Image: One long row of boring.
It seems to me we are very interested in divorcing the physical world and marrying instead a sanitized, dead image of it.
It must be the fate of old men to decry the progress of younger generations as loss …
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I just burned up two whole days trying to solve a problem caused by an invisible non-entity.
It was a space. Well, two spaces to be precise, one at the end of each account password.
We recently …
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Image: The MPD logo. Basic. To the point. Just like MPD.
I really stressed over titling this article this way. "Awesome" has become another perfectly useful term to find itself tossed into the refuse pile of formerly 'cool' terms. That's so sad.
Awesome is one of the best words I …
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Image: These people really do exist.
No matter to what lengths you go, you simply cannot be connected to the Internet without exposing yourself to bad actors out there who want as much data …
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Last night I finished converting all the content from my old WordPress Dr.Gerg site into markdown.
Another reason I'm happy is after literally decades of contemplation and half-hearted attempts, I finally made headway into IRC. That may not seem like much to most of you …
read moreApprehensive. A past-participle of apprehend. (A participle is verb that can do the work of an adjective, like 'baked' in "baked beans".)
Apprehend comes from the Latin word apprehendere meaning, "take hold of, grasp" In essence, when you've taken hold of something mentally, or if it …
read moreThere. I said it. Somebody needs to say it.
Come on, people, this isn't rocket science. It's just simple math.
You want to know what the human population of the planet was in 1950? Go look it up. Compare that to the current human population. If you …
read moreI am compelled to talk about my lack of social-ness here in a virtual diary that is a common tool of social media.
I tried to listen to a podcast the other day. It's not the first time, just the latest of …
read moreWould that be a good thing? As you might surmise, the answer is not clear cut.
IPFS: the InterPlanetary File System is intended to replace HTTPS and de-centralize the content delivery process …
read moreIt's the middle of January, 2021. You know what that means, don't you. We're waiting to see what is going to happen. If you're like me, you feel a bit of trepidation about the future. You may be feeling a bit vulnerable. A bit unsettled. A touch afraid.
We watch …
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