Mommy Cat, the mother of four cats who became part of our family for varying lengths of time, passed away today. She was probably 17 years old, it’s hard to know for sure, but we had her for more than 15 years. She was a wild cat. Many years ago she appeared and adopted us, dragging in with her four kittens. For most of her life, she wouldn’t let anyone touch her. She’d gladly accept our food and shelter, though! But, in the last few months of her life, with encouragement from my wife using treats, she came to accept […]
Automattic
Eighteen Years at Automattic
I started work at Automattic 18 years ago today. Matt offered me a job working on a new WordPress based website a few weeks before. I had just bought a house the year before, I had become engaged the month before, and left my old job at the same time, so I jumped at the opportunity to work on WordPress full time! It started out small with us working on 2 servers and an invite system. I felt I was doing as much admin on MySQL and Apache as coding. More people were hired. Many of them are still at […]
tv
The Evil Ending of Game of Thrones
It’s funny how an awful ending to what was an amazing TV series has almost wiped it from the face of popular media, but this ending. This ending would have been amazing. It was Bran all along. All the way down.
tv
Mork Meets Robin Williams
I used to love watching Mork and Mindy when I was growing up. Robin Williams was a wonderful comedian, but in this scene he’s not the funny, mad cap comedian we know. It’s heart breaking.
Tech
This Reddit is a private community
In a dramatic turn of events, a wave of subreddits has gone dark today, making their presence disappear from the digital landscape. These virtual communities, brimming with discussions and camaraderie, have taken this drastic action to protest against recent changes to the pricing of the Reddit API for third-party mobile apps. It’s a bold move that could potentially alter the Reddit landscape forever, for the worse. Among the affected applications is Apollo, a highly regarded iOS Reddit app. The developer of Apollo would have been burdened with an astonishing $20 million annual cost to keep the app running. Such a […]
Health
An umbrella for the sun
Why don’t people use an umbrella to shield themselves from the sun when they’re out for a walk? It’s a perfectly natural item to use if rain is falling from the sky, but if it is the UV radiation of a sunny day, there’s none to be seen. It felt weird, but I took my dog for a walk and I used a black umbrella. OK, it felt more than weird. It felt stupid. I mean, it wasn’t raining. There’s hardly any cloud in the sky. I had an SPF 50 mineral sunscreen on already. But, you know what? I […]