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Finished reading: Audition by Katie Kitamura 📚

This one confused me so much. It felt like there was a whole section of the book took all the built up tension and skipped forward in time to where everything was just, “cool.” Beautifully written, but I felt so lost. https://micro.blog/books/9780593852323

Jeff Newman Nov 1

Kristin Oct 31

Best day of the year: I got my author copies of “The Data Management Workbook.” It comes out on December 2 from Pelagic Publishing and you can pre-order it now from Pelagic or Amazon.

Jeff Newman Sep 24, 2025

I don't know what crime was committed, but #macos26 put the Orion browser in super-double-secret-squircle jail. (The purple one, second from the right)

Jeff Newman Jul 20, 2025

Watched _Sinners_ last night with Kid2. Loved every damned second of it but the scene in the Juke where Preacher Boy sings for the first time is an absolute f*cking all-timer of cinema. I fear all of m dopamine receptors will need a few days to recover because…. Wow.

Jeff Newman Jul 18, 2025

Any librarians looking for a one year contract at the University of Toronto? (Filling in for someone on research leave) https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Innis-Librarian-28Librarian-IIIII-Contractually-Limited-Term-Appointment29-ON/594138117/

Innis Librarian (Librarian II/III; Contractually-Limited Term Appointment)

Jeff Newman Jul 18, 2025

Just a perfect day to listen to the Stone Roses.

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Jeff Newman Jul 10, 2025

3. I check the documentation *again* and see there is an example in the documentation that matches my expectation. Reply to ChatGPT with a copy of the example provided in the spec
<ChatGPT replies... oh yeah, you were totally right -- this stuff is hard and its good you read the docs, lol.> [3/3]

Long and boring, but for context... https://chatgpt.com/share/686fc11b-0e74-8003-ae28-3e6fdaadac60

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Jeff Newman Jul 10, 2025

2. Back to ChatGPT: I beleive your implementation of x is wrong. Here is the description from the documentation [pasted text from spec]
<ChatGPT replies and insists that *I* am wrong and provides *an extensive explanation* of why the text I pasted from the spec actually refers to a different spec and what I am requesting isn't valid. I try validating its suggested text in the system, but the output doesn't work> [2/3]

Jeff Newman Jul 10, 2025

A tragedy in three parts
1. Hey ChatGPT, generate a string of text for me with [some attributes] according to the standard outlined at [url]
<ChatGPT generates a response that *looks* ok, but seems to contains errors> … [1/3]

Jeff Newman Jul 2, 2025

The Verge Jul 2, 2025

Apple’s alien thriller Invasion is back for season 3 in August https://www.theverge.com/news/696505/invasion-season-3-streaming-date-apple-tv-plus

Apple’s alien thriller Invasion is back for season 3 in August

Apple has confirmed that the sci-fi series Invasion will return for season 3, which starts streaming on Apple TV Plus on August 22nd.

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