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I watch a ton of YouTube, on the order of an hour or two each day and I can honestly say the no-ads premium family account on YouTube is one of the best bargains on the internet for everyone in my house. Lately, YouTube creators are going through a reckoning,

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. I found the inverse of that to also …

You and I are partaking in something magical.

People: “We want platforms and tools created by independent developers and small teams!” The same people: “We want platforms and tools that work perfectly and meet all of our needs!” Also the same people: “$3.99 is the most we want to pay for any of this stuff and monthly/annual subscriptions are the devil’s work!” 🤨 Like, I don’t know, folks. Pick any two, but maybe you can’t have all three?

A nuanced perspective on Autistic support needs and the social model of disability, based on my lived experience in Singapore.

This post from Automattic’s Matt Mullenweg keeps getting re-shared and boosted in my timelines: If I were President for a day, the first thing I would do is instruct our national security to patch and secure every American technology company, as they are our gems in the world. I would burn every zero-day I had on a US company and help them patch it. So, two things: This is not something that a US president has the power to do.

don’t chase your audience, let them find your world.

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

My personal homepage. Hello!

I was listening to the most recent Vergecast episode last night and an interview with Josh Miller, CEO of The Browser Company, makers of the ARC …

It's a good question; given that this blog has already, quietly and unnoticed, entered its second decade, and a question that I've never addressed. So perhaps it's time I did so, for myself, and anyone else who might be curious.

My thoughts, my feelings, my perceptions

Prominent crypto venture capitalist Chris Dixon provides an unconvincing bible for blockchain solutionists.

Writing, blogging, life, tech and mental health with a philosophical/psychological slant

my grandma passed away. she was a housewife with three children; quiet, reserved, but had a loud laugh. later in life, after her children had grown, sh...

🔗 Jennifer Crumbley, Mother of Michigan School Gunman, Guilty of Manslaughter - The New York Times: Michigan jurors, after 11 hours of deliberations, found Jennifer Crumbley guilty of involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday for the gun rampage committed by her teenage son, who carried out the state’s deadliest school shooting more than two years ago. The trial became a lightning rod for issues of parental responsibility, in a time of frequent cases of gun violence carried out by minors.

When I see a piano in public that is not being played, I cannot resist sitting down to play a few songs. Every session is different. On a quiet evening, I usually play slower, more delicate music. At rush hour, I might feel like playing something more upbeat. A passer-by may nod, say a few words, or walk by entirely. Occasionally, something delightfully unpredictable happens. I reserve many of these tales for private conversation, but one thing that happened earlier this week brought me so much joy I had to share it here.

The year was 2004 or 2005 and I had been reading about Ultima Online.