Boston online poll-worker training thread
Thread of posts about online Boston poll-worker training.
Comics: Most recent “This Modern World” published early
Please note that the most recent edition of the This Modern World comic was published a few days early and therefore the comics aggregator didn’t pick it up. That bug has been fixed so next time it will be picked up, but for those of you who want to see the early one, here you… Read More »
2024 Massachusetts ballot questions: my recommendations
YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
My routine for rebuilding my Linux laptops from scratch
Maybe you’re sufficiently Linux-nerdy that you’ll enjoy glancing at this. Or maybe not, whatever. 😉
Developers who don’t know the email standards shouldn’t write code that generates emails
Looking at you, Square.
Python fails Postel’s Law parsing email messages, with a workaround
The next-generation email parser in Python silently ignores data it doesn’t understand, sometimes to the detriment of the caller.
UX failure of the day: Eastern Bank’s new personal banking portal
Whatever Eastern Bank’s priorities were in rolling out its new portal, good UX and security seemingly weren’t among them.
Interesting journey: converting my last home computer from Ubuntu to Debian
This was a satisfying exercise with the right amount of complexity to make it just enough of a challenge to be interesting without being frustrating.
MyFitnessPal is not telling the whole truth about recent data “corruption” incident
I’m fairly certain I did not eat “Enjoy Cock Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce” last week. So why does the MyFitnessPal app say I did?
The Bible does not justify what Israel is doing in Gaza
Anyone who understands Jewish law understands that what God commanded the Jews to do in the Bible does not justify what Israel is doing in Gaza. The only people who really believe otherwise are Evangelical Christian supremacists, and it’s antisemitic.