A PDP-11 emulator running Unix V6 in your browser. Do yourself a favor and read the FAQ first http://aiju.de/code/pdp11/faq http://pdp11.aiju.de/

One-on-one meetings are underrated, whereas group meetings waste time | Smash Company http://www.smashcompany.com/business/one-on-one-meetings-are-underrated-whereas-group-meetings-waste-time

Netflix: What happens when you press play? | High Scalability http://highscalability.com/blog/2017/12/11/netflix-what-happens-when-you-press-play.html

Ruby 2.5.0 released | ruby-lang.org -- no more require "pp," 5 to 10 percent performance improvement, better Unicode support and more. https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/12/25/ruby-2-5-0-released/

Ruby is not the new hotness, but I love Ruby

Why your next project should be public domain | Zach Oakes https://sekao.net/nightweb/blog/public-domain.html

After years of NOT using Firefox, the project's new Quantum release has made the browser fast enough for me to run instead of Google Chrome for personal use. While I still need Chrome for my day job (too many tabs), it's nice to shake off at least one Google dependency.

My BlogPoster script is currently a huge if/else mess, but I am writing the next version to be extremely modular, using Ruby blocks to separate the various tasks. Once I get it together, I will share the code.

I'm still using the Geany text editor/"mini IDE" for my (still simple-enough) development tasks. It's so easy to run your Java/Ruby/Perl/C++ code from the editor itself. https://geany.org/

I used the Windows 10 command line to 'rescue' a USB flash drive I had used to install a Linux distro. I used diskpart in the Windows shell to bring the drive back to life with an NTFS file system. https://www.maketecheasier.com/format-usb-drives-windows-10/

Leiningen: Run Clojure in Windows https://leiningen.org/

Have you tried the new Firefox Quantum? The speed is real. The two things Chrome does that I miss are a) all tabs on one screen with no scrolling and b) see the whole URL on the screen. For my "production" work, I need those things, but for "casual" browsing, I'm using FF more.

Clojure Web frameworks and comparisons | Christopher Bui https://cb.codes/clojure-web-frameworks-and-comparisons/

I just upgraded my Linux laptop from Fedora 25 to 27 (a seemless, if long process), and the new Ruby 2.4 didn't like that my script had a CR/LF on the shebang line. The script still ran (good!), and it was easy to replace CR/LF with LF only (Geany is good about that), so I did.

Node.js and Javascript Vs. Clojure (I thought this was a very well-reasoned article that didn't hesitate to point out the situations where Clojure isn't the right choice) https://cb.codes/node-js-vs-clojure-first-impressions/

I just asked 23,000 developers what they think of JavaScript. Here’s what I learned. | Sacha Greif https://medium.freecodecamp.org/i-just-asked-23-000-developers-what-they-think-of-javascript-heres-what-i-learned-9a06b61998fa

iPhones start slowing down after a year of use, and that’s way too soon | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/circuitbreaker/2017/12/20/16803190/iphone-slowdown-is-needed-but-also-a-problem

Google Chrome is not the standard | Chris Krycho http://www.chriskrycho.com/2017/chrome-is-not-the-standard.html

DHH's answer to 'What makes Rails a framework worth learning in 2017?' | Quora https://www.quora.com/What-makes-Rails-a-framework-worth-learning-in-2017/answer/David-Heinemeier-Hansson

How to run your own mail server https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/mail-server-guide

Google will turn on native ad-blocking in Chrome on February 15 | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/19/google-will-turn-on-native-ad-blocking-in-chrome-on-february-15/

Apple confirms it degrades your old iPhone | Forbes.com https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2017/12/20/apple-iphone-kill-switch-ios-degrade-cripple-performance-battery

Cable TV’s password-sharing crackdown is coming | Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-20/cable-tv-s-password-sharing-crackdown-is-coming

The triumph and near-tragedy of the first Moon landing | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/apollo-triumph/

Apple plans combined iPhone, iPad & Mac apps to create one user experience | Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-20/apple-is-said-to-have-plan-to-combine-iphone-ipad-and-mac-apps

Bitcoin Cash deals frozen as insider trading is probed | BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42425857

Bitcoin: Seven questions you were too embarrassed to ask | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/bitcoin-a-beginners-guide/