Category: Newsletter Note

Read to the end for a nerdy workout. ‘ello! Welcome to the newest issue of TimeMachiner. A shout out to James, Eric, and everyone visiting from HackerNews! Thanks for giving me space in your inbox. 🙌🏻 We’re a day past a long weekend and for many it is the unofficial start to fall. If you’re anywhere related to retail, it is even the kickoff for holidays / Christmas. Super crazy. I don’t like it. For years I read a website called The Consumerist which was all about calling out companies for shady practices and giving tips & tricks for deals. Sort…

Read to the end to really whip the llama’s ass. Hey there and welcome to today’s issue of TimeMachiner. A shout out to everyone new from Escape from Clowntown and Scott’s Newsletter! Thanks for giving me space in your inbox. 🙌🏻 I’m back from some time off, which included a trip to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. This mecca for hoops was a lot of fun to visit and to read up on so much of the sport’s history. Yes, seeing displays from the greats was amazing, but there was a lot of history that was told by people most…

Read to the end for the ideal airplane workspace. Hello. It’s great to bring you a new edition of TimeMachiner this Tuesday. A big welcome to my newest subscribers. Thank you for giving me space in your inbox. 🙏🏻 I’m trying something new this week with the layout of TimeMachiner. As you can see, there’s a small table of contents to let you know right at the start what’s in today’s issue. I don’t know if this is useful or not, but I figure why not try something different, right? Trying new things is always an endeavor. As kids, we can be…

Read to the end if you’re over 30. Hello. It’s great to bring you a new edition of TimeMachiner this Tuesday. A big welcome to Ron, Jeff, Jessica, and my newest subscribers to TimeMachiner. Thank you for giving me space in your inbox. 🙏🏻 The week has been a doozy in “Real Life Land” between politics, the environment, and the endless drumbeat of sobering news. However, there are bubbles of good to still find. As Jason Mraz says, Look for the Good. A little league player showed kindness and compassion and every student in California public schools now gets free meals in order…

Read to the end for climate control. Clicking the Publish button is a finality. Every thought, opinion, piece of news, or rabbit hole ends with me clicking on a blue button. It sends my words into the world and eventually to your inbox. I clicked PUBLISH for the first time here on August 11, 2021, at 5:19 PM. That article was the beginning of my experiment to see if writing a newsletter was for me. Prior to this, I’d spent over a decade giving fiction a try. I’d written five short stories and a novel. Each one was a spark…

Read to the end for ocean front property. Hello. It’s great to bring you a new edition of TimeMachiner this Tuesday. A big welcome to Amit, Aaron, Arjan, Jon and my newest subscribers to TimeMachiner. Thank you for giving me space in your inbox. 🙏🏻 The dog days of summer are officially upon us. There’s been only small drips of things going on in the world that are not all doom and gloom. It’s an interesting lull in the cycle of tech and home entertainment where even these big companies know they don’t have a grip on our attention during these months. It’s…

Read to the end to see Steve Dog. Hello. It’s great to bring you a new edition of TimeMachiner this Tuesday. A big welcome to the more than 10 of my newest subscribers to TimeMachiner. Thank you for giving me space in your inbox. 🙏🏻 My year of reading has been unexpectedly supercharged. Since I last spoke to you, I finished Ken Kocienda’s book about Creative Selection. This brings my total to seven completed books this year. For someone who does not generally find enough time to read, I’ve had a great run. I’m now moving on to The Woman In Cabin 10…

Read to the end for pet advice. Hello. It’s great to bring you a new edition of TimeMachiner this Tuesday. A big welcome to Josh, Page, Michael, and my newest subscribers to TimeMachiner. Thank you for giving me space in your inbox. 🙏🏻 I’ve been reading a super interesting book written by the fellow who created two incredible things at Apple: He helped develop the Safari web browser and he created the iPhone keyboard + autocorrect. The book, Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda, has been a fun and fast read.…

Read to the end to remember Jenny. Hello. It’s great to bring you a new edition of TimeMachiner this Tuesday. A big welcome to Rick, Cindy, Krista, Mark, and my newest subscribers to TimeMachiner. A shout out to those of you coming from both Adam’s and Matt’s newsletters. Thank you for giving me space in your inbox. This issue is a milestone: reader two-oh-oh. Yes, TimeMachiner has crossed the 200 subscriber mark. 🥳 I appreciate everyone who enjoys it here. As always, thank you and you can hit reply to any email I send if you have feedback. Last week I…

Read to the end for a good dog tweet. Hello. It’s great to bring you a new edition of TimeMachiner this Tuesday. A big welcome to Dana, Tim, Donald, and my newest subscribers to TimeMachiner. A shout out to those of you coming from The Weekly Wrapped. Thank you for giving me space in your inbox. I once saw a joke proverb on Twitter that went something like this (I’m paraphrasing here): Check one weather app and you’ll know the temperature. Check two weather apps and you’ll never know anything. It got me thinking about how inaccurate weather data can be…

It’s hard to know where to start, except to say that I’m simultaneously angry and disappointed. After Friday’s Supreme Court reversal, we have officially entered the “unknown consequences” portion of our program here in America. Things we thought were safe are not. Things we started to take for granted now must be second-guessed. There is a question I keep coming back to: Where do we go from here? Many will say that voting is what is needed. Yes, it is. But we need to take a long look in the mirror about how our country is being led by those…

👋🏻 Hello. It’s Tuesday and that means a new edition of TimeMachiner is here. This past week I’ve been reading a lot of Stephen King’s book The Institute. I mentioned it a few weeks ago and now I’m officially at the halfway point. I can confirm there are some great Stranger Things vibes with this book. It’s given my Kindle a good workout and I love where the story is going. A big recommendation, for sure. We finally got the digital release of a brand new Ninja Turtles game. I go into more detail a bit further down. But, spoiler…

👋🏻 Hello. It’s great to bring you a new edition of TimeMachiner this Tuesday. A big welcome to Angelo, Matt, and the 6 newest subscribers to TimeMachiner. A shout out to those of you coming from Pearl Runner. Thank you for giving me space in your inbox. 🙏🏻 It’s been a good week of interesting stories I’ve gathered from around the unexplored corners of the internet. Today I’ve broken down the announcements from Apple’s annual WWDC while also remaining quite skeptical about what Barnes & Noble is up to in the eBook space. If you haven’t had a chance yet…

👋🏻 Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of TimeMachiner. I know it’s been a little longer than anticipated to get an issue to you, but I feel a bit rejuvenated after sending my last edition out. Also, the current interim schedule of going Tuesday-only for The Stream has given me a bit of breathing room to avoid burnout. I also have completed the next issue of The Longform. Time Traveler members will see it tomorrow in your inboxes! Everyone else will get it on Thursday. Today’s issue has a great video for all you music lovers out there along…

Hey Everyone. Welcome to Saturday’s issue of TimeMachiner. Not long after Tuesday’s edition went out, yet another act of senseless violence took place. In my home country (and home to many of you too) I’ve found that we live in a constant Rinse And Repeat cycle of horror. It’s hard to concentrate on the corners of the internet I love to explore for myself and my readers when a fundamental part of our world is in peril. I cannot fathom the pain so many people have suffered day after day, year after year. And yet again, here we are. There…

A good Tuesday and welcome to another week of TimeMachiner. There’s been a bunch going on in the past few days and I’m working on some great issues to come in the following days. I can’t say much else, but I think you’ll quite enjoy Thursday’s edition of the Longform. Stay tuned. I recently finished Severance’s first season and wow! I am thoroughly impressed with this show. It really messes with your mind and makes you think a ton. I highly recommend it. I’m glad I finished it because this Friday finally brings us the return of Stranger Things. Great…

👋🏻 Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend edition of TimeMachiner. A big thanks to those of you who subscribed in recent weeks. I see you! This past week has me making some good progress on Severence, which is truly turning into a mind-bender with each passing episode. It’s fantastic and I can’t wait to see how this season ends. It’s so weird but so great. Today’s issue has a real funny video mashup. If you enjoy 80’s cartoons and also grew up with Beavis & Butt-Head, you’ll get a kick out of someone’s incredibly fun work. I also have…

👋🏻 Hello and welcome to the Tuesday edition of TimeMachiner. I’ve worked up a couple of medium-sized posts for this issue and that’s because two big things happened last week. Apple officially declared the iPod dead and then Google held its annual I/O conference. It’s a lot to go through, but I’ve got you. I’ve broken down the significance of both these events in true TimeMachiner style. It’s a little bit of a departure from other posts, so let me know what you thought by hitting reply to this email. Apple or Google not your thing? I have two great…

👋🏻 Hello and welcome to the Tuesday edition of TimeMachiner. I hope the past weekend was a good one for you. I was able to take my time machine out for a meetup this past Saturday. The weather was terrible, so I didn’t get many photos (hence the stock photo on today’s issue). Cold / rainy weather stinks, but getting out to do something enjoyable was certainly great. In the past few days, I’ve finished the second season of Star Trek Picard while giving Strange New Worlds a try. I have… thoughts. Picard seemed a bit forced while SNW seems…

Good afternoon! It’s been nearly nonstop rain here in NY and I’m still waiting for this supposed “spring” to arrive. Maybe next week. In the meantime, I’ve brought you some new happenings I’ve pulled up from the depths of the internet. From a retro-cool truck to small-town shenanigans, I’m excited for you to read today’s issue. 😳 The TimeMachiner Reader Survey ends soon. 5 min is all you need. 📤 If you’re enjoying TimeMachiner, please forward this to a friend. 🙌🏻 You can support my work by becoming a member or sending a one-time tip. Learn more. Onto today’s factoid: The…

A good Tuesday to everyone! It’s been a somewhat quiet few days here but that’s been a nice way to get a bunch of reading done. I’m about 1/3 through The Midnight Library and it’s still a great read. The further I get through it, the more I want to recommend it. Additionally, I’m a bit further into Severance and yeah, this is surely an interesting TV show. Speaking of discovering new and interesting things, I suggest you check out The Sample. Every day (or less often, it’s your choice!) they forward you a newsletter to discover. You rate what…

Happy end of April, all! I hope you’re enjoying the warm weather while here in NY, it’s gusty and chilly as if winter simply refuses to leave. Go figure. This week I’ve begun reading The Midnight Library which seems to be a near-death / roads not taken type of book. I’m only 60-pages into it, but it’s a fascinating read so far. I hear it’s quite popular, so if this sounds like it’s for you, get in line at your library! Additionally, I’ve begun watching the Apple TV+ show Severence. This is a mind-bender and so far I really like…

A good Tuesday to everyone. Well, it’s only the second day of the week and surely nothing newsworthy has happened yet, right? 🙃 As much as I don’t want to give you-know-who even more mindshare, the big Twitter news is impossible to ignore. However, it has given me a jump to explore other social platforms such as Mastodon. If you’re over there, look me up. I would appreciate it if you can take 5-minutes and participate in the TimeMachiner Reader Survey. I’m looking to make TimeMachiner even better. I never include any tracking or spy analytics stuff in anything I do,…

Hello and happy Record Store Day, fellow readers. For those unaware, RSD is a designated day where independent record stores get special releases of new and re-released albums. They’re always in special variants and are wonderful to find. It’s also a great way to support local music stores. Yes, I was up at 6:30 this morning to head out and buy my vinyl. A big welcome to everyone who’s new here from Pearl Runner. I appreciate you coming to check out TimeMachiner. Please know if you have any feedback or even want to say hello, simply reply to this email.…

Hi everyone. A special welcome to those of you from Land of Random who have come to check out my corner of the internet. I hope you like what you read. You can always hit reply on this email and let me know your thoughts. The TimeMachiner Reader Survey is now open. Filling it out helps me gauge how to improve TimeMachiner to make it even better. It takes about 5-minutes to complete and I want your feedback. You can fill out the survey here: https://forms.gle/Bp4JFKhYdNL3LJtN6 WHY AM I ASKING YOU TO FILL OUT A SURVEY? Simple: I never include…

Hello and happy Saturday to you all. Today’s issue of TimeMachiner brings a few good reads and a bit of a breakdown into the big news: Elon Musk’s Twitter obsession. I try to give my point of view on it, but also some context as to why it may not be the best idea for him to own the company. Either way, I think you’ll find my take interesting. If you’re looking for some more interesting and randomness that people can surface from the vast depths of the internet, check out the Land of Random newsletter. Here’s today’s factoid: The couple…

👋🏻 Hey there! Welcome to the Tuesday edition of The Stream here at TimeMachiner. I hope you are all doing well. I found a very interesting segment from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that goes deep into data collection. Funny enough, I’m tackling that topic head-on this Thursday on The Longform. Oliver’s humor makes a lot of this heavy stuff entertaining but also informative. I can only hope to strive to convey a story as well as he and his team do. That said, be on the lookout on Thursday (Wednesday for Time Traveler members) for my take on…

Hi everyone and happy Saturday. We made it to the weekend and slowly, but surely, we’re finally experiencing some glimmers of spring here in the northeast. This past week was one of accomplishment. I finished The Paradox Hotel on my Kindle and really liked it. I don’t want to give too much away, but if you enjoy some mystery and sci-fi in a lighthearted setting, this book may be for you. Today’s issue brings three interesting things I found this week, one of which continues a thread I wrote about in the last issue. One thing I didn’t include was…

A good Tuesday to all. When I was scouring the web for interesting things to bring to you all, I realized something earlier today: it’s all video this time. Yes, I’ve never shied away from sending interesting things that were from YouTube, but this time around, everything’s coming up Millhouse. So today is the “video edition” of TimeMachiner, which I still think has some great things that should give you a chuckle and also make you think a bit with some profound questions. Speaking of interesting, here is a random one for you to ponder: The first can opener wasn’t…

Greetings and happy Saturday. April is here and “The Great Pollening” has begun. One short drive outside for me and I was feeling it. I’d been hoping for the cold to go away so much that I forgot that now I have to remain inside less my head feels like it’s in a vice. Fun! This week has been one of getting back on track with many facets of life. Being away for some time is nice, but also means a reset nearly everywhere. However, I am thoroughly still enjoying Star Trek Picard and I am now 2/3 done with…