Writing and drawings by Nick.
Our tomatoes failed, but our jalapeño is resilient. It s a little stressed, as you can see from the slightly yellow leaves, but there are a lot more peppers on the way. I m going to add some used coffee grounds around the base to help add some nitrogen, because that s partly what PictureThis/AI is advising and [ ] The post More Jalapeños on the way appeared first on Get On With It .
First week of the new soccer season and the temp hovering around one million degrees. The boys don’t seem to notice. Soccer > sun. The post appeared first on Get On With It .
July has been HOT here in NC. Basically everywhere I guess is boiling. Feels like it’s hotter than usual but we probably say that every year. Anyway, lots of good music this month. Here are my faves. SML Spontaneous Music Live This is just incredible. The album is only 2 tracks, but both are [ ] The post SML, Khun Narin, Nicholas Payton, and more of my favorite albums from July 2026 appeared first…
I remember using WordPress when it first came out in college and loving it. My first blog back then (check out the original designs) has evolved to this blog today, and I never gave much thought to the open-source nature of the software running it. Even when I joined Automattic nearly seven years ago, I [ ] The post Code for the People appeared first on Get On With It .
I remember driving back from eastern Washington on a blazing hot day and getting a blown out tire in the middle of nowhere with my wife, Kav, and our then-infant daughter in the backseat. Aside from almost swerving into a semi truck when it happened, and the temperature being 90+, it was mostly stress-free. We [ ] The post I signed up for AAA and it s a bit creaky but I guess I am too appeared…
I like the cartoon, even though when you look at it closely, it looks AI-generated (why is the Lines of Code sign overlapping the corner). We had an hour of panic within our team when we suddenly were blocked from making Claude requests due to hitting our limit with our Enterprise plan. We almost had [ ] The post Meaningless metrics appeared first on Get On With It .
Vivi and I finally got our painting space up and running yesterday. Nice to have a space where we can make a mess anytime we feel like it. No finished pieces to show but it’s the starting that counts. Sometimes that’s the hardest part. The post appeared first on Get On With It .
I was surprised at how interesting The Infinity Machine was, but maybe I shouldn t be. It s a biography of one person, namely one of the fathers of modern AI and the person that runs Google s Gemini AI product now (Demis Hassabis, which is pronounced DEH-mees Has-SAH-bees), but it also covers many people who have been [ ] The post Infinity machine appeared first on Get On With It .
Some random pics from a recent trip to Dallas over the week of June 29th. The post Scenes from Dallas appeared first on Get On With It .
Have you ever read an author that could describe you and everyone you know better than you could? Who could make observations cut so deep you question whether you are paying attention to your own life? This is how I felt after finishing The Slip by Lucas Shaefer, my most recent fiction read after The [ ] The post The Slip appeared first on Get On With It .
