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Think globally, microblog locally
Wed, 30 Nov 2016

My new favorite TV show is @BetterthingsFX http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/better-things/about

AdamW on Linux and more: I don’t like computers https://www.happyassassin.net/2016/11/04/i-dont-like-computers

Hacker Noon: Why you shouldn’t use ‘var’ anymore in JavaScript https://hackernoon.com/why-you-shouldnt-use-var-anymore-f109a58b9b70

Use SmtpJS.com to send email with JavaScript http://www.smtpjs.com

Rubyland.news is a new Ruby aggregator http://www.rubyland.news

Tech Beacon: Is object-oriented programming dead? Not by a long shot http://techbeacon.com/object-oriented-programming-dead-not-long-shot

Cybersecurity analyst fixes what's broken in NTP (and there was a LOT to fix) http://boingboing.net/2016/11/29/ntp-the-rebirth-of-ailing-fa.html

Tue, 29 Nov 2016

The European Ruby Revolution http://devonestes.herokuapp.com/the-european-ruby-revolution

Fri, 25 Nov 2016

Gizmodo: A Stupid Simple Router for Super Lazy People http://gizmodo.com/a-stupid-simple-router-for-super-lazy-people-1764670728

Sun, 20 Nov 2016

freeCodeCamp: A Gentle Introduction to Data Structures - How Linked Lists Work https://medium.freecodecamp.com/a-gentle-introduction-to-data-structures-how-linked-lists-work-5adc793897dd

Gizmodo: Deleting the Facebook App Could Save Up to 20 Percent of Your Android's Battery Life http://gizmodo.com/deleting-the-facebook-app-could-save-up-to-20-percent-o-1789189589

Honeybadger: A Rubyist's Guide to Big-O Notation http://blog.honeybadger.io/a-rubyist-s-guide-to-big-o-notation/

Fri, 04 Nov 2016

Sacha Greif: A study plan to cure JavaScript fatigue https://medium.com/@sachagreif/a-study-plan-to-cure-javascript-fatigue-8ad3a54f2eb1

Fri, 21 Oct 2016

Can I Program Yet? Notes as I Learn Coding and Software Development by Darga http://blog.dargacode.com and http://dargacode.com/

Twitter is broken due to a DDoS attack. The AP story I pulled downplays it quite a bit -- it's not just the East Coast, and it is continuing into the afternoon. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tn-dyn-attack-20161021-snap-story.html

Mon, 17 Oct 2016

I just discovered the Ember Weekend podcast https://emberweekend.com

Creating encrypted documents with Vim https://linux-audit.com/using-encrypted-documents-with-vim/

Jazz Advice indeed has a lot of good jazz advice http://www.jazzadvice.com

Sun, 16 Oct 2016

Bloc: I’m Considering a Coding Bootcamp: Should I learn JavaScript or Ruby? https://blog.bloc.io/im-considering-a-coding-bootcamp-should-i-learn-javascript-or-ruby/

Wed, 12 Oct 2016

One guy's Google interview prep can be everybody else's computer-science tutorial https://github.com/jwasham/google-interview-university

Sun, 04 Sep 2016

I could almost run OpenBSD 6.0. http://www.openbsd.org/60.html. When I'm allowed to abandon Citrix on an ice floe, that is.

More on what TrueOS (ex-PC-BSD) is all about https://www.trueos.org/more-on-trueos/

PC-BSD has rebranded as TrueOS. Doesn't run on AMD/ATI, so I can't try it https://www.trueos.org/2016/09/01/pc-bsd-evolves-into-trueos/

Fri, 02 Sep 2016

Blogging with Markdown, Dropbox and Rails by Piotr Chmolowski http://pchm.co/posts/blogging-with-markdown-dropbox-and-rails

Thu, 01 Sep 2016

The Ruby Weekly newsletter led me to Sam Koblenski's excellent tech-heavy blog http://sam-koblenski.blogspot.com. I especially like the Tech Book Face Offs http://sam-koblenski.blogspot.com/search/label/Tech%20Book%20Face%20Off

Mon, 29 Aug 2016

We ate at @oleegousa twice this weekend -- it's that good. My new No. 1 at @WestfieldFS #ShermanOaks

Why Linus likes the GPL license more than the BSD