CountryTime pledges to pay fines of kids whose lemonade stands get shut down for operating without permit
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In 2017 Linux computer maker System76 introduced their own flavor of Linux called Pop!_OS and started offering it as an ...More Americans in China say they’re victims of mysterious health attacks | Ars Technica
One identified victim says the attacks were not isolated events—and the US knew. Source: More Americans in China say the...Practical Documentation: What the Indieweb Needs for Wordpress
What the Indieweb really needs is some practical, plain language documentation to lead end users through the forest of p...Your Phone Is Listening to You
We know the Facebook app tracks where you go via GPS. Ithink it is safe to assume the Twitter app does the same. There h...'For the Betterment of Mankind' Being an Adult Sucks
I really wanted to buy a theatrical fog generator for my front porch. I think it would be cool to have spooky fog rollin...My Gun Control Proposals 2018
I thought I should put myself on record as to what I consider to be reasonable gun control regulations. Note: I think th...Researching Perennial Flowers
Currently researching perennial flowers. Need something NOT yellow. Bloom late summer. Suggestions?Watch 60 Free Film Noir Movies Online
I’ve only seen a few of these. Some are simply brilliant. Now I have a lot of movies to watch! Watch 60 great Noir...Listening: An IndieWeb Podcast: Episode 5 "Indieweb Summit and More"
With the IndieWeb Summit coming up at the end of June in Portland, David Shanske and I discuss it, participation, and ot...Sharp to buy Toshiba's PC business - Liliputing
Toshiba has scaled back its PC business in recent years, but the company continues to offer a small selection of laptops...Listening to:
An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 3 “Syndication”.
Like: The erosion of Web 2.0. I’m not sure this will happen across the board but I hope large pockets will open up.
Today I planted - A Shrubbery. “Ni!”
Now I want to watch "The Americans"
Because of this post: Themes of work and employment in “The Americans” I want to watch this show. I love spy fiction any...Reading all these posts from the WWDC gave me this thought: I think Apple is the only company out there that could build a “search engine” that could rival Google. It might not look like a search engine as we know them but it would serve the same function. If Jobs were still here I think they could pull it off, whether he would want to remains a different question.
Reading: Neil Gaiman’s, Death. This is a compendium of the major stories featuring Death, one of the Endless from the Sandman series. I like this character.
How 5G is going to make smartphones ugly again
The first 5G mobile devices should finally arrive next year, which means that smartphone manufacturers are hammering out...Wordpress and Emoticons, Smilies and Emojis
Sigh. I’m finding the stock Wordpress emoticons (aka smilies) to be rather boring. I’m not a huge user of em...Testing Smilies Default
Smilies: :) ;-) ;-) ;) Are these supported in WP?I’m still wrestling with how to describe Micro.blog to someone who has never seen it. Describing the subtle differences between it and other networks is not easy. But an article is slowly coming together in my mind, or as backup I’ll link to other people who have tried.