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Transcribed, ironically, by a local LLM running on my laptop (with capitalization and punctuation from me): Get in, losers, I m about to crash out on main over AI and music, and it s about damn time, too. Hi, my name is Melody Walker. I m a Grammy-winning songwriter, and recently the head of the Grammys said this: Continue reading "Melody Walker on GenAI"
I just subscribed to the substack of Joshua Heath Scott, founder of JHS Pedals, on the strength of a section of his recent post about the backlash to the band Geese for using a viral marketing firm: THE GEESE BACKLASH IS THE DUMBEST DISCOURSE OF 2026 by Joshua Heath Scott LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU Continue reading "What actually matters?"
(Spoiler: Betteridge s Law of Headlines applies here.) I was surprised to learn today that the inventor of ranch dressing was a Black cowboy. Or, rather, I was surprised to be informed that that was the case. It came up in the context of an infographic of White people s heat tolerance, with green beans described as Continue reading "Was the inventor of ranch dressing Black?"
Or, in some cases, maybe just lies . I recently read RJ Young s 2018 memoir Let It Bang: A Young Black Man s Reluctant Odyssey Into Guns. I can t recommend it. Pretty much all of the criticisms raised by Martha Southgate in her review of his next book, Requiem For The Massacre: A Black History on the Continue reading " Creative Nonfiction "
(Something I wrote for work, although I m not sure who I wrote it for, because this isn t something I m going to share with the people I support, and it s not something any of my coworkers really need to know. Maybe it s just to get it out of my system.) A person thinks of a recurring Continue reading "What I think is going on with Google and MS calendars:"
I m not sure I could tell this one apart from the Paldo Volcano Chicken in a blind test, and since I don t have them both in front of me to compare them now, I m not sure what I can say to distinguish them from each other. They both have substantial and chewy noodles, they re both Continue reading "Ramen Review: Buldak Artificial Spicy Chicken"
To answer my question from the Shin Light review: yes, these noodles are more substantial. Are they worth the additional fat? I m not sure. Maybe. An interesting thing about the Shin spicy flavors is that while I don t think they re particularly spicy in the mouth (although this one does actually have a bit of a Continue reading "Ramen Review: Shin Red (Fiery Spicy Beef)"
This one has air-dried noodles rather than fried, and claims 75% less fat and 25% fewer calories than regular Shin ramen. It comes with a packet of powdered soup base, a packet of freeze-dried vegetables (with a decent blend which includes some good mushroom chunks), and a packet of somewhat spicy oil. The noodles seem Continue reading "Ramen Review: Shin Light"
I m going to try a thing here for a while: ramen reviews. The H-Mart by work has a whole wall of ramen, and I ve only tried two or three of them. That I can remember, anyway. I m going to write some notes about each as I try them going forward, mostly so I can remember Continue reading "Ramen Review: Paldo Volcano Chicken Noodle"
I m writing it down this time, because every time I make tamales it takes me a while to recreate the proportions and method, and every time I have a few early batches which are gummy or sticky or what have you. This is basically the recipe from the bag of masa harina, which I should Continue reading "Masa para tamales"