Honestly, what drove me to Vim for news writing/editing was the inability of Notepad++ to allow the editing of macros. Also, macros are mysterious and brittle in Geany. Plus I wanted to use the same editor in Windows, Linux and BSD.

Why there’s so little left of the early internet - Stephen Dowling/BBC http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190401-why-theres-so-little-left-of-the-early-internet

Rep. @KatieHill4CA has her first 2020 opponent, Republican @suzettemartinez Valladares - @KevinModesti @ladailynews https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/03/rep-katie-hill-has-her-first-2020-opponent-republican-suzette-valladares/

For families who want a greener San Fernando Valley, check out the Paper Earth Fair this Sunday in Tarzana @AriPlachta @ladailynews https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/03/for-families-who-want-a-greener-sf-valley-check-out-the-paper-earth-fair-this-sunday/

Did you vote provisionally in November 2018 in California? Your ballot was probably counted @JeffHorseman @ladailynews @pressenterprise https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/03/vote-provisionally-in-november-2018-your-ballot-was-probably-counted/

LA honors Jane Goodall as she turns 85 @ladailynews https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/03/la-honors-jane-goodall-as-she-turns-85/

Exotic animals seized from hip-hop producer Mally Mall’s home in Encino @ladailynews https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/03/exotic-animals-seized-from-hip-hop-producer-mally-malls-home-in-encino/

Man convicted of second-degree murder in 2017 crash that killed a woman in North Hills @ladailynews https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/04/man-convicted-of-second-degree-murder-in-2017-crash-that-killed-a-woman-in-north-hills/

Metro introduces another piece in the puzzle that will help get passengers to LAX without a car – @stevscaz @ladailynews https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/03/metro-introduces-another-piece-in-the-puzzle-that-will-help-get-passengers-to-lax-without-a-car/

LA committee backs million in state funds for Sylmar Armory homeless shelter @reporterliz @ladailynews https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/03/la-committee-backs-3-million-in-state-funds-for-sylmar-armory-homeless-shelter/

Police chase of reportedly stolen truck in Van Nuys ends with 4 hurt; one person in critical condition https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/03/3-seriously-injured-in-violent-wreck-in-lake-balboa-following-police-chase-of-stolen-vehicle/

Suspect in Nipsey Hussle murder being held on million bail, but no charges yet – @jcain @ladailynews https://www.dailynews.com/2019/04/03/suspect-in-nipsey-hussle-murder-being-held-on-7-million-bail-but-no-charges-yet/

The future of undersea Internet cables – Sarvesh Mathi/The Journal Blog https://blog.usejournal.com/the-future-of-undersea-internet-cables-f3e5f77de019

When this eBook store closes, your books disappear too - Dave Lee/BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47810367

Privacy is just the first step, the goal is data ownership - Keith Axline https://thetoolsweneed.com/privacy-is-just-the-first-step-the-goal-is-data-ownership/

The Back Page: Dinner Out with...Tommy Tedesco, Jimmy Bruno, John Pisano, Frank Zappa and Joe Pass - Jazz Guitar Today https://jazzguitartoday.com/2019/04/the-back-page-dinner-out-with-tommy-tedesco-jimmy-bruno-john-pisano-frank-zappa-joe-pass/

I created the 'hello-world' project in @GatsbyJS. There are 28,790 files in that directory. I'm a @nodejs newbie, but any way you slice it, that is a whole lot of files.

I’ll never be a regular at Koreatown’s OB Bear, but I’m glad to be a guest - Frank Shyong/Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ob-bear-koreatown-dodgers-20180401-htmlstory.html

I finally got my Git-Gatsby.js situation figured out. I needed to install Git on Windows so it worked not just in Git Bash but also in CMD and PowerShell.

To run @gatsbyjs in Windows, you need to be in the Git Bash shell, not CMD or PowerShell -- "How to get started" tutorial doesn't mention this

It's not a good look for Node that when you install the LTS on Windows that you end up with the wrong (and incompatible) version of NPM and have to use this fix to make it right: https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-windows-upgrade

I feel the pull of @GatsbyJS https://www.gatsbyjs.org/

At the Google Plus home page, you can find this comforting sentence: "Other Google products (such as Gmail, Google Photos, Google Drive, YouTube) were not shut down as part of the consumer Google+ shutdown and you can continue using those products." Gee, thanks Goog! https://plus.google.com/

Keeping up with the Kardashian cash flow - Amy Chozick/The New York Times (in case you want to read a really long NYT take on America's other first family) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/style/kardashians-interview.html

The @BostonGlobe has a 0 story paywall. That is all.

Linux Journal at 25 - Doc Searls https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-25

Being a middle-aged junior programmer – Tomas Forsman https://medium.com/@forsman.tomas/being-a-middle-aged-junior-ca7d643d9356

SPARCbook 3000ST - The coolest '90s laptop - Jason Eckhert http://triosdevelopers.com/jason.eckert/blog/Entries/2019/3/14_SPARCbook_3000ST_-_The_coolest_90s_laptop.html

The story of DEC's PDP-1, or what you could buy for ,000-,000 in the early 1960s https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/digital/timeline/pdp-1story.htm

How ketchup became the great equalizer | Amy Bentley/The Saturday Evening Post https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/01/the-history-of-ketchup/

The way I look at desktop/laptop computing has changed now that I use a Roku for most TV viewing and an Android phone for things like Google Hangouts

Why I stuck with Windows for 6 years while developing Discourse - Sam Saffron https://samsaffron.com/archive/2019/03/31/why-i-stuck-with-windows-for-6-years-while-developing-discourse

Performance of Mozilla Firefox has been surprisingly good. I don't know what they're doing, but it's working. The Windows version is really working for me.

Ruby 2.4 to 2.5: I can feel the speed improvement

Once you start opening a bunch of tabs, Microsoft's Edge browser starts eating a lot more CPU than Firefox with the same pages open

Productivity isn't about time management. It's about attention management. - Adam Grant/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/smarter-living/productivity-isnt-about-time-management-its-about-attention-management.html

I made a web page in Google Cloud http://passthejoe.net

I am having a lot of fun playing with a Debian 9 VM in the Google Cloud

I'm at a point of detente with Windows 10. Everything is working well enough.

I installed @golang 1.12 so I can play around with it

The Twitter gem won't install in Ruby 2.6. It will install in Ruby 2.5, so that's what I'm upgrading to.

Why GNU grep is fast - Mike Haertel https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-August/019310.html

Why I miss Rails | David Chanin https://chanind.github.io/rails/2019/03/28/why-i-miss-rails.html

You can now search really old AP Stylebooks and guides online – Kristen Hare/Poynter https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/you-can-now-search-really-old-ap-stylebooks-and-guides-online/

Google has already given you a free Debian Linux VM with 5 GB of storage https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell

Integer is a nice minimal WordPress theme from @ThemePatio. It costs for one year of support https://themepatio.com/themes/integer/

Yes, you should blog - Blair Reeves http://blairreeves.me/2019/01/10/yes-you-should-blog/

Taking control of your internet - Blair Reeves http://blairreeves.me/2019/03/08/taking-control-of-your-internet/

Always Own Your Platform http://alwaysownyourplatform.com/

Apple will sell you a refurbished iPhone SE for -299 https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/clearance

Announcement and release notes for Bionicpup64 8.0 http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-bionic/bionicpup64/release-bionicpup64-8.0.htm

Bionicpup64 8.0 CE is Puppy Linux that uses Ubuntu 18.04 packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311

This is Xenialpup 7.5, the version of Puppy Linux I am using. I am running the UEFI version. http://blog.puppylinux.com/xenialpup-released

If you want a live Linux with persistence, pickings are slim. I couldn't get a persistent version of Ubuntu running. I don't think Knoppix does persistence. So I turned to a distro I first ran more than 10 years ago: Puppy Linux, which was built for persistence.

I made my first git commit from the Puppy Linux (XenialPup) system that I'm using on my HP Envy 15t laptop. XenialPup is based on Ubuntu 16.04.

For Sale: This massive, obsessive and (probably) obsolete VHS boxing archive - Alex Vadukul/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/nyregion/boxing-vhs-archive.html

Apple's reinvention as a services company starts for real on Monday - Mark Gurman/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-23/apple-s-reinvention-as-a-services-company-starts-for-real-monday

A 30-million page library is heading to the moon to help preserve human civilization - Corey S. Powell/NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/30-million-page-library-heading-moon-help-preserve-human-civilization-ncna977786?

There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train. But I did it anyway. - Caity Weaver and Holly Andres/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/20/magazine/train-across-america-amtrak.html

A few simple steps to vastly increase your privacy online - Keith Axline/The Tools We Need https://thetoolsweneed.com/a-few-simple-steps-to-vastly-increase-your-privacy-online/