Darren Cohen

📌 Welcome to My Site Relaunch

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0400

After 15 years I rebuilt my site from scratch. Come see what I am up to.

📷️ What to Have?

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:14:00 +0400

I already know I am going with the regular, but I will always look

Setting up Obsidian Part 1

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0400

After a few starts and stops over the past few months, I have come to the conclusion that Obsidian is the right tool for me. As noted on my Stuff page, I live on different platforms. Right now I am writing the bulk of this on the Obsidian app on an HP laptop running Linux Mint. I also use iOS on my iPhone so I need access to everything my notes app holds. Here is the kicker about Obsidian being my “notes app,” it ends up being so much more than that. So far I am only partially through the process, so this is just part one, but I am going to share my vision.

📷️ Save the Planet Ride Electric

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:14:00 +0400

The only way to go

Ya Gotta Believe?

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:01:00 +0400

This year might seem over for the New York Mets, but there is always next year!

🔗 The AI Power Bill is Coming Due

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:00:16 -0400

A power auction conducted by a giant grid operator is expected to add $6.3 billion in additional charges to consumers and businesses because of electricity needs of data centers

PJM’s grid serves all or part of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, as well as the District of Columbia.

Source: The New York Times

There are obvious climate concerns with this, but it’s also corporate welfare. The people are going to pay for what the AI companies should ve paying.

🔗 The Women Rebuilding the US Goverment Climate Site

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:40:16 -0400

Lindsey became one of the roughly 280,000 federal workers to lose their jobs, she knew something had to be done.

Lindsey joined forces with former NOAA employees Anna Eshelman, and Mary Lindsey, her older sister, to become the core team behind the deactivated site’s successor, Climate.us, preserving over 15 years of key climate data and resources. The trove features key maps, educational materials and climate indicator reports, including the now-deleted Fifth National Climate Assessment, the government’s most comprehensive analysis of climate change that was at risk of being lost to the public.

📷️ Good Morning Beautiful

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

There is nothing better than pulling up to a diner counter as the sun comes up for breakfast

🔗 F*ck The Glasses, I agree

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:25:00 +0400

On Thursday (July 9), Lorde performed at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid and spoke up against smart glasses.

“Increasingly in our world it gets harder and harder to know what is real,” the pop star said onstage. “You don’t know if someone is wearing sunglasses or if they’re wearing those fucked up fucking… Can I just say, for the record, ‘Fuck the Glasses.’ Don’t get the glasses. Not sexy.”

🎵 Two New Albums I have on Repeat

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:52:21 +0400

🔗 IPSOS Poll on American Sports Fandom

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The folks at Ipsos chose a perfect time to get a handle on how Americans feel about different sports.

They polled more than 1,000 people during the ongoing World Cup and asked them “Do you consider yourself to be a fan of the following sports?”

The answers could be considered somewhat surprising once you get below the NFL. Has baseball recouped and is now the second-most popular sport in the USA? That won’t make NBA commissioner Adam Silver happy.

🔗 Two People Who Need to be Heard

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:30:36 -0400

Charlie Taney is the great-great-grandnephew of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, the man who wrote the infamous Dred Scott opinion that helped provoke the Civil War.

“You know, I hope their grandchildren don’t go through what I went through,” he said. “[Having] to slide down on my seat when the Dred Scott case came up because my name was Taney. So the people that would like to be part of getting rid of your birthright citizenship, they might want to keep that in mind, what they’ll do to their own family for the future.”

📚️ Review: Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0400

My first big arena show as a kid was Bruce Springsteen at MSG, and it took just one note for me to be hooked. So when I saw that Peter Carlin was writing a book all about the making of the Born to Run album I knew I would have to read it. Let’s just say the book did not disappoint. Carlin had great access to Springsteen and used it to get every detail to tell the fantastic story. Even if you are just a casual Bruce fan this is must read.

📚️ Review: The World That We Knew

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0400

I was looking for something to read when I came across “The World That We Knew” by Alice Hoffman. The book tells a story of three girls running from the Nazis during World War 2. Normally I am not into the idea of mysticism, but the author successfully uses it as a vehicle to tell the story. It is well written and a solid read. Another good book in the historical fiction genre.

📚️ Review: Shadows in the Smoke

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0400

One word, meh! That is all I can really say about “Shadows in the Smoke” by Tony Broadbent. A post World War 2 crime novel based in London should be one that you don’t want to put down but I found it slow in way too many places. It’s fine if you just want something to read and have access to the book.

The Knicks are Champs!!!!

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I am at a loss for words, but it really happened! Game 4 will be one of those things you never forget.

📷️ The Best Dive Bar in NYC does it Right

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A free hot dog with every drink (cheap too) is just one of the reason Rudy's remains the best dive bar in the city

📷️ The OG Hot Dog

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Where it all began, A Nathan's hot dog from the original location. Of course you go with mustard and kraut as it's the only way.

📷️ Spring has Sprung on The High Line

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

2026 MLB Predictions

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

American League

East	Central	West
Yankees	Guardians	Mariners
Blue Jays	Tigers	Rangers
Rays	Royals	Astros
Red Sox	Twins	A’s
Orioles	White Sox	Angels

National League

East	Central	West
Phillies	Brewers	Dodgers
Mets	Cubs	Padres
Braves	Pirates	Dbacks
Marlins	Reds	Giants
Nationals	Cardinals	Rockies

*playoff team

AL Champs: Yankees

NL Champs: Dodgers

World Series Champions: Dodgers

📷️ Great Beer at a Great Brewery

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Fifth Hammer is a very good small brewery in Long Island City that has great beer in a really cool enviroment.

🔗 2026 ZiPS Projections

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Despite last season’s collapse, ZiPS projects the Mets as a highly competitive team in the NL East, and one the league shouldn’t dismiss

via Source: Fangraphs

I know it might not feel like it, but the Mets are better today than they were on the last day of the season.

📚 BOOK REVIEW: The Power Broker

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

📷️ The Perfect Diner Breakfast

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The order: 2 poached eggs, sausage split and well done, dry rye toast which grabs the yolk, sliced tomato, and of course the coffee with unlimited refills. No better way to read the New York Times cover to cover

🔗 Downside of Using Biometrics to Unock Device

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

New court record from the FBI details the state of the devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson: phone was on w/Lockdown Mode; personal laptop was off; work laptop was on w/Touch ID; several Signal chats used disappearing messages. https://t.co/YqLahtQihR pic.twitter.com/cMAEXBXLnD
— Runa Sandvik (@runasand) January 31, 2026

via Source: Runa Sandvik (@runasand) - Twitter

This issue has been talked about for years, courts have been saying that your face and/or fingerprint can be compelled to unlock your phone while they can’t force you to give up the passcode in your head. John Gruber wrote about this a few years ago, and the article contains some good advice that everyone should heed.

🔗 Coffee is Great, duh

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The study has not yet been published. But MindBio’s CEO Justin Hanka recently released the top-line results on his LinkedIn, eager to show that his company was “in front of the curve in microdosing research.” He called it “the most vigorous placebo controlled trial ever performed in microdosing.” It found that patients dosed with a small amount of LSD (ranging from 4 to 20μg, or micrograms, well below the threshold of a mind-blowing hallucinogenic dose) showed observable upticks in feelings of well-being, but worse MADRS scores, compared to patients given a placebo in the form of a caffeine pill. (Because patients in psychedelic trials typically expect some kind of mind-altering effect, studies are often blinded using so-called “active placebos,” like caffeine or methylphenidate, which have their own observable psychoactive properties.)

📷️ A Cortado and a Book on a Cold Day

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

📷️ Goodbye Old Friend

Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

We had to say goodbye to Mookie this morning…. this little guy gave me 15 years and 1 week of unfettered joy.

Stuff I Like and Use

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000