On Laws of Nature, Excel and Word - Nitor
Every piece of enterprise software eventually evolves into either reading or writing Excel files.
In my nearly 30 years of enterprise software development, I can confirm this law has held true in 100% of the projects I’ve ever worked on.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
How to Respect the American Flag - National Flag Foundation
The American Flag is a representation of our country, our people, and our devotion to our nation. Respecting the American Flag and the principles that it symbolizes requires us to treat it with a high level of care at all times. The United States Flag Code sets forth key guidelines for properly handling the American Flag.
Friday, October 18, 2024
Hell Yeah or No | Derek Sivers
If you feel anything less than “hell yeah!” about something, say no.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic Over WordPress Chaos
“We were unaware that Matt redirected sign-up emails until current Automattic employees contacted our support team,” a spokesperson for Blind told me, adding that they’d “never seen a CEO or executive try to limit their employees from signing up for Blind by redirecting emails.”
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
The deep-sea ‘emergency service’ that keeps the internet running
Ninety-nine percent of the world’s digital communications rely on subsea cables. When they break, it could spell disaster for a whole country’s internet. How do you fix a fault at the bottom of the ocean?
Monday, October 14, 2024
A List Of Text-Only & Minimalist News Sites - GreyCoder
Text-only websites are quite useful, especially today, because web pages are increasingly filled with ads, videos, and bandwidth-heavy content.
Monday, October 14, 2024
WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin - The Verge
It’s not clear what security problem Mullenweg is referring to in the post. He writes that he’s “invoking point 18 of the plugin directory guidelines,” in which the WordPress team reserves several rights, including removing a plugin, or changing it “without developer consent.” Mullenweg explains that the move has to do with WP Engine’s recently-filed lawsuit against him and Automattic.
Friday, October 11, 2024
Soft-Wrap Text in BBEdit - Uncorrected
An oldie but goodie from John Gruber that I just discovered while looking for ways to soft-wrap text in BBEdit:
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Apple’s rumored Mac mini redesign may ditch the USB-A port - The Verge
Is it time to say goodbye to USB-A? Maybe. Probably. But no matter how you feel about that, it’s absolutely time something new happened with the Mac Mini, the longest-in-the-tooth Apple computer design.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Google to delete search data of millions who used ‘incognito’ mode : NPR
For years, Google simply informed users of Chrome’s internet browser that “you’ve gone Incognito” and “now you can browse privately,” when the supposedly untraceable browsing option was turned on — without saying what bits of data the company has been harvesting.