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Did you register .io domains? I mainly hold a few .dev, .email and .com domains (these are Generic Top Level Domains (gTLD)). There are also some .des in the bucket (I'm based in Germany) — …

Just a brief update here -- I recently had the honor of participating in Rock Paper Shotgun's "what's on your bookshelf" interview series.It's one of my favorite gaming journalism things happening at the moment, full …

As the 2024 Arizona Trail Race carries on, temperatures drop, scratches persist, and Alexandera Houchin takes the lead in the women's race, vying for the top spot in the 300 and 800-mile races. Find the …

Four-Gone Conclusion It’s just before 5pm on a Saturday afternoon and the Fourpure Brewing Co taproom is quiet. Very quiet. A space that could easily accommodate 400 customers contains about 25 mostly middle-aged men. Much …

We all have some problem we are trying to solve. First off, if you can convert the problem to text, or increasingly pdfs, images, video, etc., then you might be able to use AI for …

The Wayne's World sketches on Saturday Night Live, chronicling the adventures of metalhead Wayne Campbell and his friend Garth Algar as they hosted a public-access television show from his parents' basement, ran from 1989 to …

Another heron at RSPB Ouse Fen (Earith). There were 4 or 5 flying around. This is the Great White Egret, Ardea alba. It’s about the size of a Grey Heron, but white. Great White Egret …

I’m back! Yesterday was a long day of travel — I got up a 5am to go to the airport, and what with the flight, then waiting to take a shuttle to the western part …

Jamie Zawinski, one of the original creators of the erstwhile Netscape browser, recalls the day the first version, Netscape 0.9, was shipped thirty-years ago, last week: According to my notes, it went live shortly after …

Audio SCAM ALERT! No Steve Huff does not sell Marshall Speakers. I need to point out a scam going on using MY NAME that I was recently alerted to. There is a website at http://blueamberline.com …

An absolutely delightful talk from Cabel Sasser. Really worth your time. Stay to the end.

I often think about writing a feature like writing a story. If I do my job well, it is coherent and easy to read, write, and maintain. When there's a lot of indirection, it feels …

One of my favorite things about Go is its distribution process using the go install command. With go install, I don’t have to deal with the trouble of setting up brew, npm, pip, or any …

There are plenty of ways to use LLMs ineffectively. For best results, lean into your own intelligence, experience, and creativity. Delegate the boring and routine stuff to closely supervised assistants whose work you can easily …

Don’t send a poet to London. Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)