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soulcruzer

soulcruzerAug 11, 2026

The Whole Room Is the Fantasy Amplifier

I have been thinking about Alan Kay’s idea of the fantasy amplifier, partly because I have begun to suspect that the thing he was imagining has arrived. Or perhaps: it is arriving. Howard Rheingold, writing about Kay in Tools for Thought, described his ambition as building a “fantasy amplifier”, a dynamic medium for creative thought...

Alan Kayfantasy amplifier

soulcruzer

soulcruzerAug 7, 2026

The Fifth Question: Why Am I Waiting to Be Asked?

You finish a conversation and realise the other person learned nothing about you. They spoke, you listened, and somewhere along the way your role became clear: hold the space, ask the follow-up question, keep the exchange moving. Later, you replay the conversation and wonder whether they were uninterested or simply unaware. Claire Lester describes the...

Claire Lesterpowerful questions

soulcruzer

soulcruzerAug 4, 2026

The Man Who Drew Desire

The life and afterlife of Austin Osman Spare In photographs, Austin Osman Spare often looks as if he has been caught halfway between worlds. As a young man, he appears pale, beautiful and theatrical, with dark hair swept from his forehead and the wary expression of someone who already suspects that ordinary reality is a...

Austin Osman SpareOccult

ALLABOUTGEORGEDOTCOMAug 2, 2026

Down from off the wall

Begum, a small black cat, skeptical as ever of correction I am told the cat was behaving badly overnight. She had very little to say in her defense, and did not deign to spend the day near me. I can't blame her, as I kept hauling guitars down from off the wall and playing along...

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Theory of Computing ReportAug 1, 2026

ICM 2026: A Magical Saturday Afternoon with Park, Braden and Proudfoot, and Meka

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soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 31, 2026

The Story That Wants You at Your Desk

There is a short scene near the beginning of The Matrix that has stayed with me for years. Thomas Anderson is sitting in the office of his manager, Mr Reinhart. Anderson has arrived late again. He has a problem with authority, the manager tells him. He believes he is special, that somehow the rules do...

conformityThe Matrix

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 30, 2026

Working Notes: the moon in transition

Last night I stood at the front of the house and watched a red moon. This morning, after waking, I looked towards the bedroom mirror at the back and saw the full moon again, bright in the glass. I don’t need the moon to issue instructions. I’ve spent enough years around symbols to know that...

barefoot-philosophertransformation

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 28, 2026

The church that wasn’t there

I arrived in Worcester with time to spare before a family lunch. We were all coming from different points on the map. My son, his partner and my granddaughter had travelled from Ludlow. My wife and daughter were on their way from Southam. My in-laws and brother-in-law were coming up from Bristol. I had parked...

churchGlover's Needle

Double Your EcommerceJul 28, 2026

Best Shopify SEO Apps: Do You Actually Need One? (2026)

Wondering which Shopify SEO apps are worth it in 2026? Most aren't. Here's what actually moves rankings for new and growing stores, and what to skip.

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 27, 2026

What Do I Owe Other People?

My mother taught me early that I didn’t owe anybody anything. Not even her. Looking back, I think she meant it as a lesson in self-reliance. Don’t let guilt bind you. Don’t hand other people ownership of your life. Stand on your own feet. Make your own way. But childhood lessons rarely stay inside the...

Emersonmilitary

Dave Kellam

Dave KellamJul 27, 2026

Coffee this week – Sunday Morning

This week’s coffee is Sunday Morning from Ambros Coffee Co

cj's serendipitous bibs, bobs and the odd musingJul 26, 2026

Bibs & bobs #41

postsA.J. Jacobs

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 23, 2026

The Currency of Ordinary Lives

Field Notes from The Old Mint, Southam I went out for a short wisdom walk this afternoon. Nothing grand. No pilgrimage. No mountain path. Just enough movement to loosen the mind and let a little air into the machinery. Walking does that for me. It opens a space in which thoughts can arrive without being...

Old Mintpersonal stories

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 16, 2026

I'm standing in a field looking towards the horizon. It occurs to me that I've spent a lifetime doing this. Different fields. Different coastlines. Different countries. Different versions of myself, always finding a line where earth gives itself over to sky. The horizon is a peculiar thing. It promises distance while refusing arrival. However far...

Alice Cooperchoice

Dave Kellam

Dave KellamJul 16, 2026

Atmosphere Roundup

Notes This is mostly intended as a resource that I can point people towards as an introduction to atproto, not for folks who've already consumed the koolaid I've been excited about the potential of atproto for awhile, initially by the data portability aspect, but more recently I'm digging the idea that it's essentially a giant...

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soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 15, 2026

The Door, the Black Hole, and the Trace: Notes on Obscurity

(1) The door opens I keep thinking about a passage I read recently: "Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go." I like the mystery of it. The unknown is a black hole,...

existentialismobscurity

Dave Kellam

Dave KellamJul 14, 2026

Coffee this week – Santa Rosa

This week’s coffee is Santa Rosa from Ambros Coffee Co

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 13, 2026

What the Street Was Certain Of

Leamington Spa deríve 2026-07-13 The morning began with a quiet decision to let the town rearrange itself around me.1 I had spent the weekend building two small dérive apps. Nothing polished, just enough to nudge my attention sideways. And now, standing at the edge of Leamington Spa, I wanted to see what they would do...

deriveleamington spa

addshoreJul 12, 2026

Overlap Atlas (Android timeline overlaps)

Dave Kellam

Dave KellamJul 10, 2026

Don’t Mess Up Prod

I created a simple WordPress plugin called Don't Mess Up Prod, which adds a little environment indicator to your admin bar. If you flip around between multiple environments (local, dev, staging, prod), you might find it useful. It has definitely saved me a few headaches. This was also partly an exercise in releasing a plugin...

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 9, 2026

Deciding in the Dark

The person who most needs to change is usually the last person who can accurately judge what the change will ask of them. I keep coming back to this because it sits underneath almost every serious conversation about inner work. Someone arrives at the edge of a change. A burnt-out executive who can no longer...

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 7, 2026

Vaporwave and the Ghosts of the Future We Were Sold

I’ve been thinking about vaporwave as more than an internet aesthetic. Yes, it gives us the pink neon, the Greek busts, the dead malls, the Japanese text, the VHS blur, the Windows 95 ghosts, and the palm trees under impossible sunsets. But beneath all that surface noise, something stranger is happening. Vaporwave feels like a...

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 7, 2026

If Your Log Is Still in the Bog

I have made a public service announcement for the modern age. I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that it's not about AI or about the collapse of Western civilization or the latest release of the iphone. No. This one concerns the ancient human problem of what happens when someone leaves the loo in a...

bathroom humorcamping

soulcruzer

soulcruzerJul 6, 2026

The walk is the encounter

I walked to the gym this morning. That sounds too ordinary to announce, which is probably why it matters. The gym is only seven minutes away by car. My normal routine is to get in, drive there, work out, drive back, eat something, shower, and be behind the desk by nine like a good citizen...

mythogeographyPhil Smith