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  • Drop #648 (2025-05-02): Happy FridAI!

    Today’s Drop discusses the integration of MCP protocol with AI tools like llama3.2, oterm, Context7, and Zed AI to enhance coding assistance and information retrieval. It emphasizes MCP’s role in structured data interaction, Context7’s up-to-date documentation for better coding accuracy, and Zed AI’s robust features, highlighting the evolution and benefits of these technologies in AI-assisted…

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  • Drop #643 (2025-04-22): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of The Drop highlights new developments and challenges in font design. Key points include Microsoft’s Kermit typeface aimed at aiding children with dyslexia, the issues related to thin fonts causing accessibility problems, and the declining status of the em dash due to AI overuse in writing, threatening typographic culture.

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  • Drop #642 (2025-04-21): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop covers GNU Recutils, an efficient plain text database management tool; Joplin, a versatile open-source note-taking app with strong encryption and synchronization options; and inclusive dark mode design, emphasizing accessibility improvements.

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  • Drop #640 (2025-04-17): Twisted Topics Thursday

    Today’s Drop discusses MotherDuck’s #DuckDB Model Context Protocol server with a walk through a look at my sensor network data. It further highlights the rise of automated bots, which now constitute 51% of web traffic, and, lastly, emphasizes the privacy concerns surrounding modern web browsers’ telemetry practices.

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  • Drop #639 (2025-04-15): [Tardy] Typography Tuesday

    Today’s [tardy — due to DOGE] Typography Tuesday covers a study questioning I-beam designs using typeface cross-sections, the manicule’s historical significance as a symbol, and a modern sans serif font, Ronzino, contrasting with Arial in design and functionality.

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  • Drop #638 (2025-04-14): You Call That A Theme?

    Today’s cobbled together themed Drop sports Browser MCP, a tool that integrates LLMs with web browsers for automation tasks; Arc Export which helps convert pinned tabs from the Arc browser to HTML bookmarks, and a D2 extension for Zed, w/a bonus link to Jumping River’s excellent low-down on R’s 4.5.0 release.

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  • Bonus Drop #82 (2025-04-12): Quick Hits

    The weekend Bonus Drop contains 3 “quick hits”. One highlights Lit web components’ advantages, another showcases FLOCKMTL’s integration of LLMs into #DuckDB SQL workflows, and features Granary’s role as a universal translator for social web data.

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  • Drop #636 (2025-04-10): Three Off The Top

    Today’s Drop sports “Bare”, a lightweight JavaScript runtime optimizing for modular app development; JAWSM, a project executing JavaScript directly in WebAssembly, enhancing performance and reducing file size; and Remind, a command-line calendar tool for managing complex schedules through text files, catering to users who prefer simplicity in scheduling.

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  • Drop #635 (2025-04-09): Happy WednesdAI!

    Today’s “AI”-centric edition of the Drop focuses on the “Model Context Protocol” (MCP). This new, standardized integration system for LLM/GPT-ops enhances data connectivity and addresses prior fragmentation. However, it significantly lacks security measures, making it vulnerable to command injection and tool poisoning. Practical examples, including a Star Wars API implementation, highlight MCP’s potential while also…

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  • Drop #634 (2025-04-08): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop discusses the evolution of smart quotes and accent marks in typography, highlighting their historical context and modern usage. It also introduces the Style Manual, which provides guidance on British and American English punctuation, and features the DT Hebrinks typeface, a free serif font. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of…

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