There is a paragraph in the middle of Mark Zuckerberg’s new essay on superintelligence where he describes baking with his young daughter. His AI agent plans the recipes. It orders the ingredients. It offers suggestions while the two of them work. He offers this as evidence that the future is already good, and it is…
An Update on “Wear Sunscreen”
If you have not read the 1997 newspaper advice column or listened to the 1999 spoken word poem, you need to do that first. Enable Two-Factor Authentication Ladies and gentlemen of the internet of 2026: Enable two-factor authentication. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, two-factor authentication would be it. The…
The Tomb Was Empty, and So Was the Noise
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” — Philippians 4:8 Forty days ago, I gave up the news for Lent. I was ready to be deprived, but I was not deprived. What I…
Priced Out of the Page: Why Your Library Can’t Just Buy Digital Books
I borrow a lot of ebooks from my public library. It feels like magic: tap a button, a book appears, and two weeks later it politely vanishes. No late fees, no driving, no dusty shelves (complimentary, not an insult). But here’s the part I didn’t really understand until I went down the rabbit hole: libraries…
New WordPress Plugin Released: Paragraph Ads Inserter
I’ve just released a new WordPress plugin. It allows you to automatically insert ads between paragraphs in WordPress. It’s free to use and open source on my GitHub profile. For more information, click here.
Last.fm WordPress Plugin Updated
I pushed an update to my Last.fm 3×3 Album Art Image Grid for WordPress plugin that makes it a lot nicer to use day-to-day. The main change is that you no longer have to paste your Last.fm username and API key into the shortcode every time you want to show a grid. Instead, you can…