Tampermonkey script: no, Newegg, I don’t freakin’ want to subscribe
Script to prevent Newegg from subscribing me to their spam against my will.
Category Archives: Web
Tampermonkey script to un-Gmail Google Contacts
When you click on a contact’s email address in the Google Contacts web app, instead of opening a new draft in your default email app with the “To” field populated with that email address, which is what it should do, Google Contacts opens a Gmail compose window. I hate this behavior. While I do have… Read More »
Cutting ties with Google Ads
Ads from Google are too scammy and too intrusive. I should have turned them off long ago. Now I have. If you appreciate that, please consider kicking in a few bucks to make up for the lost revenue.
Comics aggregator: Washington Post links now go through a page archiving service
I will not send traffic to a newspaper that can’t figure out how to oppose fascism on its editorial page.
Comics aggregator: Damon Young removed, Carolyn Hax & Miss Manners fixed
I’ve removed the Damon Young column in the Washington Post from the comics aggregator because he hasn’t written anything there for two years so I’m pretty sure he’s no longer being published in the Post. Over the past day or so the Post did something to break the other columns from there that the aggregator… Read More »
Case study: anonymizing email addresses for online accounts
Why you might want to anonymize the email addresses for your online accounts, some techniques for how to do that, and the details of how I did it myself, including stats, stories, and scripts.
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 »
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.
Comics Aggregator: Bob Mankoff Presents is back, Brian Duffy is gone
Comics Kingdom has restored “Bob Mankoff Presents: Show Me The Funny” and “Bob Mankoff Presents: Show Me The Funny (Animal Edition)” from before their website redesign, so I’ve added them back in the aggregator. They’ve also removed “Brian Duffy”, so I’ve removed that from the aggregator. I imagine there are going to be quite a… Read More »
Comics Aggregator: Comics Kingdom site redesign implemented
The few of you who read Comics Kingdom through the Comics Aggregator (instructions) may be aware that Comics Kingdom recently redesigned their web site. I have just released a set of changes to the Comics Aggregator to accommodate their redesign. Please note that there are new comics, comics that are no longer available, and comics… Read More »