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Linked: “Men, Please Stop Manthreading”
January 13, 2017
1 min read
via Gizmodo: The best thing about Manthreading is how unnecessary it is. There are other tools—blogs—you can use…
Linked: “Why the Trump Machine Is Built to Last Beyond the Election”
January 12, 2017
2 min read
via Bloomberg: Trump believes he possesses hidden strength that may only materialize at the ballot box. At rallies,…
Linked: “Barack Obama and Doris Kearns Goodwin: The Ultimate Exit Interview”
January 11, 2017
2 min read
via VanityFair: “Sometimes I carry with me that perspective, which tells me that my particular worries on any…
Linked: “kottke.org memberships”
January 10, 2017
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via Kottke: There were two of the four ideas proposed by Jason starting with, “Focus on dedicated readers…
Linked: ‘How Much Suffering Can You Take?’
January 9, 2017
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via NYTimes: Competitors may choose one of two ways to mete out their self-flagellation: do one Ironman-length triathlon…
Linked: “Survivor of Deadly Crash Found Almost 30 Hours Later” (YouTube)
January 6, 2017
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via YouTube: Kevin Diepenbrock survived the crash and the hours-long wait for help. Kevin spend 30 hours off…
Technology: Is the Birdi Smoke Detector System Vaporware?
January 5, 2017
5 min read
I spent a few hours reading about smoke detectors in October. No two are alike and some just…
Linked: “Can We Put the 16GB “Pro” Myth to Rest?”
January 5, 2017
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via Zdiarski: Here’s a list of everything I ran at once: The result? I ran out of things…
Technology: Is Swarm safe from Foursquare’s Demise?
January 5, 2017
2 min read
Back when I joined in 2007 until today, Foursquare has been a utility. It is in essence indispensable.…
My House: 1-04-2017 Update Found more things to spend money on
January 4, 2017
1 min read
Today, we discovered the room addition that was made by the last buyers was not done properly. No…
Linked: “Explaining Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, and Everything In Between”
January 4, 2017
1 min read
via TidBits: When it comes to protocols, USB-C natively supports: USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) USB 3.0 (5 Gbps,…
Linked: Micro.Blog Kickstarter
January 3, 2017
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via KickStarter: I first set out to build a new service just for microblogs. It has a timeline…
Site News: Migrating to a faster server this week
January 3, 2017
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The entire AdamChandler suite of sites is going under migration this week. If emails to me get a…
Linked: “Media’s Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News”
January 3, 2017
1 min read
via NYTimes: The Times article revealing Mr. Trump’s nearly $1 billion tax loss in 1995 drew some 5.5…
Linked: “Trump Has Ruined Twitter As We Knew It”
January 2, 2017
2 min read
via ParisLemon: I don’t know about you, but for me, using Twitter the past couple weeks has been…
Linked: “We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here’s What We Learned”
January 1, 2017
1 min read
via NPR: Some of these people that we … bait is probably the right word — are often…
Announcements: Trying out Patreon
January 1, 2017
1 min read
https://www.patreon.com/adamchandler I just renewed my VPS for 2017 a few hours ago. $360 + $40 for extra IP…
My House: 12-27-2016 Update: We have Rot! & Windows are In
December 30, 2016
1 min read
★ Eden Ciders: “How we make our champagne-style ciders”
December 27, 2016
2 min read
I’m a huge fan of Eden’s Sparkling & Ice Ciders. I’m in their quarterly cider club and visit…