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We're often asked why so many of our recommended tools are cloud-based. Even as we swap out mainstream options for privacy-respecting alternatives built on end-to-end encryption and zero-knowledge architecture, many still rely on remote...
My colleagues and I are working with Seattle Public Utilities on a food waste study. My team conducted research to learn how people use (and don't use) the food they bring home. Another team will take the insights we made and create a...
Extending getopts into a small framework for Unix-style Rust command-line tools. Over the years, I’ve written tens of command-line applications in many different languages—shell is probably the top contender, believe it or not—and for...
Strong trade winds stir palm trees at Lapakahi State Historical Park.
Everywhere, it turns out, is warming faster than the rest of the world. Every region, every country, all of them, faster than the rest. You may sense a slight problem with this. The headlines are real, the papers are real, and yet...
As I write this, July will be over in just over an hour. This past month, my informal experiment had been to walk at least 10 min/day, ideally outdoors. Yes, it probably was a very low bar. But committing to this, even if only to myself,...
Brewer’s Fayre, Beefeater, and several other Whitbread restaurant brands are all set to close permanently in early September, with final trading dates confirmed below. The following article gives a breakdown of the reasons behind the...
I'm going to offer an opinion about something that I probably don't really care about, Apple's new "Apple Upgrade" program. Riccardo Mori has an opinion, one that I'm inclined to agree with on an emotional level. I've even complained...
Barry Walker Unit - 13th Moon Gravity Well, Portland, Oregon, July 25, 2026The Pacific Northwest’s finest pedal steel-led free jazz country rock experimental collective is back! The Barry Walker Unit’s debut LP from last year was a...
Historische Häuser und Kirchturm in Tallinns Altstadt Tallinn gehört zu den kleineren Hauptstädten Europas. Die Altstadt ist überschaubar, viele interessante Viertel liegen in Laufweite und auch weiter entfernte Ziele sind mit Bus,...
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I am the Lobster Boy." That was Grady Stiles Jr's opening line, delivered thousands of times over a career that spanned decades of American carnival midways. Audiences came to gawk at his hands and...
Introduction A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 1981, and is the funniest book I have ever read. While I look forward to a book that can dethrone it, it is hard to imagine that such a book could exist. It also...
I've been working with the cozy gaming magazine Cozy Companion for about a year now, and will soon have a few recipes in their dark fantasy/horror cousin Grim Omen as well. I've really enjoyed working with them, and would highly...
Hello, loves! I do the wrong thing, then do the right thing. I tick myself off. I take a break. Tout le monde déteste l’IA. Added in post: These articles tell you, as well as I can, what really happens in my programming sessions. This...
Smoking is one of those habits I buried, but it refuses to stay buried. I was a teetotaler for most of my life until I got a taste of a cigarette and liked it. Before I could even register what was happening, I had moved on to a pack a...