Today's awesome person you've never heard of:
Alberto Jose González
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Jose_Gonz%C3%A1lez
Unless you're European and into videogames, you probably haven't heard his work, but it's good – doubly so when you get to the part about him having _zero_ formal music training. The arc of his career is basically what I kinda wish I could have managed.
Give a quick listen (and please don't be put off by the game's title!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnzHTkRLcE4
Is there an important email you've been meaning to write, but left off so long it feels like you can no longer reasonably send it? April 30 is Email Debt Forgiveness Day.
https://email.gimletmedia.com
Adventures in attention disorders:
"Hey, I feel great! I'm gonna get breakfast, then get to shopping online for a gift for my niece's birthday!"
"Mm, PB&J-on-English-muffin sandwiches. Best breakfast ever!"
"Okay, now it's time to batch-convert screenshots to make album art files for my SNES music collection."
"Whoa, brain! You skipped something there. Isn't that funny? You should toot about that—"
Oh. Ohhhhhhhh.
The Unicode 10.0 spec adds code points for vampires, hedgehogs, pretzels, flying saucers, Chinese-delivery-style takeout boxes, and the Bitcoin currency symbol (which may as well just be the Thai baht symbol)...
...but they still have nothing for cannabis, which has been around far longer than any of these things.
I just don't understand some folks' priorities. I mean, seriously, I challenge any of you to name a single person who smokes hedgehogs. Am I right?
I 💖 @orrery
I 🕹️ retrogaming
I 🔊 chiptunes
I 🦄 ponies
I ☁️ cannabis
I � Unicode
and yes to 🤖 but #nobot
avatar art by Dana Simpson (danasimpson.com)