Trent Shell

@trentshell
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Show threadTrent ShellMar 19
@siracusa the best Les Mis, IMO.
Show threadTrent ShellMar 6
@atpfm @siracusa, I would bet anything that the context collapse was people thinking that you meant MacBook Pro when referring to the Mac Pro. I’ve seen multiple occurrences of normal people referring to their laptop model as a “Mac Pro”, in the same vein as iTouch and iWatch.
Show threadTrent ShellFeb 20
@TechConnectify Just watched this video. Your points at the end of only being interested in the types of technological advancements which align with your existing values reminded me of Wendell Berry's standard of technological innovations he wrote down in his 1987 essay "Why I Am not Going To Buy A Computer", which you can read here: https://classes.matthewjbrown.net/teaching-files/philtech/berry-computer.pdf
Trent ShellDec 5

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115668929814939942

Genuinely the most exciting Star Wars news I've heard since the release of The Force Awakens.

Trent ShellSep 15, 2025
Look, I have zero design experience and even I can tell you this corner radius is wrong. What is going on over there?
Show threadTrent ShellSep 12, 2025
@alexozun anytime I see the terms “Regex” and “HTML” together, I immediately pull up this masterful SO answer which no AI chatbot could have ever given: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454
RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tags

I need to match all of these opening tags: <p> <a href="foo"> But not self-closing tags: <br /> <hr class="foo" /> I came up with this and wanted to make

Stack Overflow
Trent ShellSep 10, 2025
kottke.orgSep 10, 2025
Boredom is essential. Here’s why. “You need to be bored. You will have less meaning and you will be more depressed if you never are bored. I mean, it couldn’t be clearer.” https://kottke.org/25/09/you-need-to-be-bored-heres-why
You Need to Be Bored. Here’s Why.

Here’s a short video by Arthur Brooks (that you are probably watching on your phone) about why you should log off, put you

kottke.org
Show threadTrent ShellSep 9, 2025
@marcoarment iPhone 17: 177g
Trent ShellSep 9, 2025
I don’t understand the target market for the iPhone Air. It’s a worse product than the base level iPhone and will be $200 more expensive.
Trent ShellSep 9, 2025
Will the Apple Watch sleep score grade on a curve for those of us who have small children?