I've been thinking about typewriter stationery and carbon copies lately, as has our friend Joe Van Cleave. Has anyone used or had NCR paper stationery made for themselves? I tried some half-sheet stationery at the International Printing Museum not long ago and that seemed like a lovely way to write and keep copies of typewritten correspondence.  Of course recommendations for designers and printers for personal stationery is welcome here too. 
#Social Stream #Typewriters #NCR paper #stationery

Was browsing my music library and rediscovered Tragedy, the greatest heavy metal Bee Gee’s tribute band. They were the opener at a concert I went to ages ago and they ripped my face off. So good. Two song sample set for you:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/stayin-alive/1652820482?i=1652820485

https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-will-survive/1658200800

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Two weeks of scrap greens from the CSA (carrot and radish tops mostly), now turned into dehydrated vegetable broth mix
The best way to unwind after a long day of meetings
Figuring out how AI agents get access to enterprise apps gets messy fast.

Static API keys and repeated OAuth flows look fine in a demo, but they completely break down at scale.

Lately, much of my work in the IETF OAuth Working Group has focused on solving this exact bottleneck.

By leveraging the Cross-App Access pattern, built on the Identity Assertion JWT Authorization Grant, we can fundamentally change how agents interact with your stack:

• No more manual OAuth dance: Agents get seamless, scoped access to connected apps entirely behind the scenes.
• Centralized IT control: Enterprise admins get the clear visibility, security boundaries, and policy control they actually need.

I’m joining Jiquan Ngiam, CEO of MintMCP, to discuss how this plays out in practice. JQ runs over 20 agents on MintMCP's platform, so we’ll explore what MCP Enterprise-Managed Authorization looks like when deployed across tools like Salesforce, GitHub, and Confluence.

If you work in identity, security, or are currently figuring out how to safely deploy AI agents in your enterprise, come join the conversation.

Free and live on Zoom, Jul 9 at 9am Pacific: https://luma.com/va1tfrnf

The Artist Who Accidentally Became an Engineer

The BC-250 cards that people like me are using to build cheap SteamOS gaming PCs ship with 24 of 40 CUs active. There are OS images that allow you to activate some or all of the CUs, but it’s a roll of the silicon dice. Looks like I got lucky, as my card is running stable with all CUs active. 🍀

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