🏀 An update on my Washington Oui-OuiZards:

There will be more misery in the months ahead. But that’s reason to be hopeful. In the NBA, short-term misery can lead to long-term elation.

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Exciting game but tough #Euroleague defeat at home againstst the most in-form team of the 2025 calendar year.

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Following up on the previous post:

More and more, the notion of the classic American breakfast—bacon, eggs, toast, milk, coffee, and a glass of orange juice—is beginning to seem like a snapshot of a bygone era. Not only is the supply of orange juice becoming shaky, but so is that of eggs, milk, and coffee (not to mention other goods, such as chocolate and olive oil). None of this means that we’ll have to go without these foods anytime soon. But for everyday Americans, it will likely mean having less.

It’s hard not to look at this with a cynical “the writing has been on the wall, and you could have done something to prevent it but now all you can do is prepare yourselves for a different world you’ll have to adapt to because you’ve acted so unreasonably for so long as a country — and to some extent for at least 2 generations.”

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Imported fruit can be costly, and its flavor varies because of differences in variety, growing conditions, and taste preferences. (European oranges skew tart because locals like their juice sour, while American varieties cater to the nation’s sweet tooth.)

The Last Days of American Orange Juice | The Atlantic

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A sunny weekend for the first time since the end of last year!

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Meta employees have no scruples surrounding the privacy of internal communications because, by definition, they’re the sort of people who never saw any problem with Meta’s complete lack of regard for such things. So they don’t hesitate to leak what they don’t like. Zuck gets no loyalty because he hired an entire company of people with no convictions other than “winning” or whatever it really is that Meta sees as its central tenet.

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Very excited for the return of the @sixnationsrugby tonight starting with my XV de France against Wales 🏉 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #SixNations

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🏀 We are so back!

Great night at the Paris Basketball game against Tony Parker’s ASVEL tonight!

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100 agree with this take:

The whole tech world needs more projects that aren’t trying to become billion- (let alone trillion-) dollar ideas, but are happily shooting for success as million-dollar ideas (or less!).

Daring Fireball | Pebble Founder Eric Migicovsky Is Bringing It Back

PS: as an original Pebble backer on kickstarter, I’m very excited to see how this will go…

Between tough work days and other personal things… I’ve really been looking forward to tonight’s Champions League games (and going back to my Paris Basketball game tomorrow evening for another big Euroleague rivalry game)

Vlog 048: Relaxing in Bali

This Vlog has been overdue for about 10 months — SORRY! However, this is a good review of my trip to Bali last August. Bali is a place I had always heard of but never visited. I've had some crazy experiences that I never thought would happen, like going to see a local football game of the Bali United Football Club or being hosted by my driver's family. All in all a very unique and utterly beautiful place!

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There’s something awesome, but also kinda hilarious, about the second biggest european tech conference being in France, with 65% french people, all speaking in English!

 

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Encouraging though!

Vlog 042: An Australian Roadtrip

After 10 days in Sydney, it was time to drive down to Melbourne over the course of an unbelievable road trip, spread over 4 days...  [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUHHDLM00F0)&t=2s

The Times, on the French Presidential Debate

The debate also included the three other main contenders — the Socialist Benoît Hamon, the Republicans’ François Fillon, and the far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon — but it was the fight between Mr. Macron and Ms. Le Pen that riveted attention.

Here are my initial reactions from this debate…

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Just gonna leave this here for Friday… “How Sriracha is Made” — aka how the rooster sauce goes from chili plant to finished product [youtube www.youtube.com/watch …and another one, because I’m posting this on my lunch break: [youtube www.youtube.com/watch

About the new Kindle Oasis

This new Kindle looks great! I’m part of the minority of people loving this new slim industrial design. But at $289/289€/£269 , this is way too expansive to upgrade from my 2015 Kindle Paperwhite. [youtube youtube.com/watch [≠]