What was the funniest book you read in 2025? Was it intentionally funny, or so bad you had to laugh?

#books

“The future isn’t what you want it to be. It’s what we made it.”

— Harry Seldon

Vicious Rumor: Apple to drop XCode in 2025 in favor of a new development paradigm.

#apple #programming

Sometimes, you have to do the wrong thing to know what’s right.

— ancient proverb I just made up

Back in my day people worried about whether a phone call was a toll call or a long-distance one. Sometimes, we worried about whether we had a nickel for the phone booth (think Photo Booth, but with a phone). Now, we just dial whatever we feel like or text.

#progress (?)

Plan for 2025:

— Improve my handwriting so that the SuperNote Manta recognition works consistently. I think it’s the best with my chicken scratch.

The key to handwriting recognition is to train yourself to write the way the engine expects, not the other way around.

#supernote #handwriting

How were you pleasantly surprised by 2024?

“He slammed his fist against the table. It hit hard, bounced, rolled onto the floor and onto the sleeping cat who promptly batted it behind the fridge with all of his other body parts and various dust bunnies.”

#writing #throwawayline

“I don’t write life. I write fiction. Life is to be lived, not read.”

#writing #life

“Live to your strengths.”

#life