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A warning about thinking twice before relying on …

Posted on August 11, 2016
by steve

A warning about thinking twice before relying on megacorp cloud providers:

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/30/12303070/dennis-cooper-blog-deleted-google

#cloud #google #blogger #gmail

Posted on August 11, 2016
by steve
in micro | Tagged blogger, blogging, cloud, gmail, Google | 4 Comments

Source: Free GNU Social WordPress Plugin โ€“ Chris …

Posted on August 10, 2016
by steve

Source: Free GNU Social WordPress Plugin โ€“ Chris Ridings

Posted on August 10, 2016
by steve
in micro | Tagged gnulinux, microblog, social | Leave a comment

For any advocates of the #openweb , my …

Posted on August 10, 2016
by steve

For any advocates of the #openweb , my microblog is also now at quitter.is/dowean

Posted on August 10, 2016
by steve
in micro | Tagged blogging, indieweb, microblog, openweb | Leave a comment

Been reading a lot about #minimalism.ย  Now have …

Posted on August 2, 2016
by steve

Been reading a lot about #minimalism.ย  Now have 32,509 bookmarks on the subject.

Posted on August 2, 2016
by steve
in micro | Tagged humour, minimalism, things | Leave a comment

Goodbye #Instagram.ย  Your collection of heavily-filtered, uncomposed photos …

Posted on August 1, 2016
by steve

Goodbye #Instagram.ย  Your collection of heavily-filtered, uncomposed photos was tiresome & uninspiring.

Time to pare-down the list of unnecessary social networks in my life.

Posted on August 1, 2016
by steve
in micro | Tagged computing, instagram, social media | Leave a comment

You can drink tea, work in peace and …

Posted on July 27, 2016
by steve

You can drink tea, work in peace and quiet … and feel your eyes burn!ย  What’s not to like about 4:30am!

#work #coding #php

Posted on July 27, 2016
by steve
in micro | Tagged coding, PHP, work | Leave a comment

Nintendo-Sony SNES-CD Hybrid

Posted on July 26, 2016
by steve

http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2016/07/nintendo-playstation-hands-on/

The internet’s been alive with this story for a few days, so I’m late to the party.ย  But it finally reveals what we suspected existed for so long.

Posted on July 26, 2016
by steve
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In Praise of Captain Janeway: Why Star Trek Needs to Rethink the Boys’ Club

Posted on July 25, 2016
by steve

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/claire-patelcampbell/star-trek-women_b_11175978.html
A fair analysis of what seems to be missing in modern Trek.
#startrek 

Posted on July 25, 2016
by steve
in micro | Tagged StarTrek | Leave a comment

Hey (Google) Drive, what is it good for?

Posted on July 19, 2016
by steve

Activity Monitor on macOS, showing Google Drive client maxing CPU use.

Absolutely nothing. ย Say it again! ย Nothing apart from pegging the CPU on #macOS, anyway. ย Gotta love #GoogleDrive !

 

Posted on July 19, 2016
by steve
in micro | Tagged GoogleDrive, macOS | Leave a comment

begone systemd!ย 

Posted on July 15, 2016
by steve

Should be an interesting morning. โ˜บ 

aptitude purge #systemd

#devuan #ftw #freedom

Posted in micro | Tagged Debian, devuan, free software, freedom, ftw, systemd | Leave a comment

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