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posts

• Things I enjoyed in January
• 2026: bye bye social media
• Lessons from bootstrapping this year
• Takeaways from Silicon Valley Canon, Part I
• Lost in transmission

books & movies

• 2026-01-18[3.5/5] Tom McCarthy, Win Win (2011) — fun; "life is messy"
• 2026-01-06[?/5] David Foster Wallace, Something to Do with Paying Attention
• 2026-01-06[?/5] John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
• 2026-01-04[3/5] Douglas Coupland, The Gum Thief
• 2025-12-28[3/5] Natsuko Imamura, Woman in the Purple Skirt
• 2025-12-23[3/5] Stephen King, Full Dark, No Stars
• 2025-12-12[3/5] Stephen King, You Like It Darker
• 2025-12-02[2/5] Stephen King, The Running Man — not great

links

• cameronarmstrong.org — man who finds good words
• july — curious introspections
• someofthethings — free wisdom

hacks

• 2025-06-15Narrator — a narrator for your life
• 2025-05-22tts — unix text to speech
• 2024-08-20Colorful — code snippet generator
• 2024-08-12Ghost — post anonymously
• 2024-04-28White Rabbit — a scavenger hunt game
• 2024-04-15Paperboy — one click tipping
• 2024-03-18Automod — channel moderation
• 2024-02-24Relationship Computer — tinder on farcaster
• 2024-02-10Glass — no code frames
• 2024-01-22Divide — split expenses in usdc
• 2023-12-08uncurated.xyz — explore open editions
• 2022-01-14Medallions — generative art collection
• 2021-07-05Broadway — sell digital goods

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