Dan Finlay
@danfinlay.com
A guy who likes burritos, cooperation, and a digitally enhanced civilization. Building a user custodial web at MetaMask.
I’ve been chipping at my own take on his build. Been making a 3d printed keyboard mount for the leg.
January 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I’ve been chipping at my own take on his build. Been making a 3d printed keyboard mount for the leg.
I find myself in the bowels of irony. where the earliest instance of this misinformation I can find was shared by the apparent author of a book on misinformation.
December 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I find myself in the bowels of irony. where the earliest instance of this misinformation I can find was shared by the apparent author of a book on misinformation.
When I buy a product, I expect it to shelter me from the reality of death in perpetuity.
December 14, 2024 at 12:45 AM
When I buy a product, I expect it to shelter me from the reality of death in perpetuity.
Threw on the first movie of The Nutcracker recommended by Apple TV. Was surprised to find it starring Macauly Culkin soon after his Home Alone role. And then I noticed how similar the story arcs were, so now here you have it, Claude’s analysis of Home Alone as a retelling of The Nutcracker Suite.
December 9, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Threw on the first movie of The Nutcracker recommended by Apple TV. Was surprised to find it starring Macauly Culkin soon after his Home Alone role. And then I noticed how similar the story arcs were, so now here you have it, Claude’s analysis of Home Alone as a retelling of The Nutcracker Suite.
Take Google Photos, for instance: On iOS, if a friend shares a google album with you (which is the default way to share a photo on Android), you’ll be taken to a page that pushes you hard to the google photo app, which promptly pushes for full photo syncing.
December 7, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Take Google Photos, for instance: On iOS, if a friend shares a google album with you (which is the default way to share a photo on Android), you’ll be taken to a page that pushes you hard to the google photo app, which promptly pushes for full photo syncing.
Bluesky: plz don’t ask to view my photos when I save a photo. I know it’s just a little careless coding, but it’s the kind of thing that Google and FB makes into a nasty policy, so it’d be nice to not provoke those vibes.
December 7, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Bluesky: plz don’t ask to view my photos when I save a photo. I know it’s just a little careless coding, but it’s the kind of thing that Google and FB makes into a nasty policy, so it’d be nice to not provoke those vibes.
One of my early wireframes from that.
November 29, 2024 at 3:59 AM
One of my early wireframes from that.
I wrote so fast on my Nokia E70. The last great stand against the iPhone era. This article pretty much hyped me on it: maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=ipho...
August 25, 2023 at 3:17 AM
I wrote so fast on my Nokia E70. The last great stand against the iPhone era. This article pretty much hyped me on it: maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=ipho...
Oof @ keyword advertising for ice climbing on an ice climbing disaster article @npr.org . O’Neil died a hero. RIP. www.npr.org/2023/04/07/1...
August 23, 2023 at 3:18 PM
Oof @ keyword advertising for ice climbing on an ice climbing disaster article @npr.org . O’Neil died a hero. RIP. www.npr.org/2023/04/07/1...
The utility of usernames, in two acts.
August 22, 2023 at 7:55 PM
The utility of usernames, in two acts.
It’s a little weird that Bluesky asks for access to more photos when saving a photo.
August 18, 2023 at 3:16 PM
It’s a little weird that Bluesky asks for access to more photos when saving a photo.
Yeah I had to check bc deep seated pedantry.
August 16, 2023 at 3:43 AM
Yeah I had to check bc deep seated pedantry.
Sterilite containers at Target, sold ~6 months apart, changing their dimensions by a single inch, seemingly so you would have to replace all your containers to maintain stackability. Those execs should be boated to the gyre and flogged.
August 14, 2023 at 4:10 PM
Sterilite containers at Target, sold ~6 months apart, changing their dimensions by a single inch, seemingly so you would have to replace all your containers to maintain stackability. Those execs should be boated to the gyre and flogged.
Oh now it tells on itself. Apple interrupting me and blaming others.
August 11, 2023 at 12:30 AM
Oh now it tells on itself. Apple interrupting me and blaming others.
Browser’s protocol won’t have it
August 11, 2023 at 12:14 AM
Browser’s protocol won’t have it
Just got a batch of spammy follows. Smells off to me. Maybe just carrying over engagement hacks from the old site, but still weird. Like why all at once? Surely a common owner.
August 1, 2023 at 5:17 AM
Just got a batch of spammy follows. Smells off to me. Maybe just carrying over engagement hacks from the old site, but still weird. Like why all at once? Surely a common owner.
A top takeaway from reading “Dawn of Everything” was I wanted more stories of Kandiaronk, and they’re mostly from the accounts of Lahontan.
July 15, 2023 at 1:44 AM
A top takeaway from reading “Dawn of Everything” was I wanted more stories of Kandiaronk, and they’re mostly from the accounts of Lahontan.
Tempted to take a band saw to this book to right-size it.
July 15, 2023 at 1:43 AM
Tempted to take a band saw to this book to right-size it.
We could be living in a world of consent centric computing but everyone just implements the “hello world” of access control systems.
July 2, 2023 at 11:27 PM
We could be living in a world of consent centric computing but everyone just implements the “hello world” of access control systems.
Oh huh, Discord did roll out something very pet-name-like, seemingly around the same time they updated their username rules (no extra-name trailing numbers anymore)
June 8, 2023 at 8:52 PM
Oh huh, Discord did roll out something very pet-name-like, seemingly around the same time they updated their username rules (no extra-name trailing numbers anymore)
Made me dig up a college journal for this old self portrait I’d drawn once that felt like a similar style.
June 5, 2023 at 3:46 AM
Made me dig up a college journal for this old self portrait I’d drawn once that felt like a similar style.
The ones I got are 90 seconds in microwave and done. Only have a brown rice example bc we ate the white rice ones first.
June 4, 2023 at 12:31 AM
The ones I got are 90 seconds in microwave and done. Only have a brown rice example bc we ate the white rice ones first.