Posts

Joining separate MP4 recordings into a single video with ffmpeg and a text file listing the source clips.

A child’s delight in dandelions prompts a reflection on beauty, conformity, and the impulse to eradicate weeds.

A reflection on Nietzsche, play, and the value of making music for its own sake, independent of practical rewards.

Reflections on middle-class economic insecurity, stagnant wages, and the role of rising expectations for material comfort.

A case for clarifying and living by personal virtues when electoral politics cannot adequately represent individual values.

Synchronizing DEVONthink databases between Macs using local sync stores transferred through BitTorrent Sync.

Reflections on Indiana’s religious freedom controversy and the principle that businesses should serve customers without discrimination.

A legacy Python workflow for downloading Pinboard bookmarks as tagged local files so they can be found through Spotlight.

An exploration of climate change denial through research on free-market beliefs, conspiracy theories, and distrust of scientific consensus.

Using named HTML anchors and Markdown links to navigate within longer documents, including a variation for GitHub wikis.