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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@rjkwon/117485319441328992 Amazing!

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  A lot went into our new feature for @aphera, Transfer. It started with a simple standalone prototype based on my needs, then @rcarver went into deep build mode, looking at use cases, expanding functionality, and testing (as much as we can!). Yes, today, you could couple-shot something like this and vibe it, but so much thinking goes into it, and we built it the hard way, so we know it. Ryan goes into depth here: https://aphera.co/now/transfer/

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  Who doesn’t love street cats? Scenes from Kampung Baru, the oldest Malay enclave in Kuala Lumpur. It’s an authentic neighborhood squarely old school and surrounded by almost three decades of rampant construction and modernity. It’s a nostalgic area for me and still retains it’s honesty even three decades later. #aphera #photography https://absenter.org/2026-09-26/kb/

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  Bringing Absenter back and reflecting on owning a domain for 26+ years made me realize that I wish the site kept its nature, but at the same time realizing play and experimentation is in *my* nature. https://nazhamid.com/journal/absenter-again/

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@jenschuetz/117492885538618006 All the monyet (Malay for monkey).

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  You Can See Everything. Wow.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@aphera/117508855820622328 Thinking about what works best for people:

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  Dictating a blog post draft into Bear.app while you're fixing something on your car… works? (it is quite rambling and disjointed, but i kinda love the spirit)

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  I used to spend a lot of time riding bikes and taking photos while riding bikes.

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  In a different timeline, I'd be a session drummer, or succeed Matt Cameron in Pearl Jam. https://youtu.be/ki3mzgyflK8

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  You’re four days deep in the backcountry, get skunked out (not literally) from a very remote mountain top spot, and end up at a campground on the Oregon coast. I walk into the bathroom and am confronted by two kids with home air mattresses. The older kid is using the electrical outlet to pump his. I ask, “Do you need help?” The younger who is trying to inflate his with the hand dryer says to me, “I don’t have this cord.” I did not bring all of my cords to the bathroom this evening young gents.

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  RE: https://neighborhood.11ty.dev/@11ty/116992313722304911 Every time I create something with 11ty/Build Awesome, I learn so much, and I appreciate that every site I’ve made with it is different, unique, and allows for so much flexibility and leeway. Make something dead simple or go full out with whatever needs you have. It’s been working out great for us.

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  Once a grunge kid, always a grunge kid.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@aphera/116999315058449566 I heard you like Fujifilm LUTs and simulations.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@aphera/117004342849111243 Having a brief Seattle interlude currently, but a few days ago, at the end of the road, at the top of a small mountain.

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  Yesterday was 19 years married. 19 years of @jenschuetz being down for the ride of camping in unknown places, waking up early so we can hike and see places like this, and communing with nature, and people from all over. Also: Mt. Rainier is a big one.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@aphera/117010156999828516 Lots of really good updates in this one. Some great work from @rcarver and @jpzambrano.

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  A moment of reflection on @aphera 1.0, written high in the woods overlooking a lake in Washington. https://nazhamid.com/journal/aphera-1.0/

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  No person with two polo collars should ever be trusted.

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  I’ve been piloting the Aphera accounts on Threads and Instagram, and wow. After being away for two years, those platforms feel like alien planets. The slop is so evident in pursuit of engagement bait, and people can’t write paragraphs. Give me a run-on sentence that’s fucked up.

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  This is a bumper of an article and it’s great that @jenschuetz wrote about her long experience with an affliction that happens to women: Bartholin’s cysts. I’ve seen her deal with it numerous times with grace and ultimately getting a fairly invasive procedure. I love that she wrote this so more women can find this information. https://jenschuetz.com/journal/the-two-percent/

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  Building software from scratch, on hard mode (i.e. with care and intention) feels like the hardest thing, but also feels like a big fuck you to mass software.

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  There’s been a lot of Privacy Policy and ToS updates lately in my inbox. They all seem pretty iffy, but Netlify’s today seems to be good! (Comparatively). https://www.netlify.com/blog/stance-on-ai-training-data/

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  Rooster is such a sharp and good comedy show. The cast is great. Lots of heart (a Bill Lawrence joint: Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Scrubs). I’ve watched this scene too many times. https://youtube.com/shorts/ED4qzAgWvX0

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  If I never see this again for the rest of my life, I'd be FINE.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@aphera/116457544035889891 Hawai’i holds a very deep and special place in my heart. At one point, we almost moved there. I believe in their independence, and the rise of mainlanders moving there and buying land and property, displacing native Hawaiians is something we felt very conflicted about. Hawai’i feels very much like Malaysia at times, and I’ve personally felt at home there. It is also charming, that when there, I often get mistaken for a local. Taken Januar...

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  “1. Things that are worth doing are worth doing well. 2. Things that are done well require time and effort. 3. You make meaning through the doing. 4. Ideas are common; effort is not. 5. There are no shortcuts." — Ky Decker. https://ky.fyi/posts/ai-burnout

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@aphera/116440246827807368 I often revisit this specific image to look at it. One of my personal favorites as it gives me a sense of calm, but also wonder at how life continues in the harshest of conditions.

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  Thing on my shit list: People who say an approximation of “the future (AI) is coming regardless, so we may as well be the ones controlling it.”

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  I think Barb would approve.