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

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

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

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.

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

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

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/

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

Choosing the wrong lane in the race to 5G | Jessica Rosenworcel/WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/choosing-the-wrong-lane-in-the-race-to-5g/

Learning Golang — from zero to hero | Milap Neupane Blog https://milapneupane.com.np/2019/07/06/learning-golang-from-zero-to-hero/

The death watch for the X Window System (aka X11) has probably started - Chris Siebenmann https://utcc.utoronto.ca/%7Ecks/space/blog/unix/XDeathwatchStarts

I have taken the next step in my home web server project: I used Free DNS to point a subdomain at my IP address, and I went into my router's port forwarding to direct port 80 requests to the Raspberry Pi's local IP address on the home network.

I have changed my mind about the new Fedora 30 icons, meaning I now like them. Having the boot/splash screen incorporate the laptop's own boot splash is a really nice bit of polish. Fedora always quietly brings innovation to the Linux desktop.

Now some families are hiring coaches to help them raise phone-free children - Nellie Bowles/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/06/style/parenting-coaches-screen-time-phones.html

In case I haven't mentioned it lately, I recommend @StringsByMail and @JustStrings for all your musical-instrument string needs. Amazon's "free" shipping is overrated, especially when you are overpaying on the front end.Both of these companies will take care of you.

Way, way back in the day, I used to use GHS Nickel Rockers. The packages used to be cooler looking. https://www.stringsbymail.com/electric-guitar-strings-8/ghs-403/nickel-rockers-681/

Nobody but @ghsstrings offers flatwounds like these Pat Martino custom sets https://www.ghsstrings.com/products/16696-pat-martino-flatwounds?category_id=1964816-custom-electric-guitar

I'm creating a new Raspbian image for a web server project using my @RaspberryPi

I just downloaded a Raspbian image for my @RaspberryPi Zero W. Flashing to the Micro SD was easy with the @balena_io Etcher software https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

You're worthwhile, even when you make mistakes - Rachael McQuater/Atomic Object https://spin.atomicobject.com/2019/06/30/mentoring-you-are-worthwhile/

I love how an article on Raspberry Pi 4 operating temperature leads to a Hacker News thread about the optimal air-conditioning setting in homes and offices around the world https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20320860

Jony Ive is leaving Apple, but his departure started long ago - Tripp Mickle/WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/jony-ive-is-departing-apple-but-he-started-leaving-years-ago-11561943376?mod=rsswn

Hello Rails: A modern course designed to help you start using and understanding Ruby on Rails fast - Andy Leverenz https://hellorails.io/

I say this with no hyperbole: @Firefox is one of the most important projects we have, and it should be used, supported and celebrated. @Mozilla's decision to focus on privacy and performance means that you don't have to run Google Chrome if you care about those things.

WordGrinder on GitHub: A word processor which gets the hell out of your way and lets you get some work done https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder

WordGrinder is a word processor that runs in your Linux, Mac or Windows terminal https://cowlark.com/wordgrinder/

Finland's news in Latin: 'For such a crazy idea we had a remarkable run' Jon Henley/The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/28/finland-latin-news-radio-bulletin-nuntii-latini-cancelled-30-years

Google's new reCaptcha has a dark side - Katharine Schwab/Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/90369697/googles-new-recaptcha-has-a-dark-side

Subway (as in sandwiches) got too big. Franchisees paid a price. - Tiffany Hsu and Rachel Abrams/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/business/subway-franchisees.html

A unicorn lost in the Valley, Evernote blows up the 'fail fast' gospel - Erin Griffith/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/business/evernote-what-happened.html

New tool aims to bring Python apps to Windows, Mac and Linux desktops for people who have never heard of Python - Liam Tung/ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/programming-language-pythons-existential-threat-is-app-distribution-is-this-the-answer/

Upcoming features in Fedora 31 Workstation - Paul W. Frields/Fedora Magazine https://fedoramagazine.org/upcoming-features-in-fedora-31-workstation/

Those Koch Industries ads on @axios are starting to work on me. It's like, "hey, we aren't just a firehose of GOP campaign cash, we also MAKE ACTUAL THINGS."

Reinventing Firefox for Android - Mozilla.org https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2019/06/27/reinventing-firefox-for-android-a-preview/

I got some developer responses to my Firefox/Conexant/Flow bug, and I added some replies to their questions. Thanks to the Mozilla people who are looking into this. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1555726

The new Apache NetBeans website is built with the JBake static site generator written in Java. I appreciate that they're dogfooding one of the few Java-bases SSGs as listed on https://www.staticgen.com. https://github.com/apache/netbeans-website/tree/master/netbeans.apache.org#tooling

C/C++ support is slated to come to Apache NetBeans in September 2019 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+Release+Roadmap

NetBeans 11.1 and 12.1, including installers, are set to be released on July 15, 2019 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule

Apache Netbeans 11 does have installers for Mac, Linux and Windows, but they are deemed "experimental" at this point https://github.com/rtaneja1/incubator-netbeans/tree/installer-bin-11vc4/nbbuild/installer/binaries

I clicked on a thing, and now my Twitter is in dark mode and also redesigned

JGT Review: Sadowsky Guitars LS-15 & SS-15 - Jazz Guitar Today https://jazzguitartoday.com/2019/04/jgt-review-sadowsky-guitars-ls-15-ss-15/

This "Learning Synths" page from Ableton is a blast!! https://learningsynths.ableton.com/

What's Salesforce? https://tryretool.com/blog/salesforce-for-engineers/

Note to Windows 10: Just because I'm hitting the ESC key in GVim, it doesn't in any way mean I need the Edge browser to open with an unhelpful Windows Help screen.