John Brayton

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:59:32 -0400

Celebrity sighting.

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:02:01 -0400

This sign made me laugh.

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:53:04 -0400

Good crowd for the No Kings protest in Boston.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:04:53 -0400

For local friends: the state of Massachusetts now has a place to report misconduct by ICE or other federal agents.

bsky.app/profile/m…

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:08:10 -0400

Unread 4.8 significantly improved the reliability of its webpage text generation. I wrote a detailed description of these improvements in a new blog post:

www.goldenhillsoftware.com/2026/03/d…

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:13:01 -0400

I released Unread 4.8. Micro.blog users might be particularly interested in its ability to sync with Inkwell. This update also adds reliability improvements around webpage text generation and faster loading of link articles.

I have a blog post with additional details.

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:28:35 -0400

Waking up to find out that our government started a war with another country is just a thing we do now.

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:01:51 -0400

In December I wrote about the price and performance of Hetzner’s server instances. Hetzner recently announced a significant price increase effective April 1, 2026. I updated my blog post.

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:46:54 -0400

Good crowd protesting against ICE in Boston, where it is 15°F (-9°C).

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:58:34 -0400

A blog post: Murder

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:21:17 -0400

Unread’s MacStories Selects 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award arrived, and looks great on my desk.

Huge thanks to the MacStories team!

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:18:08 -0400

Protesting in Boston

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:44:11 -0400

Merry Christmas, you old building and loan.

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:43:00 -0400

I am so excited. Unread won the MacStories Selects 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:07:05 -0400

I have a 100-day streak of walking at least 10,000 steps per day.

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:55:36 -0400

I recently moved most of my servers from Linode to Hetzner. I wrote a blog post describing the pros and cons of each hosting service: virtualsanity.com/202512/mo…

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:49:12 -0400

Happy Thanksgiving!

www.youtube.com/watch

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:11:40 -0400

I voted (early).

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:56:31 -0400

Tomorrow is the No Kings protest. I am going. If you are here in the United States, please consider attending.

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 22:14:56 -0400

This is incredibly disappointing.

Following DOJ pressure, Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:35:59 -0400

A 30-day streak. The streak will not end today.

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:28:47 -0400

Jimmy Kimmel Cancelled

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:10:24 -0400

I just released Unread 4.6 with improvements to support Apple’s operating system updates.

Unread is an RSS reader with beautiful typography and a variety of color themes.

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:13:46 -0400

Next week’s CocoaHeads Boston meeting will be a dinner gathering at MEX Taqueria. Since it falls just a couple days after the iPhone event, we will have a lot to discuss. New participants are always welcome.

www.meetup.com/cocoahead…

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:59:33 -0400

Watching the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.