Date Formatter Ruby gem makes it easy to configure strftime formats. I remember Golang being this easy, so glad to see this for Ruby. https://github.com/feedreader/pluto/tree/master/date-formatter

Once again, @davidallen909 makes the Inland Empire look like a million bucks: Molly sells Molly’s Souper in Upland but stays on at homey restaurant https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/02/18/molly-sells-mollys-souper-in-upland-but-stays-on-at-homey-restaurant/

Thank you, @twitter, for randomly refreshing my timeline while I'm in the middle of reading a tweet.

I went back to work on the effort to convert my blogPoster Ruby script to a class-based program

Debian has released a security update for the Evince document viewer https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624

If you look at the Slackware Linux web site, the project appears to be frozen in time. But development continues, and the distro is up to date. If you want a Linux that doesn't use systemd, this is it. http://www.slackware.com/

Customizing mini 4WD racers for high speeds on a small scale - Ars Technica Video. (I did not know in any way that this was a thing. It's like 1960s slot car racing for the 2020s. https://arstechnica.com/video/watch/customizing-mini-4wd-racers-for-high-speeds-on-a-small-scale

The @debian project has released a @firefox ESR security update for Stable (aka Buster). https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4620

Windows 7 bug prevents users from shutting down or rebooting computers | Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-7-bug-prevents-users-from-shutting-down-or-rebooting-computers/

How your laptop ruined your life: Smartphones aren’t the only killers of work-life balance - Amanda Mull/The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/laptops-killed-work-life-balance/606334/

The age of decadence: Cut the drama. The real story of the West in the 21st century is one of stalemate and stagnation. - Ross Douthat/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/sunday/western-society-decadence.html

If you want to code in C/C++ in @netbeans, you can run @coolbeans instead http://openbeans.org/blog/2019/open-source.html

It's great to see @openbeans, the @netbeans distribution, going open source. thanks @emilianbold http://openbeans.org/

@debian is released approximately every two years. That means Debian 11 should go stable about mid-2021. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases

Uses This / Alice Maz is where I learned about @voidlinux https://usesthis.com/interviews/alice.maz/

Void Linux - the strangely overlooked distribution - Andrew Powell/The Linux Rain https://www.thelinuxrain.com/articles/void-linux-the-strangely-overlooked-distribution

Void Linux review: It's a Linux and BSD hybrid - John Paul/It's FOSS https://itsfoss.com/void-linux/

Void Linux: built from scratch for full independence - Jack M. Germain/LinuxInsider https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Void-Linux-Built-From-Scratch-for-Full-Independence-85703.html

DistroWatch review of Void Linux (2018) https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20181217#void

@Void Linux is a rolling distro that uses the runit init system (instead of systemd) and its own xpbs package manager. It is not a fork of anything, say developers. https://voidlinux.org/

Twitter, should tweets end with a period? Just wondering.

If your "job" is cold-calling people on the phone with the intent of selling them things they don't want or need, or outright scamming them, please quit now and do ANYTHING else.

You CAN get a Gibson ES-330-like guitar in the form of Heritage's H-530 https://heritageguitars.com/pages/h-530

If I were in the market for an ES-175, I'd seriously look at Heritage's H-575 https://heritageguitars.com/pages/h-575

Mini projects built with HTML5, CSS & JavaScript. No frameworks or libraries - Brad Traversy https://github.com/bradtraversy/vanillawebprojects

Scrappy start-up Iowa Starting Line is the 'it' read for political insiders - Michael M. Grynbaum/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/business/media/iowa-caucus-media-starting-line.html

Classical music by candlelight in an L.A. church - Malia Wooten/Secret Los Angeles https://secretlosangeles.com/classical-music-by-candlelight-in-a-stunning-la-church