Matthew Larsen
@matthewlarsen.com
One more time. With feeling.
https://matthewlarsen.com
https://matthewlarsen.com
@christomabbs.com, a feature request for @bskyhub.com: The ability to customize our own formula (multipliers) for estimated impressions / engagement rate.
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@christomabbs.com, a feature request for @bskyhub.com: The ability to customize our own formula (multipliers) for estimated impressions / engagement rate.
Elbow / Roadrunner / Boston, MA / Oct 2, 2025
October 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Elbow / Roadrunner / Boston, MA / Oct 2, 2025
Yeah, don't park like this.
October 3, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Yeah, don't park like this.
It was fun while it lasted, TikTok. But the U.S. centralizing and retraining the algorithm based on mysterious U.S.-only criteria seems sketchy as hell. I'm rooting even more for @skylight.social to capture that drive for us scrollers to get that vertical video fix.
September 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It was fun while it lasted, TikTok. But the U.S. centralizing and retraining the algorithm based on mysterious U.S.-only criteria seems sketchy as hell. I'm rooting even more for @skylight.social to capture that drive for us scrollers to get that vertical video fix.
I crossed the river twice today. It was such a nice day to be out there. #westernmass
September 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I crossed the river twice today. It was such a nice day to be out there. #westernmass
If you're a music streaming nerd who's ready to try and quit Apple/YouTube/Spotify ecosystem, try Qobuz. Audio quality is CD-level or better. Only music (no video). Has that 'connect' sync that Spotify does well. Easy transfer of playlists. Pays artists fairly. Name is silly but App is a joy.
August 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you're a music streaming nerd who's ready to try and quit Apple/YouTube/Spotify ecosystem, try Qobuz. Audio quality is CD-level or better. Only music (no video). Has that 'connect' sync that Spotify does well. Easy transfer of playlists. Pays artists fairly. Name is silly but App is a joy.
Why don't congressional district maps align with counties/ parishes/ boroughs? We have an actual map of these already established www.mapchart.net/usa-counties...
www.mapchart.net
August 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Why don't congressional district maps align with counties/ parishes/ boroughs? We have an actual map of these already established www.mapchart.net/usa-counties...
Swift River is lovely.
August 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Swift River is lovely.
Mixed feelings about reboots but that new Naked Gun movie was great. Liam Neeson's deadpan is fantastic. Pamela Anderson sings. So many jokes. All so dumb and silly and fun but man it was just the thing. I laughed a lot.
August 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Mixed feelings about reboots but that new Naked Gun movie was great. Liam Neeson's deadpan is fantastic. Pamela Anderson sings. So many jokes. All so dumb and silly and fun but man it was just the thing. I laughed a lot.
Ron-a-Roll - Vernon, CT
July 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Ron-a-Roll - Vernon, CT
Old manning: For almost a week in my right ear I have been experiencing what sounds like the snap, crackle, pop of a bowl of rice krispies played through a transistor radio next to a bag of microwaved popcorn. (and yes, doc's been involved but no relief yet). Is this what going to a concert is now?
a man in a military uniform with a name tag that says ' william ' on it
ALT: a man in a military uniform with a name tag that says ' william ' on it
media.tenor.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Old manning: For almost a week in my right ear I have been experiencing what sounds like the snap, crackle, pop of a bowl of rice krispies played through a transistor radio next to a bag of microwaved popcorn. (and yes, doc's been involved but no relief yet). Is this what going to a concert is now?
View from the regional airport sushi restaurant - Tobiko - Westfield, MA
July 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
View from the regional airport sushi restaurant - Tobiko - Westfield, MA
An appreciation post for @beeper.com, which has tamed the madness of having 7,000 different messaging apps. Automattic for the people.
July 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
An appreciation post for @beeper.com, which has tamed the madness of having 7,000 different messaging apps. Automattic for the people.
Scenes from the Adirondacks
July 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Scenes from the Adirondacks
A fun generational divide thing: Gen-Z/Alpha had cheap school Chromebooks and their parents have iPhones, so they know Google and Apple just fine. But in corporate life they'll likely use products like Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel with basically no prior Microsoft-ing like us X/Yers.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
June 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A fun generational divide thing: Gen-Z/Alpha had cheap school Chromebooks and their parents have iPhones, so they know Google and Apple just fine. But in corporate life they'll likely use products like Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel with basically no prior Microsoft-ing like us X/Yers.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Please please please can we all just start using Signal? @signal.org
www.theverge.com/news/687519/...
www.theverge.com/news/687519/...
WhatsApp is officially getting ads
The end of an ad-free WhatsApp.
www.theverge.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Please please please can we all just start using Signal? @signal.org
www.theverge.com/news/687519/...
www.theverge.com/news/687519/...
New Music Friday: Listening to Ben Kweller's excellent and heart-wrenching new record, 'Cover The Mirrors'. Grappling with the grief of his teenage son's death, examining his life. All heavy but beautifully approached. #newmusic 🎧https://album.link/r76xb5nfndjbk
Cover The Mirrors by Ben Kweller
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May 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New Music Friday: Listening to Ben Kweller's excellent and heart-wrenching new record, 'Cover The Mirrors'. Grappling with the grief of his teenage son's death, examining his life. All heavy but beautifully approached. #newmusic 🎧https://album.link/r76xb5nfndjbk
Listening to this beautiful piano instrumental record by Dan Wilson, accomplished songwriter for the stars & Semisonic troubadour. Quiet, meditative, melodic, understated. The 100-year-old+ upright piano pronounces every click, every sustain pedal press. Lovely record. 🎧 album.link/hstf644n86vt2
good night, los angeles by Dan Wilson
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May 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Listening to this beautiful piano instrumental record by Dan Wilson, accomplished songwriter for the stars & Semisonic troubadour. Quiet, meditative, melodic, understated. The 100-year-old+ upright piano pronounces every click, every sustain pedal press. Lovely record. 🎧 album.link/hstf644n86vt2
Sadly, this show was cancelled / postponed by the venue. We're working out a new date.
I'm really looking forward to playing a show next Friday May 9 over at Progression in Northampton, MA . It's been awhile. Looking like we'll have a full band for this one. #westernmassmusic
May 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Sadly, this show was cancelled / postponed by the venue. We're working out a new date.
I'm really looking forward to playing a show next Friday May 9 over at Progression in Northampton, MA . It's been awhile. Looking like we'll have a full band for this one. #westernmassmusic
April 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm really looking forward to playing a show next Friday May 9 over at Progression in Northampton, MA . It's been awhile. Looking like we'll have a full band for this one. #westernmassmusic
I spent this past weekend recording with The Documents up in Goshen, MA in an old barn converted to a studio. This new record of ours is going to sound so good.
Now if I can just figure out how to use my watch as a camera remote and a timer... #westernmass #music
Now if I can just figure out how to use my watch as a camera remote and a timer... #westernmass #music
April 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I spent this past weekend recording with The Documents up in Goshen, MA in an old barn converted to a studio. This new record of ours is going to sound so good.
Now if I can just figure out how to use my watch as a camera remote and a timer... #westernmass #music
Now if I can just figure out how to use my watch as a camera remote and a timer... #westernmass #music
MapQuest's Bluesky Feed is A++
Colbert once lovingly roasted us with a “live feed” of MapQuest HQ: Our Chief Nostalgia Officer. Unconscious, lit by the glow of Windows 98.
And honestly? Still outperforming Congress.
And honestly? Still outperforming Congress.
April 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
MapQuest's Bluesky Feed is A++
#westernmass music update: My band The Documents will open for The Lucky Shots at Progression in Northampton, MA on May 9th. We've been working on a new record for a number of months (and headed back into our old barn/studio this weekend even). Let's see if a crowd likes these forlorn piano ballads.
April 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
#westernmass music update: My band The Documents will open for The Lucky Shots at Progression in Northampton, MA on May 9th. We've been working on a new record for a number of months (and headed back into our old barn/studio this weekend even). Let's see if a crowd likes these forlorn piano ballads.
A song on shuffle that found me today: @anidifranco.bsky.social's "Your Next Bold Move" (2001), evoking that feeling of helplessness about making good decisions and trying to stick to your values in the midst of bleak, massive-scale capitalism.
anidifranco.bandcamp.com/track/your-n...
anidifranco.bandcamp.com/track/your-n...
Your Next Bold Move, by Ani DiFranco
from the album Revelling/Reckoning
anidifranco.bandcamp.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A song on shuffle that found me today: @anidifranco.bsky.social's "Your Next Bold Move" (2001), evoking that feeling of helplessness about making good decisions and trying to stick to your values in the midst of bleak, massive-scale capitalism.
anidifranco.bandcamp.com/track/your-n...
anidifranco.bandcamp.com/track/your-n...