I was looking forward to returning to Nightfall at Filoli, enough that I accidentally bought tickets twice. A livelier crowd, a more polished haunted house, and our unexpectedly popular jellyfish umbrellas made this visit feel like the start of another family tradition.
I ordered an M5 Ultra Mac Studio with 512 GB of memory and an 8 TB SSD. At $25,799, it cost more than twice what I paid for my M3 Ultra. I had to pause at checkout. Here’s why I bought it anyway, and what I want to learn from running local models and agents across the two machines.
In 2005, I watched Sir Patrick Stewart perform from just ten meters away. I still remember his voice. Nothing is forever, and I’m reaching an age of saying goodbye to people I’ve loved. RIP, my captain and professor.
The Theranos story should be familiar to most people by now. I had read John Carreyrou's Bad Blood and listened to the audiobook, and both had left a strong impression. (I hadn't watched The Dropout, though.) By the time I saw the trailer for You Can
At Orkes Shift ’26 in San Francisco, I explored the work behind reliable AI agents: preserving progress, recovering from failures, and waiting for human decisions. How much of that infrastructure might agents eventually build and operate themselves?
The Fleet Week air show has become a family ritual. For years, we have bought premium seats at Marina Green, paying more than $100 for a place close to the action. The seats are good, but they do not come with any authority over Karl the Fog. He spoiled our
On September 27, I went to Levi's Stadium with my family to watch the 49ers play the Arizona Cardinals. It was the third game of the season, and my first visit this year. I had skipped last season altogether. With Purdy missing so many games, it had been
I ended my previous post about Joanna Stern's book talk with a small resolution: I should use these nearby opportunities more often. Living close to the Computer History Museum only means something if I actually go there. So when I saw that Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude
I went to three home games during the final week of the Giants' season. They lost all three. Each one left me with the familiar feeling that a win had been within reach, and that somehow we had found our way to another loss. The Division Series is getting
Spoiler alert: this post has a weak spoiler of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. For Ms. Salle's book club this time, we chose Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It was my first time reading one of his books. I had really enjoyed The Martian, another story
I usually listen to audiobooks while running. I have been an Audible member since 2010, and in the beginning, following a whole book through audio alone took some effort. It is much easier now. I did not notice the improvement happening from one book to the next, but looking back
The previous Yogurting Re update added target dummies and flight paths to the avatar tool. Version 0.10.0, released on September 8, 2026, fills in the next missing layer: the original game's particle effects. 0:00 /0:32 1× 0.10.0 All 154 shipped particle effects
