Rhoneisms – Page 58 – by Patrick Rhone, Master Generalist

Kottke.org Redesigns With 2024 Vibes

In thinking about how I wanted kottke.org to look and, more importantly, feel going forward, I wanted more social media energy than blog energy — one could also say “more old school blog energy than contemporary blog energy”. Blogs now either look like Substack/Medium or Snow Fall and I didn’t want to pattern kottke.org after either of those things. I don’t want to write articles — I want to blog.

Jason Kottke’s new redesign is perfect for the task he sets out to do. Plan the work and work the plan. What we believe in.

Episode 514: Choices | PM Talks S1:E2 – Productivityist

Our discussion was wide-ranging, but one topic stood out prominently: Choices. This theme resonated throughout our conversation, highlighting the significant impact of intentional living and personal metrics on achieving genuine satisfaction in life.

For your weekend listening, Mike Vardy and I talk about choices.

My daughter’s school has a place where they can post their (anonymized) college rejection letters and there’s so many layers of awesome here I’m not even sure where to begin.

SPA Senior Rejection Board

To some of us, Nineteen Eighty-Four was a warning. For others, an instruction manual.

Everybody does it is not exactly a strong defense.

This is your regular reminder:

Blog – Wikipedia

A blog (a truncation of “weblog”) is an informational website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page.

Therefore, each entry is called a “post” not a “blog”.

I’ll take no further questions at this time.

Minnesota sushi

Can confirm. This is a thing.

Spotted at my daughter’s school. I’ll further note that the cross-stitch is covering the WiFi password.

Reach

There are very few chances that arise in life to achieve a dream. Sometimes, the universe puts one of those dreams in front of you that seems at first read to be just outside of your grasp. It is these times you have a choice, give into fear and walk away or to stretch just a little bit further, beyond your comfort zone, and snatch it.

That’s what my wife did today and I’m so proud of her.

An original lithograph of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Woman with Tray, Breakfast (Femme au plateau, Petit déjeuner) from Elles
1896 held by Bethany Gladhill outside of house

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Woman with Tray, Breakfast (Femme au plateau, Petit déjeuner) from Elles
1896

A Saturday Soundtrack: Long-lost Gershwin musical found by University of Michigan researcher – mlive.com

After opening on Broadway in 1919 and touring for a few years, its last known production was in Massachusetts in May 1926. It’s since been seen as a lost work of one of the great American musicians.

But, thanks to a University of Michigan researcher, what once was lost now is found. And, thanks to a pair of the university’s vocal students, you can now hear the historic music for yourself.

(via my friend Mike Rohde)