“Currently we’re in double stealth mode (the public doesn’t know what we’re building and neither do we).doublestealth.blogspot.com/2014/07/my-tre…7K1m

No crankshaft, no problem: Toyota’s free piston engine is brilliant

hn.premii.com/#/article/7976…

I can’t handle the heat

I’ve got a code for a free 24-hour Citibike pass if anyone wants it.

Crap, it’s July already‽ I was kinda counting on June 31st existing this year. Dammit, Pope Gregory XIII, what were you thinking‽

I just pledged another $100 to @MayOneUS to fix congress. US citizens, please consider pledging before July 4!

my.mayday.us/t/871e-Avi-Fla…

It’s totally not on my diet, but I just got sad when I realized I don’t have the ingredients to make an egg cream.

Ported Clojure’s group-by to CoffeeScript:

Array::group_by = (f) -&gt@reducece (r,x) ->

k = f x

r[k] = r[k] or []

r[k].push x

r

, {}

If I keep setting Turtle Bay as the location of my tweets from the office, that’ll totally resurrect that (correct & awesome) name — right‽‽

New post: Two Practices, Three Things aviflax.com/post/two-pract…

Two Practices, Three Things

I’ve struggled with to-do lists my entire life. I’ve tried dozens of systems for tracking and managing my personal and professional tasks, and sooner or later I nuked each from orbit as I ran for my life. Paper-based, Web-based, app-based, whatever — nothing has ever worked for me. I just get overwhelmed by the backlog and the constant feeling of failure and then slump into a long, slow, energy-sapping bout of depression.

Finally finished @GoneHomeGame — a powerful, moving experience.

How great a word is “bedeviled”‽

I was just on hold with Aetna for 16 mins & the call dropped. Waiting on hold is so dumb. I’d much prefer they take my number, call me back.

Time to donate to Wikipedia: http://t.co/Ycnwhyz7yN

I’m writing a post I thought would be simple… turns out there’s much more to this story than I thought — and it’s my own story! Fascinating.

I may be getting a little too specific in our shopping list. http://t.co/ZCnlpOwnde

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