Abhorrent CEO or not, a lot of really incredible people at SpaceX achieved a really incredible thing with the Starship launch/Super Heavy catch, and it was awesome to show my kids and see the excitement in their eyes.
youtu.be/b28zbsnk-âŚ
Amazon killed API access for one of my favorite apps, price tracker DropScout. Its developer, Daniel Kramer, writes on Mastodon:
"Amazon has pulled my API access and the app is non-functional as a result. Iâm looking for find a solution but the future doesnât look good."
"Apparently itâs against terms of service to track prices. There are other apps that do this so itâs a bit surprising. Apparently theyâve given other services permission and Iâm trying to see if they will allow DropScout to do this."
DropScout is my favorite in its class of apps and I hope Daniel gets his API access back.
đ Sometimes, when I've really had it with my kids, I just look them right in the eyes and tell them, with the most stern and serious expression I can muster, "There will be no fourth chances!"
Matt Mullenweg is a litigatorâs worst nightmare â please stop talking in public about the subject matter of the litigation â but presumably Wordpress' lawyer Neal Katyal knows what heâs doing and doesnât expect the PR blitz to cause problems.
https://ma.tt/2024/09/t3/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Katyal
Iâm no conspiracy theorist, but I find it strange that my Google TV with Chromecast started outputting green static and weird noises on every input of my LG CX the day before the all new Google TV streamer is set to go on saleâŚ
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24250684/google-tv-streamer-4k-review-smart-home-hub
â Dear watchOS 11,
I didn't stand when you suggested I should, so why did you tell me I did a great job getting closer to my stand goal?
Confusedly,
Joe
Watching these ânetwork stateâ clowns fail will be fun, but that shouldnât overshadow the predatory nature of their worldview.
Sometimes Iâm writing a Very Serious Blog Postâ˘ď¸ and then I have an intrusive â90s thought.
For example, I love and hate the fact that, probably for the rest of my life, every time someone says âI donât wanna waitâ I have no choice or free will at all and I just sing
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Matt Webb wrote about his open source in-page chat tool, cursor party:
"âIf youâve visited my actual website, rather than reading by email or whatever, such as reading this very post, you may notice somebody elseâs cursor pass by as youâre reading.â"
Itâs a wonderful, playful, well-executed idea.
Today there was a cybertruck parked at the daycare where parents park to drop off their kids.
Iâm wondering if I should put my tie on after drop-off because, like, how self-important do ties seem these days, right?
But then thereâs a literal human person driving a cybertruck to drop off their kids.
Finished reading: The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien đ
By the end you know all the players, some have already been lost, others have played out their parts, and still more have shown the true good in their hearts, and the depths of evil the Ring may inspire them to should they come to possess it... joeross.me https://joeross.me/2024/08/31/finished-reading-the.html
Blueskyâs Trust & Safety decisions may not please everyone, but theyâre clearly thinking them through in good faith.
While nothing is perfect, a primarily public data store subject to moderation by obfuscation (requiring API work to get at certain moderated data) strikes a thoughtful balance.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/08-28-2024-anti-toxicity-features
Iâm no employment lawyer, but an (allegedly) inconsistently applied policy of ominous non-compete reminder meetings when your best creatives post stuff to their personal accounts soundsâŚproblematic.
Itâs also an efficient way to inspire them to leave, and thatâs exactly what Becca Farsace did.
The Princess Bride, 1987 - â â â â â (contains spoilers) https://joeross.me/2024/08/25/the-princess-bride.html
Jelly Roll was a compelling interviewee on the New York Times Interview , and while I havenât listened to his music yet, I intend to.
But Iâm posting to warn anyone who turned the interview off after Jelly Roll inveighed against voting: he walked that back in the final minutes of the podcast episode, whic... joeross.me https://joeross.me/2024/08/18/jelly-roll-was.html
Fun milestone: my son is exactly calling-every-man-with-a-white-beard-Gandalf years old. đ§ââď¸
This 1956 promotional video is a time capsule of New Jersey when my parents were kids.
"This Technicolor color film was produced in 1956 for the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, and based on a 1953 John T. Cunningham book This is New Jersey."
Itâs surprisingly light on corporate propaganda. However, the mention that one third of the state was below the Mason-Dixon Line was a little too⌠wistful, especially given the paucity of people of color in the film.
Can anyone make an argument that the VP should be anyone but Buttigieg?
And I mean an argument that would make sense to someone who doesnât listen to the Politico Playbook Daily Briefing every morning.
He has: â name recognition, â policy chops, â resume, â sparring experience, and â a thick skin.
Today, after a typical barrage of dad jokes during a break from playing with my kids, my niece told me I am saved in her phone as âJoe Ross Cringe Uncle.â
She even showed me the contact card to prove it.
She and my wife both thought I would, and should, take it as an insult.
I did not.
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Linked Links: Google Docs Can Import and Export Markdown by Michael Tsai
Maybe Iâll use Google Docs more often now that it can copy/paste and import/export Markdown.
I still remember using it for hours at a time throughout law school, most firms maintain their vise grip on Microsoft Word.
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/07/19/google-docs-can-import-and-export-markdown/