Weeknotes 2418
The week (i.e., week 2 of my mini-sabbatical) was low-key. Spent a little time working on organizing and setting
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Weeknotes 2417 - Start of mini-sabbatical
So, today marks the end of my first week of a month-long break between gigs.
I'll have more
Austin, TX: Progress & Nostalgia
I'm in Austin over the 4th of July weekend to visit family. Every time I come back to
100 Days and a Restart
Today we launched a new MIT Museum website, and started our 100 day countdown to the opening of the Museum
That New Computer Smell
Computational nostalgia haunts me. I have become the vintage computer, to be sold off at a garage sale.
Anything but NFTs
Hello friend,
Thank you for all the outpouring of kind words for my newsletter last week. It was a huge
The Grief Multiplier and Gratitude
Thank you for the overwhelming feedback on this essay. I had a couple of good cries while writing it and
"Happy" New Year? If you say so.
Hello friend,
Uhhhmmm… Happy New Year?
This week, we watched unprecedented events unfold at the United States Capitol, and as
Rapid Output 1
This is an experimental blog post to test what it would be like to free write on my iPhone
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Patience
There's something about December that sends me into a frenzy of trying to wrap up projects as if
The Show Must Go On(line)
I have a confession.
Somewhere in middle of Act II of Hamilton, I think between "The Adams Administration"
Choose Your Own Adventure
Hello friend,
Due to my choices, I died many, many times when I was a child. Luckily, I kept my
Bricolage 002
Hello friend,
This is another Bricolage episode of the newsletter. From the first Bricolage:
I made a plan for weeks
Election Day 2020
Hello friend,
Today is Election Day in the United States in the middle of a pandemic. Citizens will participate in
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Aboard the Lunar Module Eagle (LM-5), Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were 30,000 feet above the moon surface and
(Not So) Quiet, Please
Dak Prescott, the 27-year-old quarterback for NFL's Dallas Cowboys, suffered an especially gruesome ankle injury last Sunday. I
Bricolage 001
Hello friend,
When I started this Soulful Computing newsletter project, I promised myself that I would prioritize consistent publication. I&
Eye to Eye
Dressed in a long-sleeved, untucked white shirt, he climbs onto a platform in front of the audience. For the next