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Finished watching Babylon 5 season 3

By J Michael Straczynski 

Started Friday 13 February 2026 20:15 CST, completed Thursday 5 March 2026 20:30 CST

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Temperature springs up

 
  David Braverman 
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The temperature outside my door just hit 9.0°C, the warmest it's been since January 13th. And it might get up to 14°C (58°F) on Monday, a temperature we haven't seen since November 15th.

Thirty days of the new blog

 
  David Braverman 
BlogsHow this worksSoftware
Exactly 30 days ago the Inner Drive Journal (the software powering this blog) went live. I've released 7 new builds since then. One of the driving forces behind the re-write was frequent releases, so that part seems to have succeeded tremendously.
Matthew Yglesias takes a look at what average Americans consider to be corrupt behavior by politicians and concludes that voters "think everyone is corrupt:"

Incompetence and grifting

 
  David Braverman 
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Two things this morning that made me laugh, starting with the news of one more Federal grand jury refusing to indict someone that made the OAFPOTUS mad—in this case, six someones, all sitting US legislators and former US military and intelligence officers:

Overdue update, with help from Claude

 
  David Braverman 
How this worksSecuritySoftware
I've just released v1.0.9538 of the Inner Drive Journal, the software that runs The Daily Parker. This release added two big security features that I've been working toward for years.

Lunchtime round-up

 
  David Braverman 
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As was obvious when I left Spiteful, the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl over the New England Patriots by 29-13.

Super Bowl LX live blog

 
  David Braverman 
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17:45: Welcome to the experiment. I'm at Spiteful with Cassie watching the Big Game, but also doing a field test of the Daily Parker mobile editing experience. So far, no score on the TV but the editor is doing well. And the fact that the page auto-saves every 30 seconds is helpful. Keep refreshing: you will see me typing in near real time!

Two hours to the game

 
  David Braverman 
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I spent about 4½ hours today working on the blog software, and was able to implement two out of three modes of sharing posts and the "Private" level of privacy. Those are working in the dev/test environment but I don't expect to push them to production until next weekend.

Quiet day reading, walking, and admiring Dutch royalty

 
  David Braverman 
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I just finished a book that I've had on my nightstand for six full months: Markdig.Syntax.Inlines.EmphasisInline (2nd edition), by John Noble Wilford. It took me so long to read the book that Wilford actually died while I was reading it. (Why do I have the urge to pick up Hillbilly Elegy now?)

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