Adrian Hanft, III:...
Qualifying for Boston in 2021 Will Be Harder than Ever
Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for...
22nd Oct 2019
Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon has closed and there is a brand new set of data ready for analysis. If you are one of the runners who was accepted, congratulations! Qualifying for Boston is not easy, and as we will see shortly, it shows no signs of getting easier.
DYNOMIGHT
Dynomight internet survey
Hello, clever charming good-looking people. I am in need of a richer understanding of:
you
the...
2nd May 2024
Hello, clever charming good-looking people. I am in need of a richer understanding of:
you
the nature of reality
consciousness
ethics
dynomight internet website
and have therefore created a survey, which you can take here. (You don’t need to create an account or give your email...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Special Hell 7, Stasis Crackers
On the hard days I get close to walking away from everything. Goodbye world. So far I have never...
2nd Apr 2016
On the hard days I get close to walking away from everything. Goodbye world. So far I have never given in. Except for that very first time.
The Works in...
Nature’s laboratory
Millions of years of evolution have given us genomes that are like giant datasets for drug...
3rd Dec 2025
Millions of years of evolution have given us genomes that are like giant datasets for drug development. Finally, we are learning how to use them.
Tech and Tea
🍲 Announcing Startup Soup: A Pragmatic Take on Startup Operations
A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage...
3rd Mar 2025
A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage companies!
Thu Le
Why I rebuilt this site
The journey of building this site.
31st Oct 2024
The journey of building this site.
Laetitia@Work
Flowers of Fire: How South Korea’s Feminists Inspired the World
Laetitia@Work #77
8th Jan 2025
Passing Time
Book Review: Primates of Park Avenue
Despite my quips, far from a hate read
6th Jan 2025
Despite my quips, far from a hate read
Passing Time
Aridity Incarnate
The American West, Fiction, and Water
1st Oct 2024
The American West, Fiction, and Water
Isabel Unraveled
the two dogs in me
words from a private reading i did in Toronto
1st May 2025
words from a private reading i did in Toronto
Letters of Note
He looks like a blimp
An Important Announcement from the US President
6th Feb 2026
An Important Announcement from the US President
Nat Eliason's...
The Bad Goal of $5m by 30
And perhaps a better framing
6th Mar 2023
And perhaps a better framing
Jason Crawford
Who is Scott Alexander and what is he about?
Scott Alexander is my favorite blogger. I’d like to recommend him to more people, but it’s hard to...
13th Feb 2021
Scott Alexander is my favorite blogger. I’d like to recommend him to more people, but it’s hard to know where to start, since he’s written over 1,500 posts. A little while ago a friend asked me to make a list of my favorite pieces of his. So, here is a beginner’s guide to the...
Farza's Newsletter
started eating pea protein and wtf this makes my shakes taste like peas its literally made of...
Hello my friends.
12th Aug 2025
Tech and Tea
Creating Space: A 6-Week Journaling Course
Announcing a journaling course in collaboration with Buster Benson at 750 Words — designed to help...
9th Jun 2025
Announcing a journaling course in collaboration with Buster Benson at 750 Words — designed to help you step back, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters. Join us!
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Workspace Setup Revisited
I shared my workspace setup last year, but since then, I have changed a few things, so I felt it’s...
31st Dec 2021
I shared my workspace setup last year, but since then, I have changed a few things, so I felt it’s probably time to share an update on my current setup for both hardware and software. Given the continued Covid restrictions here in sunny Scotland, I am now working from home...
Passing Time
How I passed the time in 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
28th Dec 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
Luxagraf:...
Blanco
I've never been much of a car driver. I had one in high school, but pretty shortly after I got a...
11th Mar 2026
I've never been much of a car driver. I had one in high school, but pretty shortly after I got a truck and never looked back. Trucks are an entirely different, and better, driving experience. You get an elevated view of the world, and the drive is more relaxed, like you're...
The Map is Mostly...
Efforts and Goals and Joy
There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to...
31st Dec 2023
There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to concentrate on. There was joy in effort, and the world resisted effort to just the right degree, and yielded to it at last. People cut Mount Rushmore into faces; they chipped here and...
Jason Fried
We increased conversion ~30% and we don't know exactly how
Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows.
The aim was...
3rd Feb 2025
Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows.
The aim was to increase conversion from trial to paid by smoothing out the initial experience of getting going, doing a better job of quick-teaching the basics, and making a few things a...
Atoms vs Bits
Optimal Suffering
If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
8th Nov 2023
If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
The AI Underwriter
Give Me 20 Very Hard Questions Only an Expert Lepidopterist Would Understand
An inch wide and a mile deep
2nd Apr 2026
An inch wide and a mile deep
Winnie Lim
scenes from tsukiji & asakusa
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at...
1st Dec 2023
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at 740am because I read that the crowds will start to get crazy at...
Atoms vs Bits
Literary Fiction As Niche Hobby
We might be better off this way
2nd Jun 2025
We might be better off this way
Atoms vs Bits
The Al Capone Problem
Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion, and didn't go to prison for tax evasion.
6th Dec 2023
Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion, and didn't go to prison for tax evasion.
Laetitia@Work
Artist vs Artisan: what's the difference?
Laetitia@Work #44
18th Nov 2021
Scarlet Ink
Every Relationship Is Win-Win or Lose-Lose.
Relationships can only be win-win, or lose-lose, because they're a connection between two people.
3rd Aug 2026
Relationships can only be win-win, or lose-lose, because they're a connection between two people.
Laetitia@Work
Future of Work: 12 books I read in 2022
Laetitia@Work #54
13th Dec 2022
The Map is Mostly...
Viscerality
some notes on pleasure
2nd Nov 2025
bookbear express
all the way to the bottom
Christopher Wood, The Cove, 1926
4th Mar 2026
Christopher Wood, The Cove, 1926
bookbear express
passive obsession
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
1st Sep 2025
meditations on fantasy school and creativity
Isabel Unraveled
Make things with your hands
let this season of slowness return you home to yourself
8th Dec 2025
let this season of slowness return you home to yourself
The Ruffian
The Last Lunch
A Short Story
1st Aug 2026
Rubenerd
A boxed set of DR DOS 6!
I feel like I righted a wrong in some small way recently. It also gives me an excuse to write...
2 weeks ago
I feel like I righted a wrong in some small way recently. It also gives me an excuse to write another of my shaggy dog posts about old computers, which I’ll never pass up the opportunity to do. Behold, our boxed copy of Digital Research DOS 6.0 from 1992:
The first OS I ever...
Atoms vs Bits
Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
7th Nov 2024
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Steep Embankments
My police officer friend (and design mentor) once told me the story of a strange death he...
4th Jun 2016
My police officer friend (and design mentor) once told me the story of a strange death he investigated where a woman was found floating face down next to a shopping cart.
Thu Le
The journey and the destination
When is it about the journey, and can it also be the destination?
20th Dec 2024
When is it about the journey, and can it also be the destination?
The Map is Mostly...
quests, failure, desire
or: contra defensive postures
9th Aug 2024
or: contra defensive postures
The Convivial...
Vision Con
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
9th Feb 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
Charlie Becker
Vikings, Origami, and New Mexico | Friday Footnotes #1
What are the things that enrich your life?
14th Mar 2025
What are the things that enrich your life?
Lefineder’s Substack
More Calories Less Crime
Some criminals are getting too fat to offend.
12th Aug 2023
Some criminals are getting too fat to offend.
Both Are True
joy without irony - an honest attempt
after an influx of new readers, the writer attempts the impossible: sincerity
9th Oct 2025
after an influx of new readers, the writer attempts the impossible: sincerity
The Tao Of Wealth
Dogs Of The S&P CNX Nifty: 2016 Update
You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy...
2nd Jan 2017
You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy for 2016 are as follows: Dogs of the Nifty: 23.52 Small Dogs of the Nifty: 45.50% S&P CNX 50: 4.17% The strategy had a strong beating in 2015 and at the end of 2015 had not...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Selecting Sticks and Stones
When my behavior was bad enough to warrant a swat on the butt, my family performed an odd ritual....
14th Jul 2018
When my behavior was bad enough to warrant a swat on the butt, my family performed an odd ritual. Dad and I would go for a walk in search of a spanking stick. Today as an adult I punish my body by running. I follow another odd ritual before particularly demanding workouts.
Atoms vs Bits
Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters
Some newsletters just tell you the same few concepts again, and again, and again
5th Apr 2023
Some newsletters just tell you the same few concepts again, and again, and again
Atoms vs Bits
Modern Noble Lies
The high price asked for harmony
1st Jan 2025
The high price asked for harmony
Winnie Lim
[instagram]
115 months: bending towards love
we have both somewhat become more and more ourselves as we got older, and hence also more eccentric...
2nd Dec 2025
we have both somewhat become more and more ourselves as we got older, and hence also more eccentric and particular - it is not easy to adjust to each other because the other keeps changing. do we have the confidence to keep up with each other's changes, especially without knowing...
Laetitia@Work
Adios productivity
Laetitia@Work #46
31st Mar 2022
Luxagraf:...
Cities of the Red Night
We swing south to Albuquerque, catching I-40 west for a few miles. The earth turns redder, with a...
6th May 2026
We swing south to Albuquerque, catching I-40 west for a few miles. The earth turns redder, with a thin frosting of green -- junipers, snakeweed, and shrubs on the mesa tops. The sky is impossibly blue, littered with tufts of white cloud.
Just before the city the oil pressure...
Laetitia@Work
Why I'm tired of goals
Laetitia@Work #55
12th Jan 2023
The Convivial...
Why An Easier Life Is Not Necessarily Happier
Remembering Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
10th May 2023
Remembering Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
Scarlet Ink
Good Employees Follow the Rules. Great Employees Break Them.
Because the rules are meant for those who aren't as smart and brave as you. Seriously.
7th Oct 2024
Because the rules are meant for those who aren't as smart and brave as you. Seriously.
Both Are True
new year, same you (hopeful)
cannot believe it's already 2024
1st Jan 2026
cannot believe it's already 2024
Caroline Crampton
Beat, Bomb, Bookshop: What I Read in July 2025
July is always a busy month for me, as I try to get ahead with work so I can take time off in...
3rd Nov 2025
July is always a busy month for me, as I try to get ahead with work so I can take time off in August. I seem to have still done a lot of reading, though! One note of warning: I don't include plot spoilers in these reviews, but
Mark Manson
The Outrage Cycle
The Outrage Begins
First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far...
7th Mar 2022
The Outrage Begins
First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far and wide. Most of this happens on Twitter, but placeholder web pages are thrown together on various news sites and cable news channels interrupt the latest car chase to give you...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Pattern Recognition Machine
At some point our work inevitably makes contact with people who won’t be able to match your work...
4th Sep 2016
At some point our work inevitably makes contact with people who won’t be able to match your work with their mental patterns. Pattern recognition is convenient when we are stocking the shelves but it can be stifling when we interact with concepts that want to change us.
The Ruffian
Seven Features Of Post-Literate Politics
Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
3rd May 2025
Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
Farza's Newsletter
just saw a pigeon rollerblading on the streets wow didn't know they made rollerblades for pigeons
Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group...
2nd May 2021
Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group of like 25 people in front of me right now with fake samurai swords doing some sort of sword fighting class it’s pretty lit. They be dueling right now in groups of two. Poggers.
Atoms vs Bits
A Few Ways to Introduce Advanced Vocabulary into Your Child’s Life
guest post!
2 weeks ago
Rubenerd
With thanks to Steven Rosenberg
Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest...
3rd Nov 2025
Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest troll or person angry about something I didn’t say. In a word, not great… assuming you hyphenate not and great, which I didn’t do there for some reason.
This morning, I got this...
Paul Cudenec
Hate, supremacism and the satanic world order
The word “hate” is bandied about a lot by our global overlords.
5th Jan 2026
The word “hate” is bandied about a lot by our global overlords.
Scarlet Ink
Big Companies Don’t Get Slower Because They Become Stupid
Designing processes and software to scale is expensive but necessary. I'll walk through why scaling...
2nd Mar 2026
Designing processes and software to scale is expensive but necessary. I'll walk through why scaling by definition (basically always) leads to a loss of agility.
The Ruffian
Opposites Attract
On the Gender Divide In Politics and Why It Might Just Save Us All
3rd Feb 2024
On the Gender Divide In Politics and Why It Might Just Save Us All
Nat Eliason's...
You're Not Struggling Alone
If you're worried you don't have to worry
14th Nov 2022
If you're worried you don't have to worry
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Death by Toothbrush
Apple products are notoriously hard to open because they are obsessed with hiding screws and...
6th Feb 2016
Apple products are notoriously hard to open because they are obsessed with hiding screws and minimizing seams. But if you are able to crack open one of their products you will see something beautiful.
Left To Write
№ 77: Reflecting on 2023
Doubt, love and growing more into myself.
14th Jan 2024
Doubt, love and growing more into myself.
Nat Eliason's...
Do You Want a Happy Life or a Memorable Life?
The Mindfulness Happiness Conflict
6th Nov 2023
The Mindfulness Happiness Conflict
Mind Mine
gossip steals your sovereignty
talk is easy, action is hard
1st Oct 2024
talk is easy, action is hard
Both Are True
Wacky Guy One: prepping for the audition that coulda changed everything
a raw and unvarnished look at what it takes to make it in hollywood with celebrated commercial actor...
5th Dec 2023
a raw and unvarnished look at what it takes to make it in hollywood with celebrated commercial actor Alex Dobrenko
The Prism
30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
5th May 2024
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
Raptitude.com
Be Open to the Signal
There’s a timeless story trope where the hero is wandering the streets, lost in worry or despair,...
23rd Oct 2025
There’s a timeless story trope where the hero is wandering the streets, lost in worry or despair, when the universe sends a sign. His gaze lands on a mother bird feeding her chicks, or a neon cross in a tattoo parlor window, breaking him out of his daze and awakening him to a...
The Intimate Mirror
Friendship is the Whole of the Path
This is not a metaphor
12th Apr 2026
Atoms vs Bits
Is This Anything? 11
getting mad + drinking occasionally
1st Aug 2025
getting mad + drinking occasionally
The Ruffian
The Good Enough Trap
How Technology Can Get Us Stuck In Place
4th May 2024
How Technology Can Get Us Stuck In Place
Tech and Tea
Remote work and sick days
a double-edged sword
11th Feb 2023
DYNOMIGHT
Attitudes one can take towards people who have behaved badly
Have you ever noticed that reality has some properties that are quite annoying? For example, have...
7th Nov 2024
Have you ever noticed that reality has some properties that are quite annoying? For example, have you noticed that some people do bad things? And yet those same people sometimes have interesting ideas?
Occasionally, I’ll bring up an idea in conversation and someone will gently...
Passing Time
Sweatshop Labor and the Exploitation Problem
Labor faces a coordination problem: the actors involved can’t reach a better moral position via...
23rd Jul 2022
Labor faces a coordination problem: the actors involved can’t reach a better moral position via unilateral action.
Atoms vs Bits
I Have Opinions About The Production Of Pizza
The low-hanging fruit of pizza happiness, possibly
13th Sep 2023
The low-hanging fruit of pizza happiness, possibly
The Honest Broker
Wendell Berry’s Nine Rules
I pay tribute to this poet and gadfly, who left us yesterday at age 92, with an article from the...
2 weeks ago
I pay tribute to this poet and gadfly, who left us yesterday at age 92, with an article from the archive
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify 1.2.3
Whole Food Streaks, Widgets, Quick Summaries and 41 New Foods.
4th Nov 2024
Whole Food Streaks, Widgets, Quick Summaries and 41 New Foods.
bookbear express
first days of summer
"self-portrait at 28"
25th Jun 2025
Both Are True
Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
5th Nov 2024
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
Winnie Lim
[instagram]
how i wish i can simply tell you how much she means to me
every morning without fail when she wakes up she comes to greet me as though i’m the most precious...
2nd Jan 2026
every morning without fail when she wakes up she comes to greet me as though i’m the most precious thing in the world. you would think after 116 months she would grow tired of me and just perceive me like i’m part of our home’s furniture but nope: still the sweetest smiles, the...
Winnie Lim
drawing & painting as a form of meditation
I just started drawing and painting again last week after stopping for a couple of months. Since...
1st Jun 2024
I just started drawing and painting again last week after stopping for a couple of months. Since then I’ve been trying to do it more regularly, hoping to incorporate it as a...
The Honest Broker
30 Ways to Revitalize Arts & Culture
I can dream, can't I?
2nd May 2025
The Tao Of Wealth
The Simple Investment Principles Of Warren Buffett In His Own Words
14th Mar 2017
Thu Le
Things worth spending on
Worthwhile investments, in my experience, and occasional treats that make my day more delightful.
9th Nov 2024
Worthwhile investments, in my experience, and occasional treats that make my day more delightful.
The Honest Broker
12 New YouTube Videos I'm Recommending Right Now
Including the trendiest band of the current moment
2nd May 2026
Including the trendiest band of the current moment
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Fire Hydrant Fury
If you are an artist living in a city with a public art project you hope nobody blames you for it....
2nd Jun 2018
If you are an artist living in a city with a public art project you hope nobody blames you for it. Lincoln, Nebraska is covered with ugly bike-shaped sculptures covered with even uglier paintings. Loveland, Colorado lets people paint their electric boxes. Your city probably has...
Winnie Lim
restarting from scratch
I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini...
5th May 2023
I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini celebration with my partner. I am not sure if I overdid it, but...
Nat Eliason's...
Softening Our Inner Critic
Find nourishment in the weeds
4th Dec 2023
Find nourishment in the weeds
Tech and Tea
Under the Old Ginkgo
Everything I’m learning about uselessness, thriving, and not needing to scale from our backyard...
1st Feb 2025
Everything I’m learning about uselessness, thriving, and not needing to scale from our backyard ginkgo tree.
Hickman's...
Incognito in Delaware
Or: The Hazards of Living in Public
8th Jan 2026
Or: The Hazards of Living in Public
Tech and Tea
On the path to thriving
In this post-post-partum period, I'm starting to feel like myself again. But what does that even...
14th Oct 2024
In this post-post-partum period, I'm starting to feel like myself again. But what does that even mean?
The Honest Broker
Ten New Albums I'm Recommending Right Now
Warning: strange soul-stirring sounds ahead!
1st Jun 2026
Warning: strange soul-stirring sounds ahead!
Daniel Bourke
Small sways in the breeze make you strong
I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind.
When they were small, they’d almost fall...
1st Oct 2024
I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind.
When they were small, they’d almost fall over.
But the post kept them up.
Now they’re big enough to stand on their own.
A breeze comes along and their branches move with it but
Luxagraf:...
April White
The mild winter of 2023-2024 brought very little snow to Wisconsin. We watched the weather for...
10th Apr 2024
The mild winter of 2023-2024 brought very little snow to Wisconsin. We watched the weather for months, waiting for more snow to fall but it never did. Last year we arrived in Washburn after Memorial Day and there were still patches of snow in the deep shade of the woods. This...
Charlie Becker
The Bookseller's Register #3
Two Customer Encounters
6th Sep 2023
Atoms vs Bits
There's a New Country Ranking and You're Not Going to Like it
What makes Israel, Qatar, and the Faroe Islands so great?
2nd Dec 2024
What makes Israel, Qatar, and the Faroe Islands so great?
Winnie Lim
[instagram]
123 months: everything is perimenopause
as we're both women in our mid 40s we're inevitably entering the dreaded phase in our lives when our...
2nd Aug 2026
as we're both women in our mid 40s we're inevitably entering the dreaded phase in our lives when our hormones go out of whack and we start experiencing disturbing symptoms...these days one can search any medical symptom on google and it is definitely a possible perimenopause...
The Intimate Mirror
You Are Invited
On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
14th Jun 2026
On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
Vittles
How did Zohran Mamdani win over New York’s small restaurants?
A dispatch from NYC by Apoorva Tadepalli.
3rd Nov 2025
A dispatch from NYC by Apoorva Tadepalli.
Winnie Lim
more of the same
Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and...
5th Mar 2023
Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and even, my legs were going at a consistent rhythm, and I found myself thinking:...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
The end of the indie hacker playbook
At the risk of sounding melodramatic, it feels like the end of an era. Or at least the end of the...
4th Jul 2026
At the risk of sounding melodramatic, it feels like the end of an era. Or at least the end of the familiar formula that indie businesses relied on to build, launch, and grow over the past decade. Something has quietly changed. It’s probably been happening for a couple of years,...
Luxagraf:...
Mobile Bay
We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go...
20th Mar 2024
We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go to New Orleans, and then up into the Ozarks, before heading back up to Wisconsin for the summer, but given how mild the winter turned out to be, we decided to press north sooner...
Mark Manson
Everyone Is Mostly the Same… (And Why This Is Good News)
I started my first blog in 2007. By 2011, writing and publishing online was my full-time job. By...
9th May 2022
I started my first blog in 2007. By 2011, writing and publishing online was my full-time job. By 2013, that writing was being read by over a million people each month. And while the exact number has fluctuated over the years, that still remains true.
Early on in my career, as you...
Farza's Newsletter
drinking a spanish latte but i dont speak spanish is this legal
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a...
3rd Oct 2023
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a society, no matter where you're from -- we have a tendency to look at those that did something really hard, but didn't figure it out as a person who "failed".
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Anti-Hero, Abandoning the Movie Inside Your Head
If we are stuck as the heroes in our imaginary movies our lives are destined to be controlled by...
7th Jan 2017
If we are stuck as the heroes in our imaginary movies our lives are destined to be controlled by rationalization. Change is not possible. But if accept the movie for what it is, an illusion, perhaps we can abandon our imaginary hero personas and become people that actually change...
Passing Time
Valuable, but not productive
Consulting & finance as black holes of elite human capital
2nd Dec 2024
Consulting & finance as black holes of elite human capital
skin contact
house cats
These days, it is easier to let my mind be a house cat.
3rd Aug 2025
These days, it is easier to let my mind be a house cat.
Diaries of Note
He would not cease singing or feeding for an earthquake
Born in 1838 in Scotland, John Muir was 11 years old when his family moved to Fountain Lake Farm in...
1st Feb 2023
Born in 1838 in Scotland, John Muir was 11 years old when his family moved to Fountain Lake Farm in Wisconsin, USA. It was whilst growing up on that farm, now recognised as a National Historic Landmark thanks to his work, that the “Father of the National Parks” fell in love with...
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Defining Constraints
Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came...
5th Sep 2022
Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came to buy land Curiosity — Advice on starting Research, Sketch, Collect — Essential research for home design Defining Constraints ← You are here The Elements
Laetitia@Work
Going public: how AOC's choice opens doors for other women
Laetitia@Work #103
3 weeks ago
Farza's Newsletter
we bought a matcha machine and im caf'd out my mind help
what the hell is going on
30th Nov 2023
what the hell is going on
Scarlet Ink
How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome
Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and...
5th May 2025
Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and improve along the way.
The Honest Broker
The Parable of Anna Akhmatova
Who is more powerful, the artist or the dictator?
4th Jan 2025
Who is more powerful, the artist or the dictator?
Passing Time
The Daily Pancake
A pancake in the morning feels indulgent... but every day?
7th Jun 2025
A pancake in the morning feels indulgent... but every day?
RhysTranter.com
Visit to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia
In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the...
21st Aug 2023
In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the most-performed living composer in the world, and his life and work played a key role in the development of my faith. We even saw Arvo Pärt and his wife Nora shopping at their local...
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify 1.2: Calorie and Macronutrient Goals, Breakdowns and 57 New Foods
Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57...
28th May 2024
Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57 new foods in Nutridex. Available on the App Store.
Passing Time
Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks
Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
9th Feb 2023
Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
DYNOMIGHT
Indirect lessons from human alignment
(Inspired by a post from Eli Tyre.)
Many people make some variant of the following...
2nd Aug 2026
(Inspired by a post from Eli Tyre.)
Many people make some variant of the following argument:
Evolution is an “outer optimizer”. It is trying to make us maximize reproductive fitness.
We are “inner optimizers”. We just do what feels good.
But what feels good has been set by...
Atoms vs Bits
Good Tokens 2025-10-01
Dinosaurs for sale
3rd Oct 2025
Charlie Becker
The map is clear but the road is bumpy.
Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
6th Nov 2024
Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
The Honest Broker
Could Any Other Jazz Trumpeter Match Up with Louis Armstrong in the 1930s?
The short answer is no—but these eight horn players came close
2nd Sep 2023
The short answer is no—but these eight horn players came close
Atoms vs Bits
Why I Don't Name Names On The Blog
if no-one is around you, etc
1st Jun 2026
if no-one is around you, etc
The Ruffian
Why I Won’t Reply To Your AI-Generated Email
The Email Exchange That Radicalised Me
2 weeks ago
The Email Exchange That Radicalised Me
Winnie Lim
biometrics pre, during & post-covid
A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health...
3rd Sep 2023
A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health trends from the health app: Obviously this is because I had covid: being...
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Problem with Too Much Fairness
We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it....
7th Oct 2021
We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it. Research shows that just to ensure shirkers get what they deserve, we are prepared to make ourselves poorer.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Audio Guestbook
The little creative lab I run with Manu, FormFeelingFunction®, is starting to take shape — albeit...
2nd Jun 2025
The little creative lab I run with Manu, FormFeelingFunction®, is starting to take shape — albeit slowly. We’ve been mulling over all sorts of concepts. Some might be realised, some probably won’t, and a few definitely will. One that’s just gone live is our most experimental idea...
The Honest Broker
My Rule of the 6 Spheres
Like most people, I'm reluctant to discuss personal matters, but I take this rule very...
2nd Feb 2024
Like most people, I'm reluctant to discuss personal matters, but I take this rule very seriously—it's at the heart of my worldview and keeps me on the right path
Atoms vs Bits
If Not Could Not
Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at...
10th Apr 2024
Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at selling things." Well, that's nice: the job is all about selling things, so someone good at selling things would indeed be a good fit.
Lefineder’s Substack
Coming soon
This is Lefineder’s Substack.
12th Feb 2023
This is Lefineder’s Substack.
Passing Time
So We Won't Forget
Why do we film concerts?
23rd Oct 2023
The Honest Broker
In Search of Dupree Bolton (Part 2 of 2)
I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early...
3rd Apr 2024
I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early 1960s
Luxagraf:...
Autumn
Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit...
9th Oct 2024
Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit the road, packing away the paddle boards, washing the bus, and burning through the last of the firewood. Sometime around the middle of the month we say goodbye to friends and head...
The Convivial...
Reading As Counter-Practice
The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 19
1st Dec 2022
The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 19
Adrian Hanft, III:...
How to Tell if Your Job is Real
After quitting his job, a friend made an odd comment. He said, "It’s weird when you realize that...
2nd Dec 2018
After quitting his job, a friend made an odd comment. He said, "It’s weird when you realize that none of it is real." His observation stuck me as both profoundly true and maddeningly confusing.
Nat Eliason's...
The Little Kegel App that Could
After 9 years and $380,000, Stamena has a new home
9th Sep 2025
After 9 years and $380,000, Stamena has a new home
Diaries of Note
To day has bin a memorable day
Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in...
1st Jan 2023
Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in the city of Philadelphia. It was in 1863, aged 24, that Davis began to keep a written record of life during the Civil War in the first of three pocket diaries to have survived,...
Daniel Bourke
Cheerleader or critic
Build up or tear down?
18th Apr 2026
Paul Cudenec
An A-Z of the modern mega-racket
[Plus audio version]
2 weeks ago
Naveen Arun's Blog
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
It’s often the case that when we do good things for others, we open ourselves to new risks. A...
30th Aug 2023
It’s often the case that when we do good things for others, we open ourselves to new risks. A student helps a classmate, only to get accused of cheating. A friend lends money, which strains the friendship. A driver stops their car for a pedestrian, then gets rear-ended. We do so...
Luxagraf:...
Sometimes
Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long...
13th Nov 2024
Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long shadows cut the cold honey sunlight of afternoons that begin to fade at three, turning to a blue-pink twilight over the lake before darkness descends at five. Then four-thirty. Then...
The Prism
Why Are We The Way We Are?
A conversation with Chris Williamson
3rd Aug 2023
A conversation with Chris Williamson
Left To Write
#1 Writemas
Prioritising time to think, write and publish
1st Dec 2023
Prioritising time to think, write and publish
Wait But Why
Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch
So heavy but so worth it
The post Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch appeared first...
16th Oct 2024
So heavy but so worth it
The post Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch appeared first on Wait But Why.
Mark Manson
The Point Is to Stop
Years ago, I wrote an article that claimed the best way to judge the usefulness of self-help advice...
13th Dec 2021
Years ago, I wrote an article that claimed the best way to judge the usefulness of self-help advice is by how many people eventually leave it behind. In it, I boldly claimed that if self-help advice actually worked, the industry would quickly go out of business. After all, if the...
Atoms vs Bits
Regrets List / Things I Did Good List
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
2nd Aug 2023
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
Winnie Lim
a hole in my soul
I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the...
5th May 2024
I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the feelings and thoughts I have at this point in time. It doesn’t seem right...
Passing Time
One Hundred Laps
Reflections on repetition in the Flatirons
11th Mar 2026
Reflections on repetition in the Flatirons
Ryan Hoover's...
The New Product Hunt iOS App (described in GIFs)
10th Oct 2020
Both Are True
how to write about the vulnerable stuff your family doesn't know about (and other fun easy topics...
therapy for writers // batcave live #001 w special guest Isabel Cowles Murphy
1st May 2025
therapy for writers // batcave live #001 w special guest Isabel Cowles Murphy
Tech and Tea
My First Vibe Coding Project: The Trader Joe’s Snack Box Builder
A surprisingly delightful experience
5th May 2025
A surprisingly delightful experience
Farza's Newsletter
me n Krillin just grabbed starbucks
Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two...
18th Jan 2021
Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two weeks. So, that’s pretty wild. Just working hard to execute now. Create curriculum. Hire teachers. Scheudle classes. Add the necessary features to the product. All that jazz :).
Mark Manson
How to Stop Caring About What People Think
There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think.
We all...
3rd Aug 2023
There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think.
We all wish we could be impervious to others' opinions, like Superman deflecting bullets. But instead of bullets, we're out here trying to deflect the fucks we wish we didn't give.
We...
RhysTranter.com
Robert Pirsig on Selfless Climbing
While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition...
13th Jun 2024
While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition of Henri Nouwen’s The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery.
Daily Stoic
Goal Setting: A Philosophical Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus What do the...
28th Apr 2022
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus What do the goals we set, whether personal or professional, require? If we hope to accomplish our goals, we need the discipline to hold ourselves accountable. We need the self-control to stay...
Nat Eliason's...
The Most Useful Feedback Hurts
Plus a sci-fi novel update
14th Aug 2024
Plus a sci-fi novel update
Passing Time
Mixing Memory and Desire
Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
29th Jun 2023
Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
Nat Eliason's...
The Past and Future of Vibe Coding
Thoughts from 2 years of yelling at digital gods
7th Oct 2025
Thoughts from 2 years of yelling at digital gods
Laetitia@Work
What our time-management styles say about productivity and gender
Laetitia@Work #94
9th Mar 2026
Isabel Unraveled
The life-changing magic of asking for help
Strangely feel like I’m just learning this one!
9th Jul 2026
Strangely feel like I’m just learning this one!
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Abandon Your New Year’s Resolutions and Perform 6 System Checks
I had trouble making resolutions this year. Normally I love the process, I make my list, sketch out...
6th Jan 2019
I had trouble making resolutions this year. Normally I love the process, I make my list, sketch out a plan, maybe even buy an online course or two. But this year I couldn’t do it. Why was my brain blocking the New Year’s resolution tradition?
The AI Underwriter
Open Source, uh, Finds a Way
Who Can Deploy the Most Intelligence per Dollar of Compute?
4th Aug 2026
Who Can Deploy the Most Intelligence per Dollar of Compute?
Mark Manson
An Unconventional Guide to Happiness
Every day, we're bombarded with messages telling us that we need to be happy all the time—and that,...
1st Nov 2022
Every day, we're bombarded with messages telling us that we need to be happy all the time—and that, in order to be happy, we need the perfect job, the perfect partner, the perfect life. And we're made to think that anything less than perfect happiness is a failure.
But the...
Atoms vs Bits
Evidence (p=.05) that ≥15% of Super-intelligences are Safe?
It’s strange but at least temporarily come with me to crazy town.
1st Jun 2023
It’s strange but at least temporarily come with me to crazy town.
The Honest Broker
A Failed Rock Adaption of Dune Might Have Starred Mick Jagger, Orson Welles & Salvador Dalí (with...
This gets the top spot on my list of never-made films I'd like to see
2nd Mar 2024
This gets the top spot on my list of never-made films I'd like to see
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Memory > Blog
I’ve always appreciated the word blog. It feels honest and informal; a small, functional word from...
3rd Oct 2025
I’ve always appreciated the word blog. It feels honest and informal; a small, functional word from the early web. Blogs were, and still are, places to share links, notes, ideas, and to find others doing the same. That spirit of exchange still matters. [See blogroll.org]
Lately...
Stoic Simple
The Feather
"A breathtakingly beautiful book that shows how even a tiny bit of virtue can overcome any...
10th Oct 2024
"A breathtakingly beautiful book that shows how even a tiny bit of virtue can overcome any darkness." —Dustin Brady, author of Superhero for a Day After falling from an angel's wing, a tiny feather drifts past the boundaries of Heaven and into the mortal realm below. No longer...
Nat Eliason's...
Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing
The siren song of subs
9th Oct 2023
Atoms vs Bits
Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters
Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, we occassionally re-issue a favorite...
2nd Oct 2024
Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, we occassionally re-issue a favorite from deep in our archive. You can unsubscribe from Reissues but continue receiving our new posts by updating your preference here. If you'd like to share or comment on this post,
Raptitude.com
Growth Means Choosing a Different Kind of Pain
I never threw a party until I was in my late 30s. I was always afraid people wouldn’t show up, or,...
1st Oct 2024
I never threw a party until I was in my late 30s. I was always afraid people wouldn’t show up, or, even worse, that they would show up and quickly want to leave. It felt like this particular fate could not be risked, which meant party-throwing was off the table. Other people...
Daniel Bourke
Not just fishing knots
Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa.
We walked in and mum saw Nana and they...
2nd Apr 2024
Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa.
We walked in and mum saw Nana and they both started to cry.
Papa, Alan, Alby, my grandfather was quite sick.
The room was quiet and somber but had an unshakable aura of warmth and love.
Everyone was
Daniel Bourke
30 years old
I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool.
Being 9 years old and...
9th Sep 2023
I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool.
Being 9 years old and telling my mum how excited I was to turn ten.
Double digits!
I feel the same way about 29 to 30.
I hardly even got used to saying I’
Wait But Why
The Big and the Small
I have a surprise for you.
The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
22nd Sep 2020
I have a surprise for you.
The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
Charlie Becker
Three "flavors" explain the different ways people love books. | #104
I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my...
9th Jun 2026
I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my family’s store in Houston, Texas.
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays
A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
3rd Feb 2025
A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
The Map is Mostly...
Let the world dawn on you (influences pt. 2)
I know the houses too. As I walk along they seem to run forward in the streets to look out at me...
7th Oct 2023
I know the houses too. As I walk along they seem to run forward in the streets to look out at me from every window, and almost to say: "Good-morning! How do you do? I am quite well, thank God, and I am to have a new storey in May," or, "How are you? I am being redecorated...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Uniform
Ever thought of having a personal uniform? Not the typical work attire, but a carefully curated...
3rd Feb 2024
Ever thought of having a personal uniform? Not the typical work attire, but a carefully curated capsule wardrobe that reflects a cohesive style. My interest in fashion is limited, yet the concept of capsule wardrobes has fascinated me for years. I've been chipping away at...
Charlie Becker
For Richer or Poorer
A Love Letter to Weddings
2nd Aug 2023
A Love Letter to Weddings
Scarlet Ink
The Hidden Cost of Process: A Guide for Tech Leaders
Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which...
23rd Jun 2025
Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which slow your organization down. How do you navigate this conundrum?
Isabel Unraveled
What are you rushing past that needs your attention?
The strangely healing medicine of tending to what is needed
4th Feb 2026
The strangely healing medicine of tending to what is needed
Luxagraf:...
First Snow
Snow brings a stillness to the world. Life hides away, burrowed under, tucked in. Sound is muted,...
11th Dec 2024
Snow brings a stillness to the world. Life hides away, burrowed under, tucked in. Sound is muted, lost in the hush of falling flakes. Only the soft brush of wind through the pines.
I would like to say that Winter's first snow dumped a substantive number of feet, but it did not....
The AI Underwriter
Who told you you couldn't do that?
To those who said it couldn’t be done
1st Jan 2026
To those who said it couldn’t be done
Tech and Tea
Ten food hacks to make your life easier
This was almost a post on why millennial motherhood is so challenging, but turned into tactical food...
10th Sep 2023
This was almost a post on why millennial motherhood is so challenging, but turned into tactical food hacks.
Winnie Lim
the reality that exists in me
I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this...
3rd Nov 2024
I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this time I tend to wonder why the body finds it so difficult to...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Special Hell 5, Ad-diction
Today I am going to tell you the story of how I used my web design skills to steal from little old...
5th Mar 2016
Today I am going to tell you the story of how I used my web design skills to steal from little old ladies and feed my ad-diction.
Daily Stoic
Stoicism and Christianity: The History of the Stoics and the Christians
It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the...
5th Jan 2022
It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the same time. That’s right, Seneca and Jesus were both born in the year 4BC. Not only that, they lived roughly parallel lives despite being separated by geography, culture, and social...
The Convivial...
The Work of Art
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
11th Jun 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
Daniel Bourke
Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing
The controlled accident.
Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing".
Because the...
4th Jun 2023
The controlled accident.
Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing".
Because the characters 无为 (wu wei) mean nothing (wu, 无) and doing (wei, 为).
So although a literal translation would be doing nothing, it doesn’t mean the same as sitting
Jason Crawford
Things that can kill you quickly
There are things that kill you instantly, like a bullet to the head or a fall from twenty stories....
27th Dec 2022
There are things that kill you instantly, like a bullet to the head or a fall from twenty stories. First aid can’t help you there. There are also things that kill you relatively slowly, like a bacterial infection. If you have even hours to live, you can get to the emergency...
The Works in...
How Japan stopped civil war
For three hundred years, Japan enjoyed enviable stability and peace. All it took was locking up its...
3rd Jun 2026
For three hundred years, Japan enjoyed enviable stability and peace. All it took was locking up its warlike samurai elite in the world’s least efficient city.
Thu Le
Pen and paper
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
11th Apr 2025
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
Mark Manson
How to Be Successful in Life
The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to...
9th Nov 2023
The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to become more successful than 99% of the world's population.
Most of these claims revolve around setting goals, developing discipline, and eliminating distractions.
But let's face it:...
RhysTranter.com
Rereading The Brothers Karamazov
It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park,...
5th Jul 2024
It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park, sitting under a tree overlooking the river. I remember that it was the Penguin Classics edition translated by David McDuff, and that I couldn’t put it down.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Pissing in the Wind
Questioning the results of a study criticizing Dyson's hand dryer.
7th May 2016
Questioning the results of a study criticizing Dyson's hand dryer.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalissimo 6.0
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you...
6th Apr 2022
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you like. The sixth iteration of Minimalissimo is here and it's probably the strongest one to date yet probably the most raw and uncompromising. But before I break down what is new, I want...
Isabel Unraveled
how good will you let it get?
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
1st Apr 2025
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
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