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Think globally, microblog locally
Sat, 20 Jul 2019

This guy works at an Amazon warehouse, and he wrote about it - Kevin Mims/Quillette https://quillette.com/2019/07/19/the-problem-with-tourist-journalism/

I just ordered toilet paper from @WhoGivesACrapTP

Thu, 18 Jul 2019

Instead of @disqus, I'm thinking of creating @reddit posts for each comment-worthy entry and linking that in the text

I think @disqus is worth paying for, but I will probably stop using it anyway. If you can handle the spam, straight WordPress is probably the best way to do comments. They are native to your platform. Native comments are too hard for most blogs.

More on the 27-inch iMac 2011: Adding memory is fairly easy. I stuffed it with 20 GB awhile ago. Swapping the hard drive is a shit show. You have to REMOVE THE SCREEN. #KillMe

I have come into possession of a 27-inch iMac 2011. It runs much hotter than the 2019 version that replaced it. You really notice the non-Retina display. For Mac, Apple App Store is GARBAGE and should be killed with fire.

The Raspberry Pi 4 needs a fan, here's why and how you can add one | Jeff Geerling https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2019/raspberry-pi-4-needs-fan-heres-why-and-how-you-can-add-one

Wed, 17 Jul 2019

KansasFest is an annual Apple II convention in Kansas City, MO. It's going on right now. https://www.kansasfest.org/

Tue, 16 Jul 2019

The definitive guide to personal newsletters - Revue https://medium.com/@revue/the-definitive-guide-to-personal-newsletters-85b82ada546d

How to build your own paid newsletter and the people who are doing it - Revue https://blog.getrevue.co/how-to-build-your-own-paid-newsletter-and-the-people-who-are-doing-it-3c3073ad495a

Why I’m leaving Medium | Tiago Forte/Praxis (Long but very good read) https://praxis.fortelabs.co/why-im-leaving-medium/

This is very interesting: Memberful — Sell memberships to your audience: Super easy. Works with Stripe, WordPress and MailChimp. @fortelabs is using it. https://memberful.com/

Why AC won the electricity wars - Roots of Progress https://rootsofprogress.org/why-ac-won

Learn web development with the Mozilla Developer Network https://beta.developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn

Firefox Developer Edition https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/?utm_campaign=css_grid_learn_more_2

Amazon offers to Prime Day shoppers who hand over their data - Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-prime-day/amazon-offers-10-to-prime-day-shoppers-who-hand-over-their-data-idUSKCN1UB164

Sat, 13 Jul 2019

I should probably be using a "real" @Raspberry_Pi, a Model 3 or 4, instead of a Zero, but I am that cheap

I'm doing a software update for @Debian Buster on the @RaspberryPi Zero W. I used @balenaio Etcher to make the image. It's probably easier than making a "regular" Linux ISO and installing it.

Fri, 12 Jul 2019

Apache @netbeans 11.1 is slated for release on 7/15/2019 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule

The design of this Get Pocket home page is nice, and the article design is even better https://getpocket.com/explore/trending

Thu, 11 Jul 2019

There's a problem with @reddit, and it's not working

Wed, 10 Jul 2019

Racket is an acceptable Python - Christopher Lemmer Webber https://dustycloud.org/blog/racket-is-an-acceptable-python/

I have two websites running off the @raspberry_pi Zero W in the closet. The second is a copy of my microblog. http://updates.passthejoe.net

It's alive: This website is being served by a @raspberry_pi Zero W in my coat closet http://passthejoe.net

The house brand picks from @stringsbymail are cheap and available in a variety of thicknesses https://www.stringsbymail.com/guitar-accessories-2/guitar-picks-360/strings-by-mail-picks-3012/

I can get my favorite picks, D'Andrea Pro Plec, at @stringsbymail https://www.stringsbymail.com/guitar-accessories-2/guitar-picks-360/dandrea-picks-3265/dandrea-pro-plec-789/

Mon, 08 Jul 2019

Why do electrical plugs have three prongs? http://amasci.com/amateur/whygnd.html