Thomas Vander Wal

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In the last year I build a small iPhone app for myself to make it easy to know what country a diplomatic license plate is tied to and track what I've seen and favorited.

Yesterday I saw a plate my app didn't know, “GE” (which is Azerbaijan). It took a good chunk of digging to find out what it was.

The app is now updated. But, I really need to fix the UI and hone it a bit, should other’s have interest.

So cool. My son sent me access to his site / app project he has been working on slowly over 2.5 years and been through many iterations and looking for feedback.

Also access to his GitHub repo. Asking for permission to add Issues and got the green light.

Offering guidance and insights and being ever mindful of “you can't know until you know”.

Thanks to @capjamesg for the topic nudge about “museum memories”.

This created a list of more than 30 strong wonderful memories and experiences.

I picked one to start and get it out before the end of the month. It is Musee d’Orsay and the Three Mixed-media Arabs that drew me in so long ago - https://www.vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2141

#indieweb #indiewebcarnival

Musee d’Orsay and the Three Mixed-media Arabs :: Off the Top :: vanderwal.net

I started watching Tár this evening as a break. I watched about 1/3rd to half way and paused for the evening. It is spacious and intense with the opening scene so incredibly packed with insight and meaning, which doesn't really let up. There is a lot of quiet and space, but seems to add to the tension and the interpolating of internal tensions giving way to others. It has a feeling of a 1970s to mid-1990s art house film with the quiet tension.
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Who watches the watchmaker?
The NY Times Games being out for the quick mind jog in the morning has been odd.

After “a few weeks" I've posted a weeknote again - https://www.vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2138

#indieweb

Weeknote - 15 March 2026 :: Off the Top :: vanderwal.net

SCIENCE!
One day after it was 87F the sky has gone all slushie machine on us.