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Lydia’s version of Hush Little Baby:
Hush my little baby Don’t you cry Daddy’s going to buy you a popping sleigh If that popping sleigh pops away, Daddy’s going to buy you a goat with hay If that goat eats all that hay, Daddy’s going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring breaks to brass Daddy’s going to buy you a cup of clear glass. If that cup breaks again Daddy’s going to buy you a baby hen. If that hen had some chicks Daddy will buy you a clock that ticks. If that clock doesn’t wake you up Daddy’s going to buy you a rabbit skin. There is nothing wrong about that So we’ll eat it up. Daddy’s going to buy you a hat.
We’re moving! The audio quality is terrible, so if you want to skip this one: we’re moving to Huntsville, Alabama at the end of June. For the fresh start, adventure, challenge, more moderate climate, more outdoor activities, etc. We’re super busy now but will probably be podcasting again in August.
The 20-5-3 rule:
- 20 minutes every day outside
- 5 hours a month “semi-wild” like a national park
- 3 days a year off the grid in nature
If I were a My Little Pony, I would have a purple body and curly yellow hair. My name would be “Daffil” and I would be a hairdresser, so my cutie mark would be a blow dryer.
Good article, but the real takeaway is:
On macOS, you can open an emoji keyboard with ctrl + cmd + space. On Windows, you can open one with windows + .
If you’re willing to embrace the grind you’ll look like a magician.
Tim: “What’s that song you’re singing, Brian?”
Melissa: “It’s from ‘Wilbur’s Spider’.”
Brian: “…You mean ‘Charlotte’s Web’?”
My cat name: Wobbleton
The first free online copy of Domesday Book. With an interactive map!
Brian introduces a new series: Stuff I Learned on Wikipedia. Which article related to books is the most interesting? Is the answer, “None of them”?
Excellent list. One of my favorites:
- Naming things is fantastic. Everything on the screen should have a name. It’s better for your work. It’s better for accessibility. It’s better for your design. Take a table view and name it ‘Inbox’, ‘Screener’, or ‘Paper Trail’, and they suddenly mean something. What you do with them has changed. A good name transforms design and action.
Koser’s Theory of Leftovers: At midnight, leftovers are redistributed evenly
(E.g., if I eat 4 pizza slices, Melissa eats 2, and there are 2 slices left, we both get 1 slice the next day)
A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.
Tell a story. Find a story structure.
How am I just now seeing this
By betting on Starship, which entails a host of development risks, NASA is taking a chance on what would be a much brighter future. One in which not a handful of astronauts go to the Moon or Mars, but dozens and then hundreds. In this sense, Starship represents a radical departure for NASA and human exploration.