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· Apr 2
started working on a sidebar extension to view bluesky posts as you browse the web!
made some updates to hopeinsource.com, was fun to think of some new views on the same data (like some other experiments I had)
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 AM
made some updates to hopeinsource.com, was fun to think of some new views on the same data (like some other experiments I had)
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I am bringing back VERY DIRECT MESSAGES from 6pm EST to 3am.
How's it work?
Visit the page. Write a message. Hit send. It'll print at my desk on my receipt printer.
Plz RT for fun & be nice.
CC @henryzoo.com @cara.city and other receipt printer dorks
How's it work?
Visit the page. Write a message. Hit send. It'll print at my desk on my receipt printer.
Plz RT for fun & be nice.
CC @henryzoo.com @cara.city and other receipt printer dorks
Send me a very direct message. To my desk..
Want to send Bobby a VERY direct message? Get it to his desk right now. This page will allow you to send text and images directly to the receipt printer sitting next to his laptops on his desk at home...
www.bobbby.online
February 12, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I am bringing back VERY DIRECT MESSAGES from 6pm EST to 3am.
How's it work?
Visit the page. Write a message. Hit send. It'll print at my desk on my receipt printer.
Plz RT for fun & be nice.
CC @henryzoo.com @cara.city and other receipt printer dorks
How's it work?
Visit the page. Write a message. Hit send. It'll print at my desk on my receipt printer.
Plz RT for fun & be nice.
CC @henryzoo.com @cara.city and other receipt printer dorks
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Claude trick: check in markdown containing the design philosophies of great engineers. Then, when I'm chatting with Claude I can @docs/ref/sussman-sicp.md to bring in Gerald Sussman or Joe Armstrong or Rich Hickey's POV.
February 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Claude trick: check in markdown containing the design philosophies of great engineers. Then, when I'm chatting with Claude I can @docs/ref/sussman-sicp.md to bring in Gerald Sussman or Joe Armstrong or Rich Hickey's POV.
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Canonical soul document just dropped!
would love to see any other lab take this remotely as seriously as Anthropic does www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
Claude's new constitution
A new approach to a foundational document that expresses and shapes who Claude is
www.anthropic.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Canonical soul document just dropped!
unlike speed reading, there's something fun about seeing text layed out in different ways.. maybe there's something here?
have a desire to see more form, a care for position, retaining context, and density of info that isn't captured as easily in an LLM, (immediately turn to screenshots)
have a desire to see more form, a care for position, retaining context, and density of info that isn't captured as easily in an LLM, (immediately turn to screenshots)
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 AM
unlike speed reading, there's something fun about seeing text layed out in different ways.. maybe there's something here?
have a desire to see more form, a care for position, retaining context, and density of info that isn't captured as easily in an LLM, (immediately turn to screenshots)
have a desire to see more form, a care for position, retaining context, and density of info that isn't captured as easily in an LLM, (immediately turn to screenshots)
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I made a program (well a series of them) that takes a 1400 item magnetic media collection digitized IRL onto archive.org and makes programming schedules for the videos and monitors what's been played etc and&makes a 24hr channel on twitch/YT/stream.place
Then I broadcast it as analog in my house
Then I broadcast it as analog in my house
We are having company so I have set up my channel in the living room lol
January 19, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I made a program (well a series of them) that takes a 1400 item magnetic media collection digitized IRL onto archive.org and makes programming schedules for the videos and monitors what's been played etc and&makes a 24hr channel on twitch/YT/stream.place
Then I broadcast it as analog in my house
Then I broadcast it as analog in my house
going from digital -> physical vs "staying in digital -> digital" has certainly been a theme for me the last years (printers, qr scanners, geolocation)
anyone else do any experiments in this vein?
anyone else do any experiments in this vein?
🌱 Making: Barcode experiments
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
Making : Barcode experiments - Feed
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. <p><video cont...
feed.grantcuster.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:12 AM
going from digital -> physical vs "staying in digital -> digital" has certainly been a theme for me the last years (printers, qr scanners, geolocation)
anyone else do any experiments in this vein?
anyone else do any experiments in this vein?
did anyone else not know epubs are just a zip file of html/css!?
(new wip project is a epub reader that will hopefuly support annotations, ideally i could merge or figure out what differentiates it from henry.ink, tho i feel private small group inline chats is valuable over public atproto posts)
(new wip project is a epub reader that will hopefuly support annotations, ideally i could merge or figure out what differentiates it from henry.ink, tho i feel private small group inline chats is valuable over public atproto posts)
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
did anyone else not know epubs are just a zip file of html/css!?
(new wip project is a epub reader that will hopefuly support annotations, ideally i could merge or figure out what differentiates it from henry.ink, tho i feel private small group inline chats is valuable over public atproto posts)
(new wip project is a epub reader that will hopefuly support annotations, ideally i could merge or figure out what differentiates it from henry.ink, tho i feel private small group inline chats is valuable over public atproto posts)
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formats over apps
A Social Filesystem — overreacted
Formats over apps.
overreacted.io
January 18, 2026 at 7:05 AM
formats over apps
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New feature cookin’ 🧑🍳
Aggregating Bluesky mentions on the Semble page for any URL!
Aggregating Bluesky mentions on the Semble page for any URL!
January 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
New feature cookin’ 🧑🍳
Aggregating Bluesky mentions on the Semble page for any URL!
Aggregating Bluesky mentions on the Semble page for any URL!
probably asked about this earlier, but curious if there's been any progress on thinking through what collaborative lexicons would look like.
thinking about this a lot in terms of shared lists (vs just personal ones)? @hyl.st?
is it just shared did/pds or an appview aggregates some prefix/string?
thinking about this a lot in terms of shared lists (vs just personal ones)? @hyl.st?
is it just shared did/pds or an appview aggregates some prefix/string?
i'm definetely going to get back onto henry.ink stay tuned! I'm a little preoccupied with similar projects (it's all related to me), my bible app (a specific book), a book club app (pdf/epub annotations), walking podcast (physical annotations I guess?), my geonotes app, etc
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
probably asked about this earlier, but curious if there's been any progress on thinking through what collaborative lexicons would look like.
thinking about this a lot in terms of shared lists (vs just personal ones)? @hyl.st?
is it just shared did/pds or an appview aggregates some prefix/string?
thinking about this a lot in terms of shared lists (vs just personal ones)? @hyl.st?
is it just shared did/pds or an appview aggregates some prefix/string?
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Introducing Margin
Write on the margins of the internet, powered by the AT Protocol.
Coming soon
Write on the margins of the internet, powered by the AT Protocol.
Coming soon
January 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Introducing Margin
Write on the margins of the internet, powered by the AT Protocol.
Coming soon
Write on the margins of the internet, powered by the AT Protocol.
Coming soon
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🌱 Making: Barcode experiments
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
Making : Barcode experiments - Feed
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. <p><video cont...
feed.grantcuster.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
🌱 Making: Barcode experiments
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
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thanks to claude code i might actually ship the thing i wanted to make back in 2021 but didn't have the patience for. incredible time for people with vision and skill but low execution velocity
December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
thanks to claude code i might actually ship the thing i wanted to make back in 2021 but didn't have the patience for. incredible time for people with vision and skill but low execution velocity
some updates for arena.henryzoo.com: fix layout bugs, more compact/arena aesthetic, filter subdomains, show thumbnails/lightbox. let me know of any feature requests!!
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
some updates for arena.henryzoo.com: fix layout bugs, more compact/arena aesthetic, filter subdomains, show thumbnails/lightbox. let me know of any feature requests!!
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It's launch day, I pulled the trigger!!!
There's still *so* much to do, but I think it's in a reasonable enoigh state for yall to try :)
Would love to hear your feedback!!
There's still *so* much to do, but I think it's in a reasonable enoigh state for yall to try :)
Would love to hear your feedback!!
Today, we're opening up Seams Alpha (seams.so), a social web annotation built in the Atmosphere. We're hoping it helps with collective sense-making.
This is just the start, there's still lots to do!
We'd love if you tried it with us.
This is just the start, there's still lots to do!
We'd love if you tried it with us.
Lab Notes #001 - Sealight Lab Notes
Announcing Seams
sealight.leaflet.pub
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's launch day, I pulled the trigger!!!
There's still *so* much to do, but I think it's in a reasonable enoigh state for yall to try :)
Would love to hear your feedback!!
There's still *so* much to do, but I think it's in a reasonable enoigh state for yall to try :)
Would love to hear your feedback!!
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please come through! finding myself giving a talk again, this time on my new art project, biblerot
Tickets are on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers on November 24th withfriends.events/event/aCoaJy...
Mon, Nov 24 - Brooklyn Web Workers - November 2025 by Brooklyn Web Workers
Learn more, get tickets, and follow this event
withfriends.events
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
please come through! finding myself giving a talk again, this time on my new art project, biblerot
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Getting real close to launching Seams.so for real this time!
Had to undertake a lot of architectural work to setup a proxy which _doesn't_ require a browser extension, but shares almost all the code with it. Probably going to use this as the mobile version.
Had to undertake a lot of architectural work to setup a proxy which _doesn't_ require a browser extension, but shares almost all the code with it. Probably going to use this as the mobile version.
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Getting real close to launching Seams.so for real this time!
Had to undertake a lot of architectural work to setup a proxy which _doesn't_ require a browser extension, but shares almost all the code with it. Probably going to use this as the mobile version.
Had to undertake a lot of architectural work to setup a proxy which _doesn't_ require a browser extension, but shares almost all the code with it. Probably going to use this as the mobile version.
please come through! finding myself giving a talk again, this time on my new art project, biblerot
Tickets are on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers on November 24th withfriends.events/event/aCoaJy...
Mon, Nov 24 - Brooklyn Web Workers - November 2025 by Brooklyn Web Workers
Learn more, get tickets, and follow this event
withfriends.events
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
please come through! finding myself giving a talk again, this time on my new art project, biblerot
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I'm thinking it'd be fun to do a casual NYC atproto meetup in early / mid-Oct…
Who's around & interested? Any days best?
What format(s) would you be into — demo / show+tell, group discussions etc?
One fun idea from @awarm.space: lightning talks about *someone else's project* in the atmosphere!
Who's around & interested? Any days best?
What format(s) would you be into — demo / show+tell, group discussions etc?
One fun idea from @awarm.space: lightning talks about *someone else's project* in the atmosphere!
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I'm thinking it'd be fun to do a casual NYC atproto meetup in early / mid-Oct…
Who's around & interested? Any days best?
What format(s) would you be into — demo / show+tell, group discussions etc?
One fun idea from @awarm.space: lightning talks about *someone else's project* in the atmosphere!
Who's around & interested? Any days best?
What format(s) would you be into — demo / show+tell, group discussions etc?
One fun idea from @awarm.space: lightning talks about *someone else's project* in the atmosphere!
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Once again thinking about AT Collections. We need a primitive that can organize _any_ record in anybodies PDS.
There ought to be a way to do shared collections, but the protocol isn't amenable to that, so personal is fine.
But it must mix any type of content: profiles, scrobbles, anisota items
There ought to be a way to do shared collections, but the protocol isn't amenable to that, so personal is fine.
But it must mix any type of content: profiles, scrobbles, anisota items
tldr these are the primitives i’m personally warm to. the first one probably can’t take off in userland if the app doesn’t embrace it. but maybe some other atproto app will? or maybe bluesky will do something like this? i’m not sure!
i just think there should be two user facing things.
one is something between pinterest Boards, reddit Subreddits, and twitter Communities. it’s basically just Lists of posts. i call it Collections in my head.
the other is kinda like feeds, you know, whatever Discover is. i’d probably just use one
one is something between pinterest Boards, reddit Subreddits, and twitter Communities. it’s basically just Lists of posts. i call it Collections in my head.
the other is kinda like feeds, you know, whatever Discover is. i’d probably just use one
September 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Once again thinking about AT Collections. We need a primitive that can organize _any_ record in anybodies PDS.
There ought to be a way to do shared collections, but the protocol isn't amenable to that, so personal is fine.
But it must mix any type of content: profiles, scrobbles, anisota items
There ought to be a way to do shared collections, but the protocol isn't amenable to that, so personal is fine.
But it must mix any type of content: profiles, scrobbles, anisota items
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
wondering with @fjpaz.net about the backup/cache of data that isn't yours? if you quote post someone and the original is deleted, you might not remember why you quoted it, same with a like, or any future lexicon? or am I just confused about this
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
wondering with @fjpaz.net about the backup/cache of data that isn't yours? if you quote post someone and the original is deleted, you might not remember why you quoted it, same with a like, or any future lexicon? or am I just confused about this
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are there any lexicons that are for connecting accounts to other socials? was thinking of making one for say are.na
(my idea was to verify on the other side through some convention, so for arena it could be like making a specific named block or channel etc, and then on the atproto side link to it)
(my idea was to verify on the other side through some convention, so for arena it could be like making a specific named block or channel etc, and then on the atproto side link to it)
August 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
are there any lexicons that are for connecting accounts to other socials? was thinking of making one for say are.na
(my idea was to verify on the other side through some convention, so for arena it could be like making a specific named block or channel etc, and then on the atproto side link to it)
(my idea was to verify on the other side through some convention, so for arena it could be like making a specific named block or channel etc, and then on the atproto side link to it)