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It’s a Harlan Coban. It should have been great. It wasnโ€™t. I am increasingly finding that his stuff falls into 2 star or 4 star. This is the former. I didnโ€™t care about the people. The mystery โ€ฆ

The Residence

Should it be 5 stars?

Probably because it is quite simply an absolute spectacular gem.

๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ After one episode I wrote:

๐ŸŽฌ Cordelia Cupp is my new hero. Absolutely F A N T A S T I C stuff. The writer โ€ฆ

I don’t know - I share a lot of Om - but this one - this right here is in a class of its own - so beautiful. A delight to read. A level where you don’t just give up highlighing the best parts - but maybe even give up writing - because how can you even begin to achieve this.

๐Ÿ”— When AI Whispers - On my Om

Talking of ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Herb .. this is one of his iconic ones and it got me to wondering why Haight Ashbury wasnโ€™t called Ashbury Haight. I now know the answer - BUT - now Iโ€™m wondering what rules the signage in SF follows .. I have my suspicions, but need to check - and if they are consistent.

Sitting and catching up with the world - and not one, not two but three Substacks all on a single theme;

๐Ÿ”— Open Source and AI, FSF Edition - Dana F. Blankenhorn

๐Ÿ”— The Mar-a-Lago Accord, or the Plan to Crash the US Economy - Umair Haque

๐Ÿ”— State Of The (Super)Consumer: Why Government Cuts Are Spooking The Market

They are all different and come from different angles but the theme is not good. And planned?

It’s head-scratching if you’re a boomer. You lived through JFK, proffering what you could do for your country andโ€ฆ Now it’s WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME?

๐Ÿ’ฌ Bob Lefsetz

๐Ÿ”— Read the whole thing

๐Ÿ”— Scripting News: Monday, March 24, 2025

Peter O’Toole starred in ๐Ÿ”—๐ŸŽฌThe Ruling Class, a favorite when I was younger. The ๐ŸŽต๐Ÿ“ผ last song in the movie is pretty freaking great.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Dave Winer

I agree with Dave - ‘The Ruling Class’ was a good movie (not great - but good). ‘Favorite’? Not so sure, definitely not ‘in general- since it was pretty much panned at the time only time turning it into what we now call a ‘cult classic’. (But do watch the song - it has all the expected cheesiness of its time!)

Four years earlier was ๐Ÿ”—๐ŸŽฌ If - now THAT was a film and arguably did for McDowell what Layer Cake did for Craig.

๐Ÿ’ฏ ๐Ÿ”— It’s Scorched Earth Time - letโ€™s start with over throwing ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Chuck.

This is the second post from Indexed with that headline …

๐Ÿ”— This is the first

Back in the archives of People First I used to talk about โ€˜The Peopleโ€™s OSโ€™. ๐Ÿ”— Here for example. It sat together with something that I also called HumanIT. In many ways playful ideas on a tech first โ€ฆ

I’ve been following ๐Ÿ”— Umair for years - but - only 10 references to him on this blog (I just counted). I think partly because he sometimes seems do be so out there and partly because he desperately needs a good editor - because he can go on … and on … and on …

Still - when you look at some of his old stuff that was ‘out there’ then .. and you look at today - maybe he isnโ€™t as weird as he sometimes reads. So I commend you to today’s offering ….

What’s going to be left after five years or so of this? What we’ve already seen, and we’re just two months in?

๐Ÿ’ฌ Umair Haque