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As a reminder
With the exception of this post, all of my blog content originates on Dreamwidth.org under the same blog name. Right now, the automatic repost feature is broken and I manually repost all content here. If my account gets suspended or blocked, you can always find me on DW ( Read more... ) -
For people with iPhones and Apple Watches
At least three new studies opened for enrollment through their Research app. You may need to update the app first, I was able to enroll in the hearing study and also the heart health study. The women's health study is also available for enrollment. Why I cannot delete that from my list, I don't know ( Read more... ) -
RIP: UserFriendly.org
The daily web comic that was a joy to web developers and computer geeks for about 12 years or so, has finally been shut down. The comic started in 1997 by Illiad, J.D. Frazer, about a Canadian ISP and the people who ran it, covering all things geek and HTTP. In 2009 updates became rather sporadic, but continued looping daily with an occasional ( Read more... ) -
More Ukraine war news - nothing horrific
But I'm going to put anything involving the war under a cut for consideration of friends.
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Some more Ukraine news, not grim stuff - just interesting
None of these news items are particularly grim, aside from the war itself being grim ( Read more... ) -
Very, VERY long rant on the war in Ukraine
I need to write a lot about the shit going down in Ukraine. It has really been dragging me down for the last couple of days, and I'm hoping that by writing all this down that my mental/emotional health might improve once it's out of me ( Read more... ) -
RIP Bandcamp? Epic Game buys them for an undisclosed amount of money.
Epic Games, makers of the Unreal Game engine - a very impressive property - and of the Fortnite game, a very popular game, have bought the extremely popular music site Bandcamp ( Read more... ) -
Amazon closing 68 physical stores across the US and UK
Gee. Who is surprised at this. The closure includes some of their book stores ( Read more... ) -
Bionic eyes are awesome! Until the company goes out of business.
Did you know there are such things as bionic eyes ( Read more... )