I do this manually at the end of each week: collating most of the recent little comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. I mostly hang out on Mastodon (at post.lurk.org/@disquiet), and I’m also trying out a few others. And I take weekends off social media.
▰ I’m the only customer at the pupuseria, and I can hear the hand slaps as they are made, one at a time — the cook, out of sight, singing along with the radio, just the chorus of each song
▰ The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” gets a little longer every few years. There’s a committee that decides when and by how much, but the group’s governance and decision-making are tightly guarded secrets.
▰ If a widely used word processor can recognize the brand names for fast food, athletic equipment, and cleaning products, there’s no excuse for it not to recognize these names.
▰ Fluffy Clouds Generate Divine Ambient Ether Blankets
Fluffy Clouds Generate Divine Ambient Ether Blankets
Fluffy Clouds Generate Divine Ambient Ether Blankets
Fluffy Clouds Generate Divine Ambient Ether Blankets
(I’m, er, belatedly getting around to memorizing the circle of fifths. And I originally had “Frothy” but Acoustic Mirror, on Mastodon, correctly suggested “Fluffy” in its place.)
▰ 1-Across “Sound made by an electric vehicle at low speed”
The answer had three letters. The New York Times Mini has my number.
▰ Everything I need to know about the upcoming David Fincher movie, The Killer. (And Peter Albrechson noted Ren Klyce, Fincher’s longtime collaborator, returns for sound design, a role rarely highlighted in this sort of credit list.)
▰ For the record: a lunch that is one third Sichuan leftovers and two thirds Salvadoran leftovers is excellent.