Penny Lane and Brambly Park are two good options!

You would make a ton of money in Richmond, Virginia, if you:
• Had a place for people to be able to drop in and record music
• Weren't a flake; answered emails promptly (or at all) and showed up on time

A satellite view of the rock, highlighted. Deed transfer on January 1, 1776, to grantee "Unknown owner." Assessment History: land worth $1,000 in 2025.

it's a $1,000 rock though

The Richmond Parcel Map, with a section of the James highlighted, right off of Mayos [sic] Island; the selection reads "E0000053010: Owner: Unknown Owner"

we don't know who owns this rock in the middle of the river

A screenshot of the Bluesky trending topics widget: 1. Rev. Hegseth 2. Artemis II 3. Nutella 4. Reid Wiseman 5. Artemis II

taking that "II" literally I see

A screenshot from the Richmond Parcel Map. Chimborazo Park (and the surrounding area below the hill) are highlighted, except for like a weird core that's missing in what I can only describe as the left pulmonary area which is owned by the United States of America

I love how there's this island of federal park in the middle of a city park

What book should I read next?

hardcover.app/@woods/books...

US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images Downing of fighter plane – the first shot down over Iran since start of war – prompts frantic US rescue effort A US F-15E fighter has been shot down over Iran, prompting a frantic US search and rescue effort for its two-strong crew, in the first such incident since the start of the war. Images of a tail fin and other debris were released by Iranian state media early on Friday accompanied by an initial claim that an advanced US F-35 and been hit by a new air defence system over central Iran and the pilot probably killed. Continue reading...

US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images

Node.js — Security Bug Bounty Program Paused Due to Loss of Funding Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

nodejs.org/en/blog/anno...

a thing i notice working on Numlock is that April 2 tends to be a very busy news day, particularly around research publishing, because nobody wants to publish anything even slightly interesting on April 1.

Every 3D Printable Film Camera, In One Place Hackaday Article

Every 3D Printable Film Camera, In One Place

@adogonabus.bsky.social

blog.joewoods.dev/updates/marc...

It's loading fine on my end!

The State of Flint - Spring 2026 Flint's been under active development for almost a year. Let's cover what's been done, what's coming up next, and what's being pushed to the backlog.

Flint is going strong 💪 we've got a ton of progress to report from 2025 + the start of 2026, plus big plans for 2026->2027.

I'm so happy to be leading a project that has such a great team and is making such consistent progress on a solid foundation + vision. ❤️‍🔥

www.flint.fyi/blog/the-sta...

I will take this moment to encourage everyone to check out VSCodium 🙂

vscodium.com

We won the moonshot award 🤘🏻

I'm at the Hack for RVA hackathon; our project is incentivizing people to choose alternatives to single-passenger car trips. We're looking for local businesses who would be willing to give out, say, a 10% coupon to folks who say they carpooled or took the bus. Do you know anyone who can help?

My phone number has been added to some list for spammers, but they think my name is Josh, so it's a really clear signal that I can just hang up on the robot when it intones "hey, I'm looking for Josh"

Roakland

Here's what I want to know: why is nobody talking about the RVA ↔ Philly connection

Never in doubt. Let's go VCU!

Rearranging my living room so I can pace while watching this

VCU's not doing themselves any favors, but yeesh this officiating

A phishing URL was texted to me, and the source of the page includes some obviously-LLM-generated comments:

> Hand-crafted 3D-ish SVG shield mimicking the reference

> Hidden Chinese context for specific users

> To create a realistic "verifying" feel

Asks the question if Roku City is in the distance, are we in Roku Jersey City

My theory on Roku City is that we are actually in Roku Jersey City

Because searching the web for "Nine Inch Nails secret shirts" appears to yield very few relevant results, I bashed this article together: blog.joewoods.dev/music/nine-i...

Fog in the distance shrouds some buildings downtown, with converted warehouse apartments in Shockoe Bottom in the foreground. The view is from the top of a hill, with crumbling concrete sidewalks and small purple flowers dotting the side of the hill. Some questionably-alive trees frame the shot.

Foggy morning view from Taylor’s Hill in RVA

I’ve read it! It was a long time ago, though, so maybe it’s time for a re-read…