Mike Fleming

FWIW, this conspiracy theory also was around when I did the phone app for the T-Mobile Sidekick 25 yrs ago. It was like 'I wrote this code and can tell you that's definitely not happening'

For the bulk of you who don't have this baked into your head, those '=' in the Epstien emails are a little like %'s in URLs -- they represent stuff that's not a basic English character. In this case, it's usually curly apostophes or quotes or soft line breaks. It's called 'quoted-printable'.

Some billionaires may flee but the vastness of employee talent is still here. That's what the Traitorous Eight proved in the fifties: you can always find someone else with money.

See also his completely pointless anti-bike-lane votes as CCSF board chair.

FWIW, the pattern I've seen in light fixtures is the more it's about Design the less it's about durability and longevity.

My designer bathroom fixture (a) requires a lightbulb specced for horizontal installation in a vertical fixture and (b) needs four screws of two different sizes to swap the bulb

I'd say one of the inherent downsides of a touchscreen is it's easy to tap by mistake. Fumble with your phone. An errant rain drop. Oops.

Some thirteen years on, you would have thought we'd have a universal undo gesture to deal with this.

But I think adding friction is what is done instead.

I had a bike that needed a custom welding job. Everyone said 'Call Mikkelsen in Alameda'.

This guy who was still welding bikes even after a stroke saw something the original frame designers had not. His job is brilliant.

Where did he get his start?

Not welding...riveting

Riveting B 52s

Is the muni bart muni transfer something that Clipper 2.0 (supposed to launch next week) will resolve?

Sun setting over the ocean as seen from in between two urban hills.

Sunset from the top of Sunnyside Park in San Francisco

Not sure this is an explanation, but after I liked it I was followed by an account that looked like a bot that had liked it too. Like the bot was trying to show it liked the same thing to seem more authentic.

So you may have got some bot updraft.

Would be nice if we had a mobile framework solution that was performant and also allowed server driven updates and cross-platform implementation sharing...

We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away.

Almost as good as Progressive Grounds?

You know, when California chose to blame wildfires soley on PG&E (not innocent for sure!) I knew they would respond by punishing outlying communities.

Here in San Francisco, I was chatting with a corner store owner. I said 'I figured out where you buy your bread. You get it from <this vendor>.' He said "oh that's just for the sour rolls. We have three more bread vendors for the other bread options."

My mom remembered the polio vaccine as life changing. When she was a young child, she was never allowed to go to a beach or a fair or anywhere with crowds for fear of contracting polio.

When she was ten, she had a sugarcube and the world opened up. There was nothing to fear anymore.

Over here, Pianoman has connected with my Gen Alpha kid. I did not see this coming.

FWIW, Myrna Melgar mentioned the other week at the Sunnyside Neighborhood Assoc that she believed that use of the MTA's parking lot real estate is indeed on the table to help fund the MTA.

Saw someone get out of the Waymo in front of me but must not have completely closed the doors. It sat there unmoving. I got out and closed the doors and it moved on.

On the plus side: my friend left something in a Waymo and was able to go to an office and get it back. Much easier than other rides.

YouTube video by New Order - Topic Vanishing Point (2015 Remaster)

It's Technique Day. January 30, 1989.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWuN...

Hope it's not just bolted to that brick? Otherwise that's ok with me.

Stick together and keep looking after each other folks.

There are some hard times ahead. Things we've been worried about for quite a while seem to be unfolding/accelerating before our eyes.

And suffering— no matter how far away— always makes its way to us in time.

Steel yourself, but stay soft.

A bit over 20 years ago the housing+library+Canyon Market structure got built. It worked out fantastically. Imagine GP without it! A good design here can work too.

Hey ho let’s go

Before Android, I ran into Dan Egnor on his chat system...what was it called? It was inspired by MIT Zephyr. And I remember meeting him in a Seattle bar in the late 90s. Thanks for the work on Waymo, Dan!