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CrankWheel uses Maxio (née Chargify) for subscription management. It’s OK but I’ve never been super duper happy with it (mostly because I chose it for its flat fee structure, then later they switch to charging …

I’ve been experimenting with the MapChart website to produce maps showing the birth county of people in North Walls and Brims in two censuses, 1861 and 1921. What do you think? 1861 Census And here’s …

After 150 days and 3074.5 km of hiking (and also canoeing and cycling), I reached Bluff, the southern terminus of Te Araroa. Today was, I think, the first time daylight saving time changed for me …

Robb Knight in My Computing Origin Story and Kev Quirk in My computing History have both written posts about their computing history as part of WeblogPoMo2024. I thought I’d write about mine. I didn’t have …

[In 1997, Mr. Brown demonstrated how an indoor tent made up of blankets, pillows, and mattresses could be used to prolong survival in an unheated home in the winter.] From his August 26, 2024 New …

Covering musical selections from Enola Gay, Midwife, Thom Yorke, The Jesus Lizard, Death Grips, The Cure, Lungfish, Japanese Breakfast, Washed Out, MIEN, Teen Mortgage, The Murlocs, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Chat Pile, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, …

Today is the first day I’ve felt better in over a week. I still can’t taste or smell much, but now have a general sense of “banana” or “tea” while consuming those things. I’m resting …

Like your versioning scheme , your changelog is a vital and oft-overlooked method of communication to your users. Unfortunately, it's easy…

Journalist Michael Shellenberger's dramatic claims we headlined yesterday have engendered the expected Pentagon challenge, Frank Chung reports. And Shellenberger has in turn reaffirmed his assertions. And on this subject, Tim McMillan has an Opinion: Immaculate …

Original airdate: October 6, 2024 The premise: The Simpsons get the once-in-a-lifetime chance to stay at the luxurious Yellow Lotus resort, until their free pass is yanked out from under them and they’re forced to …

Our route from Castine to Niagara Falls Leaving Castine was the endpoint of our East Coast travels. Now it was time to head west. We had planned all summer to visit some Canadian cruising friends …

Learn how I started to go off-grid @Home, and warming up to getting real (spendy). #solar #microgen

ESPHome device, a Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 and level shifter with 3.5mm TS and HDMI connectors. After getting the Onkyo RI support for ESPHome and Home Assistant in place, it was neat that I could …