“Is It O.K. To Be A Luddite?”
Or: "No . . . it was Beauty killed the Beast.'' Hadn’t planned to be blogging this but once again, I’m battling with the ongoing META embargo of news stories from posters residing in Canada and posting without using a VPN. Thinking that I may need to start using one on another computer to post things directly to “that other platform.”
“These are not misprints”
Or: "Mistakes were made..." As a long-lapsed rare books conservator, the lede caught my roving eye — “not misprints but beauties of my style hitherto undreamt of” — and I had to dig deeper. Of course I had to follow that link, and down the rabbit hole we went! The first link in the MetaFilter story went to artnet.com and provides the source — from the…
A Culinary Public Service Advisory
Or: "You're chopped!" So I share with you a stumbled-upon bit of etiquette for eating, here on the use of the humble, but noble, chopstick. Simple, yet elegant, it holds a prominent place in the universe. So next time you're noshing on your sushi, remember these tips to avoid!
And what is the Internet for?
Or: "Prøn. Cats and prøn!" Years ago — back in grad school, I think or shortly thereafter — there was some discussion about what were the "drivers" of the adoption of new technologies and people brought up the battles that video tape faced. Some went even further back and brought up book publishing/moveable type. It was a discussion I followed closely, in part due to my own interests in the history of bookbinding, as well as my interest in…
The Breath of the Masses
Or: "What's YOU Favorite TV Show?" Stumbled across this gem and couldn't share it directly over on That Other Platform because I'm posting from Canada...
HAT TRICK!
Or: In the words of King Crimson, "Three of a Perfect Pair" It's nothing new, just that it's finally getting attention as researchers and those people who are curious about how things work and get used, we're starting to see behind the façade of AI. This morning's email (so far!) has yielded three notes from Linked In (ugh) with supposed job postings.
https://athalfpastfrance.com/2026/03/12/hat-trick/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
RE: https://indieweb.social/@alineblankertz/116192297529504056
[saving this for later]
META Loves Me, this I know…
OR: Be-cause FaceBook Tells Me So... Well, that's amusing... wonder if someone has complained and the Great Gawds of META have acted accordingly... time will tell. Taking a force break from interacting with them until further notice. It's not like I haven't anything else to play with, right ?
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