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Week of July 12–18

I have been serving on a jury this past week.

Articles I read

• Works & Wonders: Vikings, Vows, Knockoffs, Chickens and Eggs. (Tim Challies)
• Designing with Mustard (Anna E. Cook)
• Choosing Movies (Chris Coyier)
• Stage Fright (Michelle Barker)
• Switching my website images from WebP to AVIF (Andy Clarke)
• Can AI Make Us Smarter? (Paolo Granata, Maclean’s)
• Human Agency Design (Van Sedita)
• Our Italian Summer Road Trip (Jason Beaird)
• The joy is in the craft (Trys Mudford)
• The darkest of dark ages (Carl Trueman, World)
• Last week in the studio (CW27-26) (Andy Clarke)
• 49. (Ethan Marcotte)
• Memories Can’t Wait—or, How I Learned to Keep Worrying About the Web (Jeffrey Zeldman)
• The Best Man in Hell (Jacob Crouch)
• No. 45: The Kind of Praise You May Be Neglecting (Katie Laitkep)
• Rugged Love and Your Prodigal (Dave Harvey)
• codebar Stories Podcast (Ana Rodrigues) – I read Ana’s post but have not had the chance to listen to the podcast yet.
• Deleting “Sacrifice” from Our Vision of Service (Dave Harvey)
• Last week in the studio (CW28-26) (Andy Clarke)
• Folded between the pages. (Ethan Marcotte)
• The End and The Beginning (Jonathan Snook)
• Playing to Not Lose (William J. Fagan, Mockingbird)
• Choose your own dark mode (David Bushell)
• Font Choices (Jonathan Snook)
• A Few of The CSS Tidbits I Put in The Site (Jonathan Snook)
• Bin Farage stickers and t-shirt (Andy Clarke)
• The Index: Issue #191 (Piccalilli)
• Studio Notes #93 (Dan Cedarholm)
• Google employees are organizing around a new concern: keeping their jobs (Pranav Dixit, Business Insider)
• Multi-line links on my home page (James’ Coffee Blog) – I like James’ solution.
• Pillaging of the Digital Commons (O. Alan Noble)
• The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us (Karl Bode, The Fine Print)

What I watched

• Wonder Man (Disney+)
• All Creatures Great & Small (PBS App) – I needed a bit of comfort TV this week.
• Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix) – More comfort TV.
• American Pickers (Samsung TV Plus)
• Odyssey (Tennessee Aqaurium IMAX) – One of only four theaters with 70mm and lasers.

Books I am reading

• The Discipline of Grace (Jerry Bridges) 
• Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It (Cory Doctorow)
• Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes’ Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness (Bobby Jamieson)
• Enjoying Jesus (Tim Chester)

What I played

• MLB The Show 23 (Orioles) – I went 2-1 in a series against the Mets this week.
• FC 26 (Norway) – I won the final game of the group stage in “The World’s Game.”