I forgot my phone one day this week. I hadn’t gone far and could have gone back for it. But, I decided I could survive a work day without the infernal thing. It was wonderful not being interrupted by it throughout the day, and I only felt an ever so slight disconnected feeling once, or maybe twice. The only real bummer was the basketball game invite that I didn’t see in time. While I’d like to say this made me totally rethink my relationship to technology and am going to forgo all mobile communications, my phone hasn’t left my side since.

Hot on the heels of last week’s human.json, I added an AI policy to this site.

On Saturday, we successfully extracted the Big Green Egg from the deck at the old apartment. I was worried we’d have trouble getting it down the stairs, but it turned out to be lighter and easier to handle than than expected. It now resides on a farm in the country with other, old Green Eggs.

This also gave us an opportunity to have one of our infrequent live jams. Jamulus is amazing in that it lets us play together every week, which would be impossible otherwise. But live is so much better. I think we sounded pretty good, I hope the neighbors agree.

Links

• Eating at The Red Flame Diner: Famed Lunch Spot, Filled With Nostalgia
  It was at the Red Flame where a co-worker and native Manhattanite demonstrated how to walk into a restaurant with authority. Pass all the yokels clustered at the door trying to figure out whether they want to eat here. Walk right up to the man in charge and get your takeaway order. What a pro. It’s a lesson that has served me well all these years.
• The social media influencers now run Washington Square Park
  How long did it take the reporter to find an influencer interviewee fresh off the truck from Ohio? Probably not long, truly a sad state of affairs.
• Why Hasn’t AI Made Work Easier?
• Put the ZIP code first. via Denis Defreyne’s weeknotes
• MTA sues Trump administration over order to halt Second Avenue subway funding
• CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era via slashdot
• Change Your Life. Start a Band.
  Yes! (see above)