Dropcam Tabs
I’ve become quiet the fan of my Dropcam. I decided to go ahead and pre-order two of the new Dropcam Tabs. Excited to play with them. Wish they were shipping sooner!
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The Worst “Mark all as read” Button Ever
If you login to Twitter and go to your Direct Messages you press a button to mark all as read, and then you have to confirm. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “Mark all as read” button that looks so...
View ArticleKeybase and MediaWiki
I’m really intrigued by what Keybase.io is doing with identity. The ability to cryptographically prove your identity on the web without a centralized party like Twitter or Facebook owning the approval...
View ArticleWanted: Dash Docset for MediaWiki
I really wish there were a Dash Docset for MediaWiki. The directions for creating docsets are pretty straightforward. It also strikes me that using pandoc to do wikitext to html you could convert...
View ArticleWhy WikiApiary uses pages and not articles
A while back @Waldyrious posed this question about WikiApiary. @WikiApiary in the lists of wikis by number of articles https://t.co/dKeb8eowPE, why not show the article count rather than the page...
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How Facebook “Improves”
Improving ads, wow, how excited should I be? Just to be clear what this message really means is that Facebook is now actively collating all of the data that it collects about you from every website...
View ArticleMediaWiki LocalSettings for Farmers
I’ve been running a MediaWiki farm at thingelstad.com for a couple of years now hosting about a dozen wikis ranging from small to very large. Running a MediaWiki farm is a bit complicated and you can...
View ArticleGetting started with Ansible
I’ve been planning to start working on using a configuration management solution for my hobby servers. Chef was too heavy for my purposes, and confused me a lot. I got really enamored with SaltStack,...
View ArticleRestarting AWS MN
A couple of months ago Bridget Kromhout and I started talking about coordinating with the Twin Cities Amazon Web Services User Group organizers to get the meetup group going again. The first thing we...
View ArticleTim Cook on Charlie Rose
Great two part interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook with Charlie Rose. Wonderful insight into how Apple works and how they explore new products.
View ArticleUpdated Dynamic Questy Captchas
A little over a year ago I shared a method of generating dynamic Questy Captchas for the MediaWiki ConfirmEdit extension. This method has been awesome for stopping registration spam on the...
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Question2Answer Number Captcha
I’ve been using Question2Answer for a number of years now to power Ask Planet Kubb. I like Question2Answer because it is simple to run, uses a standard PHP + MySQL setup and can even be used in a...
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Supporting the Open Internet
“It’s only an illusion that the Internet appears to be open…” — Dave Winer As we approach the end-of-the-year many of us start thinking about charitable donations. There are many, many great causes out...
View ArticleTwitter Spam #NFL
If you have a Twitter account, or have many like I do I’m guessing you got this email from Twitter. I sure hope the NFL paid them a pretty penny to annoy all their users. I really have 13 Twitter...
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Wanted: Dropcam Window Mount
I’ve had a Dropcam now for several months and I really like the device. It is super simple to setup, has a very small and manageable form factor and it is one of those things that “just works”. I have...
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Apple Watch Ordered
After some debate I placed my order at 3:56am CT for the Apple Watch. I’m eagerly looking forward to experiencing a new user experience and brand new category of device. I went with the 42mm Stainless...
View Article“New” Cable?
We got rid of cable TV a long time ago. Over 6 years ago actually, and technically we got rid of satellite TV. Every TV we have has an Apple TV attached to it and we still have one OTA TiVo Roamio we...
View ArticleSaneBox Week
A couple of weeks ago I started using SaneBox to help me manage my email. I love the weekly report that it sends me, including the graph of email I’ve received. This is from my personal mailbox.
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