Lars-Christian's website - Notes

Measuring nothing (with great accuracy)

2026-09-30T00:00:09+00:00

Seth Godin in Measuring nothing (with great accuracy):

We keep coming up with new things to measure (like processor speed, heat output, column inches) but it's pretty rare that those measurements are actually a proxy for the impact or quality we care about. It takes a lot of guts to stop measuring things that are measurable, and even more guts to create things that don't measure well by conventional means.

May have shared this before. Seth wrote it more than a decade ago. But when I came across it again in Jim's notes it felt more relevant than ever before.

Robin Hobb writes characters

2026-10-08T00:00:08+00:00

Halfway through the Fool's Quest, the second book of Robin Hobb's (as of right now) final trilogy in the Elderling series.

I feel it speaks to her elaborate style of storytelling that, upon considering how the plot will play out, I find myself thinking ‘a book and a half is nowhere near long enough to develop that storyline‘. The depth of her characters is second to none that I've ever read. Admittedly, that's a fairly small base of comparison. Nevertheless.

A particular aspect that sets her writing apart, is the wealth of social and cultural context she provides to give the reader an understanding of why they are who they are and do what they do.

Refueling an EV

2026-10-09T00:00:07+00:00

Thomas Steiner in Refueling an EV be like:

When you arrive at the designated point, imagine that the gas pump is somewhere randomly hidden in a sparely lit industrial area parking lot. To start fueling, imagine you needed that random gas station brand's own RFID card that of course you don't have, or an app. Fine, imagine you scanned the QR code on the pump to download the app, only to find that the app isn't available in the country your phone's app store is registered in.

Am reminded of a road trip we did a few years back. A three and a half hour drive took the better part of 10 hours! Thomas manages to perfectly capture the experience of trying to ‘fuel’ an electrical vehicle on the road.

The best thing about a Tesla is never having to deal with all this ever. It just tells me where I should stop and charge. I stop and plug in, and the app notifies me when I'm ready to go again. One of the few truly amazingly simple and functional tech experiences I've had in the last few years.

Everybody's angry all the time

2026-10-13T00:00:06+00:00

Colin Devroe in John Gruber on X:

I post seldomly. I never said anything because everybody online is angry at every single thing these days. It is unbearable. I almost cannot take it.

This isn't confined to engagement farming social platforms. I feel like it's permeated the entire fabric of online life. Niche forums and even personal blogs to some extent.

Lately I've been diligent about culling my feed reader to get rid of anyone who's mostly writing about how bad things are. Colin almost cannot take it. I can't. It's an infectious disease. The more anger to which I'm exposed, the angrier I feel myself.

Maybe I should sign up for X. LOL! But seriously. Guys. Gals. Colin quotes John Gruber in that post:

If you think the world is full of fun and amazing people and things, that humanity’s defining feature is our collective ability to solve any problem, that the only time better to be alive than today is tomorrow

This is it.

Home baked pizza

2026-10-24T00:00:05+00:00

In-laws got me a new pizza oven for my birthday.

Took it for a spin yesterday. Was not disappointed.

On recommendation from my father-in-law, I baked the doughs with a mix of tipo-00 and Manitoba flour. No oil. Apparently means less burning in the hot temps of a pizza oven.

Topping was plain with plain crushed tomatoes, salted and reduced, as the sauce. Threw on regular gouda and mozzarella cheese and sprinkled tiny strips of bacon to top it off.

Was absolutely delicious. Been hankering for another today!

Give this pizza oven a 10/10 rating (based on a single use) for anyone who likes Italian style pizza.

… and it's really rad!

2026-11-05T00:00:04+00:00

Shhh, don't tell the boy. It's a Christmas present!

PS: Bonus points if you get the forty year old reference in the title. Collect through email!

Bandcamp Friday

2026-11-06T00:00:03+00:00

I finally managed to purchase some music on Bandcamp Friday. Even gave a little extra to the artists.

In case you're looking for tips, I got Shop Girl by Kate Bollinger and Phoebe Bridgers' Lost Weekend.

Pizzas in the making

2026-11-06T00:00:02+00:00

Production line in full swing this afternoon. Oldest one has a friend over, so a pizza for each!

All that spying for this?

2026-11-07T00:00:01+00:00

Rakhim in I wish tech companies knew more about me:

I get shown ads for products I just purchased. All this spying, machine learning, big data result in "he bought a mattress, show him more mattresses". Here, I literally just opened a random website with no adblocker, and I see a purple gamepad I recently purchased, with two other gamepads

Hard agree. I certainly wouldn't mind. That's not to say I won't make them work for it.

Bleachers in concert

2026-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

Wow!

One of the best shows I’ve been to the last decade. Two saxes, two full drum sets, a bunch of strings. And Jack Antonoff is very charismatic.