I just watched the first episode of Louis C. K.’s unexpected new thing, Horace and Pete. It was a huge surprise,…

I just watched the first episode of Louis C. K.’s unexpected new thing, Horace and Pete. It was a huge surprise, and honestly great. It’s worth your $5 and your hour for lots of reasons, but for no reason more than the last line. Really, truly, very well done.

https://louisck.net/show/horace-and-pete

I just had a very strange and lovely experience. Netflix surfaced World of Tomorrow for me as a recommendation, and…

I just had a very strange and lovely experience. Netflix surfaced World of Tomorrow for me as a recommendation, and I decided to give it a look.

It’s strange, and beautiful, and sad, and sweet, and more. It’s a totally incredibly unexpected bit of amazing from Don Hertzfeldt, who I only knew from The Rejected (a.k.a. “My Spoon is Too Big”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSb-nV8l2QY).

Every year I forget how much I love it when the Academy nominates for Best Animated Short Film, but I think this one will stick with me.

Go watch it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Tomorrow_(film)

Babymooners Ditch Exotic Travel as Zika Virus Threat Spreads

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-28/babymooners-ditch-exotic-travel-as-zika-virus-threat-spreads?cmpid=twtr1

Twitter doesn’t force ads upon ‘VIP’ users

Twitter doesn’t force ads upon ‘VIP’ users

I never had the privilege of meeting Professor Minsky, but he has been a backdrop name for most of my intellectual…

I never had the privilege of meeting Professor Minsky, but he has been a backdrop name for most of my intellectual life, in the sense that his work was always there, and hearing his name associated with a great idea was never a surprise. I am grateful to have lived and worked in the world he helped to shape.