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My Talk at QueensJS

I had the privilege of giving a talk at QueensJS last week. QueensJS is a wonderful JavaScript meetup, with a real diverse and welcoming crew of folks attending. I was pretty nervous about doing the … Read more

Practical Internet Privacy

Welcome, Internet folks! If you’ve been following along, this is the final post in my three Internet security and privacy. In this article, we’re going to get into improving and—just … Read more

Grammatical CSS Lists

The Situation You have a list of items that you need to render with comma separation, and an “and” at the end. For example: Cookies, rice, and farts. The Problem This display is … Read more

A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone t.co/HHPvj5cz3…

Practical Internet Security

Welcome internet traveler, you’ve found your way to my guide on how to improve your online security. Already feel confident in your security abilities? Then get lost! I don’t need that … Read more

Security vs Privacy on the Internet

Update: The next article in this series is now published. Confused about what privacy versus security means in the context of the internet? Haven’t heard these terms before, but are intrigued … Read more

RT @ELLEmagazine: Hillary Clinton now leads popular vote by 2 Million… and STILL counting: t.co/BBsjkaKfc… t.co/RZG6mxMai…

RT @hankgreen: Well, I managed to avoid sobbing all day until… t.co/QsbpXpckE…

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RT @TonyAtamanuik: .@HillaryClinton You don’t need me. I’d still love to come in for prep for fun, but you mopped the floor tonight!

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I never owned an OS 9 machine, but I still think this is really cool. t.co/GHAkdZK7Q…

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RT @mani_art: add to that the #Palestinian suffering from #nakba until today. t.co/YMWw4bvoi…

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To Understand Your Past, Look to Your Future - Issue 36: Aging - Nautilus t.co/Q8JsBUSM1…

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I started making gists for utility functions I frequently use: t.co/xr8psSeNb… #js #javascript #gist

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Even If Terrorists Do Use Strong Encryption, We Still Need It — Backchannel t.co/LoOVs6VPj…

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Why Futurism Has a Cultural Blindspot - Issue 28: 2050 - Nautilus t.co/gAO4SytDs…

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Who Is Presidential Candidate Deez Nuts? Still a better candidate than Trump t.co/2fqRTMGz9…

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Anyone remember Googleism? It’s still around. t.co/h5vITj585…

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Jurassic Park’s VFX legacy still casts a shadow—especially for Jurassic World | Ars Technica t.co/f7x5pdiEK…

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This is way cool, but since more and more of our services are online, those speeds will still be slow t.co/oyzlLEdwB…

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Pizza Hut still serves it’s first homepage t.co/eWV6DUR6t…

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Sexism is still hanging out in the tech world, unfortunately. Fortunately, this author is bitingly funny about it t.co/UGBUVUxSi…

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I’m really fascinated by bitcoin. Still don’t have any tho. Make of that what you will. t.co/CNZrt8YeH…

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Mac OS X Lord of the Rings calendar

A quick, fun tip for Mac and command line users who are fans of The Lord of the Rings; Mac OS X ships with the BSD command line calendars, which show important dates in history for various interests. … Read more

Kind of heavy handed, but still rings true. t.co/9eM6RcECz…

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Anyone else have the Took Many Cooks theme still stuck in their head?

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