In a funny way, Chotiner has the same superpower as Trump, which is that for some reason he can make everyone he deals with think that they’re gonna be the one to finally handle this guy, get what they want from the interaction, and come out of it looking pretty good, unlike all those other chumps.

Halloween Data Cleaning.

Halloween Data Cleaning

This week in Modern Plain Text Computing we put together some of the things we’ve been learning about cleaning and tidying data. Here’s...

Watch Erin’s <@Erin Kissane> XOXO talk from earlier this year and then have a look at what she's in the process of ramping up at

wreckage/salvage

wreckage/salvage

Making and mending networks for humans, from Erin Kissane.

A working Turing Machine made out of Lego. Posted to Lego Ideas in the hope that Lego will make a set of it, I think. Detailed video of operation at the link. Absolute madness.

Turing Machine – Working Lego Computer | LEGO® Ideas

What is a Turing machine?It's an abstract model of an algorithmic machine. Although it was not designed to be implemented in real life, some people...

If you didn't want her to tick every box, you should have made some of them radio buttons instead.

The idea that there’s a substantial contingent of “undecided” voters watching the debate, listening to Trump go on about cat-eating immigrants, thoughtfully stroking their chins, and remarking to their spouse that they should like to hear more “fine print” from Harris on trade and energy policy is quite delightful, really.

I see it’s time to post this again.

Rituals of Childhood

Back in April, in Ireland, my nephew Luke made his first communion alongside his school classmates. I did much the same thing myself in much the sa...

<Turns to neighbor in church pew> “This new Lay Reader is smart and charming but this definitely isn’t the version of The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes that I remember”

Finally getting my home office the way I like it.

The key slide for Day 1 of Modern Plain Text Computing