Writing

  • The Toy Aisle

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    The Toy Aisle

    In the final days before Christmas, I found myself in Target on a late-night hunt for a few last presents for the kiddos. It has been a long time since…

  • Spam Everywhere

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    Spam Everywhere

    I logged into Google Analytics for a site that I never touch anymore with no real traffic. The dashboard with the browser languages of my visitors was quite depressing.

  • New WiFi

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    New WiFi

    I swapped my old WiFi access points that never really worked that well together for a pair of Google WiFi mesh network APs. No complaints so far. I always anticipate…

  • Mueller: Kitty Hawk of Self-Driving Cars
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    Mueller: Kitty Hawk of Self-Driving Cars

    Google announced this week that it spun off their self-driving car division into a new company within the Alphabet umbrella, Waymo. With the announcement, they also announced that they completed…

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    Automattic signs pledge not to build Muslim registry

    Automattic, which owns WordPress.com and a number of other web development and publishing tools, has signed a pledge not to help build a Muslim registry. Source: WordPress.com parent company Automattic…

  • Utah: Where corn dogs are that important
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    Utah: Where corn dogs are that important

    Visiting a grocery store in Utah and realized I had no idea how important corn dogs are to the world.  

  • It Begins!

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    It Begins!

    The service isn’t on yet—they still need to lay their fiber to the house—but it is coming. We already have AT&T’s Gigabit service—for three years now—but Fiber is cheaper and…

  • Election is Still Raw

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    Election is Still Raw

    Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides The Washington Post covered a usually mundane post-election event at Harvard where the various political players of the campaigns get together to discuss…

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    I love playing the Tetris game that is packing a minivan for a week-long trip of seven people.

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    Tom Herman named Texas Head Football Coach

    A Texas Ex with deep ties to the state of Texas, including the last two seasons as head coach at the University of Houston, Tom Herman becomes the 30th head…