Jim Willis

  • RT Thich Nhat Hanh: A revised version of the Five Mindfulness Trainings – http://bit.ly/4rBCf (might as well aim high, right?)

  • Dumbfounding statistic: RBR just ran a summer soccer camp for kids from the sending districts and got 107 kids – none from Red Bank!

  • Playing in AP Wed. night: The Cartel, a documentary on how american education serves its employees not its children: http://bit.ly/2RW10W

  • Video from our fireworks party. Includes footage of the band McWillis (thanks Derek!): http://bit.ly/3mlLVl

  • 40-mile loop

    Here is another loop ride I’ve been doing. This is an exceptionally beautiful ride mid-morning or as I did yesterday, after work as the sun starts to drop in the sky.

  • We had a ton of people over and we were fortunate that our neighbors were kind enough to let the party spillover into their backyard where we setup a stage on their back deck and rocked.

    Neighbor Brian McCourt is on Drums. Willisbros on everything else.

    (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

  • Great 30-mile loop from Red Bank to Marlboro

    I rode a fantastic 30 miler this AM. With both kids at camp until noonish, I had the morning to myself. I plotted out this little gem of a ride on gmap-pedometer:

    30 mile loop

    Here’s a link to the route itself. I can’t recommend this route enough. Great hills and it goes through some of the most beautiful parts of Monmouth County.

  • The back yard recovered nicely from the 100 or so folks we had over for fireworks. Hope we can do that again next year. We had a blast.

  • One of my first cookbooks. Jay & I used it to make pancakes this AM.

  • The Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking

    The Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking

    More background for my east–west bike path in Red Bank. pdf report on The Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking.

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Reading Notes

  • Read: Why Not Bluesky
    The real problem, in my mind, isn’t in the nature of this particular Venture-Capital operation. Because the whole raison-d’etre of Venture Capital is to make […]
  • Read: The Imperfectionist: How Not to Freak Out, Part Two
    The antidote to all of this, in the broadest terms, is *more reality*, more immersion in the finite here and now: more writing on paper; […]
  • Read: Recording: After the Election – Four Ways We Can Respond
    “Under the worst conditions, what’s the most important thing to have?” He replied: “Friends.” Source: Recording: After the Election – Four Ways We Can Respond […]
  • Read: Mud Boots of Empathy in Spain
    Spain’s unity at this moment is from the bottom up. Or, as Spanish professional soccer player Ferran Torres wrote on social media, “The people are […]
  • Read: Vision Con
    Unable, then, to see the world because I have forgotten the way of being in the world that enables vision in the deepest sense, I […]

Saved Links

  • Doppler Music Player for Mac and iOS — Brushed Type
    Built for people who buy music — Direct link
  • Sill
    Top news shared by the people you trust Sill streamlines your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to give you a clear picture of what’s happening. — Direct link
  • Techmeme Ride Home
    The day's tech news, every day at 5pm. From Techmeme.com, Silicon Valley's most-read news source. 15 minutes and you're up to date. — Direct link
  • Queue
    Beautifully Simple Podcasts. — Direct link
  • Surveilled (2024) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
    Uncover the insidious ways in which our daily lives are being surveilled by the state. In a gripping chase, Ronan Farrow travels across the world following breadcrumbs and finally exposing a dark world of spywares, hacking, and peddling of private information, where activists and journalists are persecuted, and no one is protected from the watchful and vicious eyes of authoritarianism. #API #Actors #Actresses #Cast #Credits #Movies #Photos #Ratings #Reviews #Shows #Streaming #Synopsis #TV #Teasers #Trailers #User — Direct link
  • The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone | The New Yorker
    Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target politicians, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here? Ronan Farrow reports. — Direct link
  • The Markup
    The Gentle January series shares one practical privacy tip a day from a Markup staffer who actually uses the advice in their own life. — Direct link
  • ongoing by Tim Bray · Why Not Bluesky
    "to be clear, I’m a fan of the Bluesky leadership and engineering team. With the VC money as fuel, I expect their next 12 months or so to be golden, with lots of groovy features and mind-blowing growth. But that’s not what I’ll be watching. I’ll be looking for ecosystem growth in directions that enable survival independent of the company. In the way that email is independent of any technology provider or network operator." — Direct link
  • The Great Migration to Bluesky Gives Me Hope for the Future of the Internet
    "I have been impressed with the tools that the open source development community is building to bridge the gap between the AT protocol and ActivityPub, and I’m hopeful that some mixture of Bluesky and Mastodon will eventually serve most of my needs as a social media user and, hopefully, as someone who co-owns a website" — Direct link
  • Helium Mobile
    Ditch big telco. Rise above with The People's Carrier, a new carrier owned by the people, and earn crypto. — Direct link