Writing

  • That Time CNN Interviews You…
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    That Time CNN Interviews You…

    Don’t tweet @Velveeta about Super Bowl queso – Video – Technology Around Thanksgiving, Abby from CNN reached out wanting to do a story about my Internet-famous Twitter confusion and when…

  • Baby Fed Nothing But Almond Milk Develops Rare, 500-Year-Old Disease

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    Baby Fed Nothing But Almond Milk Develops Rare, 500-Year-Old Disease

    Baby develops disease after living with severe lack of nutrition because of almond milk. Source: Baby Fed Nothing But Almond Milk Develops Rare, 500-Year-Old Disease Packages of almond milk, in…

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    Catholic Church’s Hold on Schools at Issue in Changing Ireland

    Almost all state-funded primary schools — nearly 97 percent — are under church control, and Irish law allows them to consider religion the main factor in admissions. As a practical…

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    This Exists.

    If only I could count the times I needed something to slice a hot dog and provide a cup for ketchup all at the same time.

  • Who Shops at Best Buy?

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    Who Shops at Best Buy?

    The decline in sales was particularly acute for phones, tablets (so much for Apple coming to the rescue), and digital cameras. The company missed its projections by enough that it…

  • Texas Forever

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    Texas Forever

    The Texas Standard, an public radio news show focused on, you guessed it, The Lone Star State. They had this wonderful folklore piece that, while you can read it on…

  • The Bartender That Knows Everyone’s Name
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    The Bartender That Knows Everyone’s Name

    Murf’s “favors” sometimes register as tough love, especially when he’s trying to protect students from recklessness. “When kids come in on their 21st birthdays asking for shots, I don’t do…

  • Falling Off The Social Graph

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    Falling Off The Social Graph

    After blogging for over 13 years on this site and having a personal web presence (“being my own webmaster” as I imagine cool kids said back then) for years before…

  • Keyboarding Failure

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    Keyboarding Failure

    Sometimes, I try something that I can just work harder at, spend more time practicing, and reach a level where I’m happy with myself. Sometimes, I am not so sure it…

  • PHP 7!

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    PHP 7!

    After running HHVM with a PHP 5.6 fallback for about six months, I switched over to PHP 7. Initially, left HHVM on as a fallback to PHP (ha), but after a…