It's even worse than it appears.
Quickly turned on @msnbc. They're in heavy-war-selling mode. Crisis. Repubs out of patience. Turned it off.#
Hey instead of "taking back" this or that, how about we get good people in the important jobs and work on making things better.#
I stumbled across this gorgeous picture I took 14 years ago at the beach in Florida. That's one of the reasons I have a blog. So I can leave a memory of this on the web. #
Politico: "The U.S. needs hundreds of millions of dollars to protect future elections from hackers — but neither the states nor Congress is rushing to fill the gap." Our president wants to build a physical wall though. #
I really went to town on the s3BigUpload demo app. Not sure why. Hope someone finds it useful. Post an issue if you have feedback. #
I worry what will happen when and if NPM or GitHub add business models to the services they provide. I pay GitHub a monthly fee, to help be somewhat sure my repos are not filled with ads or made to comply with some rule I don't support. It's so funny to see the press just begin to tune into the power tech companies have to interfere with our creative work. I've been ringing this bell for a very long time. #
If you want an idea of what can go wrong, read this Ars Technica piece on the downfall of SourceForge, which was GitHub's predecessor. #
Here's something I learned the other day. I have this awful pain in both my feet in the heel that happens whenever I walk. That's right when I walk. I thought oh shit this is going to mean surgery for sure. I looked it up on the net. Turns out lots of people get this.#- They recommend special shoes or orthotics, which means a trip to a bunch of special doctors which is something I totally hate, because they all get their money, and that means tests and all kinds of shit that you know is going to come out false.#
- Anyway, I thought it might have something to do with the way I sat, so I tried to adjust the chair I sit in when I work, and realized as I bent down that I was getting this nice good feeling from the part of my heels that hurt. And the rest of the day, no pain! Turns out I needed to stretch the muscles.#