25 years for SBF is harsh and does nothing to get justice for the people he defrauded. Treating white collar crime like violent crime is the wrong approach.

Testing out the new Readwise Reader. I already use the Readwise app for my book reading, so trying it out for other sources (feeds, PDFs, YouTube video transcriptions, Twitter threads, ebooks, newsletters) felt like a no-brainer.

For now I have my blogroll feeds in here. I might forward some newsletters into here, too. I’ll try an ePub and PDF soon, too.

So far I like the interface, keyboard shortcuts, and I like that an index is automatically created from headers.

I love the daily digest UX in the iOS app. Makes review and triage quick.

I like the ability to automatically save linked posts to the reader.

I like the metadata, GPT summaries, and ability to subscribe to additional feeds related to the article right from the reader.

They have an API, so if this sticks around in my workflow I might build something for posting Likes here from the Reader.

It does not handle titleless posts well. I’ll send them some feedback about it.

I’m creating a family ebook library, akin to the physical library in our house, available on the home server I set up this weekend. To kick it off I de-DRMed 250 Kindle books from our devices and put them on the server. Next step is downloading our wish lists from Open Library, Standard EBooks, and Project Gutenberg.

Doing stuff on Linux is like buying random Ikea pieces from a flea market. Half the time they don’t all fit together and you spend hours custom making things to get it to work following a guide on a forum, and it is still janky.

I wanted to use a 2TB external USB drive with the FreedomBox, which runs Debian. Currently formatted with APFS. Tried to get apfs-fuse running, which broke the web services. Had to roll back to a snapshot. Then spent an hour trying to get a tool on macOS working to format the drive with ext4. Once I did, the FreedomBox was too underpowered to run the drive. Spent 20 minutes digging through old boxes to find either a better power supply or a powered USB hub. Ended up using my daily driver hub from my desk. All to get this drive to mount.

Tonight’s toddy:

• 2oz brandy
• 1/2oz ginger liqueur
• 1/2oz lemon juice
• 1/2oz honey
• 2 cloves
• 6 drops tiki bitters

Add to a coffee mug, top with boiling water, and mix.

I just got a FreedomBox up and running, and accessible from a domain name on the public internet. Configured some basic apps. Next step: Adding some additional storage.

Anyone using a Pushcut server to extend Apple Shortcuts? What kinds of real world things are you using it for?

One of my favorite things is toddler-led walks. He chooses the pace and where we go. I follow his lead and cues. I love how much he notices and how curious he is. Afterward at dinner he recounted to us everything we did and saw, quite accurately.

Both Graft and Citizen Cider continue to impress me with the great stuff they put out. I turn to cider a lot more than beer these days.

For folks who like Manuel Moreale‘s People & Blogs series, I’ve updated the People & Blogs Reader on FeedLand with Taylor Troesh‘s recommended feeds.

The seeds are off to a great start. The only thing that hasn’t sprouted is Rosemary. (Thankfully this winter was mild, so I think our rosemary from last year might have survived.)

I have an oscillating fan blowing on these during the day to start the hardening process and prevent them from getting leggy.

Another batch of French cleat tool holders tonight.

• A cord holder so I don’t have to go hunting behind my Shopsmith for the cord.
• Clamp holder.
• Hand drills, push drill, and hand brace.

I turned these on the lathe from a cherry log in 2021. Check out how they’ve aged.

More progress in the workshop last night. I built a chisel/gouge/hook knife/carving knife holder, measure tape holder, and Foredom rotary tool holder, all on French cleats. I’m particularly excited about the Foredom being hung, because I ran the speed control pedal under the bench, so now I can just turn it on and use it rather than spend 5 mins getting it set up for a 30 second task.

I now read Al Franken as AI Franken and he becomes a lot more interesting.

All peanuts and peanut butter I can recall eating use the term “dry roasted” on the label. I’m assuming that is opposed to “oil roasted.” Has anyone had these and are they so horrible that every bag of peanuts and jar of peanut butter since has to specify that they are not oil roasted?

Charlie’s workbench! As he grows, we can hang it from higher cleats. He is napping right now and I can’t wait for him to wake up so I can show him.

I’m forever chasing the high of an afternoon in 7th grade where my friends and I were messing around with Dreamweaver and refreshing a webpage waiting for a new Homestar Runner video to drop.