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Think globally, microblog locally
Mon, 30 Apr 2018

Janesville – A Story About the Rest of America - Steve Blank https://steveblank.com/2018/02/02/janesville-a-story-about-the-rest-of-america/

Have you heard about Steve Blank? https://steveblank.com/

Fri, 27 Apr 2018

I'm using Gvim for all of my news writing/editing, so I'm getting a lot of Vim practice

Are you really Facebook’s product? The history of a dangerous idea - Slate https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/are-you-really-facebooks-product-the-history-of-a-dangerous-idea.html

You know you're in trouble when you see the headline 'Can Kim's Peacemaking Efforts Be Trusted?' and you think they're talking about Kim Kardashian when it's really about Kim Jong Un.

Thu, 26 Apr 2018

Mahavishnu Orchestra - 'Between Nothingness & Eternity (Live)' Can you tell I'm exploring early jazz fusion? This live album is stunning. Love the interplay. Like all good fusion, everybody is burning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmNkGQm1YE4

I keep listening to Chick Corea's first "Return to Forever" album. I love the players and the vibe. I have a newfound interest in Chick and bassist Stanley Clarke. I really love the electric piano - it's like an electric guitar, piano and vibes rolled up into one instrument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TcSK6MYkpU

Tabasco sauce is in a battle for its very survival - Michael Isaac Stein https://earther.com/tabasco-sauce-is-in-a-battle-for-its-very-survival-1825510123

Wed, 25 Apr 2018

Editing news stories in Vim: I figured out how to make macros and boosted my productivity by switching from Notepad++. Gvim works better when going between web browser and editor in Windows. http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Macros

Tue, 24 Apr 2018

I'm starting @Udemy's Complete Java Masterclass on the recommendation of @soniagupta504 https://twitter.com/soniagupta504/status/988110466923675648

Getting laid off in tech: The myth of upper middle-class security – Aakash Japi https://hackernoon.com/getting-laid-off-in-tech-4e3efed8649b

"Farewell - ETAOIN SHRDLU" (1978) - last day of hot metal type at the New York Times https://vimeo.com/127605643

Mon, 23 Apr 2018

Part of Twitter's appeal is its lack of financial success, real or imagined. It's like they just can't muster being as evil as Facebook.

I'm not 'deleting' my Facebook account, if that's even possible. I'm just not using Facebook. I never used the mobile app, and I'm not opening it on my desktop.

Firefox now has built-in screenshots, but it took me going to this page to figure it out https://screenshots.firefox.com/

What comes after the social media empires - BuzzFeed https://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/facebook-youtube-fragmentation

The Windows Subsystem for Linux endgame is a full Linux desktop accessible from within Windows 10. How is this not where Microsoft is going?

How do I make this program? (An article written before I got started with my Ruby script to create and post social updates and then send them to Twitter) http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/programming/2017_0912_how_do_i_make_this_program

How to back up your /home directory in the Windows Subsystem for Linux without losing permissions before killing your old WSL and installing a new one http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/windows/linux_on_windows/2017_1013_backup_before_installing_new_wsl