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Kobo Libra2 impressions
I got a Kobo Libra2 earlier this year and it has dramatically increased how much fiction I read. Since I got it early this year, I’ve read five books and I’m working on another two. Over a decade ago I had a Kindle and it was great but when the device broke I didn’t replace it. I chose not to replace the device because I actively avoid purchasing from and supporting Amazon as... Read more.
Feed Favorites January 2023
Articles I’ve liked in the past month (4 to be exact). Examples of floating point problems Lots of sharp edges when working with floating point numbers! [journal] Build Yourself Small Tools I like this idea. I have found it really nice to write my own little applications and truly make my computing environment my own. New GitHub CLI extension tools I like the gh CLI a lot. This could... Read more.
My journey with Mastodon (so far)
I joined Mastodon in April of 2022 and now that I’ve had a little over six months of usage, I can say I’m glad I deleted all my other social media accounts. I had heard of Mastodon over the years, and I had even used a federated site back in 2009 when I used identi.ca for a few months. Picking an instance I really struggled picking an instance. Before moving I read several helpful... Read more.
Feed Favorites August 2022
Articles I’ve liked in the past month (4 to be exact). Giving Good Feedback: Consider the Ratio Thoughtful advice on giving feedback with lots of great approaches to use. The Product Culture Shift Great advice from Camille. I have definitely fallen into the “just give me Product Managers and it’ll solve my problems” camp from time to time. It’s never that easy and it’s almost always... Read more.
Feed Favorites July 2022
Articles I’ve liked in the past month (7 to be exact). A toy remote login server A lot I didn’t know here. Super cool! Azure’s Security Vulnerabilities Are Out of Control Strongly agree with Corey’s thoughts here. Twitter aims its most powerful weapon at Elon Musk: his own tweets A good example of how ridiculous “fiduciary duty” is. The hidden history of screen readers... Read more.
Feed Favorites June 2022
Articles I’ve liked in the past month (6 to be exact). Notes on running containers with bubblewrap I’ve been learning more about containers and Podman so it’s really interesting to see how Bubblewrap works. Introducing 1Password for Visual Studio Code This looks interesting! Here’s what happens when Sonos won’t stop sending you speakers Order processing gone very wrong. SynLapse –... Read more.
Feed Favorites May 2022
Articles I’ve liked in the past month (4 to be exact). Now you can order a third round of free test kits from COVIDTests.gov It’s so easy and fast to gets the tests from the USPS. This is a great example of a government service done right. iJustine gives rare Apple Fitness+ studio tour with Jay Blahnik and coach interviews [Video] It’s cool to see some behind the scenes of how Apple... Read more.
Feed Favorites April 2022
Articles I’ve liked in the past month (3 to be exact). Enhance your data visualizations with Azure Managed Grafana—now in preview This looks like it could be nice! What would you do with this cool DIY haptic knob? I would absolutely love this! Announcing .NET 7 Preview 3 Native AOT looks nice! Read more.
Feed Favorites March 2022
Articles I’ve liked in the past month (5 to be exact). Announcing the HashiCorp Releases API I wish Microsoft would do this for .NET. Your CLI wish is our command 🪄💫 Some more details on how the op CLI works. I’m intrigued! I already use the op CLI to pull secrets with 1Password 7 but it is very manual and a bit clumsy. I’m curious how this compares. SSH and Git, meet 1Password 🥰... Read more.
Feed Favorites February 2022
Articles I’ve liked in the past month (2 to be exact). Building Infrastructure Platforms Some really good advice for teams who are building infrastructure platforms for other teams. Since I’ve been in the infrastructure space recently, learning from these types of articles have been very enlightening! Why You Should Soak Beans in a Salt and Baking Soda Brine Before Cooking Not all... Read more.