My love for soda water has escalated into a full-blown obsession
Steve
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Solo entrepreneur helping other solo founders & small businesses win at marketing. Founder @ freak.marketing & deadlinekit.com. Portland-based.
Increasingly the answer to “should I still learn to code?!” will be “I dunno, do you find value in it?”
Saw this last night, solid flick! 
IMDb
Caught Stealing (2025) ⭐ 6.9 | Action, Comedy, Crime
1h 47m | R
I forgot how awesome Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” music video is! 
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Wow this week flew by!
I rewatched Fire In The Sky again recently and while the abduction scene is still awesome I forgot that was only like the last 20 minutes of the movie. The rest of it is a snooze fest.
Wow, what a massive waste of money, $120 million spent on troops in LA for political theater… 
Los Angeles Times
Trump’s military deployment in Los Angeles cost $120 million, Newsom says
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles cost $120 million.
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MacBook keyboards are good but I miss a good mechanical keyboard. 😏
It’s about time Siri got smarter. AI search, better answers, and even health tips are coming soon. Details here: 
MacRumors
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Apple plans to add an AI-powered web search tool to Siri next year, reports Bloomberg
Making moves! Just integrated Stripe payments with my react app! 😁
Portland crow, stopping for a drink at a Benson bubbler 
What are we eating this Labor Day?
And just like that I think Bolt will be replacing Webflow for building out PPC landing pages.
Starting to play around with Google’s new nano banana image editor thingy 😆 
I've been building a new daily reading habit this year, starting with just 5 minutes of fiction per day and working up to 10 minutes now. My current streak is 52 days and counting! It's been such a rewarding experience. Currently making my way through Shōgun and absolutely loving it.
Now I want to rewatch Weekend at Bernie’s for the first time in like 20 years
Tried out comet browser. First impressions; the UI is cluttered af. Not a fan. I notice it has the sidebar chat but it doesn’t cross reference tabs.
Top three favorite new web tools I’m using this year:
Dia browser: has awesome AI integration
Cursor IDE: sick AI powered IDE
Wispr: AI powered dictation