🔗 Rhoneisms

To add someone as a friend on the new Friendster iOS app, the two of you have to physically tap your phones together.

💬 Patrick Rhone

Nice idea - downloaded - now we just need to work out where to meet - we are only 8,000 miles / 13,000 kilometres apart.

💬 👁️🏢 People First - All Else Follows.

🔗 A quote from Matthew Yglesias

Five months in, I think I’ve decided that I don’t want to vibecode – I want professionally managed software companies to use AI coding assistance to make more/better/cheaper software products that they sell to me for money.

💬 Matthew Yglesias

🖇️ It all connects to sandwiches.

💬 A selection from my morning’s ‘Readwise’. I see a theme - despite the source variations. Is that just me?

💬 Not just coding.

💬 published in 1953

🚧 Please - just ignore me - you know what this is …

test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test.

💬 the dude

yet another test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test .. just give me a little more echo.

💬 not the dude

With the late-May release of 1Password for Safari, we will be increasing the minimum Safari version required to support 1Password for Safari to Safari 18.6.

💬 1Password Announcement

… which got me to wondering. Turns out I am on 26.4 - which despite the numbering is not that much newer. 18.6 was replaced by 18.7 in September 2025 - not even a year ago.

Thats a pretty aggressive upgrade stance. The predecessor to 18.6 - 18.5 was only May last year.

Then again if you are someone who uses a password manager, I guess your propensity to keep your software up to date is going to be high.

🔗 Adactio: Journal—Dilation

The Irish tale of Oisín describes the warrior’s journey to Tir na nÓg, the land of youth. He spends three years there but when he returns to Éire to see his old fighting comrades from the Fianna, 300 years have passed.

And for a related 🎵 interlude …

Tír na nÓg are an Irish folk duo formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1969 by Leo O’Kelly and Sonny Condell.[^cite_ref-LarkinGE_1-0][1] They are often considered one of the first progressive folk bands with other artists like Nick Drake or groups like Pentangle.

💬 Wikipedia

Not to be confused with Horslips - who along with Tír na nÓg were in constant circulation on ‘young John’s’ turntable back in the day. Almost certainly arrived at them via Pentangle and Fairport - but most definitely stood on their own. Still listen to Horslips to this day - not so much Tír na nÓg.