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Welcome to Glimpse of Google, a blog series written by a former Google software engineer, offering a firsthand look into the inner workings of one of the most transformative companies of our time. This series …

Creating a successful business is challenging. You encounter so much risk and uncertainty on the way that even the bravest of founders’ live in a world of stress and doubt for months on end. Eventually, …

It’s Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, so I’m out at Squam, eating delicious food and spending time with family. When I was living on the west coast that wasn’t really in the cards, so we’d host our …

All Chromium-based apps such a Google Chrome, Obsidian have a built-in DNS client. I have set up NextDNS on my computer to block ads and trackers. The built-in DNS clients by pass the NextDNS, which …

When I set out to build a history module for my bashrc/profile, the dearth of code re-use and collaborative ~unixy modularity struck me as a little sad. I knew early on that I wanted to …

I made the mistake of making myself spicy ramen for lunch today. I kinda wanted to die for a bit there.

Continuing the exploration into interesting LEGO techniques, my son played around with SNOT. SNOT stands for Studs Not On Top – it is a way of building LEGO where the studs face in other directions, …

The 8Bit Deck is the creation of designer and illustrator Michael B. Myers Jr. aka drawsgood. The beautifully-designed playing card deck is made with a palette from the Pico-8. How the 8Bit Deck was made …

I’m writing an adventure. I might even get round to publishing it one day! The adventure at the moment has quite a lot of NPC-NPC relationships going on, and I thought it might (initially) be …

Pasta with broccoli is a classic Italian recipe that's super quick and easy to make and loved by many. This version includes pancetta but you can substitute it with other meat, fish or vegetables. A …

Last week I visited the University of Pennsylvania for a fireside chat with Roger Greenberg, a Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology, as part of the Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Club (WUHC). I shared my …

Admittedly, the debut LP of this Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania group is a bit of a cheat, as the first five songs are just their 2023 demo verbatim but then again, it's kinda nice to have that …

Film If you've been wondering why wind has been whistling through this old place lately it's because all of the excitement has been happening on BlueSky where I've been live skeeting (jesus) a read through …

Every few years, I remember that the whole reason I started woodworking was that I needed to build bookshelves for my family. Some things don’t change. When we moved into this house a year ago, …