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You never know what to expect in NUE, because many flights are not listed in the regular timetable available on Flightradar24. And even if a flight does appear on Flightradar24, there is no guarantee it will be on schedule — or even...
Any Technology Indistinguishable From Magic is Hiding Something Somewhere between the death of our favorite aggregator websites and the world surviving a pandemic, the modern internet was reduced to four companies in a trench coat. On...
It’s perfectly fine to learn to play an instrument and never give a public performance. It’s perfectly fine to learn to draw and never have your work displayed in an art gallery. It’s perfectly fine to learn to program and never publish...
Do you know that feeling when you watch someone do something they’re really good (like really really good) at and you think to yourself: “I wish I could do this as well!” This is something I feel with many people whom I see creating...
MySpace party during the 2007 Web 2.0 Summit; from left to right: Prashant Agarwal, me, Sean Ammirati; photo by Brian Solis. In August 2007, I began discussions with Marshall Kirkpatrick, a former TechCrunch lead blogger who was now...
Switching tracks again after a long, tiring detour, this weekend I returned to my static site generators, starting with ClinkLog 2. The new version takes a big step towards reintegrating the Lite edition into the main line, while being a...
As of today, this blog and all of my projects are Google analytics free. I do still allow login with Google on some of my apps as it is an easy way for those that don’t care to use their email to sign up, but it is the final Google...
Should frontend web developers worry about security? A backend developer once told me that as a frontend developer I didn’t have to worry about security. All security would be handled on the backend. He did have a point. Topics such as...
This morning, I made it up to the top of the Dakota Ridge just in time for sunrise for a fantastic view of Boulder and the Front Range. Notes: Take less! I over-estimated how long the run would take me and packed too much stuff in my...
During a lull in the first year of the pandemic we managed to get our loft re-insulated. We cleared the area of all our stored boxes and bags and also disposed of a large amount things we no longer needed as well as spare tiles and other...
Our family has grown by 50%! About two months ago my wife and I adopted this lovely little bundle of energy and joy. Her name is Mimi, she is six months old, and she is half Chihuahua and half who-knows-what (the people at the shelter we...