Blog
3377 posts
Linked: “Cities to Trump, Clinton and Sanders: pay your police bills”
February 16, 2017
1 min read
via Public Integrity: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders may not remember much about the rallies they…
My House: 02-12-2017 Painting is done, Cabinets are in!
February 15, 2017
1 min read
Flooring starts soon. So exciting!
Linked: “Repealing Obamacare: Just what the doctor ordered for wealthy investors”
February 15, 2017
2 min read
via CNBC: Urged on by Trump, the Senate overnight adopted a budget resolution that clears a path for…
My House: 02-05-2017 Drywall Sanding Starts Next Week
February 14, 2017
1 min read
It’s coming together!!!
Linked: “Ringing in 2017 with updates to our Google Voice apps”
February 14, 2017
1 min read
Via Google Blog: The first thing you’ll notice about the updated Google Voice apps is a cleaner, more…
My House: Heather is managing a Facebook page of our progress
February 11, 2017
1 min read
I don’t Facebook but a ton of people do so for those of you that don’t like visiting…
Linked: “Facebook’s Walled Wonderland Is Inherently Incompatible With News Media”
February 10, 2017
1 min read
via Monday Note: Facebook is made up of dozens of millions of groups carefully designed to share the…
Linked: “Nintendo’s Missed Question Mark”
February 9, 2017
1 min read
via 500ish: Conventional wisdom these days says you shouldn’t look backwards. This is usually followed by a Steve…
Linked: “A DIY Guide to [Feminist] Cybersecurity”
February 8, 2017
1 min read
via HackBlossom: The internet is a crucial environment for our lives. Friendships, relationships, work, activism, commerce, and so…
Linked: “The Thing about Trucks.”
February 7, 2017
1 min read
via Rd2.io: My thinking goes like this: I can borrow someone else’s phone if I need to make…
Linked: The Last from Obama and the First from Trump
February 6, 2017
1 min read
I don’t watch or listen to speeches usually. I try to find the transcript and read because I…
★ Beer Tastings: Winter Camp-Group Tasting w/ my RateBeer friends
February 6, 2017
1 min read
We had some delicious beers last weekend!
Technology: Apple HomeKit Deployment Plan (2017)
February 5, 2017
8 min read
Apple’s HomeKit API is a system Apple owns, only works on Apple devices, requires an always-on iOS or…
Linked: “App.net shutting down Twitter-like social platform on March 14, open-sources code”
February 3, 2017
1 min read
via VentureBeat: In November 2012, it launched a free trial program to bring more users onto the site,…
My House: 01-30-2017 Update – Walls are Up, My contractor didn’t budget for countertops?!
February 2, 2017
1 min read
Here is the drywall finally hung: This wall shown here leading up the stairs is actually insulated with…
Linked: “RT Gets Banned From Facebook Until After Trump’s Inauguration”
February 2, 2017
1 min read
via Gizmodo: (which is now basically Gawker.com) In a surprise move, RT (formerly known as Russia Today) has…
Linked: “Indie Microblogging: owning your short-form writing”
February 1, 2017
2 min read
via KickStarter / Micro.blog: Do you remember how the web used to work? How the web was supposed…
Linked: “The Wii U Was Great, Just Not For Me”
February 1, 2017
2 min read
via Kotaku: I have two kids. The youngest is my son, who is now almost four. Not long…
My House: 01-26-2017 Update – Another week behind schedule due to scheduling conflicts
February 1, 2017
1 min read
We are delayed another week. Basically, the drywall should be done by now and Heather and I would…