My Father’s Death in 7 Gigabytes | WIRED: My father’s last decade was one of relentless downsizing, from apartment to assisted living to nursing home, shedding belongings, throwing away clothes and furniture. And at the end: Two boxes and a tiny green urn. The ultimate zip file. After I parsed and processed and batched his …
Category Archives: technology
So-Called “Beer Commercial”
AI isn’t taking all of the jobs just yet. Enjoy this generated nightmare fuel of a “beer commercial.”
On Working from Home
At my previous job, I spent some time working from home in 2020–2021 after the COVID pandemic really hooked its tendrils into the globe. My current job doesn’t even have an office so working from home is the only option. Overall, it’s been terrific. If employees have no need to meet directly with each other, …
One of Many Posts about the Rise and Fall of Twitter
While it is probably too far to say Twitter is important to me, I can say I have found and followed many internet acquaintances through their tweets. Some of these pals I found from their blogs showcasing then-new links to their Twitter feed. Others I found through the web Twitter wove among those users’ follows …
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Coding More
With a new1 tech job this year, I have been focused on learning.2 With that, I have also been focused on sharing. I am a long-time fan (and paying customer) of Brett Terpstra. He sets a high bar—the gold standard IMHO—for Mac developers. He shares of a combination of polished paid apps with a generous …
Credit Application Process
We need a little help with some upcoming veterinary bills. For the first time in many years, I sought a line of credit to help with these new expenses. After finding a provider online and completing the application, I was provided with an application reference number and told to call Phone Number #1 to complete …
Linode-CLI Help Summary
This is a summary of the help files for linode-cli commands and is not intended to be helpful beyond letting fellow Linode users review what is possible from the terminal. For full documentation and support, visit Linode’s Tools – Linode CLI page. Are you interested in hosting your work on Linode? Using this affiliate link …
Doing to Track What I’m Doing
A computer is in front of me most of every day, but I’m terrible at knowing what I’ve accomplished there. It’s a source of play and work (which is often itself a sort of play). My platform of choice is macOS split with work in Ubuntu linux at the terminal. As a longtime “computer aficionado,” …
Tricking Out iTerm2
The new year brought with it a new job for me as a full stack developer for Webinology,1 a small firm in Chattanooga, Tenn. I’ve always been a fan of linux, appreciate that macOS is built atop BSD, and have long been comfortable at the command line. While Apple provides Terminal.app, I’ve always preferred applications …
Mullenweg Interview
The Verge published a great interview with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg. So quotable! Here are a few hotspots. I try to make as few decisions as possible and really say, “How do we push that out to the teams, the divisions, the edges of the branches of the tree versus the trunk?” The assumption is …