I’m pretty comfortable on the command line. I can move about, issue commands, edit my profile, pipe things around, all that. However — and I’m probably supposed to admit this with a little shame — I’ve never really learned how to write shell scripts. Usually I’d write a Python script, a small command line app, or hack something together with Automator. It did the same job, but not being able to write a bash script from scratch felt like kind of a blind spot.
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👓 A Critical Analysis of Bob Dylan's 2017 Xmas Lights | Vice
For almost a decade, I have had an unhealthy obsession with the Christmas lights on Bob Dylan's Malibu home. Here's what I learned from this year's display.
👓 Spooled Twitter Thread: OK Third-Party WordPress, We Need To Have A Come-to-Jesus Meeting About Your Accessibility Flare | Amanda Rush
This post originally started as a Twitter thread. Since those can be difficult to read in some circumstances, and since this content is I think valuable for more than just WordPress Twitter, I’m spooling it up and re-sharing as a complete post. I’ve also added a link and a video to this. OK thir...
👓 Excluded from Confoo Speaker Dinner – What Happened and How It Made Me Feel | Part of a Whole
I was an invited speaker at the Confoo YVR conference in December 2017. I gave two talks, both on accessibility. I was the only speaker presenting accessibility-related topics. There was a dinner organized for all the speakers. I was precluded from attending that dinner because the organizers selected a venue on the second floor, with no elevators. There was no way for a wheelchair user to access the venue. I felt embarrassed, and angry.
Wow this was pretty shitty…
👓 Paranoia grips Capitol Hill as harassment scandal spreads | Politico
Lawmakers and aides are consumed by one question: Who's next?
👓 The Propaganda behind Personalised Learning | Long View on Education
“Most biased choices in the media arise from the preselection of right-thinking people, internalized preconceptions, and the adaptation of personnel to the constraints of ownership, organization, market, and political power. Censorship is largely self-censorship, by reporters and commentators who ...
👓 The Beauty of the Block | Audrey Watters
“Block with abandon.” That’s Andy Baio’s New Year’s Resolution. “I spent far too many emotional cycles last year on people arguing with me in bad faith, diving i...
👓 Sci-Hub Loses Domain Names, But Remains Resilient | TorrentFreak
Sci-Hub, often referred to as the "Pirate Bay of Science," lost three of its domain names this week. The suspensions are likely the result of the lost court case against the American Chemical Society. Despite the setback, Sci-Hub remains resilient, pointing out that there are other ways to access the site including its own custom DNS servers.
👓 Storify Bites the Dust. If You Have WordPress, You Don’t Need Another Third Party Clown Service | CogDogBlog
How many more times do people have to get stiffed by a free web service that just bites the dust and leaves you bubkas? What follows is a monster post. You will find me ranting ar companies like St…
👓 A Clarification | Sam Altman
I made a point in this post inelegantly in a way that was easy to misunderstand, so I’d like to clarify it. I didn’t mean that we need to tolerate brilliant homophobic jerks in the lab so...
👓 E Pur Si Muove | Sam Altman
Earlier this year, I noticed something in China that really surprised me. I realized I felt more comfortable discussing controversial ideas in Beijing than in San Francisco. I didn’t feel...
👓 The 'Star Wars' Refresher You Are Looking for Before 'The Last Jedi' | Hollywood Reporter
In case you need a reminder of where all the main players were the last time we saw them...
👓 Further thoughts the future of owning my reading | Eddie Hinkle
Eddie Hinkle (eddiehinkle.com)As I’ve been doing my 100 Day of Reading Chapters challenge I’ve been thinking about my use of Goodreads and the various functions I use it for: Adding books I want to read. Prioritizing the next books I’m interested in. Typically these are rated as: “Next, High, Medium, Low, Someday”. Add...
👓 What happens when you put a hackathon on a bus? An awesome podcast | The Next Web
It’s a bit of an unusual one. In all my time at TNW, I don’t think I’ve ever written a blog about a podcast I’ve been listening to, but hear me out. I’m a big fan of Gimlet Media’s StartUp podcast. This week, it’s been following StartupBus: a five-day hackathon on wheels, where coders build …
👓 Meditations on my Grandfather | David Shanske
David Shanske (david.shanske.com)Unlike many of my posts, this one is not being syndicated to social media, as they automatically do. Some of you heard that Monday, December 4th, my grandfather passed away. I flew to Florida on the first flight the following morning to be with my family. While it was not unexpected that my grandfat...