fix: myriad typos and issues

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> The most exciting part is that Castro now uses custom notifications to allow episode triage without opening the app.
Castro is easily one of the best podcast apps on iOS and it just keeps getting better.<!-- excerpt -->
Castro is easily one of the best podcast apps on iOS, and it just keeps getting better.<!-- excerpt -->
_[Buy Castro on the App Store](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/castro-podcast-player/id1080840241)_

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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ title: Clearing mod_pagespeed cache
tags: ['Apache', 'development']
---
I use [mod_pagespeed](https://github.com/pagespeed/mod_pagespeed) on this server to help speed up asset delivery and force optimization best practices across all of the sites I host.<!-- excerpt --> Occasionally, during deployments, it's helpful to clear the module cache. Doing so is as simple as the following:
I use [mod_pagespeed](https://github.com/pagespeed/mod_pagespeed) on this server to help speed up asset delivery and force optimization best practices across all the sites I host.<!-- excerpt --> Occasionally, during deployments, it's helpful to clear the module cache. Doing so is as simple as the following:
```bash
touch /var/cache/mod_pagespeed/cache.flush

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@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ title: How to comment on the FCC's proposal to kill net neutrality
tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality']
---
[The Verge has a handy write up on how to comment on the FCC's proposal to kill net neutrality](https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/23/15681434/net-neutrality-how-to-comment-fcc-proposal-released).<!-- excerpt --> If you're invested in preserving an open internet (and you should be), take the time to comment and voice your concern.
[The Verge has a handy write-up on how to comment on the FCC's proposal to kill net neutrality](https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/23/15681434/net-neutrality-how-to-comment-fcc-proposal-released).<!-- excerpt --> If you're invested in preserving an open internet (and you should be), take the time to comment and voice your concern.

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This piece by Bruce Schneier is worth revisiting in light of [yesterday's Equifax breach](https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/7/16270808/equifax-data-breach-us-identity-theft). We're in the middle of a fresh wave of outrage over it but, as that fades, we should remember that we can do better than this. Companies and organizations that hold and collect our personal information can do better than this[^1].
There will be more breaches and we'll have to deal with the fallout, but we shouldn't be apathetic about it. Any company that collects that much data about the public should be held to higher standards when storing it (or, better yet, shouldn't store it at all). An insincere apology and a free year of some service provided by the company that failed to protect our data in the first place isn't good enough.
There will be more breaches, and we'll have to deal with the fallout, but we shouldn't be apathetic about it. Any company that collects that much data about the public should be held to higher standards when storing it (or, better yet, shouldn't store it at all). An insincere apology and a free year of some service provided by the company that failed to protect our data in the first place isn't good enough.
[^1]: They might consider starting by patching [nine year old vulnerabilities before they're exploited](https://qz.com/1073221/the-hackers-who-broke-into-equifax-exploited-a-nine-year-old-security-flaw/).

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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ title: Installing HTTP/2 on Ubuntu 16.04 with virtual hosts
tags: ['Apache', 'development']
---
Now that HTTP/2 is fairly stable and widely available, I decided to try and install and run it on this server. I'm currently running the [Ubuntu 16.04.2](http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/) LTS with virtual hosts configured so I can serve a number of sites beyond this one. All of the sites this server hosts are also served securely using certificates from [LetsEncrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/).<!-- excerpt -->
Now that HTTP/2 is fairly stable and widely available, I decided to try and install and run it on this server. I'm currently running the [Ubuntu 16.04.2](http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/) LTS with virtual hosts configured, so I can serve a number of sites beyond this one. All the sites this server hosts are also served securely using certificates from [LetsEncrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/).<!-- excerpt -->
To install HTTP/2 I SSH'd in to the server and ran the following commands:

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@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ title: iPhone spam call blockers
tags: ['privacy']
---
I've tried all of the apps Marco calls out in this post and I agree with his assessment of all of them. I liked [Nomorobo](https://www.nomorobo.com) a lot and it worked reliably, but I've settled on a different app that wasn't called out in this post. I've been using [Callblock](https://callblockapp.com) for the past week and like that its database extends beyond the robocallers covered by Nomorobo. It's already blocked a few calls and nothing that shouldn't get through has gotten through.
I've tried all the apps Marco calls out in this post and I agree with his assessment of all of them. I liked [Nomorobo](https://www.nomorobo.com) a lot, and it worked reliably, but I've settled on a different app that wasn't called out in this post. I've been using [Callblock](https://callblockapp.com) for the past week and like that its database extends beyond the robocallers covered by Nomorobo. It's already blocked a few calls and nothing that shouldn't get through has gotten through.
_[Via Marco Arment](https://marco.org/2017/01/08/call-blockers)._<!-- excerpt -->

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The current incarnation of the FCC is entirely pro-industry and anti-consumer in its approach to regulating the market it oversees.
Chairman Pai's argument is misleading at best, particularly given the admission of ISPs that the current net neutrality rules have not harmed investment. Should the current rules be repealed, ISPs likely won't materially increase their infrastructure investments. Instead they'll use the lack of oversight and regulations to line their pockets at the expense of competitors that require access to their networks and consumers that have no other choice but to pay for their service when selecting an internet service provider.
Chairman Pai's argument is misleading at best, particularly given the admission of ISPs that the current net neutrality rules have not harmed investment. Should the current rules be repealed, ISPs likely won't materially increase their infrastructure investments. Instead, they'll use the lack of oversight and regulations to line their pockets at the expense of competitors that require access to their networks and consumers that have no other choice but to pay for their service when selecting an internet service provider.
**[Via Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1138213):**

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> "The FCC has made it clear that they're ignoring feedback from the general public, so we're going to court to find out who they're actually listening to about net neutrality," American Oversight Executive Director Austin Evers said in the group's announcement of its lawsuit.
They're listening to ISPs and their lobbyists — they could care less about the public.<!-- excerpt -->
They're listening to ISPs and their lobbyists — they couldn't care less about the public.<!-- excerpt -->

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@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ title: Securing your personal devices and accounts
tags: ['privacy', 'security']
---
Jonathan Zdziarski has a detailed write up on personal, technical security that you should read and consider implementing (particularly given [recent events](http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/12/14583124/nasa-sidd-bikkannavar-detained-cbp-phone-search-trump-travel-ban)).<!-- excerpt -->
Jonathan Zdziarski has a detailed write-up on personal, technical security that you should read and consider implementing (particularly given [recent events](http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/12/14583124/nasa-sidd-bikkannavar-detained-cbp-phone-search-trump-travel-ban)).<!-- excerpt -->
> With the current US administration pondering the possibility of forcing foreign travelers to give up their social media passwords at the border, a lot of recent and justifiable concern has been raised about data privacy. The first mistake you could make is presuming that such a policy won't affect US citizens.

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I truly wish I could be shocked or surprised by a move like this coming out of the senate but, lately, congress appears to be dedicated to making decisions that actively harm their constituencies in order to benefit entrenched business interests.
This action needs to fail in the house. ISPs occupy a privileged position that gives them detailed access to customer data and they should not be able to freely exploit that data for financial gain.
This action needs to fail in the house. ISPs occupy a privileged position that gives them detailed access to customer data, and they should not be able to freely exploit that data for financial gain.

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> ISPs are quick to tell the FCC and the public that Title II is harming network investment, but they have presented a much rosier view when talking to investors.<!-- excerpt -->
ISPs are _already_ investing in infrastructure with existing regulations in place. They want net neutrality restrictions repealed so that they can more freely continue their existing abusing and anti-competitive behavior[^1].
ISPs are _already_ investing in infrastructure with existing regulations in place. They want net neutrality restrictions repealed so that they can more freely continue their existing abusing and anticompetitive behavior[^1].
A better fix for this problem would be to encourage more competition in the market, rather than shred regulations covering existing companies with near-monopoly positions and an extensive track record of anti-competitive and customer-hostile behavior.
A better fix for this problem would be to encourage more competition in the market, rather than shred regulations covering existing companies with near-monopoly positions and an extensive track record of anticompetitive and customer-hostile behavior.
[^1]: If ISPs are threatened by Netflix, they should try competing by creating a service that doesn't suck.

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Spotify has done a lot to make music more accessible and available since it first launched. It's spent a lot of time since its launch beholden to labels and content providers so anything it can do, at this point, to gain leverage over those providers is only going to benefit it, and its users, in the long term.
I stopped buying digital music quite a while ago and, while I occasionally spend money on a vinyl release, I spend essentially all of my time listening to music on Spotify's streaming platform. Everyone I know listens to music primarily via one streaming platform or another and Spotify is chief among those — gaining leverage and diversifying the content it offers is going to continue to be key to Spotify's longterm viability as a platform. If that all happens at the expense of labels, I can't help but think we'll all be better for it.
I stopped buying digital music quite a while ago and, while I occasionally spend money on a vinyl release, I spend essentially all of my time listening to music on Spotify's streaming platform. Everyone I know listens to music primarily via one streaming platform or another and Spotify is chief among those — gaining leverage and diversifying the content it offers is going to continue to be key to Spotify's long-term viability as a platform. If that all happens at the expense of labels, I can't help but think we'll all be better for it.

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@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ title: Three days left to comment on the FCC plan to kill net neutrality
tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality']
---
[The Verge has a helpful write up on how to comment on the FCC's plan to roll back net neutrality protections](https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/28/16211848/net-neutrality-comment-period-closing-soon-fcc), along with details about the decision. If you care about a free and open internet, you should take the time to make your voice heard (provided the FCC actually listens).<!-- excerpt -->
[The Verge has a helpful write-up on how to comment on the FCC's plan to roll back net neutrality protections](https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/28/16211848/net-neutrality-comment-period-closing-soon-fcc), along with details about the decision. If you care about a free and open internet, you should take the time to make your voice heard (provided the FCC actually listens).<!-- excerpt -->

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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ title: Updating to the latest version of git on Ubuntu
tags: ['development', 'Git', 'Linux', 'Ubuntu']
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If you're using git on Ubuntu, the version distributed via apt may not be the newest version of git (I use git to deploy changes on all of the sites I manage).<!-- excerpt --> You can install the latest stable version of git provided by the maintainers as follows:
If you're using git on Ubuntu, the version distributed via apt may not be the newest version of git (I use git to deploy changes on all the sites I manage).<!-- excerpt --> You can install the latest stable version of git provided by the maintainers as follows:
```bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa