April 2025 ⁂ Glad we lived it
I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing and reading.
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Hey all,
We’ve had a few summery-warm days here lately, which I enjoyed after our midwestern winter but also made me dread the coming sunburn and humidity of real summer. At least I’ll get to wear shorts more…
On to the links…
✍️ My recent posts
Tyrannies and typewriters - Why we need typewriters in our age of AI and authoritarianism.
Jazz for home - On letting serendipity take the wheel.
Glad we lived it - A nugget of wisdom from a contractor.
Recent Views - Flags, aquariums, gymnastics, oh my.
Media of the moment - Black Bag, The Pitt, and other recent watches.
🔗 From the interwebs
Tia Keobounpheng’s really cool and colorful weavings inspired by geometry and Finnish/Sami heritage.
I want this 1961 National Library Week poster.
Want to de-junkify your Google search results? Just add &udm14 to the URL.
A handy tool to compare the true size of countries.
Photo: Brothers bound for the playground yet again.