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  • Nov 30, 2015

    Unexpectedly writing JavaScript today. It’s been awhile, kinda uncomfortable.

  • Nov 25, 2015

    I love this guy!

    youtu.be/HpfJ1b-X7p4

  • Nov 25, 2015

    Recently started using an iPad again after a 14-month hiatus, and it’s really, really nice.

  • Nov 24, 2015

    Backup wallet saves the day yet again!

  • Nov 23, 2015

    Working on my side project, I accidentally printed, in my REPL, the entire text of The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas.

  • Nov 22, 2015

    The new NSX is seriously impressive & exciting: youtube.com/watch?v=Jvubdv…

  • Nov 22, 2015

    Lovely video on the NSX, one of my favorite cars of all time:

    youtube.com/watch?v=kK4GrP…

  • Nov 16, 2015

    Yesterday’s whirlwind tour of Philly’s vegan scene revealed it to be delightfully robust and delicious.

  • Nov 12, 2015

    I know just enough vi to be dangerous.

  • Nov 11, 2015

    Currently learning Ansible and Terraform. Good stuff!

  • Nov 11, 2015

    I need to find some snacks that are low carb *and* low calorie… and portable. Maybe celery sticks…’

  • Nov 10, 2015

    I just used 🌊 instead of 👋. Too twee?

  • Nov 10, 2015

    Still can’t stand Google Hangouts.

  • Nov 9, 2015

    Anyone want my @clojure_conj tickets, cheap? I can’t make it, sadly.

  • Nov 9, 2015

    I sent some feedback to @DeployBotHQ and I was very impressed with their thoughtful, detailed, and candid response.

  • Nov 7, 2015

    Gene editing saves girl dying from leukaemia in world first newscientist.com/article/dn2845…

  • Nov 6, 2015

    Why I Quit Ordering From Uber-for-Food Start-Ups

    The food was decent, but the vibes were dystopian

    by @robinsloan

    theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

  • Nov 5, 2015

    Bandwagons: aviflax.com/post/bandwagon…

  • Nov 5, 2015

    Bandwagons

    • Every developer is a Web developer, every app is a Web app.
      • Every service should be a microservice.
        • Everything needs to be scalable.
          • Every Web developer is either back-end, front-end, or full-stack.
            • Making software is an engineering discipline. </ul> Don’t believe the hype.
    …more…
  • Nov 5, 2015

    My lunch companion #nyc https://t.co/DoCiucaRQY

    CTEarIDW4AAEBPP

  • Nov 5, 2015

    Just discovered serverlesscode.com by @ryan_sb — a blog dedicated to “Build Applications With AWS Lambda, And No Servers” /via @caarlco

  • Nov 5, 2015

    I’m psyched to try deconstructing an app into a set of AWS Lambda functions, but I’ve no idea how to do integration testing on such an app!

  • Nov 4, 2015

    I’ve been having my iOS content blocker block all JavaScript and it’s fascinating to see what works and what doesn’t. And what a speedup!

  • Nov 3, 2015

    Twitter replacing ⭐️ with ❤️ is worryingly reminiscent of rearranging the deck chairs…’

  • Nov 3, 2015

    OH: “retrospectives are just meetings about meetings”

  • Nov 2, 2015

    Wow, I ❤️ full-screen chrome-free Web browsing. So immersive. Happy this is now built-in to Safari on Mac OS X.

  • Oct 30, 2015

    .@kexp is still just so so good!

  • Oct 29, 2015

    I’m going through these exact same issues with @TMobile:

    notquitemainstream.com/blog/2015/5/15…

    So a year later & they haven’t improved their process… 😞

  • Oct 29, 2015

    I really like the improvements to full screen mode in OS X 10.11, especially the faster switching and split view. Good stuff.

  • Oct 28, 2015

    Journal of the Flax Expedition, 2015-10-28

    Day 10 with our coffee grinder broken. Resorted to freeze-dried instant. The crew is muttering.

  • Oct 25, 2015

    more smh #xmlhell https://t.co/YGwf7aQEbD

    CSMSCxvWoAAUm9u

  • Oct 25, 2015

    smh: 136 MB XML file — the horror!

  • Oct 23, 2015

    A clean and airworthy supersonic fighter jet for sale in the US for $185K!!!!

    bringatrailer.com/2015/10/23/mac…

  • Oct 20, 2015

    My resting heart rate right now — too much coffee this morning! https://t.co/sifYcdvnVK

    CRxSC-kWoAACTRM

  • Oct 20, 2015

    After 17+ years as a pro software dev I’m still excited by the work, but we have some awful and egregious problems:

    mjknox.com/women-in-tech/…

  • Oct 13, 2015

    Anyone know of any good resources on current techniques, libraries, systems for dealing with time and clocks in distributed systems?

  • Oct 13, 2015

    The Democratic debates on @CNN are a sham. @CNN and @TheDemocrats should be ashamed of themselves for excluding @lessig.

  • Oct 13, 2015

    Actual quote from the kid this morning while en route to school:

    “Abba, I’m happy you brought snacks.”

  • Oct 13, 2015

    Been using my @ablebrewing Kone filter for my pour-over coffee lately and it adds a good amount of body… very nice.

  • Oct 12, 2015

    Ordered 2 killer @femfreq shirts to support a good cause and look good doing it!

    dftba.com/femfreq

  • Oct 12, 2015

    Poignant, horrifying:

    twitter.com/RealistComics/…

  • Oct 9, 2015

    Really impressive customer service from Booq Bags booqbags.com — recommended!

  • Oct 9, 2015

    There’s some pretty serious downsides to constant availability via mobile phone. I, at least, need focus and also occasional solitude.

  • Oct 8, 2015

    Lots of great new features for @awscloud Lambda!

    aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-…

    /via @jeffbarr

  • Oct 8, 2015

    The space race is on: first Google Lunar XPRIZE team headed to the moon

    Israeli team has launch deal with @SpaceX! googleblog.blogspot.co.il/2015/10/the-sp…

  • Oct 3, 2015

    Lawrence @lessig is a qualified presidential candidate. Include him in your polls @CNN @nbc @CBS @ABC!

    #Lessig2016 #UniteBlue #p2

  • Oct 2, 2015

    The Murder of Eitam and Na’ama Henkin

    tabletmag.com/jewish-news-an…

  • Oct 1, 2015

    I ♥ the “unread” view in iOS Mail.

  • Oct 1, 2015

    New Mac OS X feels fast. Not sure why, but I like it!

  • Oct 1, 2015

    Thinking about a possible future with good + cheap PV cells & molecular assemblers. Free energy, food, clothes, building stuff. Fascinating!

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