Modern Problems
(With apologies to the film.) My internet at home is down. This isn’t the first time it’s happened and probably won’t be the last, but I marvel at how each time seems to knock more of my routine for a loop. It’s as...
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“Do not push me.”
Is it me, or does this progression of spam comments submitted to my blog sound like a set of dating site messages gone very wrong?
Hoax vs. Truth. Bias? Confirmed!
While a lot of the sites dealing in satire and hoaxes are making it easier to detect the real news from the fake, it still turns out that people would rather believe the hoaxes than have them debunked.
Ad Blockers, Saving Data and Time?
I use ad blockers. I block ads. I’m not even ashamed about it. I’m not anti-ads, I just want to browse the web quickly and efficiently. Don’t we all? More and more research is bearing it out that ad-filled sites use more data, bandwidth and load time. Not cool.
Best Cat GIF Ever?
I don’t know if this is really the best cat GIF ever, but it’s certainly giving me a smile this morning. If I had energy like that? Who’d need coffee?! — Revisiting an old favorite. At times, Facebook’s “On This Day” is good for making me laugh instead of making me sad.
Life of Brian: Internet
I originally envisioned these “Life of Brian” posts as little views into moments from my life, or bit of my inner thoughts, things I’ve likely never written about because other people were involved, or it seemed silly, or I just...
There was The Wiz before NBC’s The Wiz?!
So… this is an actual thing that happened. This tweet–now deleted–about NBC’s upcoming live version of The Wiz was trying to be clever and completely missed. Just shy of an hour later, it looks like someone set him on the...
Machines are Writing Clickbait
This is slightly terrifying. In a post earlier this week, I joked that clickbait headlines and not CAPTCHA will be the one thing that helps separate man from machine. Well, developer Lars Eidnes has created a recurrent neural network (RNN)...
Barkhaus: Why So Serious?!
I spent the day mostly taking it easy. A Monday off due to holiday isn’t really something to be trifled with unless you’re going away on vacation. Luckily, some local DC spots were doing Monday brunch, so while sipping a...
Google has a new logo
So… that happened. Today we’re introducing a new logo and identity family that reflects this reality and shows you when the Google magic is working for you, even on the tiniest screens. As you’ll see, we’ve taken the Google logo...