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For most of my life I've had a habit of taking "beauty shots" of really incredible

Adland is back - just not run by me

You'd think I'd still be a fan after hosting the world's largest and oldest super bowl ad archive for over 28 years, but I'm now an anti-fan.

It's time to say goodbye and thanks for all the fish.

The pushback is partly because this concept is tired, the design is ugly, and none of it is really new or mould-breaking at all.

Ascii art easter eggs over the years

Got up, sipped coffee, casually scrolled Twitter while figuring out what to wear, when the video of a Boeing in flames caught my eye

So here's a great tradition to start the year off in a way that'll set the path right. The David Lowery New Year's Brunch live-stream.

A long think about the evolution about wed building, what did you do in 2003?

A while back, I wrote "Why self-host?" and explained why it was the wrong question. This inspired my friend Otso to actually deep-dive into self-hosting, to expand on his skillset, and he's now reposted that article on his own self-hosted blog that he's built with his newfound knowledge.

So, yesterday I was in a big FAAFO mode, as I fucked around and found out that I broke stuff

Now the social app formerly known as Twitter, X, wants you to verify your identity by uploading your ID. If this becomes a requirement, my account will be script-deleted so that I can remove as much data as a user possibly can.