That’s all about hardware though. What about software? Also around the same time two years ago, I made a list of the 10 most influential computer programs ever written. I think the Apollo Guidance Computer is probably missing from both my lists, hardware and software – what else did I miss?
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“Knowledge matters. Knowing stuff is important. These are some reasons why, that have nothing to do with cultural capital or social mobility or fitting in at dinner parties. 1/”
Read the thread.
“When #edutwitter celebrities say stupid things, if you choose to respond, screenshot the tweet, and respond to your screenshot. This does a few things.”
Interesting thread.
It was a great shock to hear about Dai’s passing. I did tear up as I read the news and had it confirmed through some retweet and reply detective work. The notion of human mortality reared its head into the mundanity of family routine on a Sunday evening. Cooking and planning for the week ahead wasn’t quite the same as I was reminded that life is fragile and sometime it’s lost in an exhale and doesn’t return.
“Passing storm in Helensburgh”
Passing storm in Helensburgh pic.twitter.com/lLt6s5A3FV
— Michael Timmons (@MTImmonsMusic) August 4, 2019
Greg McVerry (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com)Had to redo my style sheet https://jgregorymcverry.com/ because Dancing Hamsters are getting no love on hacker news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20545257 forget building for SEO, build for fun. Bring back all the silly animated background images #IndieWeb
Bring back all the silly animated background images!
The IndieWeb is a thing! They've got a conference coming up and everything. The New Yorker is even writing about it
Liked: IndieWeb and Webmentions | CSS-Tricks
I guess that’s what’s so cool about all this IndieWeb stuff. Like a Progressive Web App, every step you take towards it is useful. The more people that do it, the better it gets for everyone, but it’s useful anyway.
I thought that was rather well put. Every so often, I wonder if my rather casual effort is worth it. The idea that ‘every little counts’ is welcome.
Khürt, I absolutely get a lot of value from my micro.blog account. First of, this is a great community of bloggers, coders, amateur photographers and even one harpist. I’ve found this to be a great continuation of the community I found in app.net, which subsequently splintered into a few groups. ...
micro.blog is an interesting experiment in blog comments.
One of the things about micro.blog I continue to like is it makes me think about blogging in many diverse ways.
The latest Openbeta email includes this quote from Czech author Milan Kundera – Everyone without exception bears a potential writer within him, so that the entire human species has good reason to go down into the streets and shout: we are all writers! One morning (and it will be soon), when everyo...
But we do not as yet lament, because we, the people who sit just outside the noisy streams of the walled gardens, know that the Internet is vast and needs more voices. Voices of those not heard till now, voices of those who can bring a fresh perspective. So no, Milan, there is hope as yet, and noise as yet to be made.
from Quote – Nitin Khanna