Dan Sinker/notes

Most of the time my thoughts aren't long enough for a blog post. My shortform notes get posted on Mastodon and Bluesky, and also wind up here.

Well fuck.

posted at 12:45AM on November 6, 2024

refresh refresh refresh refresh

posted at 6:50PM on November 5, 2024

Here we go.

posted at 7:59AM on November 5, 2024

Officially at Disneyland for the duration of the election. See you on the other side.

posted at 10:58PM on November 3, 2024

I love that the Harris campaign is laser-focused on messaging joy, except for your inbox where they are intent on pummeling you with a never-ending series of bummers.

posted at 8:00PM on November 2, 2024

Absolutely here for the NYT Tech Guild threatening to strike on election day. The needle is in a union. www.nbcnews.com/news/new-...

posted at 6:31PM on November 2, 2024

When you're absolutely, positively confident on your chances in *checks notes* North Carolina.

posted at 3:38PM on November 2, 2024

The one person I know that left the country after 2016 is still doing the same tired "both candidates are the same" shuffle.

posted at 9:56AM on November 2, 2024

Insomnia Club roll call

posted at 5:29AM on November 2, 2024

The British TV show Taskmaster is the greatest celebration of creative problem solving ever made.

posted at 11:15PM on November 1, 2024

I've been working with it for years now but, direct-to-garmet printing is still completely magical

posted at 3:58PM on November 1, 2024

The best thing about the original Peanuts holiday cartoons is that they're completely incoherent as narrative and instead are basically tone poems about being sad.

posted at 7:39PM on October 31, 2024

First time since the pandemic hit that the number of kids in the neighborhood can only accurately be described as "swarms."

posted at 7:15PM on October 31, 2024

Trump happily driving a garbage truck around an empty lot does nothing to dissuade me from my theory that he's working through his bucket list.

posted at 3:21PM on October 31, 2024

it's probably wrong to admit this publicly, but I love maintaining my own bespoke CMS.

posted at 9:33PM on October 30, 2024

In Punk Planet's sixth year, we brought on a new design team and the look of the magazine really got incredible. I've assembled a gallery of some of the best spreads from that year. Read "A Picture Postcard. Punk Planet: Year Six" on my blog. dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 6:53PM on October 30, 2024

This is a very good, very long, article about Electrical Audio in the wake of Steve Albini's death and the wonderful community that is the Chicago music scene. www.inc.com/joshua-hu...

posted at 7:13AM on October 30, 2024

Chicago folks looking for a good, quick guide to the school board elections, the Chicago Reader has a good one (that I helped make). chicagoreader.com/2024-scho...

posted at 7:56PM on October 29, 2024

Chicago folks that like cool shit, more info forthcoming but keep the evening of December 5 open.

posted at 7:40PM on October 29, 2024

In Punk Planet's sixth year, we brought on a design team and the look of the magazine really got incredible. I've assembled a gallery of some of the best spreads from that year.

Read "A Picture Postcard. Punk Planet: Year Six" on my blog: https://dansinker.com//posts/2024-10-30-ppy6/

posted at 7:00PM on October 29, 2024

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