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Daniel Wright
@danielwright.bsky.social
Sleve McDichael superfan. In my off-hours: Rubyist, Gopher, Infra-as-Code Enjoyer. Path of Exile enthusiast.
Someone remind me that six weeks avoiding my strength routine has real consequences.
September 4, 2024 at 1:24 AM
A charmingly obtuse electrical choice in my new bathroom: the only plug in the bathroom is linked to the main light switch. Can’t use it as a charger, or for a nightlight!
November 15, 2023 at 5:20 PM
Moving day. For the first time, I’ve engaged movers who’re gonna do some of the actual packing too. This is harrowing, for no good goddamn reason besides my own trust issues.
November 14, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Is there a way to utterly disable, and—with maximum prejudice—communicate my contempt for, the “AI” features in Notion?
October 31, 2023 at 4:23 PM
Incomprehensibly, I’ve got Coheed & Cambria going in my brain jukebox. I haven’t listened to that record in… years? Am I having a stroke?
October 29, 2023 at 11:31 PM
Minus-one to sick days, following yesterday’s episode of total exhaustion. Plus-one to four-hour naps, though!
October 24, 2023 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Daniel Wright
We created a landscape designed to prioritize cars over human beings and the result was that human beings are only permitted to exist there if they hide inside a car!
October 21, 2023 at 11:11 PM
While we’re at it, “flaccid” is pronounced consistent with “accident.” I will not be taking follow-up questions at this time.
Let me plant a flag here on Bluesky for one of the oldest debates on the internet: "GIF" is properly pronounced "jif," like the peanut butter.

If you disagree, you are incorrect.
October 20, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Already missing the Portland of <checks calendar> yesterday. I’m sorry, steel-grey skies and drizzle—I’m sure you have your own charms(??).
October 20, 2023 at 4:33 PM
Reposted by Daniel Wright
Today's newsletter is about Marc Andreessen's "Techno-Optimist Manifesto" - a cynical, regressive and hypocritical screed that shows that the valley's most powerful and rich men are scared, and self-conscious that they've never created anything.
tinyurl.com/wyat101923
October 19, 2023 at 6:25 PM
Burn Notice 😬😅
In the night garden
October 18, 2023 at 10:34 PM