Dr. Bill Wattenburg, 1936 – 2018
It’s rare that I mourn the death of an engineer. We don’t recognize them the same way as pop culture tech titans. Listening to Dr. Bill Wattenburg (or as most of us knew him, Dr. Bill) was something that spanned generations in my family. For forty years, Dr. Bill was an anchor of weekend radio on KGO 810. Back when it was a real, independent radio station, that is.
Fifty Years Ago Today
Fifty years ago today, a man was murdered. When you kill a man out of hate, you create a martyr that lasts forever.
Epson PrecisionCore 1S & PrecisionCore 2S – The Difference Between Them
One thing I wanted to figure out was the difference between the two PrecisionCore versions. More specifically, I wanted to know what really was different between them.
David Gewirtz Needs An Arithmetic Lesson
A recent barnburner of bad intelligence by David Gewirtz has one thing standing out in particular to me: He doesn’t seem to know how to add.
How Twitter Made Its Own Martyr, Milo
By banning @Milo, Twitter has made Milo Yiannopoulos into a martyr. Based on their public replies, I don’t think Twitter gets the ramifications of that just yet. Twitter should take this moment to learn, reflect, and reform.
Clean Install Your WordPress Site – Pros & Cons
I decided to clean install this blog’s WordPress installation. Why I did it, is best explained in running down the pro’s and con’s of doing so.
The Case for Web Ads Killing Themselves – When It Makes Sense To
Ads can backfire, and your app can stink, if you try to cram too much through a narrow pipe.
When Trolls Go Nuts – Moderation Enabled, Thanks to A Cyberstalker
Unfortunately, comment moderation is here to stay. One individual, posting under multiple identities, is to blame.
When Backers Break Bad
What to do when crowd-funding backers occasionally become abusive? I don’t have a perfect answer for this one, it’s more of a conversation starter.