OH, CLEVER

#25
01/19/2026

If Trump declares that the U.S. is laying claim to all of the green cheese on the moon -- say, to lower the price of dairy groceries -- the news media should not respond with fact-finding articles with headlines like "How Much Cheese Is on the Moon?" They should respond with headlines like "How Many Marbles Are Left in Trump's Dementia-Addled Head?"

• John Gruber, Crazy People Do Crazy Things

#22
01/16/2026

Retrograde, a Ricoh GR III/x Recipe

The toning and white balance are two settings that should be considered on a per photo basis. This is the film recipe used in this photo.

• Image Control: Retro
• Saturation: +2
• Hue: -2
• High/Low Key Adjustment: +2
• Contrast: +2
• Contrast (Highlight): -4
• Contrast (Shadow): +4
• Sharpness: -2
• Toning: +3
• Shading: -4
• Clarity: +2
• White Balance: Best fit

#20
01/14/2026

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

• General George S. Patton, Speech to the Third Army

Brutal.

#15
01/08/2026

Much of the tension in product development and interface design comes from trying to balance the obvious, the easy, and the possible. Figuring out which things go in which bucket is critical to fully understanding how to make something useful.

• Jason Fried, The Obvious, the Easy, and the Possible