Backspin: X talk 40 years of marriage, divorce, punk [Video] https://www.yahoo.com/music/backspin-x-talk-40-years-marriage-divorce-punk-just-little-weird-020326115.html

Amazon is developing a free, ad-supported version of Prime Video - AdAge http://adage.com/article/digital/amazon-developing-a-free-ad-supported-version-prime/311273/

Why is Kotlin replacing Java at such a rapid pace? https://hackernoon.com/how-kotlin-calamity-devours-your-java-apps-like-cancer-f3ce9500a028

I am upgrading a 2011-era iMac from 10.7.5 to whatever the latest OS X is. So far it's been a huge pain in the ass.

Towards a National Computer Grid: from 'Electronic Computers,' 1965 https://zwischenzugs.com/2017/11/11/towards-a-national-computer-grid-electronic-computers-1965/

You're working in the wrong place (if you're working in an open office) https://medium.com/@ummerr/youre-working-in-the-wrong-place-e289036ee01c

GitLab on one year using Vue.js https://about.gitlab.com/2017/11/09/gitlab-vue-one-year-later/

I played on the Ernie Ball Power Slinky strings again yesterday. I really like the sound of these strings. It's like a whole new world, especially after years of flatwounds https://www.ernieball.com/guitar-strings/electric-guitar-strings/slinky-nickel-wound-electric-guitar-strings/6-string#P02220

Exclusive: Rupert Murdoch twice discussed CNN with AT&T CEO, sources tell Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cnn-murdoch-exclusive/exclusive-rupert-murdoch-twice-discussed-cnn-with-att-ceo-sources-idUSKBN1DA2PY

Looking at non-binary gender in the Greek and Roman world https://eidolon.pub/the-body-in-question-d28045d23714

No more Uber, Hertz, or even car owners: How Amazon and Apple will take us all for a ride http://www.zdnet.com/article/no-more-uber-or-hertz-or-even-car-owners-how-amazon-and-apple-will-take-us-all-for-a-ride/

Disney Streaming Service Will Be Priced Below Netflix, Says Bob Iger https://www.thewrap.com/disney-streaming-service-cheaper-netflix/

The long goodbye to C: Eric S. Raymond http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7711

Build Your Own Link Shortener App with Ruby & Sinatra - RubyGuides http://www.rubyguides.com/2017/11/sinatra-link-shortener/

JShell - A Quick Look (Oracle) https://medium.com/oracledevs/jshell-a-quick-look-d26f7e91a864

Poop more effectively by repositioning one leg, say samurai https://lifehacker.com/poop-more-effectively-by-repositioning-one-leg-1551365555

JavaFX: Getting Started with JavaFX Release 8 (Oracle documentation) https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/get-started-tutorial/index.html

SMU's Meadows School of the Arts student Isaac Beu performs Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with a string quintet of SMU students

Sparkpost interview with @saronyitbarek of @codenewbies https://www.sparkpost.com/blog/community-spotlight-codenewbie/

Amplification & the changing role of media – Om Malik https://om.co/2012/10/13/amplification-the-changing-role-of-media/

The computer scientist who prefers paper ballots - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/guardian-of-the-vote/544155/

The first web server ever

My favorite @CERN picture: the first web server EVER
Also the paper by @timberners_lee describing the web, with a note from a reviewer: "vague but exciting" pic.twitter.com/0tTfX3y0wF

— Francesc (@francesc) November 9, 2017

Twitter must fix verification, but there are no easy solutions http://mashable.com/2017/11/09/heck-yeah-twitter-verification-is-broken/

A regular New York Times kids’ section and a kids’ version of The Daily are on the way this month http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/a-new-york-times-kids-section-once-an-experiment-will-run-monthly-starting-this-month/

I am using my Blog Poster app on a Windows 7 computer today. I have been developing it on a Windows 10 machine. I recentely added Ruby and the Nokogiri and Twitter gems to the Win 7 machine so I could test it, and all is working well so far.

Even the Twitter API allows for 280-character posts, so my Ruby app using the Twitter gem can also send longer posts. For a while, I could post 280 on the Twitter web site but only 140 with the API.

Uber whistleblower snags book deal http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/09/technology/uber-susan-fowler-book-deal/index.html