I just figured out multiple desktops on the Mac. I also figured out how to make Finder objects bigger. The only problem is that when I upload an image in the browser, the icons are still too small.

Google Cloud nuked the web server on my VM - Steven Rosenberg http://passthejoe.net/post/2019_0805_google_cloud_nuked_my_server/

Check out my new @GoHugoIO site using the Pixyll theme by @azmelanar http://passthejoe.net/

How phones made the world your office, like it or not - Jeff Giles/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/how-phones-made-the-world-your-office-like-it-or-not.html

Secret of a New York farm stand's success: An eye for the next big thing - Priya Krishna/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/dining/norwich-meadows-farm-vegetables.html

If you need Java, I suggest getting it from AdoptOpenJDK. For Windows, they offer JDK versions 8, 11 and 12, all with MSI installers. Plus, you don't need to sign up with Oracle. https://adoptopenjdk.net/

NW.js: A new way of writing native applications using web technologies HTML5, CSS3 and WebGL https://nwjs.io/

Google unlocks 33% of publisher paywalls on July 30. This is what happens next. - Monojoy Bhattacharjee/What’s New in Publishing https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/google-unlocks-33-of-publisher-paywalls-on-july-30-this-is-what-happens-next/

Humans will never colonize Mars - George Dvorsky/Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/humans-will-never-colonize-mars-1836316222

How America's plastic recycling is broken - The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/21/us-plastic-recycling-landfills

Young Instagram users give up privacy in search of metrics - Sarah Frier/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-26/young-instagram-users-give-up-privacy-in-search-of-more-metrics

I don't begrudge @disqus making money, but the ads that run with comments are click-bait eyesores. Pros who want what Disqus provides should pay for the service and nuke the ads. 1/

SFTPgo: A full-featured and highly configurable SFTP server written in Golang https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo

Why the dockless scooter industry is going after a repossessor and a bike shop owner - Amy Martyn/The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/24/20696405/dockless-scooters-share-repo-men-repossessor-lawsuit-tow-yard-lime-bird-lyft-uber-razor

What is the difference between an existential threat and just a plain ol' threat? Asking for a friend.

So far, Windows File Manager is SLAUGHTERING OS X Finder in terms of functionality. The question isn't why Windows File Manager is so good but why OS X Finder is so bad.

Lang Lang is back: A piano superstar grows up - Michael Cooper/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/arts/music/lang-lang-piano.html

I remembered this blogPoster bug, which I coded a fix for a few weeks ago and forgot about, because I just crashed the script on a long post.

I have a patch for a blogPoster bug in which articles with too-long titles get too-long filenames and crash Ruby. I just have to deploy the fix. I did it outside blogPoster, now I have to do in the repo.

This 2011 iMac won't run anything newer than OS X High Sierra (10.13). It will be supported for another year and two months. Is nine years or so long enough for Apple to support a computer? Don't know, don't care. Q: When will I put Debian on it? A: Probably soon.

This 2011 iMac has Photoshop. Kind of a meh for me, but I'm seeing what it's all about. I still prefer IrfanView for web photos because I'm quicker with it. And it's quicker in general.

2011 iMac: Mac packaging is a mess, just like all other packaging. Traditional Mac packaging is great and hides a lot of messy stuff. But now there's the Apple App Store, and lots of free-software developers package stuff differently. It's confusing.

More on the 2011 iMac: I stuffed it with 20 GB RAM a while ago. It has a 1 TB spinning drive buried within. You need to remove the screen to get it out, so that ain't happening. It runs OK. Not better than you'd expect, maybe, but OK.

I did enough work on the 2011 iMac with 27-inch monitor to use it for production today. First, I REALLY miss the HD resolution that my HP laptop (and new iMacs, for that matter) offer. Once you go HD, UHD or 4K, you really can't go back. Second, I KNOW it's a 2011 computer.

No CS Degree: Working developers with no CS degree (it's a web site full of them) https://www.nocsdegree.com/

Apache NetBeans 11.1 is out. Pros: A lot of rough edges in the UI have been fixed. Con: Still no Windows installer.

Snoopy taught me how to be a writer - Ann Patchett/The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/snoopy-taught-me-how-to-be-a-writer/2019/07/12/8db3ce3c-a31b-11e9-b7b4-95e30869bd15_story.html