Jamie Todd Rubin

Lately, I have been working on a series of small archiving projects. I have been gathering 35 years of digital data, and organizing it locally,

https://jamierubin.net/2024/09/08/archiving-my-blog-posts-in-obsidian/

I took my first flying lesson two days before John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy were killed when their plane crashed off Martha’s Vineyard.

https://jamierubin.net/2024/08/06/flying-lessons-of-life/

We were in Europe recently for a few weeks, and spent a few days in the beautiful city of Budapest, Hungary, a city rich in

https://jamierubin.net/2024/08/05/a-pilgrimage-to-john-von-neumanns-birthplace/

Twice a day I take a two-and-a-half mile walk through the Bluemont Junction part of my town. I walk from our house down to the

https://jamierubin.net/2024/08/04/the-familiar-strangers-of-bluemont-junction/

“Give me any random idea and I can write a story from it.” This is how I used to think of myself back when I

https://jamierubin.net/2024/05/29/what-ive-learned-from-three-decades-of-writing/

When I first started keeping a diary, I did it mostly out of imitation. Isaac Asimov kept one, and I liked the idea. As he

https://jamierubin.net/2024/05/19/the-persistence-of-memory/

I know what you’re thinking. Another Substack newsletter? Yes, I have a Substack newsletter that will debut tomorrow. It’s called “The Ancient and the Ultimate”

https://jamierubin.net/2024/04/29/introducing-the-ancient-and-the-ultimate-on-substack/

i. A few days ago, I finished reading The Age of Napoleon by Will Durant and Ariel Durant, the final entry in their 11-volume Story

https://jamierubin.net/2024/03/19/my-story-of-civilization/

2024 is turning out to be the Year of the Long Book, for me at least. I generally set myself a goal of 100 books

https://jamierubin.net/2024/03/06/the-year-of-the-long-book/

I read with sadness this afternoon about the passing of the great Charles Osgood. I’m sure many people knew him from the two-plus decades he

https://jamierubin.net/2024/01/23/r-i-p-charles-osgood/