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I came up with a really slick trick to write E2E tests that deal with sending/receiving emails recently. This is the sort of thing that seems like it's probably usually sort of a nightmare — …

When I started blogging again in 2020, I was using my work computer as my home computer was non-operational. Recently work appropriately increased security on the computers (which I fully endorse) so that I can …

Yesterday, October 22, was a somber milestone in IndyCar history; and I’ll bet few know what it was. Last Wednesday, marked thirteen years from the day we lost Dan Wheldon. Next Thursday will mark twenty-five …

Often I’m left with a selection of photos from a certain place and I try to choose the best one for a blog post. Sometimes that choice is clear, sometimes it is not. I tend …

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” …

Apple has released the first beta versions of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, and ipadOS 18.2, each with new Apple Intelligence features. The first betas of the .2 releases arrive now despite iOS 18.1, iPadOS …

Seen on social media: "One thing that I did not like at all about The Substance was how it was filmed as if being cut into TikToks was its ultimate end goal. The action in …

This autumn I’ve been enjoying lots of long nature walks in some of the woods around the city of Belgrade, Serbia. At the moment of writing we’re at the height of the mushroom season, making …

. . . okay this year’s All Saints’ Wake was cute. #ffxiv

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Beer Bread So now that the bread making trend seems to be mostly over, I gave it a try. I googled for the “simplest bread to make without yeast” (because I didn't have yeast) and …

Exploring different ways to make sense of OpenStreetMap data.

Let’s talk about the basic concept of the "making app". I’ve written about this before, and demoed it in some of my public project walk-throughs, but there’s no single straightforward explanation out there, so let’s …

The cybersecurity expert SwiftOnSecurity, a decade ago, wrote a parable called "A Story About Jessica" and posted it to their (now-deleted) Tumblr blog. I found it moving and insightful. The consultancy Superbloom pointed to it …

[Note: This is a long and dense post. Buckle up.]In one chapter of his influential 1996 book, David Chalmers defends the view that consciousness arises in virtue of the functional organization of the brain rather …