blogging
Blogging in the cramped internet
BLDGBLOG, mourning WIRED ending Bruce Sterling’s blog:
[…] the pull of regular blogging—the urgency of it, the personal routine and daily discipline of writing online, the sense of audience, the faith that other people out there share these interests—has changed dramatically with the new internet, today’s cramped and disappointing version of online life that is now nothing but reaction GIFs and Donald Trump.
After three mildly stressful days, the results of the PCR jury are in: and I’m clean.
(I was asked to take a test as part of a research study, not because I was symptomatic.)
April in 32 seconds and 13 years
So. That was April. It lasted just over 13 years, I only drove the car three times, and those were the only times I left Shoreham Beach.
This was - and is - an historic period but for most of us - the lucky ones - our lives have been incredibly mundane despite that. Even with the anxiety and the homeschooling and the work and financial stress, the time with my wife and children has been a blessing.
