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Recommendations

6 posts
Feb 2021 – Dec 2025

Letter of Recommendation: Simon Willison's Weblog

Simon Willison’s WeblogSimon Willison’s WeblogSimon Willison Anyone who follows my public bookmarks (visible on my homepage, at Raindrop.io, via RSS, or on Mastodon) will have noticed over the past few months quite a number of links from Simon Willison's weblog. I've been enjoying …

Letter of Recommendation: Quality Binoculars

Over the past year I have tested a bunch of different binoculars; in this post I share recommendations for *good* binoculars at three different price points.

Letter of Recommendation: Where to start with Alastair Reynolds

A friend asked me for a recommendation on where to start with Alastair Reynolds' books. With the caveat that I haven't (yet!) read his Merlin or Poseidon's Children series, I have three suggestions. Pick the one that most resonates with you: Revelation Space series: classic …

3D Printing Recommendation: Plasti-Dip Spray Rubberized Coating

I've now completed several 3D printing projects which need to sit more-or-less still on a desktop or other work surface. I've seen a few different approaches to this, but I wanted to note that I've had good luck so far with clear Plasti-Dip rubberized …

Now: Feb. 2021

Reading: As I was last month, I’m still working through and enjoying Barack Obama’s A Promised Land; I’m about halfway through it now. I’m also reading Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner, a 1990s-era dive into the history of the Internet and its predecessor, …

Letters of Recommendation: Where to start with Peter F. Hamilton, Mastodon iPhone apps, and Domain Registrars

Friends have sent me a few questions related to my “Now” post from yesterday, and I have one other service I’d like to mention. Do I have a Peter F. Hamilton recommendation to start? Good question. For a good sci-fi space opera, I think I would start with his …