Although I don’t use social media, there are still many distractions to be had on the internet (oh the understatement!) So, during days of work, I choose to block them all with a custom script and the good ol’ /etc/hosts file. Between the hours of 4am to 4pm, I have a script that continually checks if the domains...

Raw dog the open web! Monoculture is winning. The Fortune 500 has shrink-wrapped our zeitgeist and we are suffocating culturally. But, we can fight back by bookmarking a web page or sharing a piece of art unsanctioned by our For Your Page. To do that we must get out there and raw dog that open web. In our current...

I was today years old when I learned the 80/20 rule has a name

It has been quite some time since my last blog post. The reason for this hiatus is due to my efforts in revamping my blog. I decided to change the framework of my blog a while back. Previously, my blog was running on Jekyll and hosted with Github Pages, which I had no complaints about as I am a fan of Jekyll’s geeky...

Description enable this: git config --global merge.conflictstyle diff3 git config output: [diff] tool = meld [difftool] prompt = false [difftool "meld"] trustExitCode = true cmd = open -W -a Meld --args \"$LOCAL\" \"$PWD/$REMOTE\" [merge] tool = meld conflictstyle = diff3 [mergetool] prompt = false [mergetool...

Rolling my own low-brow and lo-fi system for saving web bookmarks. Recently, I discovered that the creator of Pinboard posted transphobic views from that account on (RIP) Twitter. This is disappointing, and a little digging revealed that it wasn't his first time espousing such views. I don't have time nor tolerance...

The browser has some nice built-ins for building a microphone recording component, so you don't have to use third-party libraries!

It’s as much of an age-old question as anything of the internet age is, but I think about it every few years. Slapping up a web page full of personal thoughts in 1999 didn’t carry the same weight that it does in 2024; employers, even ones literally in the internet space, didn’t necessarily do a web search on your...

Software is an intriguing discipline, and one of its most captivating aspects is how small events have humongous consequences. A recent exercise in refactoring at one of my projects showed me how seemingly tiny changes could trigger huge improvements in understanding and productivity. Some refactorings aren't...