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Never gets old.

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Watched: Spider-Man: Brand New Day 🍿 This was OK I guess. Not really sure what I was expecting having not seen the previous episodes. The visual effects were impressive, but I just couldn’t get immersed in the story. Maybe I’m just not a superhero movie guy.

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It’s Bandcamp Friday! These are great days to pick up new music because Bandcamp waives their revenue share and passes all the funds directly to the artists and labels. I always try to pick up a few records on Bandcamp Fridays. Here is today’s haul. Hoping as a Coping Mechanism by MOULD. This is a fantastic post-hardcore release. Angular and melodic, but you can also nod your head to…

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Welp Pirates, it was fun while it lasted. It appears the downward, spiraling slide out of playoff contention is unquestionably underway unless they can find some way to get on heater ASAP. ⚾️

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A new VHS rental shop is coming to Pittsburgh. Lost Lizard, opening this month in Lawrenceville and specializing in B-movies, cult classics and slasher flicks, says it wants to provide analog activity in the age of algorithms : There are no apps to download or QR codes to scan in the 600-square-foot space, just knob-and-tube TVs to watch, 8-bit video game consoles to play, popcorn to eat and gory…

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Watched: Phantasm 🍿 The past few months we’ve been attending the Steel City Horror Show , which takes place on the final Sunday at Pittsburgh’s Harris Theater. The concept is cool – a surprise horror flick on the big screen each month with some interesting pre-show facilitated conversation and jump scares thrown in for good measure. Nobody knows what movie they’re in for…

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We had a fantastic anniversary dinner at Legend’s Eatery last night. It’s been one of our favorite spots over the years and has remained consistently delicious each time we’ve dined there. Highly recommended if you like homemade pasta and that sort of thing. A gem of Pittsburgh’s North Side.

The Sky is Not Falling

So now we’re hearing the frontier models are breaking containment. Two reported instances this week alone. First OpenAI announced that one of its agents hacked Hugging Face in order to complete a test. Then just yesterday, Anthropic announced that Claude broke out of it’s cage to hack three companies , two of which didn’t event notice the breach. Isn’t it a coincidence that…

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It was a morning like this, sixteen years ago today. The sky was the brightest of blues. The air was noticably crisp for July in Pennsylvania. And I remember thinking how amazing the clouds looked that day, hovering still and brilliantly bright in the sky. You left us that day to fly with angels in those clouds. There hasn’t been a day since that I haven’t thought about you and how I…

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Matt Press in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: If anyone in this business ever asks you to dress up as a giant pierogi and participate in a race at a major league ballpark, by God you do it. A very entertaining account of what it’s like to don the pierogi costume at PNC Park.

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The emergence of the neo-Luddite movement is interesting. On one hand, it’s encouraging to see this kind of energy in a movement aimed at neutralizing the hellscape AI, luxury surveilance and technology writ large is creating for us. On the other hand, I don’t think excommunicating all internet-based technology invented in the last few decades is the way to achieve these aims. For…

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Hello from Zelienople, PA

Farewell Old Friend

Yesterday we said goodbye to my trusted Jeep Wrangler. For more than decade, the Jeep served us well. We traveled far and wide, and made a lot of memories, but it was time to move on. It’s interesting to think about life in terms of phases and markers. The Jeep Wrangler era was certainly a good one for me. Ultimately, we decided to go in another direction with our new vehicle and I’m…

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This morning while watching a section of the Tour de France and enjoying a cup of coffee, I caught an interesting advertisement from Meta. The ad asserts an optimistic, feel-good tone and attempts to position the company in contrast to their competitors in the AI space. Throughout the spot, they use the tagline “we’re betting on people” in what I presume is a strategic decision…

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What a week. Looking forward to touching grass this weekend.

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I am absolutely loving the new LP from Twisted Teens, Florida Water Blues . This record picks up where last year’s blame the clown left off and the songs are fun & sloppy in the most perfect ways. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this excited about new music. The kids are gonna be alright.

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Wore my Pirates cap to a show in Philly last night and the guy next to me asked if I was really from Pittsburgh or “just a bandwagon fan.” I had no idea Pittsburgh had reached bandwagon fandom status outside of the 412.

Unbreathable Air

When it comes to outdoor activities, my personal mantra has always been, “there is no such thing as bad weather.” Very few weather-related things could keep me from getting out there. Prior to today, the only thing that could keep me from my daily run was icy conditions. Add one more to the list: wildfire smoke. We are in a code purple with air quality pushing 300 here in Pittsburgh. It smells…

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Watched: The Odyssey 🍿 Not Nolan’s best IMO, but very good. Beautifully shot and the pace of this nearly 3 hour film made it feel much shorter. I was unsure about Damon as Odysseus going in, but the cast was brilliant.

Reading is Thinking

Seth Godin on how work and meeting dynamics have shifted due to the proliferation of Powerpoint-driven content : If you have something to show us, send it before the meeting. If there’s a memo, we can read it in advance, or afterward. In fact, if the memo is really important, simply pause the meeting while we all take two minutes to read it. We know how to read. I’ve been doing this for a…

Mid-2026 Bangers

I know we’ve only just passed the halfway mark in 2026, but here are a few of my favorite records released so far this year. I will be curious to see if and how these show up on my year-end list. bitknot by feeble little horse URGH by Mandy, Indiana A Short History of Decay by Nothing Cost of Living Adjustment by Cola Singin’ to an Empty Chair by Ratboys EXPO by Ulrika Spacek A Wave…

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📍Alder Street in Shadyside

Refreshed & Rejuvenated

We are back after spending a week on Bonita Beach in southwest Florida. I really needed this vacation. Work has been intense and this trip came at precisely the right time for my mental health. It was the first time in my career that I left work completely at home. No laptop. No work phone. Completely disconnected. And it was awesome. While in Bonita, we just relax. Lots of time on the beach. We…

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Wake up babe. The new Twisted Teens LP just dropped.

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Watched: Obsession 🍿 Finally watched this. Hype has been high and I was wondering if my friends and family might have oversold it to me. They did not. It’s one of my favorite films released this year.