Brad Enslen

Sep 2018

I hate it when I’ve written a really long long post and then realize I need to scrap half of it and write even more. Workworkwork.

Sep 2018

Mojeek.com Privacy Search Engine, a Review

I have been using Mojeek.com privacy search engine for about 3 weeks as my daily driver on all laptops. Most of my initi...
Sep 2018

Like: I don’t hang out on the internet | snarfed.org

Like via I don’t hang out on the internet | snarfed.org
Sep 2018

Noted: Jacqueline Pearce obituary | Television & radio | The Guardian

Noted Jacqueline Pearce obituary | Television & radio | The Guardian I really only know her from the wonderful, Blak...
Sep 2018

I could have had something good for supper. Instead I went with something healthy.

Sep 2018

I think I Just Dodged Directory Bullet No. 2

I’ll be the first to admit, I’d like to run either a search engine or a directory of my own. It’s one ...
Sep 2018

Starting: Testing Gigablast.com Search Engine

I’m going to start using Gigablast.com as my default daily search engine for the next 3 weeks or so. Gigablast doe...
Sep 2018

How the Searchking Search Engine Worked 1997 - 200?

Searchking.com had two divisions: 1. A search engine, 2. remotely hosted web directories (think Wordpress.com only for d...
Sep 2018

I think Cortana is the daughter of whatshisname the MS Word paperclip guy.

Sep 2018

Like: How to Sanction Google for their Aggressive Behavior | Michael Martinez

Like: How to Sanction Google for their Aggressive Behavior | Michael Martinez   An excellent list above. Yandex Met...
Sep 2018

Slow Coffee - Single Serve Coffee Making without the Keurig

I used Keurig single serve coffee machines for many years. I went through a lot of machines, some made by Keurig and som...
Aug 2018

I went to the store Thursday. I may have forgotten to buy ice cream. A major omission for Labor Day weekend.

Aug 2018

Like: Fogknife : Rejecting the “Post-web era” while embracing The Future

My response to Nick Montfort’s recent article asserting that the era of the open web as the main platform for digi...
Aug 2018

Interesting: Facebook has a crawler bot.

Aug 2018

Bookmark: 10 Tab Management Tricks | Vivaldi Browser

Bookmark: via 10 Tab Management Tricks | Vivaldi Browser These come straight from the users. If you always have a lot of...
Aug 2018

The Internet still amazes me. When I was a kid you still had to book a phone call to the UK through the International Operator. They would call you back sometimes hours later, when a line was available. Now I’m talking to the world in almost real time.

Aug 2018

These Indieweb Folks Just Might Be on to Something

This blog is just a couple of months old and same for the domain. I was looking at my Comments admin panel and I have ju...
Aug 2018

Bookmark: Yahoo plans to scan users' email for data to sell to advertisers / Boing Boing

Bookmark via WSJ: Yahoo plans to scan users’ messages for data to sell to advertisers / Boing Boing Good link to p...
Aug 2018

When the Social Silos Fall

#search engines #social networks #silos #indieweb I hear a lot of people wanting the social network silos (mainly Facebo...
Aug 2018

Like: GitHub - dylanbeattie/rockstar: The Rockstar programming language specification

But why? Mainly because if we make Rockstar a real (and completely pointless) programming language, then recruiters and...
Aug 2018

Like: LG G7 One announced: Android One flagship - The Verge

via LG G7 One announced: Android One flagship with solid specs and ‘exceptional’ price - The Verge I hope this comes to ...
Aug 2018

No power no internet. Bored. Limited to phone and iPad both have LTE. Listened to a great micro Monday tho. Power comes on but Comcast internet still down for a few more hours. Might have to read the news.

Aug 2018

No power all afternoon. Just came back on. Now internet out.

Aug 2018

The Bluejay blasts out it’s alarm caw. Seconds later, a Cooper’s Hawk glides by just above the rooftops. All the songbirds, and the small and meek mammals of the lawn, always heed that call of the Bluejay.

Aug 2018

Review: Asus Vivobook Thin and Light 14" Laptop Computer

A few days ago I bought a Windows laptop, my first Windows 10 machine and my first Windows computer in decades. But this...