Community Hall on South Whidbey Island, went all electric last year — solar, battery, heat pumps, hot water heater, induction stove.

Wait till you first try adjusting the volume in Music

“What we’re seeing is dogma in action. Liquid Glass isn’t a regular pendulum swing between aesthetic trends, it’s not something that’s meant to make our lives better or easier, instead it’s Apple doing what it wants rather than what its users need.”

Nice job on all that other stuff, but, I’m sorry, that “vending pavilion” is a sad gesture towards an amenity.

The link takes you to that paragon of public service called X (Twitter), which serves up a “Something went wrong” error. Much to my shock, the suggested “try reloading” does not work.

Daily read in 2002/2003 - so good then, even better when judged against now normal

After the Zones of Thought series, be sure to check out ‘Rainbows End’ as well.

Embracing responsibility and the inevitability (and moral neutrality) of failure means embracing the need for community.

None of us have all the answers, none of us has a universal perspective, and the only way for us to mitigate and minimize failure is to draw from our collective strength.

I just finished In Memoriam which … devastating.

Loved it. So engrossing, so readable. Already looking forward to a re-read years from now.