and my grandparents.
: Officiating complete. Wedding well underway. My job is over.
: Ben and Hillary’s wedding. Just one more this season!
: I never tire of the view from my couch.
: My papa says my mama is coming home tonight.
: Across my lap to lay her head down. Definitely one of her favorite spots.
: Finally made it to Camden Yards to see the Yankees with my dad. cc: @themikeadams
: A note on sequels I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy, genres filled with long running book series. Until the …
: She won’t let me into bed. Color brought to you buy Hue, on late night mode
: Last night I made bolognese from scratch. Tonight @westminsterfox made pappardelle from scratch to …
: Gracie can be a bit of a layabout when I go on the couch she normally sleeps on.
: This is where my head goes. Until Gracie pushes me off my own pillow to wake me up. This, after she …
: She accepted her new bed in no time at all.
: Perfect beach hair attained.
: Not a bad view for fish tacos.
: This big Shepard ran back and forth after his yellow toy in the water the whole time we were at the …
: Nothing sketchy at all about this. Move along now…
: Caught her sleeping like this.
: It may be cold outside but the view from in here is great.
: This is what happens my first day back at work (at home) after coming back from the @allovuebalance …
: Still sick. Won’t even have an ice chip. Poor thing I hope she turns this around tonight.
: Gracie and her grandpa after a long walk.
: On the way and at grandma and grandpa’s house.
: Approximately exactly where my body belongs.
: Been working hard to keep these guys alive and improve the view this summer.
: News on Assertions in R How many times have you written R functions that start with a bunch of code that looks like this? …
: Rhode Island Disease When discussing policy in Rhode Island, I almost always encounter two bizarre arguments. Rhode …
: “Don’t go poppas. Hit snooze. 10 more minutes. Pleeeeease?!?”
: Acceptable Terms An initial proposal has been made to the city of Providence and state of Rhode Island to keep the …
: Oh right. I’m supposed to take pictures of my food in restaurants before I eat it. It was …
: Not an action shot. She was sleeping.
: My morning view. Yes that’s my stomach she’s on.
: Made to the end of the week but Gracie captures my feels.
: Korean beef and bok choy from Elsa. This is how you #snowghazi
: “Everything the light touches is my kingdom.”
: Snow drifts say: YOU SHALL NOT PASS
: In position for blizzard. “Papas, I don’t care if it doesn’t start for another …
: A PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet for OSX and R I keep this on my desktop. Install: brew install postgresql initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8 …
: How I’m given samples at home.
: Just another day at the office.
: Amazon Creating A Services Marketplace Online A few thoughts: This is a very interesting way to take advantage of a number of existing Amazon …
: The Power Of Sound It has been said a thousand times before, but I feel the need to say it again. So much of what Star …
: Apparently I can’t be trusted.
: School Funding Reform, Hard Work and Fraught with Potential Because of the primacy of equity as a goal in school finance system design, the formulas …
: Some of that home made ravioli from the other night.
: More adventures in our completed kitchen.
: Note: This is what every meal in my house is like when @edure is around and we have a functioning …
: That’s @edure nailing it again.
: That’s @edure killing it with #blueapron
: Just some of the @allovuebalance extended family tonight at #1106party
: NaNo(Blo)WriMo November marks the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The quick version is folks …
: Me and Martina, ca 1992. #tbt
: Got these in gold. Wearing non-stop. First pair of sunglasses since I was 9 and went prescription …
: Don’t wake up early in the morning to pee unless you’re ok with losing your spot.
: This is what happens when you attend a graduation and forget sunblock.
: They really don't make them like they used to... I have never found dictionaries or even a thesaurus particularly useful as part of the writing …
: Pindown: Failed Dreams I had never thought of a use for Brett Terpstra’s Marky the Markdownifier before listening …
: Symlinking Your Data I frequently work with private data. Sometimes, it lives on my personal machine rather than on a …
: Expressiveness Counts Education data often come in annual snapshots. Each year, students are able to identify anew, and …
: Latinos in Rhode Island Face Housing Burden We burden Latinos (and other traditionally underserved communities) with expensive housing because …
: Appreciating the Beauty of dplyr Hadley Wickham has once again1 made R ridiculously better. Not only is dplyr incredibly fast, but …
: Freedom Should Be Reserved for the Wealthy These quotes are absolutely striking, in that they give a clear glimpse into the ideological …
: Dreamschooling My Democracy Prep colleague Lindsay Malanga and I often say we should start an organization called …
: Did public schools build economies, or did economies build public schools? We find that public schools offered practically zero return education on the margin, yet they did …
: Calculating Age with Precision in R Update Turns out the original code below was pretty messed up. All kinds of little errors I …
: A Different Angle on PISA I wanted to call attention to these interesting PISA results. Turns out that student anxiety in the …
: Trying to drive home for Thanksgiving but this.
: A Good Long Read on Assessment and Accountability Although it clocks in at 40+ pages, this is a worthwhile and relatively fast read for anyone in …
: Bilingual Education at Providence Public Schools “We are trying to work towards late-exit ELL programs so (students) can learn the concepts in …
: DeBlasio: Weak on Implementation De Blasio and his advisers are still figuring out how much rent to charge well-funded charter …
: More evidence for "mere facts" To recap, the first study discussed above established that children from disadvantaged backgrounds …
: The four ways to really fix education More schooling, reoriented calendar Wider range of higher education Cheaper four-year degrees …
: It's Poverty Stupid... or is it? If I had to point to the key fissure in the education policy and research community it would be …
: Oops. I should probably tell Elsa.
: It’s always clear when bed time is.
: Waking up to the sun over desert mountains is my favorite. iPhone 5s just can’t capture this …
: Tonight’s secret identity for the wedding.
: Erik’s final night as a single man.
: Incomplete Evidence I spent most of high school writing, practicing, and performing music. I played guitar in two …
: A New Calculation for Student Mobility How do we calculate student mobility? I am currently soliciting responses from other data …
: What can be done for Rhode Island Pensioners? This post originally appeared on my old blog on January 2, 2013 but did not make the transition to …
: Thoughts on Teach for America One of the most interesting discussions I had in class during graduate school was about how to …
: Economic Policy Institute is Wrong The Economic Policy Institute has release a short issue brief on the Rhode Island Retirement …
: Cleaning URLs with TextExpander One thing I really dislike about Google Reader is it replaces the links to posts in my RSS feed. My …
: The name is Victor Lamarr. Art Critic and sommelier.
: 1940s. All’s Fair in Art and Money.
: Murder mystery weekend are fun. I was not the killer, but I did have quiet the violent past.
: First Night. Elsa lit candles.
: This is how you streetcar #sanjosé
: San José rocking public toilets.
: Snow time. Also means I’m outta here. #officeview
: Paul Cuffee Middle School, Addressing Emotional Needs I like this piece in Slate on Paul Cuffee Middle School, a charter school right here in Providence. …
: I drive for 10+ hrs over 48, go to a wedding, and get a 630 fire alarm wake up and GRACIE is sleepy?
: Me and my family dog, Martina, ca 1992/1993
: Image created with #Snapseed
: Every morning she pounces on me to wake me up only to go back asleep on top of me instead of at my …
: Last day of vacation. One hour until airport.
: The 80s wants its cruise ship back.
: Follow up to Nesi's Notes Guest Post: Woonsocket School Funding Ted Nesi was gracious in offering me a guest spot on his blog, Nesi’s Notes this week to …
: If I were still in college, I would buy this for “RELEASE” when real drunk.
: Trees are early on Westminster.
: I’m on Instagram now. I guess this makes me hipster enough to be cool again.
: GrapheR is an awesome GUI for R beginners If you’re just beginning to use R and want a quick and easy way to make some charts/graphs, …
: Contracting Technology in Education I am glad that Philissa Cramer is reporting on some of the deeper details of the Special Education …
: Is Diane Ravitch a reliable historian? UPDATE: You should also read this page on jasonpbecker for some very strong and interesting …
: School facilities-- anachronistic, expensive, isolating, and all around bad public spaces? I wanted to write a lot more about this, but I just don’t have the time. This storyis about …