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Pebble is launching a ring called Index 01 for voice recording. The design looks a little more clunky than the upcoming ring from Sandbar, but the Pebble ring is less than half the price, with an open architecture. Pre-orders are going to fly off the shelves at $75.

Ben Werdmuller blogging about the enduring strength of RSS and ideas for the future:

Feeds have always been powerful for consumption. But the internet is a conversation, and the next generation of RSS-powered applications should unlock its potential for creation and collaboration.

Updated my parks page. This wraps up the second year with 28 parks. Well below what I had hoped for. At this pace, it will take me over 4 more years.

Cold morning at Blanco State Park.

Blanco County Courthouse.

No Phones in The Ten-don Shop — Ridgeline issue 218

Be your own Imoya

Your regular reminder: A phone is a tool. A tool should have rules.

Your circular saw has rules. (Safety glasses advised)

Your mower has them (Hands and feet away from the blade when operating).

Your how/when/where you use your phone should have them too.

We did get to hear some good singing today at the funeral. Hearing this today draws up out of my memory all those country folks, in their country churches, singing their songs in that “high lonesome sound.” We drove around the old stomping grounds in Springville after the burial, reminiscing.

Of interest: Building in public / Some working notes on OTHERWISE – rebecca toh’s untitled project

OTHERWISE is a school for the new world. But what do we mean by the new world?

The new world is not something that exists tomorrow or in the future. The new world exists now, and is created rather than lived into.