John Russell
@max-webster.bsky.social
Tech writer in California. Opinions all mine, not my employer's.
Combination dentistry / poetry class
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Combination dentistry / poetry class
He spurns anchor cement.
A solo free ascent!
But when destiny calls him...
there's no signal on Half Dome.
A solo free ascent!
But when destiny calls him...
there's no signal on Half Dome.
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
He spurns anchor cement.
A solo free ascent!
But when destiny calls him...
there's no signal on Half Dome.
A solo free ascent!
But when destiny calls him...
there's no signal on Half Dome.
He finds his fortune in the people who belay him.
He thinks that acclimating at basecamp brings him luck.
But then his Sherpa tells a slightly different story.
He's the only chimneyer without a crux...
He thinks that acclimating at basecamp brings him luck.
But then his Sherpa tells a slightly different story.
He's the only chimneyer without a crux...
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
He finds his fortune in the people who belay him.
He thinks that acclimating at basecamp brings him luck.
But then his Sherpa tells a slightly different story.
He's the only chimneyer without a crux...
He thinks that acclimating at basecamp brings him luck.
But then his Sherpa tells a slightly different story.
He's the only chimneyer without a crux...
When he rappels from the ledge,
he smiles at everyone.
Everyone that he meets,
calls him Mr. Scream of Stone.
he smiles at everyone.
Everyone that he meets,
calls him Mr. Scream of Stone.
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
When he rappels from the ledge,
he smiles at everyone.
Everyone that he meets,
calls him Mr. Scream of Stone.
he smiles at everyone.
Everyone that he meets,
calls him Mr. Scream of Stone.
At the same time, why not take the obvious way out with the pronunciation for "chow mein". You can make the argument that "chow minh" is closer to the real Chinese pronunciation. But yet!
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
At the same time, why not take the obvious way out with the pronunciation for "chow mein". You can make the argument that "chow minh" is closer to the real Chinese pronunciation. But yet!
Name was coined moments after the first time anyone ever dropped their phone in a lake.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Name was coined moments after the first time anyone ever dropped their phone in a lake.
At the tail end, 14-15, "costume" was just turning a baseball cap backwards or some such and pounding on the nearest door.
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
At the tail end, 14-15, "costume" was just turning a baseball cap backwards or some such and pounding on the nearest door.
What if we could cure every disease known to man with a single shot. Just need to run one final test. At the lab on the other side of town.
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What if we could cure every disease known to man with a single shot. Just need to run one final test. At the lab on the other side of town.
Kind of looks like an Osgood to me
October 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Kind of looks like an Osgood to me
The PRIMM-er pronunciation is just a fairy tale. You can't convince me someone didn't make that up as a prank.
October 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The PRIMM-er pronunciation is just a fairy tale. You can't convince me someone didn't make that up as a prank.
This was a great UI innovation that should have more equivalents in the computer world. Like when you scroll through long lists of songs, artists, albums in iTunes, and a little strip of their first letters appears in the right margin. I have done little shortcuts like that using the first 2 letters
October 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This was a great UI innovation that should have more equivalents in the computer world. Like when you scroll through long lists of songs, artists, albums in iTunes, and a little strip of their first letters appears in the right margin. I have done little shortcuts like that using the first 2 letters
Similar story for hed, dek, graf
October 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Similar story for hed, dek, graf
"Hey! Where's the flood?!" That was the height of some people's comedy stylings in grade school.
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"Hey! Where's the flood?!" That was the height of some people's comedy stylings in grade school.
Easy way to remember the usage: Cowboys say whoa. Bill and Ted say woah.
October 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Easy way to remember the usage: Cowboys say whoa. Bill and Ted say woah.
Descartes was a famous philosopher. He totally eclipsed his lesser-known contemporaries, Goscartes and Kesmartes.
October 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Descartes was a famous philosopher. He totally eclipsed his lesser-known contemporaries, Goscartes and Kesmartes.
I think I never had the 2nd side of a notched floppy go bad. Perfect example of pessimistic vs. optimistic mindset. (Since the legend was that floppies started off double-sided by default, and batches that didn't pass quality control were designated as single-sided.)
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I think I never had the 2nd side of a notched floppy go bad. Perfect example of pessimistic vs. optimistic mindset. (Since the legend was that floppies started off double-sided by default, and batches that didn't pass quality control were designated as single-sided.)