1980s computer controls school district's heat and AC http://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac_20180329064517550/1086705524

1,000 True Fans http://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/

Subscription hell: How not to do paywalls – Danny Crichton/TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/06/subscription-hell/

Mark Zuckerberg annouces 'Clear History' feature for Facebook https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104899855107881

Proton Native - React Native for the desktop, cross compatible https://proton-native.js.org

Say yes to the progressive web - Larry Seltzer/HPE https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/say-yes-to-the-progressive-web-1805.html

In 'Elastic,' a physicist argues that the mind needs time to play - Louise Fabiani https://undark.org/article/book-review-mlodinow-elastic/

The United States of Japan - Matt Alt/The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-united-states-of-japan

‘I had to guard an empty room’: The rise of the pointless job - The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/may/04/i-had-to-guard-an-empty-room-the-rise-of-the-pointless-job

Jeff Bezos' advice to Amazon employees: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's a circle - Business Insider http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezo-advice-to-amazon-employees-dont-aim-for-work-life-balance-its-a-circle-2018-4

De-Googling my phone - Martin Pitt https://piware.de/post/2018-05-01-android-degoogle/

A magical ten seconds of the Shirelles - Elon Green/The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-magical-ten-seconds-of-the-shirelles

Searching for a future beyond Facebook - Jacob Silverman https://longreads.com/2018/05/01/searching-for-a-future-beyond-facebook/

For news editing over the past few weeks, I've gone from Google Chrome to Firefox and from Notepad++ to gVim. I have most of the bookmarks I need in Firefox (the big exception being dozens of NWS forecasts) and I have Vim macros to take care of text processing.

The five best books on computer science and programming, according to MIT's Ana Bell https://fivebooks.com/best-books/programming-computer-science-ana-bell/

Why good people leave large tech companies - Steve Blank https://steveblank.com/2017/07/11/why-good-people-leave-tech-large-companies/

Working outside the tech bubble - Steve Blank https://steveblank.com/2017/08/12/working-outside-the-tech-bubble/

Why Uber is the revenge of the founders - Steve Blank https://steveblank.com/2017/10/24/uber-the-revenge-of-the-founders/

Janesville – A Story About the Rest of America - Steve Blank https://steveblank.com/2018/02/02/janesville-a-story-about-the-rest-of-america/

Have you heard about Steve Blank? https://steveblank.com/

I'm using Gvim for all of my news writing/editing, so I'm getting a lot of Vim practice

Are you really Facebook’s product? The history of a dangerous idea - Slate https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/are-you-really-facebooks-product-the-history-of-a-dangerous-idea.html

You know you're in trouble when you see the headline 'Can Kim's Peacemaking Efforts Be Trusted?' and you think they're talking about Kim Kardashian when it's really about Kim Jong Un.

Mahavishnu Orchestra - 'Between Nothingness & Eternity (Live)' Can you tell I'm exploring early jazz fusion? This live album is stunning. Love the interplay. Like all good fusion, everybody is burning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmNkGQm1YE4

I keep listening to Chick Corea's first "Return to Forever" album. I love the players and the vibe. I have a newfound interest in Chick and bassist Stanley Clarke. I really love the electric piano - it's like an electric guitar, piano and vibes rolled up into one instrument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TcSK6MYkpU

Tabasco sauce is in a battle for its very survival - Michael Isaac Stein https://earther.com/tabasco-sauce-is-in-a-battle-for-its-very-survival-1825510123

Editing news stories in Vim: I figured out how to make macros and boosted my productivity by switching from Notepad++. Gvim works better when going between web browser and editor in Windows. http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Macros