Yesterday evening I was laying by the fire and reading a book. It was my first evening off in a while; I had shut down my computer before heading for dinner, and I
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Sometimes, you just want to link to a specific segment of a YouTube video. Deep-linking to a specific start time in a YouTube video is fairly common — but sometimes specifying an end-time is
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Everything is connected. It’s a truism because it’s true. To move a physical thing, everything touching it must move also … and then the neighbours of the neighbours must make way … and
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Thinking you’re a genius can be quite a handicap. People who believe they’re geniuses tend to be obnoxious to be around — especially if their belief is unfounded, which it often is.
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A small companion post to my Ghost on Fly tutorials:
You’ve gotten your site all set up on Fly’s free tier, and it’s looking spiffy. But the Ghost developers move
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This is a small companion post to my Ghost on Fly tutorials, covering how to keep your site backed up.
The normal way to backup a Ghost site hosted on a VPS is
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A caveat before we get started: this essay will hopefully apply to people at least vaguely like me; it may not apply to people from different cultural backgrounds.
These days swearing seems almost
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I like to get things done fast.
I’ve gradually learned, however, that trying to get things done fast can be self-defeating. There’s a balance. If I work too fast, I make
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First presented to friends and family on New Year's Eve, 2022
When I was young, people would often tell me how lucky I was. I agreed with them, but wasn’t
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How is it that people can be irritating, without doing anything? Much of the day I have spent being irritated at people for the most ridiculous reasons: the sounds people make — slurping, breathing
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My brother expects everyone to be nice. I expect everyone is out to get me. Surprising no one, it seems like everyone my brother meets is nice, and everyone I meet is out
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There aren’t many good ways to monetize a blog. Ads degrade the reader’s experience; membership paywalls restrict reach; sponsorships restrict freedom. Affiliate links have the potential to be a non-destructive monetization
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