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Hello, World.

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”

After Midnight


Going to live events are a rare thing for me, and I’ve never had a desire to attend a show taping.

Watching After Midnight with my daughter has become a ritual for us. I mentioned to her that I bet it’s fun to be in the audience, seeing what doesn’t make it to broadcast.

She did what I would never do myself, and signed us up for a taping. Very appreciative that she did – it was so much fun to watch the show getting made, getting a peek at how it all comes together. The best part is we were in the first row and as front-and-center as you could get.

Telex from Cuba

Because I enjoyed Creation Lake, I started looking for Kushner’s prior works to read.

[Pastmaps] Tarrytown, 1892

About 100 years later than what I need, but still interesting.

Reading: The legend of Sleepy Hollow

No, not reading this because it’s close to Halloween.

SMBC

Reading: Creation Lake / Rachel Kushner

Starting to read this week

Noted: Early American Roads and Turnpikes

Noted: Comparison of Colonial Life to Today’s Life

Quoted: Eric Maisel

“How do you make meaning? By letting go of wondering what the universe wants of you, by letting go of the fear that nothing matters, and by announcing that you will make life mean exactly what you intend it to mean.”

Noted: Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta’s Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers [404 Media via Kottke.org]

Noted: Long, lanky humanoid robots get to work at Amazon facility [New Atlas]

Noted: One person can supervise ‘swarm’ of 100 unmanned autonomous vehicles, research shows [TechXplore]

Noted: [Open Culture] 60 Free Film Noir Movies

[New Atlas] Figure’s humanoid robots are about to enter the workforce at BMW

Quoted: Carl Jung

Every attentive person knows their Hell, but not all know their devil.

Carl Jung