Recycled Books in Denton. I’ve been there a dozen times and only realized this weekend that they have a downstairs. Surprisingly large section of train books. 📚

I’ve made progress with Apple on getting Inkwell approved, but there’s still a lingering issue that I’m appealing. Drafted a letter for the appeal. I’m trying to resist ending it with “Thank you for your attention to this matter!” 🤪

Brian Schrader mentions the A Very Short Introduction books in a blog post about learning:

The books are, as expected, very short (~100 pages) and cover a quick survey of the topic at hand and its various sub-disciplines. They’re approachable, quick to read, and the chapters are organized by discipline.

I’ve seen these little books many times and sometimes flip through them in a bookstore. I think I will pick up a couple of them. Great idea to have approachable books that are longer than a blog post or AI prompt, but not as long or dry as a textbook.

Added a new backup feature to Micro.blog for Mac. I think it’ll help folks who don’t routinely backup their blog. Once a week it automatically downloads all posts, photos, and other uploads to a .bar file. On by default and keeps the last 5 backups.

Gonna have to get a good night of sleep before I can properly articulate how I feel about this Spurs loss to the Timberwolves tonight. But just to say Wemby is being fouled all the time and no calls. 🏀

I keep up with AI by clicking around on X sometimes — sigh 🙁 — and it’s wild how many people still gripe in replies that OpenAI discontinued 4o. OpenAI is never bringing that model back. The overly empathetic, sycophantic tuning was the problem, especially for users struggling with mental health.

Watched: Remarkably Bright Creatures. Beautiful. 📺

Watched: The Sheep Detectives. Actually really nice. 🍿

Got lost in videos and research for a backyard garden model railroad. This short video on YouTube provides a glimpse. We had an N scale but gave it away in the move last year. Would be fun to explore something larger and build a garden around it.