Reluctantly, I use What’s App to communicate with a few friends and family who really do not want to change their ways. My name and number are thus available to anyone who wants to message me, and usually I am able to find another way to reply and suggest that they use Signal or plain ol’ email. That scenario poayed out perfectly earlier this week. Today, Instagram recommended I follow the person involved. And that is why I am reluctant.
A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
Eat This Newsletter 283: Odious
I am reliably informed I showed no aversion to stinky cheeses as an infant. That may explain why I don’t find of this issue’s items revolting, repellent, repulsive, nauseating, unpalatable, unappetising, uninviting or unsavoury.
https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-283-odious/
It was nice to be reminded that 20 years ago today I received my portion of what was claimed then to be a 100-year-old sourdough starter from Tuscany. It's still going strong, as is my own starter, at least 40 years old.
https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/stories-to-savour
@help @manton I have twice tried to update micro.blog on my Mac, and twice it has stalled on extracting the update. So I quit and everything is fine.
2025-09-08
Rabbit Quest Geohashing 20250907-W-AY68OD
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* On foot
* 41.8565, 12.4847
* 7 September 2025
* 422.31 ppm CO2
* OpenStreetMap
Had to get out after a couple of days chained to my desk so went for a 5km walk to bag this rabbit. Very much enjoyed a cold drink at the bar just down the road.
2025-09-08
Further madness
1 min read
And then there's this, claiming I spent more time on archive.org than Safari. By a lot. And I know I didn't. Maybe the computer was up to something ...
Eat This Podcast kicks off a new series talking to John Speth about that Neanderthal fat factory and a better explanation for why, when you look at nitrogen isotope ratios, Neanderthals seem to be even more carnivorous than lions and tigers.
https://www.eatthispodcast.com/maggots/
Mystified. How can an AppleScript that works perfectly from Script Editor be broken when called by Keyboard Maestro? Putting off hunting for an actual answer to next week.
Jeremy Cherfaspublished this
@V_ Is Keyboard Maestro considered a shell? I thought it only ran the commands given, inserting specific variables as required. The AppleScript does contain a shell command. Maybe that’s it.
, Sep 07 2025 on micro.blog
@jeremycherfas I think it is, I’ve never used it myself, but in the cases where I used automation tools or run command line stuff from my own code, it usually involves creating a shell inside your code in which the script runs, and you need to do special things for it to look the same as when running something via double click. And in most cases it is simpler to change your script.
, Sep 08 2025 on micro.blog
And then there's this, claiming I spent more time on archive.org than Safari. By a lot. And I know I didn't. Maybe the computer was up to something ...
Screentime report showing archive.org at 47 hours last week.
The thing is, those podcast spammers selling the joys of YT are quite enticing, until I remember that although it would be nice to have more listeners, it isn't necessary.
Nice to be back at home after extended absences, but so much catching up to do. That's why I haven't promoted the latest Eat This Newsletter until now, but here it is for your entertainment.
https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn282-myths-busted/
@jeremycherfas I would suspect a different environment when running it. When you invoke these from a shell it sometimes can behave differently than when invoking directly.
Web user, Sep 07 2025 on micro.blog