Palm rises from the dead as a zombie brand, launches tiny smartphone | Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/10/palm-rises-from-the-dead-as-a-zombie-brand-launches-tiny-smartphone/

7-Zip is also a file manager? I didn't know. https://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/14522-latest-7-zip-update.html#post328499

What's new in WordPress 5.0 (How to prepare for Gutenberg) - Brian Jackson/Kinsta https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-5-0/

Apple’s Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the ‘data industrial complex’ – Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/24/apples-tim-cook-makes-blistering-attack-on-the-data-industrial-complex/

Lavender's soothing scent could be more than just folk medicine - JoAnna Klein/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/23/science/lavender-scent-anxiety.html

How we wrote a textbook – Tim Wheeler (The book is about computer science, but what interests me here is how they put the book together using LaTeX) http://tim.hibal.org/blog/how-we-wrote-a-textbook/

This Perl Goes To 11 http://perl11.org/

Google News app bug is using up gigabytes of background data without users’ knowledge - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/22/18011028/google-news-app-bug-background-data-overage-charge

How many hours do we really need to work? - Jory MacKay/RescueTime https://blog.rescuetime.com/how-many-hours-should-we-work/

Fruit, veg and family life – why Spaniards are living longer - Sam Jones/The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/19/spaniards-living-longer-researchers-credit-diet-lifestyle-fruit-veg-family-life

Dangit, git! http://dangitgit.com/

Why toilets are still made of porcelain - Rachel Swaby/Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/5930537/why-toilets-are-still-made-of-porcelain

How IBM’s ThinkPad became a design icon - Harry McCracken/Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/90145427/how-ibms-thinkpad-became-a-design-icon

Watch NASA release 450,000 gallons of water in 1 minute - CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/watch-nasa-release-450000-gallons-of-water-in-1-minute/

Redline Smalltalk: Smalltalk on the JVM http://www.redline.st/

Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback https://pharo.org/web

Even after Microsoft's fix, Windows 10's 1809 update is still botching file operations - Gizmodo Australia https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/10/even-after-microsofts-fix-windows-10s-1809-update-is-still-botching-file-operations/

Endless OS is a Debian-based Linux distribution in which the root filesystem is read-only and managed by OSTree and using Flatpak for applications https://verummeum.com/blog/2018/10/21/endless-os-review-2018/

I love the design of this Hugo site, defn.io, by Bogdan Popa https://defn.io/

Playing around with Racket - Bogdan Popa https://defn.io/2018/10/21/racket/

Open platforms like Android unlock potential - Ayanna Howard/Google's The Keyword blog https://www.blog.google/technology/developers/open-platforms-android-unlock-potential/

Run Perl in the browser with WebPerl https://webperl.zero-g.net/

FT8 - tipping point for ham radio? Gerald, K5SDR/FlexRadio https://www.flexradio.com/ft8-tipping-point-for-ham-radio/

If printed dictionaries are history, what will children sit on to reach the table? | Michael Adams/National Endowment for the Humanities https://www.neh.gov/article/if-printed-dictionaries-are-history-what-will-children-sit-reach

Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows—it’s how it develops it | Peter Bright/Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/10/microsofts-problem-isnt-shipping-windows-updates-its-developing-them/

Uber is testing an on-demand staffing business called Uber Works - Sean O'Kane/The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/18/17995398/uber-works-staffing-business-test-trial

What do you do with a slide rule? https://tryretool.com/blog/the-slide-rule/