Post a joke to social media.

Spend an hour in therapy talking about how to overcome my need for immediate gratification and external validation, how longer-term commitments to meaningful projects are ultimately more satisfying and important.

Check to see how the joke did.

We value your privacy.

We can get so much for it on the open market!

Dear UI programmers,

No.

Love, Greg.

I got some spam, and at the bottom it said, "Vous désirez être retiré de nos listes de diffusions, cliquez ici."

I don't speak French, but I'm going to assume that means, "If you desire to retire from our list of diffusions, click icky."

It's such a beautiful language.

I think @gruber is exactly right: Cook did what was best for Apple.

The problem is that some things are bigger than Apple, bigger than any company. Kowtowing to a fascist — for any reason — is a profound failure, politically, morally, and, yes, even fiscally.

https://daringfireball.net/2026/04/another_day_has_come

I am 58 years old. I have been happily married for 30 years. I have three children in their mid-20s.

A song came on shuffle yesterday that reminds me of an unrequited crush I had in college, and I had to stop for a minute to get my wind back.

On with the phone with my bank:

“Press 1 t—“

[I breathe.]

“I didn’t get that. Let’s try again. Press 1 to g—“

[A butterfly flaps its wings outside the closed window.]

“I didn’t get that. Let’s try again. Press 1 to get your b—“

[I think a loud thought.]

“Good-bye.” [Hangs up.]