# mini post (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover mini post. Page: Feed: --- ## [Memories of MAD: “If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics”](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/memories-of-mad-if-famous-authors) _2026-08-19 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ Another Bonus Mini Post: More stupid AI tricks ## [70 YEARS AGO: Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, & Louis Armstrong—Two Days (and one night) in Los Angeles that shook the jazz world](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/70-years-ago-nat-king-cole-ella-fitzgerald) _2026-08-17 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A Bonus Mini Post ## [FLYING HOME! Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller: Fathers of Vocalese?](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/flying-home-jerry-leiber-and-mike) _2026-08-14 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ They wrote about more than hound dogs and jailhouses—no, that's not all there is! ## [Extreme Cole Porter, Part 1: “The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)”](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/extreme-cole-porter-part-1-the-banjo) _2026-08-07 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ And "Mississippi Belle" (coming soon: "The Ritz Roll and Rock") ## [Birthdays: Tony Bennett (the BIG one!) | Louis Armstrong | Kay Starr](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/birthdays-tony-bennett-the-big-one) _2026-08-01 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A Centennial (Tony Bennett, August 3, 1926), and two other important birthdays: Louis Armstrong (July 4 or August 1, 1901) and Kay Starr (July 21, 1922) ## [Duke Ellington’s 1943 masterpiece BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE: “A Church of his Own.”](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/duke-ellingtons-1943-masterpiece) _2026-07-22 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A vintage 1988 story in honor of a new performance of this brilliant work by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra this week in Rose Hall. ## [Remembering Jackie (as in Mason)](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/remembering-jackie-as-in-mason) _2026-07-17 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ Another Bonus Mini Post ## [Bonus Mini Post: A few thoughts on July 4, lists in The New York Times, and other pertinent topics.](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/bonus-mini-post-a-few-thoughts-on) _2026-07-13 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ It is the best of TIMES and the worst of TIMES. ## [Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Perry Como, & Gordon Jenkins: “Married She Could Always Get.”](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/mel-brooks-anne-bancroft-perry-como) _2026-07-08 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A MEL BROOKS "Living Centennial" Special! ## [Judy Garland digs Billie, Ella, …and Kate! The METRONOME Interview, 1947](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/judy-garland-digs-billie-ella-and) _2026-06-30 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A Judy Garland Month Special (PS: She also digs Willard Robison.) ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GMQF8kv7bbEy) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Why the Fate of Israel Matters](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/why-the-fate-of-israel-matters) _2026-06-29 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ The fate of this tiny country is vital to the future of humanity. ## [Mini Posts 6: Learn AI, ACX Reviews, Broomy 1.1, and Various Thoughts](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/mini-posts-6-learn-ai-acx-reviews) _2026-06-05 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ Learn AI Updates, Astral Codex Ten book review contest, Broomy reaches 1.1, Is gaming the future of humanity? ## [I Wrote an Interactive Tutorial for Learning AI](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/i-wrote-an-interactive-tutorial-for) _2026-05-08 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ If AI is the most important thing to happen in human history, it's worth understanding how it works. ## [Teach Your Agents to Manage Up](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/teach-your-agents-to-manage-up) _2026-03-31 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ Getting out of "review everything" hell. ## [Events in the Past Are More Recent Than They Appear](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/events-in-the-past-are-more-recent) _2026-02-02 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ I built a tool to help visualize history. ## [The Social App where you only Post Once a Year](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/the-social-app-where-you-only-post) _2025-11-15 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ I've built a little social app called Slowpost. ## [Going Phoneless](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/going-phoneless) _2025-10-07 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ Ditching your smartphone is (mostly) possible, and will make you feel so much better. ## [Mini Posts 5 - Status, Power, and Reason](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/mini-posts-5-status-power-and-reason) _2025-07-26 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ Status Traps, The Purpose of a System is what it Rewards, A Non-cynical View of Colleges and Power, Thinking Too Much is Bad for Society, The Most Important Political Dimension is Certainty ## [Using Codex Well (Experiences so Far)](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/using-codex-well-experiences-so-far) _2025-06-10 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ The future of work is managing a team of AI agents to do work. ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5D3Q1VvyLMkb) _2025-06-10 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [Easy Robotics with a 3D Printer and Raspberry Pi](https://messyprogress.substack.com/p/easy-robotics-with-a-3d-printer-and) _2025-02-10 · Rob Ennals · Messy Progress_ It’s pretty cheap and easy to make something fun.