May 2024 ⁂ Rules for biking
I’m Chad Comello and this is Chadabout, a monthly update about what I've been writing, reading, and doing.
Hey all,
The Great Cicadapocalypse is in full swing here in Illinois, though mercifully our house and neighborhood hasn’t been hit very bad at all.
Now that I’ve just jinxed myself, on to the links...
✍️ MY RECENT POSTS
The Rules for Biking according to my 5 year old.
Red admiral butterflies, toads, and other recent views of flora and fauna.
A birthday shoutout to our freshly minted 1 year old.
How I decide what movies to watch.
Schrödinger’s Parent, or when you can’t “cherish every moment.”
When arguing online, do better than “do better.”
🔗 FROM THE INTERWEBS
Long live the home page.
The Millennial CAPTCHA is just spot-on.
Some pretty great bumper stickers for your phone.
A quick and entertaining primer on how not to get screwed buying a used car.
The fascinating saga of a forged Apple employee badge on eBay.
A camera that turns pictures into AI-generated poetry.
👍 CURRENTLY
Reading: The Infernal Machine by Steven Johnson
Watching: Nothing - been reading!
Listening: The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast
💬 QUOTE
“When historians catalog the momentous inventions of history—the printing press, the telescope, the steam engine—they rarely include indexing algorithms in their canon of breakthrough ideas. But tools that help us explore ever larger pools of information—and widen the net we can cast in those pools—have often turned out to trigger inflection points in history.”
- Steven Johnson, The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
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Photo: The 5 year old enjoying some post-rain puddles.