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I can't wait to hear more from _Reflektor_ on the 9th. + + diff --git a/src/posts/2013/blitzen-trapper-ever-loved-once.md b/src/posts/2013/blitzen-trapper-ever-loved-once.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..17780174 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/blitzen-trapper-ever-loved-once.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2013-07-30 +dradt: false +title: Blitzen Trapper - 'Ever Loved Once' +tags: ['music', 'Blitzen Trapper'] +--- + +[I'm not quite sure what to make of this new track.](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blitzen-trapper-visit-old-memories-in-ever-loved-once-song-premiere-20130730) It's a mellow, well-written song that's consistent with Blitzen Trapper's past material but it doesn't quite make the connection that their previous hits did. + +The production feels a bit light and monotonous but I don't think that's what feels off here. I'm curious to hear what the rest of the album sounds like but I'm not quite sure where to set my expectations for it. diff --git a/src/posts/2013/bombino-and-hanni-el-khatib-at-the-santa-monica-pier.md b/src/posts/2013/bombino-and-hanni-el-khatib-at-the-santa-monica-pier.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..39af5063 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/bombino-and-hanni-el-khatib-at-the-santa-monica-pier.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-09 +draft: false +title: Bombino and Hanni El Khatib at the Santa Monica Pier +tags: ['music', 'Hanni El Khatib'] +--- + +The most recent entry in to the Santa Monica Pier's Twilight Concert series featured Bombino and Hanni El Khatib performing to a packed crowd on the pier that spilled out on to the beach. The weather and setting was picturesque, though Bombino's opening set was lackluster. I wasn't familiar with their music but it consisted of a jangly guitar melody, bouncy drum beat and slightly varied tempos. + +Hanni El Khatib put on a strong, energetic performance (though the supporting guitarist/bassist were a bit dull). The sound was muddy but not overly hampered as the band ran through covers and tracks from both of his full length albums. + +Overall it was a great show, a nice crowd and a fantastic setting for a concert. (It was also sponsored by myspace — the new myspace.) diff --git a/src/posts/2013/damien-jurado-2014.md b/src/posts/2013/damien-jurado-2014.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7996bfae --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/damien-jurado-2014.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-27 +draft: false +title: Damien Jurado - 2014 +tags: ['music', 'Damien Jurado'] +--- + +Damien Jurado has been one of my favorite musicians for years. He's a talented, albeit nervous, performer and a gifted songwriter. The announcement that he'll have a new record out in 2014 is exciting and something that I am very much looking forward to. If the new material he played live when I saw him at the Bootleg Theater in April is any indication it should be even more experimental and unique than _Maraqopa_. I cannot wait to hear it. + + diff --git a/src/posts/2013/dawes-most-people.md b/src/posts/2013/dawes-most-people.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fa5b55b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/dawes-most-people.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-01 +draft: false +title: Dawes - Most People +tags: ['music', 'video', 'Dawes', 'Damien Jurado'] +--- + +A wonderful new video for one of the highlights of Dawes' most recent album _Stories Don't End_. I love videos from bands that give an insight in to live shows from both their perspective and that of their fans. The format steps away from the "video as a portrayal of a song's subject" approach and, instead, presents what goes in to bringing that song to life for fans night in and night out. + +Damien Jurado gave "Museum of Flight" off of _Maraqopa_ a similar treatment that's also very [much worth checking out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCcAKNSJ3Ac). + + diff --git a/src/posts/2013/design-by-numbers-typography.md b/src/posts/2013/design-by-numbers-typography.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cf53be40 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/design-by-numbers-typography.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-15 +draft: false +title: Design by numbers - typography +tags: ['design', 'typography'] +--- + +[A clear, concise primer on typography](https://medium.com/design-ux/2e5fd2f262e4) by [Dan Eden](http://daneden.me). diff --git a/src/posts/2013/grapes-of-wrath.md b/src/posts/2013/grapes-of-wrath.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ed9f64a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/grapes-of-wrath.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-13 +draft: false +title: Grapes of Wrath +tags: ['environment', 'wine', 'politics'] +--- + +> "There is a fifteenfold difference in the price of cabernet sauvignon grapes that are grown in Napa Valley and cabernet sauvignon grapes grown in Fresno" in California’s hot Central Valley, says Kim Cahill, a scientist researching climate change's effect on viticulture who has also done consulting for the wine industry. "Cab grapes grown in Napa sold [in 2006] for $4,100 a ton. In Fresno, the price was $260 a ton. The difference in average temperature between Napa and Fresno was five degrees Fahrenheit." + +Interesting read on climate change, wine and agriculture via [Mother Jones](https://medium.com/mother-jones/e85d7d9689ea). diff --git a/src/posts/2013/hanni-el-khatib-gets-saved-in-the-desert.md b/src/posts/2013/hanni-el-khatib-gets-saved-in-the-desert.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6cb9c439 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/hanni-el-khatib-gets-saved-in-the-desert.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-07 +draft: false +title: Hanni El Khatib Gets Saved In The Desert +tags: ['video', 'music', 'Hanni El Khatib'] +--- + +An interesting rendition of Hanni El Khatib's "Save Me" in the desert near Joshua Tree via NPR's "Field Recordings" series. The performance isn't as strong as the recorded version but it's interesting nonetheless and translates reasonably well in an acoustic setting. + + diff --git a/src/posts/2013/how-the-head-and-the-heart-made-organic-music.md b/src/posts/2013/how-the-head-and-the-heart-made-organic-music.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ad05daa1 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/how-the-head-and-the-heart-made-organic-music.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-13 +draft: false +title: How The Head and the Heart made organic music +tags: ['music', 'The Head and the Heart'] +--- + +[A nice, brief interview with _Elle_:](http://www.elle.com/news/culture/the-head-and-the-heart-outside-lands-2013) + +> Though the album itself won't see the light of day for weeks, the Seattle alt-folk, rock sextet has been testing out the new stuff on rapt audiences over the course of the past few months, letting the clap-happy "Shake" and the earnest build of "Another Story" sweep over curious audiences eager to hear what the band's been mulling over since "Lost In My Mind" became a playlist classic in 2011. + +I cannot wait to get my hands on _Let's Be Still_ and finally see The Head and The Heart live. I've listened to their debut countless times since first discovering the band and, if "Shake" is any indication of the direction the band took on the new album, I will be doing doing the same as soon as _Let's Be Still_ is released. diff --git a/src/posts/2013/listen-okkervil-river-the-silver-gymnasium.md b/src/posts/2013/listen-okkervil-river-the-silver-gymnasium.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..16905b7e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/listen-okkervil-river-the-silver-gymnasium.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-26 +draft: false +title: Listen - Okkervil River, 'The Silver Gymnasium' +tags: ['music', 'Okkervil River'] +--- + +**[NPR:](http://www.npr.org/2013/08/25/214471289/first-listen-okkervil-river-the-silver-gymnasium)** + +> "It all adds up to a project in which nostalgia isn't the end result, but rather an engine that drives artistic ambition to a degree that's almost overwhelming." — Stephen Thompson, NPR + +"Okkervil River's _The Silver Gymnasium_ sounds every bit as good as I had hoped it would. It's a diverse, well developed and thoughtful musical journey through Will Sheff's childhood in the 80s. I can't wait to hear this on vinyl." diff --git a/src/posts/2013/maps-and-music-explore-okkervil-rivers-new-album.md b/src/posts/2013/maps-and-music-explore-okkervil-rivers-new-album.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..50a4fb5d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/maps-and-music-explore-okkervil-rivers-new-album.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-07-15 +draft: false +title: Maps And Music - Explore Okkervil River's New Album +tags: ['video', 'music', 'Okkervil River'] +--- + +**[NPR:](http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/07/12/201582565/maps-and-music-explore-okkervil-rivers-new-album)** + +> "The next album from the Austin, Texas band Okkervil River will tell the childhood tale of its lead singer and songwriter Will Sheff, a self-described awkward, nearsighted, asthmatic kid growing up the small town of Meriden, New Hampshire. The music on The Silver Gymnasium, out on September 3, is some of Okkervil River's best ..." + +Cannot wait for this. diff --git a/src/posts/2013/new-arcade-fire-album-is-epic-james-murphy-says.md b/src/posts/2013/new-arcade-fire-album-is-epic-james-murphy-says.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..97891eeb --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/new-arcade-fire-album-is-epic-james-murphy-says.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-07-16 +draft: false +title: New Arcade Fire Album Is 'Epic,' James Murphy Says +tags: ['music', 'Arcide Fire'] +--- + +**[Rolling Stone:](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-arcade-fire-album-is-epic-james-murphy-says-20130716)** + +> It sounds like Arcade Fire in the way that only Arcade Fire sound like Arcade Fire, you know? It's really fucking epic. Seriously. + +It took me longer than it should have to get in to Arcade Fire but I have been absolutely hooked of late. This album should be genuinely incredible (especially given the band's track record and Murphy's involvement). diff --git a/src/posts/2013/new-sleigh-bells-album-in-october.md b/src/posts/2013/new-sleigh-bells-album-in-october.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b1590525 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/new-sleigh-bells-album-in-october.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2013-09-03 +draft: false +title: New Sleigh Bells album in October +tags: ['music', 'Sleigh Bells'] +--- + +The new track, "Bitter Rivals", sounds very poppy and cleanly produced which eliminates a lot of what I liked about _Treats_. I'll still be checking the album out but don't have particularly high hopes after the new track and _Reign of Terror_. + +_[Via Pitchfork](http://pitchfork.com/news/52071-sleigh-bells-announce-new-album-bitter-rivals-share-title-track-announce-tour/)_ diff --git a/src/posts/2013/nomeansno-live-via-marinet-tvm.md b/src/posts/2013/nomeansno-live-via-marinet-tvm.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6bc78781 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/nomeansno-live-via-marinet-tvm.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2013-07-18 +draft: false +title: NoMeansNo live via Marinet TVM +tags: ['music', 'video', 'NoMeansNo'] +--- + +One of punk's greatest bands live via Marinet TVM. I still need to see them live and sincerely hope I get the chance to before they hang things up. Superb performance. + + diff --git a/src/posts/2013/okkervil-river-lido-pier-suicide-car.md b/src/posts/2013/okkervil-river-lido-pier-suicide-car.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d721601d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/okkervil-river-lido-pier-suicide-car.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-14 +draft: false +title: Okkervil River - Lido Pier Suicide Car +tags: ['music', 'Okkervil River'] +--- + +[This is proving to be one of my most anticipated albums (and shows) of the year.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2013/08/14/okkervil-river/2652311) diff --git a/src/posts/2013/okkervil-river-open-mic-night.md b/src/posts/2013/okkervil-river-open-mic-night.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bcefcb94 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/okkervil-river-open-mic-night.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2013-07-17 +draft: false +title: Okkervil River - Open Mic Night +tags: ['video', 'music', 'Okkervil River'] +--- + +Not out of place at all at an open mic night. Excellent. + + diff --git a/src/posts/2013/okkervil-river-stay-young.md b/src/posts/2013/okkervil-river-stay-young.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d8076905 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/okkervil-river-stay-young.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-07 +draft: false +title: Okkervil River - Stay Young +tags: ['video', 'music', 'Okkervil River'] +--- + +[Another strong track from Okkervil River's upcoming album](http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/okkervil-river-stay-young) _The Silver Gymnasium._ I'm really looking forward to seeing them in October at The Wiltern. diff --git a/src/posts/2013/pile-on-the-kale-salad-and-an-extra-chicken-wing.md b/src/posts/2013/pile-on-the-kale-salad-and-an-extra-chicken-wing.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..99ff254f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/pile-on-the-kale-salad-and-an-extra-chicken-wing.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-17 +draft: false +title: Pile on the kale salad and an extra chicken wing +tags: ['Dawes', 'music'] +--- + +Dawes played an acoustic set at the Whole Foods in West Hollywood to celebrate Whole Foods adding a record store to the location. Brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith were joined on stage by Tay Strathairn with the elder Goldsmith leading the band through a range of songs from the band's 3 albums." + +> "It's a great honor to play on front of Whole Foods. God knows we've put enough money into this place." - Taylor Goldsmith + +Taylor's voice was the highlight of what was an inspired set of songs well-suited to the acoustic format. The band stuck to longer songs that benefited from the 3 members on stage harmonizing and backed by a guitar, light percussion and the ever-present sound of LA traffic. + +If you get the chance to see Dawes on the road supporting _Stories Don't End_, do not hesitate to go. They are truly a fantastic live act. + +**Setlist:** + +1. Just Beneath the Surface +2. Million Dollar Bill +3. Someone Will +4. Love Is All I Am +5. Hey Lover [^heylover] +6. A Little Bit of Everything + +[^heylover]: A cover from [Blake Mills](http://www.blakemillsonline.com)' solo debut, _Break Mirrors_. diff --git a/src/posts/2013/publishing-to-kirby-using-drafts-workflows.md b/src/posts/2013/publishing-to-kirby-using-drafts-workflows.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..52499521 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/publishing-to-kirby-using-drafts-workflows.md @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-20 +drafts: false +title: Publishing to Kirby using Drafts workflows +tags: ['iOS'] +--- + +I have recently begun publishing content to my [Kirby](http://getkirby.com) powered site using workflows from the endlessly-customizable [Drafts](http://agiletortoise.com/). The workflows I use send text formatted for my site's notes / blog template to [Textastic](http://www.textasticapp.com/). I then place the resulting text file in a folder named for the URL I want to assign to the post and push the folder to the appropriate content directory on my site. + +My notes template uses four different text file names to differentiate between published content types and I have created a Drafts workflow for each name. + +**Text post workflow:** + +``` +'textastic://x-callback-url/new?name=note.text.txt&text=Title:%20[[title]]%0D----%0DDate:%20[[date|%m.%d.%Y]]%0D----%0DText:%20[[body]]' +``` + +So, for example, if the following were placed in to a draft ... + +_Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet_ + +_Consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse imperdiet ullamcorper accumsan. Duis et rhoncus odio. Vestibulum rhoncus nisl diam, non malesuada odio condimentum in. Morbi ut nisi nec erat viverra blandit at dapibus nibh._ + +... the workflow above would create a text file in Textastic named note.text.txt that contains: + +``` +Title: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet +---- +Date: 08.20.2013 +---- +Text: Consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse imperdiet ullamcorper accumsan. Duis et rhoncus odio. Vestibulum rhoncus nisl diam, non malesuada odio condimentum in. Morbi ut nisi nec erat viverra blandit at dapibus nibh. +``` + +**Link post workflow:** + +This would output the following ... + +_Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet_ + +_Consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse imperdiet ullamcorper accumsan. Duis et rhoncus odio. Vestibulum rhoncus nisl diam, non malesuada odio condimentum in. Morbi ut nisi nec erat viverra blandit at dapibus bibh._ + +... as: + +``` +Title: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet +---- +Date: 08.20.2013 +---- +Link: http://google.com +---- +Text: Consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse imperdiet ullamcorper accumsan. Duis et rhoncus odio. Vestibulum rhoncus nisl diam, non malesuada odio condimentum in. Morbi ut nisi nec erat viverra blandit at dapibus nibh. +``` + +It's worth noting that this particular workflow is a bit messy inasmuch as I've included an arbitrary number of Drafts line tags to account for any additional paragraphs of text after the first. Using the [[body]] tag in this instance would result in the "Link: http://google.com" line being included with the text. + +The final two post types / work flows I use are identical to the first aside from the name of the file they supply to Textastic. They are as follows: + +**Image post workflow:** + +``` +'textastic://x-callback-url/new?name=note.image.txt&text=Title:%20[[title]]%0D----%0DWhen:%20[[date|%m.%d.%Y]]%0D----%0DText:%20[[body]]' +``` + +**Gallery post workflow:** + +``` +textastic://x-callback-url/new?name=note.gallery.txt&text=Title:%20[[title]]%0D----%0DWhen:%20[[date|%m.%d.%Y]]%0D----%0DText:%20[[body]] +``` + +Using these actions to publish content from Drafts to your Kirby-based site should be as simple as changing the file name sent to Textastic in each workflow. If you run in to any problems or have any suggestions for improving these workflows feel free to [let me know](mailto:hi@coryd.me). + +Many thanks to [Alex Duner](http://alexduner.com/) and [Nate Boateng](http://rantsandrambles.net/) for the Statamic Drafts workflow they provided to get me pointed in the right direction on this. diff --git a/src/posts/2013/skin-and-bones-old-horses.md b/src/posts/2013/skin-and-bones-old-horses.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..83ed6228 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/skin-and-bones-old-horses.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-07-10 +draft: false +title: Skin and Bones - Old Horses +tags: ['video', 'music'] +--- + +Beautiful, stripped down song from a musician with a strong voice and truly heartfelt delivery. **Highly recommended.** + +[Grab his album here »](http://skinandbonesmusic.bandcamp.com) + + diff --git a/src/posts/2013/the-national-at-jimmy-kimmel-live.md b/src/posts/2013/the-national-at-jimmy-kimmel-live.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c38a3d08 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/the-national-at-jimmy-kimmel-live.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-14 +draft: false +title: The National at Jimmy Kimmel Live! +tags: ['music', 'The National'] +--- + +I was finally able to see The National for the first time. The band has been promoting their newest release, _Trouble Will Find Me_ on the road but, after having missed them at Outside Lands, the Greek Theatre and the Hollywood Forever Cemetary, my final shot to catch them on this run through California was their performance at _Jimmy Kimmel Live_. + +The band ran through cuts from their newest record at a breakneck pace that I didn't expect having listened to them exclusively on record up to that point. + +Matt Berninger and company ran through "Graceless" and "This Is The Last Time" for Kimmel's audience before breaking out the wine, upping the tempo and getting in to other highlights from _Trouble Will Find Me_ ("Sea of Love", most notably). + +Berninger also broke out the wine after the TV cameras stopped rolling. + +> Are we off the air? Ok, I can drink wine then. + +If you get the chance to see The National on this run, don't hesitate to do so. + +**Setlist:** + +1. Graceless +2. This Is The Last Time +3. Don't Swallow the Cap +4. Sea of Love +5. Pink Rabbits diff --git a/src/posts/2013/the-postal-service-some-idealistic-future.md b/src/posts/2013/the-postal-service-some-idealistic-future.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..41f38c1c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/the-postal-service-some-idealistic-future.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2013-07-25 +draft: false +title: Postal Service - Some Idealistic Future +tags: ['music', 'video', 'The Postal Service'] +--- + +A well-produced documentary and a great look at a band who, ten years later (and after only one album), still means so much to so many people. + + diff --git a/src/posts/2013/the-silver-gymnasium.md b/src/posts/2013/the-silver-gymnasium.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..23e59750 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/the-silver-gymnasium.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-21 +draft: false +title: The Silver Gymnasium +tags: ['video', 'music', 'Okkervil River'] +--- + +This is an extremely creative and well-executed move by Okkervil River to promote their new album, _The Silver Gymnasium_. The game is well developed and evokes immediate nostalgia if you've ever played any older, 8-bit video games. + +I can't wait to get my hands on the new album and see the band at The Wiltern in October. + +_Via [The Silver Gymnasium](http://www.thesilvergymnasium.com)_ diff --git a/src/posts/2013/the-story-behind-drafts.md b/src/posts/2013/the-story-behind-drafts.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ec2b7a81 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/the-story-behind-drafts.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2013-09-04 +draft: false +title: The story behind Drafts +tags: ['drafts', 'iOS'] +--- + +A nice, brief interview with Greg Pierce, the developer of [Drafts](http://agiletortoise.com/drafts/). Drafts has become an integral part of how I work from my phone and interact with other apps on it. I use Drafts for quick notes, composing emails, generating lists — you name it. Drafts has a permanent place in my dock and I can't wait to see what Pierce adds to the app next. + +_[Via Lifehacker](http://lifehacker.com/im-greg-pierce-and-this-is-the-story-behind-drafts-1251294691)_ diff --git a/src/posts/2013/turns-out-your-kids-really-did-love-that-music-you-played.md b/src/posts/2013/turns-out-your-kids-really-did-love-that-music-you-played.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a76f93c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/turns-out-your-kids-really-did-love-that-music-you-played.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-09-07 +draft: false +title: Turns out your kids really did love that music you played +tags: ['music'] +--- + +**[NPR:](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/05/219278386/turns-out-your-kids-really-did-love-that-music-you-played)** + +> "The connection to parents' music isn't entirely surprising. Music plays a central role in child rearing, both in the songs children are taught at home and in school and in those heard more informally as part of the home environment. The songs parents choose to listen to reflect their taste, their values, their era." + +Great read via NPR. Music means a great deal to me personally and, the older I get, the more I keep going back to the music I listened to with my parents as a kid. There's nothing quite like re-exploring old songs and albums that helped shape and guide my taste in music to where it is now. diff --git a/src/posts/2013/where-are-you-going.md b/src/posts/2013/where-are-you-going.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..276db143 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/where-are-you-going.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +date: 2013-09-13 +draft: false +title: Where are you going? +tags: ['Godspeed You! Black Emperor', 'concert', 'music'] +--- + +I've been a fan of Godspeed You! Black Emperor since high school and finally got the chance to see them live. The band put on a devastating, energetic performance that was worth the nine or so year wait it took to see them. + +Godspeed's set began with a low, droning noise as the band took the stage, lurching in to a noisy clamor and building to the first of many crescendos. The band played through classic pieces from their discography, silhouetted against a backdrop of Efrim Munick's rapidly shifting film footage. As the set progressed, members of the band shifted from instrument to instrument, as the sound changed and shifted with them. The performance progressed and grew with the visuals behind the band, developing in to a fully-realized performance piece rather than simply feeling like another concert. + +If you get the chance to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor in the future, jump at the chance. They are easily one of the most incredible acts I've had the pleasure of seeing live. Brilliant. + +**Setlist:** + +1. Hope Drone +2. Mladic +3. Chart #3 +4. World Police and Friendly Fire +5. Behemoth +6. The Sad Mafioso diff --git a/src/posts/2013/who-the-fraggle-designed-this.md b/src/posts/2013/who-the-fraggle-designed-this.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ffd5581b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/who-the-fraggle-designed-this.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2013-07-24 +draft: false +title: Who the Fraggle designed this? +tags: ['music', 'Sufjan Stevens', 'Savages'] +--- + +[Sufjan Stevens' thoughts on Savages' use of typography.](http://sufjan.com/post/56323826291/the-very-cool-savages-has-allowed-a-very-uncool) (Don't mind the unicorns throwing up rainbows in the background.) + +[He continues in another post:](http://sufjan.com/post/56334645993/one-more-thing-about-this-album-the-awkward) + +> Thank you, Savages, for the urgent all caps homily (to "recompose" ourselves in silence). I will never forgive your awkward italics, but I will forever sing your anthems to my children's children. diff --git a/src/posts/2013/why-millennials-are-ditching-cars-and-redefining-ownership.md b/src/posts/2013/why-millennials-are-ditching-cars-and-redefining-ownership.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..df80584c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2013/why-millennials-are-ditching-cars-and-redefining-ownership.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2013-08-21 +draft: false +title: Why Millennials are Ditching Cars and Redefining Ownership +tags: ['transportation', 'culture'] +--- + +I wish ditching a car in Los Angeles were a workable option for me personally but, at the moment, I have an sixteen mile round trip, daily commute that isn't workable with public transit. + +**[Via NPR](http://www.npr.org/2013/08/21/209579037/why-millennials-are-ditching-cars-and-redefining-ownership):** + +> "While they do still want to own a car — not as much as they want to own a smartphone, by the way, that's the physical possession they're most attached to — they are thinking about, 'Do I need a car or not?' in a way that I think five years ago or 10 years ago we wouldn't have seen to the same extent." — Jill Hennessy + +The insurance cost is absurd and maintenance is a bit much as well, especially given the state of the city's streets. It's understandable, to say the least, why people my age are ditching cars in favor of more cost-effective public options. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/automatic-feedbin-subscription-backups.md b/src/posts/2014/automatic-feedbin-subscription-backups.md index 4f328f67..b737d7e0 100644 --- a/src/posts/2014/automatic-feedbin-subscription-backups.md +++ b/src/posts/2014/automatic-feedbin-subscription-backups.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ --- -title: Automatic Feedbin subscription backups date: '2014-02-27' -tags: ['automation'] draft: false +title: Automatic Feedbin subscription backups +tags: ['automation'] --- A few weeks ago I switched from [Fever.](http://feedafever.com/ 'Fever° Red hot. Well read.') to [Feedbin](https://feedbin.me/ 'Feedbin'). I had been using Fever on a shared hosting account and, over the long term, was proving to be slower than I had expected it to be. So far Feedbin has proven to be considerably faster than my old Fever install and appears to be more actively developed (I've also been able to use Jared Sinclair's [Unread](http://jaredsinclair.com/unread/ 'Unread — An RSS Reader') — it's fantastic). diff --git a/src/posts/2014/ben-thompson-on-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2014/ben-thompson-on-net-neutrality.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..702b869f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/ben-thompson-on-net-neutrality.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2014-05-19 +draft: false +title: Ben Thompson on net neutrality +tags: ['net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Ben Thompson:](http://stratechery.com/2014/net-neutrality-wake-call)** + +> It's not enough to insist that a position is morally right; it behooves us who believe in net neutrality to work through how the US can balance net neutrality with the need for ongoing broadband investment, fashion a case for our position, and then build a political movement that makes our plan a reality. That is being serious. + +This is a fantastic piece on net neutrality by Ben Thompson. This is a balanced, realistic look at net neutrality and the issues surrounding it. It's refreshing to see a pragmatic and informed discussion of the topic. Well worth the read. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/changes-coming-to-droplr.md b/src/posts/2014/changes-coming-to-droplr.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4b2fb5c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/changes-coming-to-droplr.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2014-01-06 +draft: false +title: Changes coming to Droplr +tags: ['iOS'] +--- + +> Droplr began as an idea between two geeks who wanted an easy way to share files with each other. So we set aside some weekends and evenings and built an app that could do just that. Over the last few years what began as a simple free Mac App, has grown into a great company dedicated to creating the best possible way to share files. + +If this helps Droplr grow and continue as a successful business, I'm all for it. I use the service daily to shorten links, share files and post images. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/dumb-pipes.md b/src/posts/2014/dumb-pipes.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eccdd21c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/dumb-pipes.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2014-02-25 +draft: false +title: Dumb pipes +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Ben Bajarin:](http://atbenbajarin.com/dumb-pipes/)** + +> Smart devices were ultimately the downfall of the wireless carriers when all the value moved to the handset and its ecosystem rather than their own proprietary ecosystem. This is the fear that some cable companies must face. Could smart devices eventually do the same thing to them? We can only hope. + +I can't help but agree with everything Ben Bajarin has to say in this post. Carriers and broadband providers acting as "dumb pipes" is the best outcome for consumers and I can't help but cheer every time a provider gets a step closer to that role. + +I don't want any services tied to my cell or broadband providers' ecosystems. I want them to provide me with the fastest connection at the most reasonable price possible and then get out of the way. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/external-links-and-redirects-in-statamic-navigation.md b/src/posts/2014/external-links-and-redirects-in-statamic-navigation.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9e90e8d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/external-links-and-redirects-in-statamic-navigation.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +--- +date: 2014-10-15 +draft: false +title: External links and redirects in Statamic navigation +tags: ['development', 'Statamic'] +--- + +I put together a fieldset and template that allows external links to be added to the navigation of Statamic sites alongside internal links. To implement this in your site, the fieldset should look like the following: + +``` +title: Nav link + fields: + link: + display: Link + required: true + default: + type: text + content: + type: hidden +``` + +This fieldset should be accompanied by a template named link.html which will need to be added to your site's theme. The contents of the template are simply Statamic's [redirect example](http://www.statamic.com/learn/documentation/tags/redirect). + +Now you should be able to create link pages in your Statamic admin panel that can then be added to your site's navigation. The pages created in the panel should create page files that look like the following: + +``` +title: Example link page +fieldset: link +template: link +link: http://example.com +``` + +Is there an easier or more effective way to do this? [Let me know.](mailto:hi@coryd.dev) diff --git a/src/posts/2014/fastmail-in-fluid-app.md b/src/posts/2014/fastmail-in-fluid-app.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c3a1618e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/fastmail-in-fluid-app.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +--- +date: 2014-09-08 +draft: false +title: Fastmail in Fluid.app +tags: ['email', 'Fastmail'] +--- + +I've spent the last few months bouncing around OSX mail clients. I went from Mail.app to [Airmail](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id573171375?at=11lvuD), to a [Mailmate](http://freron.com) trial, back to Airmail and then back to Mail.app. Now, however, I've finally settled on a mail client: [Fastmail](https://www.fastmail.com/?STKI=11917049)'s web interface in a [Fluid](http://fluidapp.com) instance. + +I've gone with the Fastmail web app for one simple reason: I wanted every mail client I tried to essentially be a native version of their web app. I would find myself working in Fastmail's web app rather than any given mail client I was trying out without even thinking about it. I would be viewing something in Safari and then jump to the web app — rather than a mail client — without even thinking about it. + +Running Fastmail in a Fluid instance did, however, require a bit of setup. First, I set my newly created Fastmail.app up as my default mail client. Next, I modified the default Gmail URL handler created with the new Fluid instance to open mailto: links in Fastmail as follows: + +```javascript +function transform(inURLString) { + inURLString = inURLString.replace('mailto:', '') + inURLString = inURLString.replace('&', '&') + + var argStr = '' + var splits = inURLString.split('?') + + var emailAddr = null + var args = {} + if (splits.length > 0) emailAddr = splits[0] + if (splits.length > 1) argStr = splits[1] + + var outURLString = 'https://www.fastmail.com/mail/compose:to=' + emailAddr + + if (argStr.length > 0) outURLString += '&' + argStr + return outURLString +} +``` + +Add this URL handler by going to the Fluid app's preferences, URL handlers and name the handler Fastmail with the pattern mailto:\* + +Configuring the dock counter for the Fluid instance is also fairly straightforward and James Wilcox has [a great writeup on setting that up](http://jamesw.me/?p=347). + +Are you currently using Fastmail in a Fluid instance? Or do you have a particular web client you prefer? I'm currently pretty happy with this setup and already have a few other ideas for URL handlers and scripts I plan on trying out. + +If you don't use Fastmail, I would highly recommend it and you can [sign up for it here](http://www.fastmail.com/?STKI=11917049). + +**Edit (10.29.2014):** Updated the script to reflect Fastmail's new TLD (.com as opposed to .fm that they previously used; thanks to [Keith Bradnam for the heads up](http://keithbradnam.com). + +**Edit (1.29.2017):** Updated the compose URL to reflect Fastmail's new compose routing. Thanks [Fred Barker](http://fredbarker.com)! diff --git a/src/posts/2014/fastmail-sorting-using-aliases-plus-addressing.md b/src/posts/2014/fastmail-sorting-using-aliases-plus-addressing.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4c4ac046 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/fastmail-sorting-using-aliases-plus-addressing.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2014-04-30 +draft: false +title: Sorting email using aliases and plus addressing in Fastmail +tags: ['email', 'Fastmail'] +--- + +I subscribe to a number of mailing lists and, up until recently, had been using individual server-side rules to sort all incoming messages from those lists in to a specific folder. However, as the number of lists I was subscribed to grew, adding and maintaining individual rules became increasingly tedious. + +To make managing messages from mailing lists easier, I've switched all of the mailing lists I subscribe to to an alias that is targeted at the specific folder I want them sorted in to. To set this up you need to create a new alias and target that alias at a specific folder using [plus addressing](https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/addressing.html) as follows: + +`fastmailusername+targetfolder@fastmail.com` + +Now, instead of having to create a rule for each mailing list sender, I simply provide the alias that I have created and any messages received via that alias are sent directly to the folder I store mailing list messages in. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/front-on-email.md b/src/posts/2014/front-on-email.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..645357c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/front-on-email.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2014-09-02 +draft: false +title: Front on email +tags: ['email'] +--- + +**[Via Front](http://blog.frontapp.com/email-will-last-forever/):** + +> I can't help but agree. There are a number of great messaging solutions out right now but none are as ubiquitous, reliable or open as email. The chat / messaging space suffers from a lack of all of these attributes — chat is becoming increasingly fragmented as companies battle for dominance and revenue. + +I would gladly trade Hangouts, GroupMe, WhatsApp, Line et al for a unified, open chat / messaging standard. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/isps-secretly-furious-at-verizon.md b/src/posts/2014/isps-secretly-furious-at-verizon.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..152127c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/isps-secretly-furious-at-verizon.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2014-10-03 +draft: false +title: ISPs secretly furious at Verizon +tags: ['net neutrality', 'politics'] +--- + +**[Via Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/isps-secretly-furious-at-verizon-scared-of-stronger-net-neutrality-rules/):** + +> "Verizon seemingly won a huge victory in January when a federal appeals court struck down network neutrality restrictions on blocking and discriminating against Internet content over fixed broadband connections. But Verizon's lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission could backfire, with the commission now considering even stronger rules on both fixed and wireless networks." + +That's good news if I've ever heard it (though I suppose I shouldn't be overly optimistic). Anything that upsets ISPs and, ultimately, leads to stronger net neutrality rules is a win for consumers. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/leaving-google-apps-for-fastmail.md b/src/posts/2014/leaving-google-apps-for-fastmail.md index cccc8ed2..194a1267 100644 --- a/src/posts/2014/leaving-google-apps-for-fastmail.md +++ b/src/posts/2014/leaving-google-apps-for-fastmail.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Leaving Google Apps for Fastmail date: '2014-01-18' draft: false -tags: ['email', 'fastmail', 'google'] +tags: ['email', 'Fastmail', 'Google'] --- I recently began a process of re-evaluating the web services I use, the companies that provide them and an evaluation of where I store important data. I had used Google services extensively with Gmail handling my email, my contacts synced through Google contacts, calendars in Google calendar and documents in a Google Drive (I had used Google Reader extensively but switched to a [Fever](http://feedafever.com/ 'Fever Red hot. Well read.') installation following Reader's demise). While Google's services are world class, it became increasingly clear to me that if was not in my interest to store significant amounts of personal data with a company that has a financial interest in profiting from that information. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/photo-management-with-dropbox-hazel.md b/src/posts/2014/photo-management-with-dropbox-hazel.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f4bcf574 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/photo-management-with-dropbox-hazel.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +date: 2014-02-03 +draft: false +title: Photo management with Dropbox and Hazel +tags: ['automation', 'Dropbox', 'macOS'] +--- + +I recently abandoned iPhoto as a means of storing, organizing and managing photos on OSX and deactivated the associated [iCloud Photo Sharing](http://www.apple.com/icloud/icloud-photo-sharing.html 'iCloud Photo Sharing') feature running from iOS in to iPhoto via iCloud. I have replaced my iPhoto-based workflow with one centered around [Dropbox](http://dropbox.com) (which I have subscribed to for some time). I have been asked about this workflow and what follows is a brief explanation of what was involved with setting it up: + +I began by exporting my iPhoto library to a folder using [Phoshare](http://code.google.com/p/phoshare/)[^iphoto]. I then created a simple [Hazel](http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php) rule to scan my iPhoto library for duplicate images or videos and discard them. Clearing duplicates from my iPhoto library saved me 6 GB in space which either speaks to how disorganized my library was to begin with or how bloated iPhoto managed to make it. + +After clearing duplicate files I created another rule to rename all photos based on the date they were taken and what they were taken with before then organizing them in to a subfolder based on that date. From there organization was simply a question of looking through each folder and appending an event title after the date the folder was named with. + +Once all of the above rules were run on my Dropbox Photos directory I edited them to run on my [Dropbox Camera Uploads directory](https://www.dropbox.com/help/289/en 'How do I use Camera Upload?'). This allows me to upload photos via the iOS Dropbox app or import it directly from my camera and have Hazel auto-organize any content based on event date which I then label and move to a folder in the Photos folder named for the year in which the pictures were taken. + +I now have more Dropbox space, an organized and easy to share photo library and a simple workflow for any and all photos I take (I take a lot). + +This workflow allows me to keep all my photos (and all of my edited photos) unified across all devices that I use as well as the web. If I need to edit something I edit it in Photoshop and let Dropbox take care of making sure it’s everywhere I need it to be. + +To view photos on the go, I use [Unbound](http://unboundapp.com 'Unbound') which allows me to quickly glance through and view images without having to store them directly on the device being used to view them. + +I no longer have to wonder whether my photos made it to iPhoto on my MacBook Air through [iCloud Photo Sharing](http://www.apple.com/icloud/icloud-photo-sharing.html 'iCloud Photo Sharing') or any other device. Any photos I take on my phone are everywhere I need to be without having to worry because of Dropbox, as is the case with any photos I take with my camera (though the process of connecting that to a computer feels increasingly cumbersome). + +I've seen more complex photo workflows than mine, but tend to prefer the simplicity of the default Dropbox app, a handful of rules and a little manual sorting. Now, I have all of my photos sorted and will have any other photos I take sorted going forward. + +[You can download the rules I use here »](https://d.pr/m2tV 'Hazel rules for Dropbox Camera Uploads') + +[^iphoto]: It's worth noting that Dropbox's app also allows you to pull your photos out of iPhoto's library file. If you import your photos this way, Dropbox attempts to sort them in to folders by date and iPhoto event. I found it easier to use Phoshare as it simply exports your photos in to a single folder, making it easier for Hazel to process them. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/standard-markdown.md b/src/posts/2014/standard-markdown.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bd3b936c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/standard-markdown.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2014-09-04 +draft: false +title: Standard Markdown +tags: ['markdown'] +--- + +**[Via Joe Steel](http://joe-steel.com/2014-09-04-Legitimate-Text-Processing.html):** + +> This is about legitimizing their fork over all the others. Not just another fork here, this one is named "Standard Markdown"! — Joe Steel diff --git a/src/posts/2014/streaming-music-has-left-me-adrift.md b/src/posts/2014/streaming-music-has-left-me-adrift.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e312bfe1 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/streaming-music-has-left-me-adrift.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +date: 2014-10-20 +draft: false +title: Streaming Music Has Left Me Adrift +tags: ['music'] +--- + +[The New York Times has published an interesting piece on streaming music and the transition from analogue listening, CDs and other physical media.](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/magazine/streaming-music-has-left-me-adrift.html) What I find most interesting is the author, Dan Brooks', point about the effort involved in collecting music as versus now simply being able to search streaming services for available releases. + +> When getting into a band became as easy as typing its name into a search box, particular musical tastes lost their function as signifiers of commitment. What you listened to ceased to be a measure of how much you cared and became a mere list of what you liked. + +I used to be (and suppose I still am — to some extent) a fan of heavy metal. Almost all of the bands I listened to released records through small labels or independently with small print runs for each release being the norm. At the time, half the fun was not only finding new bands but actually _finding_ their releases so you could even listen to them. No band is all that great if everyone can listen to them and all that — exclusivity is king and all that (there was a sense of ownership or being in the know that came along with finding a new band and being able to refer fans of similar music to them). + +Streaming services have eroded a lot of the excitement inherent in the old process of discovering new music. Now you can follow playlists or immediately stream just about anything anyone recommends to you (there are some notable exceptions — one of my favorite bands, Canadian punk act [NoMeansNo](http://www.nomeanswhatever.com), only has a greatest hits compilation distributed digitally). As silly as it is, I get less excited about finding new bands now and I tend to over-listen to releases I'm excited about, burn out on them and move on. As fans, we're less invested in what we're listening to because we didn't make the effort to discover it and the financial investment in a physical release or digital download to really attach us to it. Sure, we _are_ paying for music inasmuch as paying a [Spotify](http://spotify.com) or [Beats](http://www.beatsmusic.com) is paying for access to music ... but we're not directly supporting artists by buying those releases, by seeing the artwork, by having to go through the tea ceremony of pulling out a vinyl record and putting it on a turntable. + +We have more access to music now than we've ever had, but we're much less invested in it. Maybe streaming proponents are right and streaming services will raise the money spent on music consumption in the aggregate, but I can't help but think we're losing something in the process. We've gained so much in the way of convenience and lost a lot with respect to the experience. + +> My record collection is no longer a lifestyle, a biography, a status. The identities that I and a generation of fellow aesthetes spent our lives fashioning are suddenly obsolete. They turned out to be mere patterns of consumption, no more resilient than the patterns of production that provoked them. + +Streaming has made music distribution far easier for artists and, really, I'm not advocating against streaming or somehow going back to any one physical medium (although I do enjoy collecting vinyl). I just feel as though streaming has stripped something special out of discovering and exploring new music. I hope, sincerely, that that experience is replaced by something else (perhaps music fans will go to more shows — I try to) or maybe streaming services will evolve in a way that produces a unique experience all its own. I'm not disappointed that we're moving past music in its traditional physical form, but I do have nostalgia for the years I spent ordering odd CDs from European metal distributors and anxiously awaiting their arrival in the mail. diff --git a/src/posts/2014/sublime-text-ctrl-tab-key-bindings.md b/src/posts/2014/sublime-text-ctrl-tab-key-bindings.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bf3a9cd1 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2014/sublime-text-ctrl-tab-key-bindings.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +date: 2014-08-06 +draft: false +title: Sublime Text 3 - ctrl + tab key bindings +tags: ['Sublime Text'] +--- + +I use [Sublime Text](http://sublimetext.com) as my primary text editor but have never liked the default tab behavior where ctrl + tab takes you to the most recently used tab rather than the next horizontal tab in the tab bar (ctrl + shift + tab does the reverse). + +To fix this, I've added a few lines to the user key bindings file (located in Preferences > Key Bindings - User): + +```json +{ "keys": ["ctrl+tab"], "command": "next_view" }, +{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+tab"], "command": "prev_view" } +``` diff --git a/src/posts/2015/backdoor-password-in-junipers-firewall-code.md b/src/posts/2015/backdoor-password-in-junipers-firewall-code.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2b3bab3f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2015/backdoor-password-in-junipers-firewall-code.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2015-12-24 +draft: false +title: Backdoor password in Juniper's firewall code +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[Via Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/12/researchers-confirm-backdoor-password-in-juniper-firewall-code/):** + +> On December 17, Juniper Networks issued an urgent security advisory about "unauthorized code" found within the operating system used by some of the company's NetScreen firewalls and Secure Service Gateway (SSG) appliances. The vulnerability, which may have been in place in some firewalls as far back as 2012 and which shipped with systems to customers until late 2013, allows an attacker to gain remote administrative access to systems with telnet or ssh access enabled. + +This is exactly why creating back doors in to encryption is a really bad thing. We don't need [a 'Manhattan-like project'](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/12/hillary-clinton-wants-manhattan-like-project-to-break-encryption/) to create more security holes like this one — if you create backdoors, even for legitimate purposes, you'll simply be increasing the likelihood that incidents like this will continue to happen. diff --git a/src/posts/2015/cadillac-for-your-thoughts.md b/src/posts/2015/cadillac-for-your-thoughts.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..270a5520 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2015/cadillac-for-your-thoughts.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2015-11-27 +draft: false +title: A Cadillac for Your Thoughts (2015 in music) +tags: ['music'] +--- + +2015 has been a genuinely fantastic year for music (both live and recorded). That's very much a personal assessment of the year but music is an inherently personal thing. There's been a number of albums released or that I've discovered that I see myself listening to for a long time to come and I've attended a number of shows that left a lasting impression on me (for good reasons and bad). + +My wife and I saw EL VY play a beautifully rehearsed set at The Independent in front of what was, easily, the most obnoxious crowd we've been in (leave it to the other audience members from LA to earn that distinction). We saw our shared favorite band, The National, play a significant undersell for charity at The Troubadour in West Hollywood and we saw Sufjan Stevens perform a devastating rendition of _[Carrie and Lowell](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/carrie-lowell/id955572616?uo=4&app=itunes&at=11lvuD)_ in downtown. + +I spent the year taking deep dives in to EL VY's _[Return to the Moon](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/return-to-the-moon/id1020818018?uo=4&app=itunes&at=11lvuD)_, Turnover's _[Peripheral Vision](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/peripheral-vision/id980825405?uo=4&app=itunes&at=11lvuD)_, The Hotelier's _[Home, Like No Place Is There](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/home-like-noplace-is-there/id818552465?uo=4&app=itunes&at=11lvuD)_ and, strangely, Brand New's _[Deja Entendu](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/deja-entendu/id325226569?uo=4&app=itunes&at=11lvuD)_ (this was spurred by their stellar performance at Coachella more than anything). Seinabo Sey and Courtney Barnett both released exceptional albums as well (they're also both outstanding live performers). + +I'm curious to see what 2016 holds for music but this year has been one of my favorite's in recent memory. diff --git a/src/posts/2015/currently-reading.md b/src/posts/2015/currently-reading.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1ed7e53b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2015/currently-reading.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +date: 2015-03-28 +draft: false +title: Currently reading +tags: ['books', 'javascript'] +--- + +I've been reading a lot lately (mainly on my phone when I catch a spare moment). I've picked up several books on front end development and am currently digging in to _JavaScript: The Good Parts_ by [Douglas Crockford](http://www.crockford.com). I've been trying to dial in on an area of focus when reading about development and, for now, I think I'm settling in on JavaScript and a bit of Python. In addition to Crockford's book I'm planning on reading a book on [Ember.js](http://emberjs.com) and the framework's documentation. + +For now, my backlog looks like this: + +- _JavaScript: The Good Parts_ +- _Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS_ +- _Building Web Apps with Ember.js_ +- _Head First Python_ +- _Flask Web Development_ diff --git a/src/posts/2015/exploring-osx-mail-clients.md b/src/posts/2015/exploring-osx-mail-clients.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e5d0170b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2015/exploring-osx-mail-clients.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +date: 2015-04-17 +draft: false +title: Exploring OS X mail clients +tags: ['Fastmail', 'email'] +--- + +I've been using [Fastmail](https://www.fastmail.com/?STKI=11917049) for over a year now and have been exploring email clients the entire time I've been a subscriber. Until recently, the best client I've been able to find has been Fastmail's web app itself (whether that's in the browser or [in a Fluid instance](http://coryd.me/notes/fastmail-in-fluid-app). + +I've tried [Airmail](http://airmailapp.com/), which is fine but isn't as flexible as I'd like (despite having a really extensive preferences pane) or as lightweight as I had hoped[^1]. I suffered through using OS X's Mail app and, though the [Gmailinator](https://github.com/nompute/GMailinator) plugin made it somewhat bearable, it frequently exhibited odd behavior that had me wondering just what the app was doing at times. I tried using [Mailmate](http://freron.com) on several occasions but would get hung up on the minimal nature of the app's designed and overwhelmed by it's flexibility and featureset. + +I circled back to the Fastmail web app, but didn't love the idea of using a different web app for each of my email accounts (I have secondary Gmail accounts and would prefer a unified interface for all of my accounts). Frustration with using multiple web apps led me to give Mailmate another chance[^2]. + +I downloaded Mailmate and settled in to the idea of giving it a long term trial. I enabled the app's support for Gmail keybindings and went to work modifying the app's badge settings and creating custom folders I might find useful. I created a smart folder for tasks and assigned it to a dock and menubar counter[^3]. The tasks folder I created looks for emails from task management systems and messages I manually apply a todo label to (this isn't mapped to an IMAP label or folder — I don't typically handle tasks on the go and don't feel the need to reference this folder on the go). + +I created several other helpful folders: + +- A folder that lists all git commit messages for projects I'm working on. +- A folder that collects development meetup messages in Los Angeles so that I can decide which, if any, I'd like to attend. +- Individual folders for my Fastmail accounts so that I can filter through my inbox based on which alias a message was sent to. + +Once I had folders set up in Mailmate, adjusted to the UI and began to memorize keyboard shortcuts, I was sold. The app is extremely lightweight and responsive, it's endlessly configurable and the app's bundles feature is extremely useful. I also really enjoy it's composer view and Markdown support (being able to email fenced code blocks is extremely useful). I think I'm finally done looking for a new email app. Finally. + +[^1]: In fairness, this is a subjective judgement, but the app doesn't feel quite as smooth or as responsive as I had hoped it would. +[^2]: This decision was, in part, prompted by [Gabe Weatherhead's](http://www.macdrifter.com/tag/mailmate.html) and Brett Terpstra's posts about the app. I assumed there must be slmething I was missing. +[^3]: I know, I know, I shouldn't be using email as a task management or todo system, but I find it helpful to have a running tally of messages I need to act on. diff --git a/src/posts/2015/hypebot-hosts-la-music-tech-meetup-july-23.md b/src/posts/2015/hypebot-hosts-la-music-tech-meetup-july-23.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7bc48422 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2015/hypebot-hosts-la-music-tech-meetup-july-23.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2015-07-18 +draft: false +title: Hypebot Hosts LA Music Tech Meetup July 23 +tags: ['meetups'] +--- + +**[Hypebot:](http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/07/hypebot-hosts-la-music-tech-meetup-july-23.html)** + +> Spend an evening with the bright minds and brilliant talents of LA's music industry and technology scene. Make connections, swap ideas, and build community. + +If you're based in LA be sure to come out to the meetup and say hi! diff --git a/src/posts/2015/moving-to-bitbucket.md b/src/posts/2015/moving-to-bitbucket.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bf27ac35 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2015/moving-to-bitbucket.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +date: 2015-08-29 +draft: false +title: Moving to Bitbucket +tags: ['git', 'GitHub', 'Bitbucket'] +--- + +I recently moved all of the repositories for my personal and client development projects to [Bitbucket](http://bitbucket.org). I had been paying for Github's micro plan to manage a few projects that I didn't want public, but made the decision to switch after exploring a bit more and seeing that, well, Bitbucket provides the functionality I was paying Github for for free. + +Making the switch itself was painless. I added a key to my Bitbucket account, switched the remotes out on my repos and pushed each repo to its new home on Bitbucket. Switching remotes out is as simple as: + +```bash +git remote set-url origin REPO-URL +``` + +Github is, of course, an incredible resource but, for my purposes, the switch made too much sense not to carry out. diff --git a/src/posts/2015/scotch-box-local-lamp-development.md b/src/posts/2015/scotch-box-local-lamp-development.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..911ff7a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2015/scotch-box-local-lamp-development.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2015-11-12 +title: Scotch Box for local LAMP development +draft: false +tags: ['development', 'vagrant'] +--- + +> Scotch Box is a preconfigured Vagrant Box with a full array of LAMP Stack features to get you up and running with Vagrant in no time. + +If you spend any amount of time working on LAMP stack development projects you should take a look at [Scotch Box](https://box.scotch.io). It's a full-featured Vagrant Box and is far easier than fiddling with setting up a server directly on your dev machine. diff --git a/src/posts/2015/syncing-osx-app-preferences-dot-files.md b/src/posts/2015/syncing-osx-app-preferences-dot-files.md index ce79997b..e8bdd543 100644 --- a/src/posts/2015/syncing-osx-app-preferences-dot-files.md +++ b/src/posts/2015/syncing-osx-app-preferences-dot-files.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- -title: Syncing OSX app preferences and dot files date: '2015-03-15' draft: false +title: Syncing OSX app preferences and dot files tags: ['development', 'macOS'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2015/updating-osx-from-command-line.md b/src/posts/2015/updating-osx-from-command-line.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c81264c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2015/updating-osx-from-command-line.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +date: 2015-09-05 +draft: false +title: Update OS X from the command line +tags: ['macOS'] +--- + +If you don't want to bother dealing with the Mac App Store you can check for any recent updates for OS X from the command: + +```bash +sudo softwareupdate -i -a +``` + + + +You can also combine this with commands to run Homebrew and Cask updates (allowing you to quickly update things quickly and efficiently): + +```bash +sudo softwareupdate -i -a && brew update && brew upgrade brew-cask && brew cleanup && brew cask cleanup +``` diff --git a/src/posts/2016/doj-takes-war-on-encryption-to-whatsapp.md b/src/posts/2016/doj-takes-war-on-encryption-to-whatsapp.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..203ff675 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2016/doj-takes-war-on-encryption-to-whatsapp.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2016-03-13 +draft: false +title: DOJ takes war on encryption to WhatsApp +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[The EFF:](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/next-front-new-crypto-wars-whatsapp):** + +> The government's theory, that the All Writs Act gives it the power to compel American companies to write code and design products to ensure law enforcement access to encrypted content, is virtually without limits. No devices, and indeed no encrypted messaging services, would be safe from such backdoor orders. If the government wins in San Bernardino, it could even force companies to give it access to software update systems, and send their users government surveillance software disguised as security patches. + +The government is taking its war on encryption to WhatsApp's front door. This is, perhaps, even more terrifying than their effort to force Apple to hamstring its device security. It's one thing if the government can force its way in to devices but, oftentimes, services used on secured devices have their own, additional layers of security. This is the government attempting to compromise security further by making inroads in to security provided by messaging (and other) service providers. + +Chilling. diff --git a/src/posts/2016/dutch-government-on-encryption.md b/src/posts/2016/dutch-government-on-encryption.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0d959708 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2016/dutch-government-on-encryption.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2016-01-09 +draft: false +title: Dutch government on encryption +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[Via Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/dutch-government-encryption-good-backdoors-bad/):** + +> ...forcing companies to add backdoors to their products and services would have "undesirable consequences for the security of communicated and stored information," since "digital systems can become vulnerable to criminals, terrorists and foreign intelligence services." + +Exactly. diff --git a/src/posts/2016/generating-responsive-css-grid-neat.md b/src/posts/2016/generating-responsive-css-grid-neat.md index c18598ba..b8c389be 100644 --- a/src/posts/2016/generating-responsive-css-grid-neat.md +++ b/src/posts/2016/generating-responsive-css-grid-neat.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- -title: Generating a responsive CSS grid using Neat date: '2016-07-24' draft: false +title: Generating a responsive CSS grid using Neat tags: ['development', 'css', 'sass'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2016/javascript-topics-and-framworks-to-learn-in-2017.md b/src/posts/2016/javascript-topics-and-framworks-to-learn-in-2017.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d30228b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2016/javascript-topics-and-framworks-to-learn-in-2017.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +date: 2016-12-31 +draft: false +title: Updating to the latest version of git on Ubuntu +tags: ['Javascript', 'development'] +--- + +[A fantastastic read](https://medium.com/javascript-scene/top-javascript-frameworks-topics-to-learn-in-2017-700a397b711#.2micvl2c8) by [Eric Elliott](https://ericelliottjs.com) on what to stay on top of in the ever-changing JavaScript ecosystem in 2017. + +Personally, I've been focusing in on [React](https://facebook.github.io/react), [Redux](https://github.com/reactjs/redux) and the tooling ecosystem surrounding both. I can't wait to see what else next year brings. + +I've been reading quite a bit this year as well and have particularly enjoyed: + +- _Functional JavaScript_ by Michael Fogus: [iTunes](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/functional-javascript/id657571134?mt=11&uo=4&at=11lvuD) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1449360726/?tag=corydme-20) +- _Learning JavaScript Design Patterns_ by Addy Osmani: [iTunes](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/learning-javascript-design/id552162547?mt=11&uo=4&at=11lvuD) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1449331815/?tag=corydme-20) +- _React: Up and Running_ by Stoyan Stefanov: [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1491931825/?tag=corydme-20) diff --git a/src/posts/2016/reuters-senate-push-for-encryption-legislation-falters.md b/src/posts/2016/reuters-senate-push-for-encryption-legislation-falters.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0a664d94 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2016/reuters-senate-push-for-encryption-legislation-falters.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2016-05-30 +draft: false +title: Senate push for encryption legislation falters +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[Reuters:](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-encryption-legislation-idUSKCN0YI0EM):** + +> Draft legislation that Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Intelligence Committee, had circulated weeks ago likely will not be introduced this year and, even if it were, would stand no chance of advancing, the sources said. + +Fantastic news. This bill (and the push behind it) was ill-conceived at best and would have caused untold damage were it to pass. diff --git a/src/posts/2016/scriptable-backups-with-arq.md b/src/posts/2016/scriptable-backups-with-arq.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..281af387 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2016/scriptable-backups-with-arq.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +date: 2016-04-24 +draft: false +title: Scriptable Backups with Arq +tags: ['Arq', 'backups'] +--- + +I've been using Arq for my backups for several months now and have regular backups being pushed to both [Amazon Cloud Drive](https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive) and [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com). A big part of Arq's appeal is it's flexibility, configurability and the wide array of backup destinations it supports. In short, it allows you to own and control your backups. + +In addition to being a wonderfully designed app, Arq ships with a handy command line utility that lets you pause, resume and otherwise control your backups using simple commands named for the app. In order to use these commands, however, you need to include the executable in your shell's path variable. + +To accomplish this, I symlinked the Arq executable in to usr/local/bin. If /usr/local/bin isn't in your path, you can add it by adding the following to your .bashrc, .bash_profile or what have you: + +```bash +export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin +``` + +Next, symlink the Arq executable: + +```bash +sudo ln -s /Applications/Arq.app/Contents/MacOS/Arq /usr/local/bin/Arq +``` + +Next, open up a new shell and try the following: + +```bash +Arq pause 60 +Arq resume +``` + +Now you can easily control your backups from your CLI of choice or even script them from apps like [Alfred](https://www.alfredapp.com/) or [Control Plane](http://www.controlplaneapp.com/) (context sensitive backups anyone?). diff --git a/src/posts/2016/throwing-together-a-blog.md b/src/posts/2016/throwing-together-a-blog.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1dc9e30f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2016/throwing-together-a-blog.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +date: 2016-12-11 +draft: false +title: Throwing together a blog +tags: ['development', 'Statamic'] +--- + +I've been working on this site for longer than I'd care to admit (years at this point). It's been through a few domains, two content management systems, multiple versions of those content management systems, countless designs and several different hosts. I'm really happy with where it's at and what I've learned putting it together. + +I started this site off running [Kirby](https://getkirby.com) on shared hosting. It's served as a design and development playground for me as I've learned and applied new things. It started off without being version and now the source for it is stored on [Github](https://github.com) and now runs on [Statamic](https://statamic.com). + +I started off writing the CSS and JS for the site +manually, before generating a Grunt build process, breaking out the styles to be more modular and rewriting them in SCSS. Dependencies are now sourced from [npm](http://npmjs.com) and [Bower](https://bower.io). + +Instead of running the site on shared hosting, it now runs on a LAMP [Digital Ocean](https://m.do.co/c/3635bf99aee2) box using PHP7 and [mod_pagespeed](https://github.com/pagespeed/mod_pagespeed), both of which have made a tremendous difference in terms of site performance. + +As it stands now, I'm thrilled with where this site sits, but I'm curious to see how else I can continue improving it. diff --git a/src/posts/2016/wired-the-year-encryption-won.md b/src/posts/2016/wired-the-year-encryption-won.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..98c32ac1 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2016/wired-the-year-encryption-won.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2016-12-30 +draft: false +title: The year encryption won +tags: ['security', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/2016/12/year-encryption-won/)** + +> It's not a firm guarantee, and who knows what a Trump administration will bring. For now, though, it's enough to appreciate the gains encryption made in 2016, and be hopeful that 2017 will only build on them. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/ajit-pai-accused-conflict-helping-former-client.md b/src/posts/2017/ajit-pai-accused-conflict-helping-former-client.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cf1d2bb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/ajit-pai-accused-conflict-helping-former-client.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2017-08-10 +draft: false +title: Ajit Pai accused of conflict for helping former client +tags: ['politics'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1145545)** + +> A prisoners' rights group has accused Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai of having a conflict of interest because he used to represent a prison phone company as a lawyer. + +> Under Pai's direction, the FCC dropped its court defense of rules capping the intrastate phone rates charged to prisoners. The decision helped prison phone companies—including Pai's former client, Securus Technologies—continue to charge high prices. + +Nothing to see here. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/app-sarahah-uploads-contacts-without-permission.md b/src/posts/2017/app-sarahah-uploads-contacts-without-permission.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be587171 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/app-sarahah-uploads-contacts-without-permission.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +date: 2017-08-27 +draft: false +title: Sarahah uploads your contacts without permission +link: https://theintercept.com/2017/08/27/hit-app-sarahah-quietly-uploads-your-address-book/ +tags: ['iOS', 'privacy'] +--- + +**Yael Grauer, writing for The Intercept:** + +> Sarahah bills itself as a way to "receive honest feedback" from friends and employees. But the app is collecting more than feedback messages. When launched for the first time, it immediately harvests and uploads all phone numbers and email addresses in your address book. + +This behavior seems to be all too common lately and, while most apps ask for permission to access contacts, it's worth bearing in mind that they may not need that access. Additionally, once that access is granted, it isn't always clear what's actually done with the data.[^1] If an app asks for access to sensitive data, it's worth considering what they intend to use it for and how securely it might be stored should they copy it off of your device. + +**Update:** apparently the app [is going to be updated to discontinue this behavior](https://threatpost.com/anonymous-messaging-app-sarahah-to-halt-collection-of-user-data-with-next-update/127668/). Better late than never, I suppose. + +[^1]: This all assumes the app actually adheres to the platform rules requiring that they ask for permission to access this (or any other) device data. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/castro-v23-released.md b/src/posts/2017/castro-v23-released.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..03ee95d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/castro-v23-released.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-02-22 +draft: false +title: Castro v2.3 released +tags: ['iOS'] +--- + +> 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. + +_[Buy Castro on the App Store](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/castro-podcast-player/id1080840241)_ diff --git a/src/posts/2017/cbo-analysis-confirms-gop-health-bill-is-little-more-than-class-warfare.md b/src/posts/2017/cbo-analysis-confirms-gop-health-bill-is-little-more-than-class-warfare.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2c6aa6ca --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/cbo-analysis-confirms-gop-health-bill-is-little-more-than-class-warfare.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-13 +draft: false +title: CBO analysis confirms GOP health bill is little more than class warfare +tags: ['politics'] +--- + +**[Vox"](http://www.vox.com/2017/3/13/14914062/republican-health-care-plan-cbo-redistribution-poor-medicaid)** + +> The AHCA would reverse one of the greatest actions against inequality ever taken by the federal government, and then increase inequality yet further. It is an act of class warfare against low-income Americans, waged for the benefit of the handful of rich taxpayers affected by Obamacare's surtaxes. + +This bill amounts to tax cuts for the rich by stripping healthcare subsidies away from individuals that desperately need them. It should not be allowed to pass. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/chuck-schumer-the-internet-belongs-to-the-people-not-powerful-corporate-interests.md b/src/posts/2017/chuck-schumer-the-internet-belongs-to-the-people-not-powerful-corporate-interests.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..559a18ba --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/chuck-schumer-the-internet-belongs-to-the-people-not-powerful-corporate-interests.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-03 +draft: false +title: 'The Internet belongs to the people, not powerful corporate interests' +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Chuck Schumer, via Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/op-ed-the-internet-belongs-to-the-people-not-powerful-corporate-interests)** + +> The Internet is an invaluable platform on which we depend to spur innovation and job creation. Our economy works best when innovators, entrepreneurs, and businesses of all sizes compete on a level playing field. Ensuring that the playing field would be level was the basis for the FCC's decision to protect net neutrality by properly classifying broadband as a telecommunications service. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/clearing-mod-pagespeed-cache.md b/src/posts/2017/clearing-mod-pagespeed-cache.md index fc37950f..58a9adc3 100644 --- a/src/posts/2017/clearing-mod-pagespeed-cache.md +++ b/src/posts/2017/clearing-mod-pagespeed-cache.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- -title: Clearing mod_pagespeed cache date: '2017-02-20' draft: false +title: Clearing mod_pagespeed cache tags: ['apache', 'development'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2017/comcast-continues-whine-about-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2017/comcast-continues-whine-about-net-neutrality.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5fe2eeff --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/comcast-continues-whine-about-net-neutrality.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2017-07-18 +draft: false +title: Comcast continues to whine about net neutrality +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Via Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1134039)** + +> Comcast's claims about network investment clash with what ISPs have told their own investors; even Comcast's chief financial officer downplayed Title II's effect on investment in December 2016. + +This is, of course, nonsense as the article goes on to explain. Comcast and so many of the other players in the net neutrality argument appear to either miss or intentionally bury the point: in the absence of competition, consumers and the open internet need net neutrality protections. Failing that, customers need dramatically more choice in selecting an ISP. + +Comcast would love to gut those protections, double dip by charging competitors for access to its network before then passing those costs on to its reluctant customers. If Comcast is frustrated at losing revenue to new competitors it should make products people actually want to use and that compete rather than focusing on strong arming regulatory bodies intended to protect consumers from exactly this kind of behavior. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/comment-on-the-fccs-proposal-to-kill-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2017/comment-on-the-fccs-proposal-to-kill-net-neutrality.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ce8752f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/comment-on-the-fccs-proposal-to-kill-net-neutrality.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +date: 2017-05-23 +draft: false +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). If you're invested in preserving an open internet (and you should be), take the time to comment and voice your concern. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/congress-guts-internet-privacy-protections.md b/src/posts/2017/congress-guts-internet-privacy-protections.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dcf503a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/congress-guts-internet-privacy-protections.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-28 +draft: false +title: Congress guts internet privacy protections +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170328/09565737026/consumer-broadband-privacy-protections-are-dead.shtml)** + +> Thanks to a cash-soaked Congress there will be neither broadband competition, nor functional regulatory oversight of an industry with a documented history of aggressive, anti-consumer and anti-competitive behavior. What could possibly go wrong? diff --git a/src/posts/2017/data-toxic-asset.md b/src/posts/2017/data-toxic-asset.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..08e29ba2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/data-toxic-asset.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +date: 2017-09-08 +draft: false +title: Data is a toxic asset +tags: ['security'] +--- + +**[Bruce Schneier:](https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/03/data_is_a_toxic.html)** + +> We can be smarter than this. We need to regulate what corporations can do with our data at every stage: collection, storage, use, resale and disposal. We can make corporate executives personally liable so they know there's a downside to taking chances. We can make the business models that involve massively surveilling people the less compelling ones, simply by making certain business practices illegal. + +> Data is a toxic asset. We need to start thinking about it as such, and treat it as we would any other source of toxicity. To do anything else is to risk our security and privacy. + +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. + +[^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/). diff --git a/src/posts/2017/dhs-boss-calls-for-more-fear-less-encryption.md b/src/posts/2017/dhs-boss-calls-for-more-fear-less-encryption.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..51fe2b53 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/dhs-boss-calls-for-more-fear-less-encryption.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2017-04-20 +draft: false +title: DHS Boss Calls For More Fear, Less Encryption +tags: ['politics', 'security', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170419/09500037187/dhs-boss-calls-more-fear-less-encryption.shtml)** + +> This is wonderful stuff if you're a fan of authoritarianism. Shut up and show your support. It's a message that's been sent several times by the new president. Now, it's being echoed by his top officials. + +Yet another ill-considered power grab in the name of safety. + +> Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/dont-like-systematic-privacy-violations-stop-using-the-internet.md b/src/posts/2017/dont-like-systematic-privacy-violations-stop-using-the-internet.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..600aa5e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/dont-like-systematic-privacy-violations-stop-using-the-internet.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-04-14 +draft: false +title: Don't like systematic privacy violations? Stop using the internet +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Via Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/dont-like-privacy-violations-dont-use-the-internet-gop-lawmaker-says):** + +> That's when Sensenbrenner said, "Nobody's got to use the Internet." He praised ISPs for "invest[ing] an awful lot of money in having almost universal service now." He then said, "I don't think it's my job to tell you that you cannot get advertising for your information being sold. My job, I think, is to tell you that you have the opportunity to do it, and then you take it upon yourself to make the choice." + +We desperately need to stop electing officials that have no understanding of the impact of the legislation they help pass. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/eff-argues-border-patrol-agents-need-warrants-search-electronic-devices.md b/src/posts/2017/eff-argues-border-patrol-agents-need-warrants-search-electronic-devices.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..04333f9e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/eff-argues-border-patrol-agents-need-warrants-search-electronic-devices.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-08-08 +draft: false +title: EFF argues border agents need warrants to search digital devices +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[The EFF:](https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-court-border-agents-need-warrants-search-contents-digital-devices)** + +> "Our cell phones and laptops provide access to an unprecedented amount of detailed, private information, often going back many months or years, from emails to our coworkers to photos of our loved ones and lists of our closest contacts. This is light years beyond the minimal information generally contained in other kinds of personal items we might carry in our suitcases. It's time for courts and the government to acknowledge that examining the contents of a digital device is highly intrusive, and Fourth Amendment protections should be strong, even at the border," said EFF Staff Attorney Sophia Cope. + +It's ludicrous that a warrant is not currently required for these searches. If a search is truly necessary, the authorities in question should be able to obtain a warrant with ease. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/ending-net-neutrality-will-end-internet.md b/src/posts/2017/ending-net-neutrality-will-end-internet.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9ea55f76 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/ending-net-neutrality-will-end-internet.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-09-30 +draft: false +title: Ending net neutrality will end the Internet as we know it +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Steve Wozniak and Michael Copps:](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/29/ending-net-neutrality-will-end-internet-we-know-steve-wozniak-michael-copps-column/704861001/)** + +> The path forward is clear. The FCC must abandon its ill-conceived plan to end net neutrality. Instead of creating fast lanes for the few, it should be moving all of us to the fast lane by encouraging competition in local broadband connectivity and pushing companies to deliver higher speeds at more affordable prices. It's the right thing for us as consumers and as citizens. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/equifax-breach-disaster.md b/src/posts/2017/equifax-breach-disaster.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6a4d9073 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/equifax-breach-disaster.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-09-08 +draft: false +title: The Equifax breach is a disaster +tags: ['security'] +--- + +**[Mike Masnick, Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170908/17363538172/equifax-security-breach-is-complete-disaster-will-almost-certainly-get-worse.shtml)** + +> At some point, we need to rethink why we've given Equifax, Experian and TransUnion so much power over so much of our everyday lives. You can't opt-out. They collect most of their data without us knowing and in secret. You can't avoid them. And now we know that at least one of them doesn't know how to secure that data. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/fcc-and-isps-begin-campaign-to-gut-net-neutrality-while-pretending-to-protect-it.md b/src/posts/2017/fcc-and-isps-begin-campaign-to-gut-net-neutrality-while-pretending-to-protect-it.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b20be5ee --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/fcc-and-isps-begin-campaign-to-gut-net-neutrality-while-pretending-to-protect-it.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +date: 2017-05-03 +draft: false +title: FCC and ISPs begin campaign to gut net neutrality while pretending to protect it +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Techcrunch:](https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20170502/17212137292/dont-get-fooled-plan-is-to-kill-net-neutrality-while-pretending-being-protected.shtml)** + +> ... don't pretend that a bill from Congress pretending to "save" net neutrality will actually do so, when it's quite obvious that the bills being offered will undermine our internet, help big broadband screw over users, and diminish competition. + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/gops-internet-freedom-act-permanently-guts-net-neutrality-authority/)** + +> Nine Republican US senators yesterday submitted legislation that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from ever again using the regulatory authority that allowed the commission to impose net neutrality rules. The "Restoring Internet Freedom Act" would prohibit the FCC from classifying ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act and "from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service." + +All this amounts to is ISPs attempting to irreperably harm the internet in an effort to prop up businesses that would otherwise not be competetive. Strong net neutrality protections are absolutely vital to the ongoing health of the internet and companies that depend on it. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/fcc-chair-offers-poor-excuses-as-he-seeks-to-strip-consumer-protections.md b/src/posts/2017/fcc-chair-offers-poor-excuses-as-he-seeks-to-strip-consumer-protections.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c607e05b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/fcc-chair-offers-poor-excuses-as-he-seeks-to-strip-consumer-protections.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-01 +draft: false +title: FCC chair offers poor excuses as he seeks to strip consumer protections +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[TechDirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170228/07594036809/fcc-boss-falsely-claims-his-attacks-net-neutrality-have-already-made-wireless-sector-more-competitive.shtml)** + +> Eliminate functional regulatory oversight and refuse to address limited competition? The end result is... Comcast Corporation and its record-shatteringly-bad customer service, high prices, and usage caps. + +**[The Verge:](http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/1/14756064/net-neutrality-second-anniversary-under-assault)** + +> ... net neutrality opponents are sticking with the same arguments they used two years ago: the rules rely on law that's too old, they'll hurt investment, and they'll leave internet providers uncertain of their fate. + +**[The Verge:](http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/28/14761510/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-says-net-neutrality-was-a-mistake)** + +> [Ajit] Pai has been chairman of the commission for just over a month now, and in that time, he's already begun chipping away at net neutrality in a few different ways: approving zero rating, scaling back transparency rules, proposing to halt major new privacy requirements. After this speech today, it's evident that Pai is just getting started. + +Net neutrality was nice while it lasted, but it looks like it'll be gone soon. More and more this issue seems like something congress should settle definitively but, given the current political makeup of both houses, any decision made likely would not be at all consumer friendly. + +**[The EFF:](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/02/new-fcc-chairman-begins-attacks-internet-privacy)** + +> Republicans in Congress are planning a much bigger assault on the Internet, by making it illegal for the FCC to protect consumer privacy online. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/fcc-continues-disregard-public-opposition-net-neutrality-repeal.md b/src/posts/2017/fcc-continues-disregard-public-opposition-net-neutrality-repeal.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d1a3880c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/fcc-continues-disregard-public-opposition-net-neutrality-repeal.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +date: 2017-08-31 +draft: false +title: FCC continues to completely disregard public opposition to net neutrality repeal +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Karl Bode via Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170830/10391738114/985-original-comments-to-fcc-oppose-killing-net-neutrality.shtml)** + +> Let's not mince words: the FCC's plan to gut net neutrality protections in light of severe public opposition is likely one of the more bare-knuckled acts of cronyism in modern technological and political history. That's because the rules have overwhelming, bipartisan support from the vast majority of consumers, most of whom realize the already imperfect rules are some of the only consumer protections standing between consumers and giant, uncompetitive companies like Comcast. Repealing the rules only serves one interest: that of one of the least liked, least-competitive industries in America. + +**[Jacob Kastrenakes via The Verge:](https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/31/16228220/net-neutrality-comments-22-million-reply-record)** + +> Even after millions of comments arguing that internet protections are needed, it’s entirely possible that the commission will go ahead with its original, bare-bones plan to simply kill net neutrality and leave everything else up to internet providers to sort out. + +FCC chairman Ajit Pai has, for the entirety of the net neutrality comment period, shown a willful disregard for public comments and interests. The FCC appears determined to repeal the rules in a decision that would only benefit companies that already occupy abusive duopoly positions in the market. Even worse, those make the decision seem perfectly willing to accept comments supporting their position that are clearly fraudulent. + +**[Jon Brodkin via Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1156315)** + +> Despite a study showing that 98.5 percent of individually written net neutrality comments support the US's current net neutrality rules, AT&T is claiming that the vast majority of "legitimate" comments favor repealing the rules. + +> The Federal Communication Commission's net neutrality docket is a real mess, with nearly 22 million comments, mostly from form letters and many from spam bots using identities stolen from data breaches. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/fcc-ignoring-public-interest-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2017/fcc-ignoring-public-interest-net-neutrality.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..781f6dad --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/fcc-ignoring-public-interest-net-neutrality.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +date: 2017-08-04 +draft: false +title: FCC is ignoring public interest in net neutrality repeal +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/fcc-is-ignoring-public-interest-in-net-neutrality-repeal-democrats-say/)** + +> Although ISPs have claimed that the net neutrality rules harm investment, the cable industry's top lobbying group recently boasted that US Internet speeds are continuing to soar and that the cost of data per megabit has gone down. ISPs have also told their investors that the rules have not harmed network investment, an important factor because publicly traded companies are required to give investors accurate financial information, including a description of risk factors involved in investing in the company. + +ISPs and the FCC have been pushing this misleading argument for the entirety of the current debate around net neutrality. You can't argue to the FCC that net neutrality has harmed investment while making the opposite claim to investors. Proponents of repealing title II regulations are either lying or being deliberately disingenuous. + +> Without the rules against blocking and throttling websites and online services, ISPs "will be subject to economic and political pressures to choke off unpopular conversations or speed up viewpoints supported by the politically dominant," Democrats wrote. + +[ISPs are already guilty of consumer-hostile behavior]([Verizon argues throttling video is allowed under net neutrality rules - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/25/16025520/verizon-says-video-throttling-allowed-under-net-neutrality)), even with the current rules in place. Their abuses would only get worse should those protections be rolled back. + +> While the Republican-controlled Congress recently eliminated privacy rules that protect consumers from ISPs, the Title II authority over common carriers that the FCC uses to enforce net neutrality rules still imposes some basic privacy protections. + +This goes without saying, but losing even more privacy protections _only_ benefits ISPs. Invasive tracking and advertising is bad enough without granting large companies the freedom to take it further. + +> The net neutrality rule that forbids ISPs from charging websites for faster access to consumers is important for small businesses that won't be able to afford paid prioritization, the Democrats wrote. + +This is, perhaps, one of the most compelling arguments for leaving net neutrality protections in place. ISPs should not be able to hamper new potential competitors that depend on network access simply due to their market position. If ISPs want to compete against, say, Netflix they should make a service that actually appeals to consumers. + +You can add your comment opposing net neutrality repeal at the FCC's site. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/fcc-throwing-consumer-privacy-protections-out-the-window-to-help-isps.md b/src/posts/2017/fcc-throwing-consumer-privacy-protections-out-the-window-to-help-isps.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2a1f9d9a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/fcc-throwing-consumer-privacy-protections-out-the-window-to-help-isps.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-11 +draft: false +title: FCC throwing consumer privacy protections out the window to help ISPs +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[The Verge:](http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/10/14881068/fcc-privacy-rules-fight-web-history-ads)** + +> There's not really a bright side here for consumers. Internet providers asked for permission to start sharing your private data again, and without much of a fight, they're about to get it. + +If ISPs are incapable of competing with services people actually want, the FCC shouldn't be working to prop them up. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/googles-new-obsession-with-your-photos.md b/src/posts/2017/googles-new-obsession-with-your-photos.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6f7dc168 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/googles-new-obsession-with-your-photos.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-05-27 +draft: false +title: Google's new obsession with your photos +tags: ['Google', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[The Ringer:](https://theringer.com/google-photos-data-collection-e8578b3256e0)** + +> Sergey Brin says that Google wants to be the third half of your brain," [Pedro] Domingos says. "But now think about it: Do you really want the third half of your brain to make a living by showing you ads? I don't. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/gop-advances-plan-for-ring-free-voicemail-spam.md b/src/posts/2017/gop-advances-plan-for-ring-free-voicemail-spam.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..63859d8a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/gop-advances-plan-for-ring-free-voicemail-spam.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-05-23 +draft: false +title: GOP advances plan for ring-free voicemail spam +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Recode:](https://www.recode.net/2017/5/23/15681158/political-campaign-robocall-ringless-voicemail-without-ringing-cellphone-republican)** + +> The GOP's leading campaign and fundraising arm, the Republican National Committee, has quietly thrown its support behind a proposal at the Federal Communications Commission that would pave the way for marketers to auto-dial consumers' cellphones and leave them prerecorded voicemail messages — all without ever causing their devices to ring. + +It's like a U2 album release — but for annoying political crap. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/gop-senators-new-bill-would-let-isps-sell-your-web-browsing-data.md b/src/posts/2017/gop-senators-new-bill-would-let-isps-sell-your-web-browsing-data.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..82d5ebda --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/gop-senators-new-bill-would-let-isps-sell-your-web-browsing-data.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-08 +draft: false +title: GOP senators' new bill would let ISPs sell your Web browsing data +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/gop-senators-new-bill-would-let-isps-sell-your-web-browsing-data)** + +> "Big broadband barons and their Republican allies want to turn the telecommunications marketplace into a Wild West where consumers are held captive with no defense against abusive invasions of their privacy by internet service providers," [Sen. Edward] Markey said. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/installing-http2-ubuntu-16.04.md b/src/posts/2017/installing-http2-ubuntu-16.04.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a936bb1e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/installing-http2-ubuntu-16.04.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-19 +draft: false +title: Installing HTTP/2 on Ubuntu 16.04 with virtual hosts +tags: ['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/). + +To install HTTP/2 I SSH'd in to the server and ran the following commands: + +```bash +# add the new apache repository to your server's sources + +sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/apache2 + +# update apache + +sudo apt-key update + +sudo apt-get update + +# WARNING: answering yes at the prompts following this command will overwrite your apache.conf file located in /etc/apache2 + +sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install apache2 -y + +# enable http2 + +sudo a2enmod http2 +``` + +Next, navigate to /etc/apache2/sites-available and edit a virtual file of your choice, adding the following line after the ServerName declaration: + +`Protocols h2 h2c http/1.1` + +Finally, restart apache: + +`sudo service apache2 restart` + +Your site should now be served using http2. You can verify this using the KeyCDN tool located [here](https://tools.keycdn.com/http2-test). + +_Did I miss anything? [Let me know.](mailto:hi@coryd.dev)_ diff --git a/src/posts/2017/internet-privacy-rules-repealed.md b/src/posts/2017/internet-privacy-rules-repealed.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..731902f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/internet-privacy-rules-repealed.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2017-04-03 +draft: false +title: Internet privacy rules repealed +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Bob Quinn (an SVP at AT&T)](https://www.recode.net/2017/4/3/15169748/donald-trump-ends-federal-online-privacy-rules-fcc-data-advertisers):** + +> "If the government believes that location data is sensitive and requires more explicit consumer disclosures and permissions," he continued, "then those protections should apply to all players that have access to location data, whether an ISP or edge player or search engine." + +No, customers should be able to expect that their data remain private and, the fact of the matter is, customers typically have a choice who they provide their data to (whether that be Facebook, Google — you name it). Where most people in the U.S. live, there's often only one ISP for customers to get a connection from — they shouldn't be forced to have sensitive data exposed to that company purely for the benefit of that company. + +If ISPs are upset about perceived competitors having access to different data sets than they do, they should come up with a competitive service that people actually want to use that can actually compete. [Or maybe they'll keep buying failed tech companies and mashing them together in a hilarious rebranding effort.](http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/3/15166872/aol-verizon-oath-announced-merger-rebranding-new-name-logo) diff --git a/src/posts/2017/iphone-spam-call-blockers.md b/src/posts/2017/iphone-spam-call-blockers.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d970f74f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/iphone-spam-call-blockers.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-04 +draft: false +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. + +_[Via Marco Arment](https://marco.org/2017/01/08/call-blockers)._ diff --git a/src/posts/2017/isps-look-to-fcc-to-kill-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2017/isps-look-to-fcc-to-kill-net-neutrality.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..543d744f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/isps-look-to-fcc-to-kill-net-neutrality.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-09-29 +draft: false +title: ISPs look to the Supreme Court to kill net neutrality +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1177323)** + +> The lobby groups want a ruling that the FCC exceeded its statutory authority by reclassifying broadband as a common carrier service. Such a ruling could prevent future FCCs from implementing net neutrality rules as strict as the current ones, which outlaw blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization. A ruling for the industry could also prevent future FCCs from reviving other consumer protections that are likely to be overturned by the commission's current Republican majority. + +None of this would be necessary if ISPs and cable companies were capable of creating and providing services that consumers actually wanted to use. Instead, they pursue legal action to cripple competitors and force consumers to use their, at best, substandard services. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/keep-the-internet-open.md b/src/posts/2017/keep-the-internet-open.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0c3a0fec --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/keep-the-internet-open.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-14 +draft: false +title: Keep the Internet Open +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Sam Altman](http://blog.samaltman.com/keep-the-internet-open):** + +> "The internet is a public good, and I believe access should be a basic right. We've seen such great innovation in software because the internet has been a level playing field. People have been able to succeed by merit, not the regulatory weight of incumbency." + +I could not agree more. ISPs demonstrate over and over that they [will not act in anyone's best interest but their own](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170314/04285036912/new-york-city-sues-verizon-fiber-optic-bait-switch.shtml) without proper oversight. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/lawmakers-blast-fcc-net-neutrality-rollback.md b/src/posts/2017/lawmakers-blast-fcc-net-neutrality-rollback.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a10695ee --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/lawmakers-blast-fcc-net-neutrality-rollback.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +date: 2017-07-26 +draft: false +title: Lawmakers blast FCC net neutrality rollback +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Motherboard:](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5qzm8/democratic-lawmakers-blast-trumps-fcc-for-anti-consumer-agenda)** + +> "To date, most of the FCC's actions have ignored the needs of consumers," said Rep. Frank Pallone, the New Jersey Democrat. "Too often, when given the choice, this FCC has sided with large corporations to the detriment of hardworking Americans." + +> "Chairman Pai, in the time you have been the head of this agency, we have seen an agenda that is anti-consumer, anti-small business, anti-competition, anti-innovation, and anti-opportunity," said Rep. Mike Doyle, the Pennsylvania Democrat. "I am deeply concerned that the FCC is on the wrong a path, a path that will hurt small businesses, regular people, and some of the most innovative sectors of our economy." + +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. + +**[Via Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1138213):** + +> "Although you stated the [September 7] hearing was an inquiry into the 'Internet ecosystem,' you once again failed to recognize how important the Internet is for consumers, small businesses, entrepreneurs, political organizers, public interest groups, and people looking for work," Doyle and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) said diff --git a/src/posts/2017/lawmakers-want-to-require-border-agents-to-obtain-a-warrant-for-smartphone-searches.md b/src/posts/2017/lawmakers-want-to-require-border-agents-to-obtain-a-warrant-for-smartphone-searches.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..45df7740 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/lawmakers-want-to-require-border-agents-to-obtain-a-warrant-for-smartphone-searches.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-04-04 +draft: false +title: Lawmakers want to require border agents to obtain a warrant for smartphone searches +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Recode:](https://www.recode.net/2017/4/4/15178810/lawmakers-border-agents-warrant-search-smartphone-privacy-data)** + +> "By requiring a warrant to search Americans' devices and prohibiting unreasonable delay, this bill makes sure that border agents are focused on criminals and terrorists instead of wasting their time thumbing through innocent Americans' personal photos and other data," [Sen. Ron] Wyden said in a statement. + +I'd love to see this implemented, but I just can't see it happening. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/lawsuit-seeks-records-fcc-net-neutrality-discussions.md b/src/posts/2017/lawsuit-seeks-records-fcc-net-neutrality-discussions.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fb53085d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/lawsuit-seeks-records-fcc-net-neutrality-discussions.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-07-26 +draft: false +title: Lawsuit seeks records of FCC net neutrality discussions +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Via Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1138457):** + +> "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. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/misleading-arguments-against-net-neutrality-abount.md b/src/posts/2017/misleading-arguments-against-net-neutrality-abount.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5e727b7f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/misleading-arguments-against-net-neutrality-abount.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-07-20 +draft: false +title: Misleading Arguments Against Net Neutrality Abound +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170718/06483437804/comcast-we-must-kill-net-neutrality-to-help-sick-disabled.shtml)** + +> ... anybody that actually cares about net neutrality should support the simplest and easiest way to protect consumers, startups and small businesses moving forward: keep the existing rules intact. + +Comcast's argument that gutting existing net neutrality rules will help members of protected classes is totally disingenuous. The best way to protect consumers and the open internet across the board is to leave the existing rules intact. Comcast has only its best interests in mind, not those of their customers or any other consumers. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/npr-internet-privacy-rules-in-part-face-a-halt-at-the-fcc-the-two-way.md b/src/posts/2017/npr-internet-privacy-rules-in-part-face-a-halt-at-the-fcc-the-two-way.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5bcc06f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/npr-internet-privacy-rules-in-part-face-a-halt-at-the-fcc-the-two-way.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +date: 2017-02-26 +draft: false +title: Internet Privacy Rules in Part Face a Halt at the FCC +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Via NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/24/517050966/fcc-chairman-goes-after-his-predecessors-internet-privacy-rules):** + +> Consumer advocacy groups have argued that the ISPs have a broader capacity to collect data on people than websites and digital services, given that ISPs connect users to all those websites and services in the first place. +> ISPs might use the collected data for their own promotions or sell it to data brokers for marketing or other uses. + +Rolling back privacy protections for consumers is _only_ good for ISPs. This move reflects the current FCC chair's willingness to work for the interests of the businesses his agency should be regulating over those of consumers. + +All this amounts to is a violation of customer privacy in order to allow ISPs to better market subpar products that exist only due to their existing, near-monopoly positions in the marketplace. + +The sooner ISPs become [dumb pipes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_pipe), the better. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/protecting-your-privacy.md b/src/posts/2017/protecting-your-privacy.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2f9a2f9f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/protecting-your-privacy.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-04-23 +draft: false +title: Protecting your privacy +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Via Unroll.me](http://blog.unroll.me/we-can-do-better/):** + +> I can't stress enough the importance of your privacy. We never, ever release personal data about you. All data is completely anonymous and related to purchases only. + +Nonsense. If you're not paying for the service your data is being monetized in a way that benefits the interests of the company providing the service, not you. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/responsible-encryption.md b/src/posts/2017/responsible-encryption.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eb61d6fe --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/responsible-encryption.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-10-10 +draft: false +title: Responsible encryption +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[Kurt Opsahl, The EFF:](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/deputy-attorney-general-rosensteins-responsible-encryption-demand-bad-and-he)** + +> The Department of Justice has said that they want to have an “adult conversation” about encryption. This is not it. The DOJ needs to understand that secure end-to-end encryption is a responsible security measure that helps protect people. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/rss-beats-social-media-news.md b/src/posts/2017/rss-beats-social-media-news.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..85cb37b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/rss-beats-social-media-news.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-09-10 +draft: false +title: RSS still beats social media for tracking news +tags: ['rss'] +--- + +**[David Nield, Gizmodo:](http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/why-rss-feeds-still-beat-facebook-and-twitter-for-track-1800722740)** + +> Whether you’ve never heard of it before or you've abandoned it for pastures new, here's why you should be using RSS for your news instead of social media. + +Gizmodo has a simple explainer on why RSS still beats social media for news. If you don't currently use an RSS reader, check out the post and the services it recommends. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/securing-your-personal-devices-and-accounts.md b/src/posts/2017/securing-your-personal-devices-and-accounts.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ff68d6c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/securing-your-personal-devices-and-accounts.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-02-20 +draft: false +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)). + +> 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. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/senate-chooses-isps-over-customer-privacy.md b/src/posts/2017/senate-chooses-isps-over-customer-privacy.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e76a4d66 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/senate-chooses-isps-over-customer-privacy.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-23 +draft: false +title: Senate chooses ISPs over customer privacy +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[The EFF](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/senate-puts-isp-profits-over-your-privacy)** + +> ISPs act as gatekeepers to the Internet, giving them incredible access to records of what you do online. They shouldn't be able to profit off of the information about what you search for, read about, purchase, and more without your consent. + +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. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/senator-attacks-argument-for-net-neutrality-repeal.md b/src/posts/2017/senator-attacks-argument-for-net-neutrality-repeal.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..14384284 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/senator-attacks-argument-for-net-neutrality-repeal.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +date: 2017-07-20 +draft: false +title: Senator attacks ISP and FCC argument for net neutrality repeal +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Senator Edward Markey, Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1135805):** + +> 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. + +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]. + +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. + +[^1]: If ISPs are threatened by Netflix, they should try competing by creating a service that doesn't suck. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/senators-warn-against-net-neutrality-repeal.md b/src/posts/2017/senators-warn-against-net-neutrality-repeal.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9f29a3d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/senators-warn-against-net-neutrality-repeal.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-02-10 +draft: false +title: Senators warn against net neutrality repeal +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +[TechDirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20170208/05490136662/wyden-other-senators-warn-that-net-neutrality-repeal-will-make-sopa-backlash-look-like-fireside-snuggle.shtml) + +> In light of a Congress that long ago made it clear that it prioritizes telecom cash contributions over consumers, the best "solution" for net neutrality at this juncture would be leaving the existing rules -- and the FCC's authority over broadband providers -- intact. + +The unfortunate reality of the situation is that the current administration will always prefer the vested interest of corporate telecoms and lobbyists over those of the consumers they serve. Reversing net neutrality will be harmful to consumers and [to any number of businesses](http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/3/14495750/snapchat-ipo-net-neutrality-cost-fcc-hurt-business) — here's hoping that net neutrality is, somehow, able to survive. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/silicon-valley-fights-to-preserve-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2017/silicon-valley-fights-to-preserve-net-neutrality.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e855071b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/silicon-valley-fights-to-preserve-net-neutrality.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-04-12 +draft: false +title: Silicon Valley fights to preserve net neutrality +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Recode:](https://www.recode.net/2017/4/12/15266200/trump-administration-net-neutrality-plan-lobbying-fcc-ajit-pai)** + +> The internet industry is uniform in its belief that net neutrality preserves the consumer experience, competition and innovation online," the group said. "In other words, existing net neutrality rules should be enforced and kept intact. + +I sincerely hope that net neutrality is preserved in its current form. Voluntary commitments from companies with the appalling track record shared by most ISPs are simply not going to be enough to preserve the internet freedoms we've become accustomed to. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/spotify-begins-to-gain-leverage-in-its-relationship-with-labels.md b/src/posts/2017/spotify-begins-to-gain-leverage-in-its-relationship-with-labels.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..32652e33 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/spotify-begins-to-gain-leverage-in-its-relationship-with-labels.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2017-03-19 +draft: false +title: Spotify begins to gain leverage in its relationship with labels +tags: ['Spotify'] +--- + +**[TechCrunch:](https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/18/dictate-top-40/)** + +> But now that Spotify has grown to 50 million paid subscribers and a huge base of free ad-supported listeners, it's emerging from the streaming pack including YouTube / Google Music, Pandora, Apple Music, and Amazon so rights owners can't just favor them instead. Spotify has begun to gain some leverage over the labels so that it can make money without them and they need it to have a hit record. + +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. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/techdirt-podcast-on-the-new-fcc.md b/src/posts/2017/techdirt-podcast-on-the-new-fcc.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9b2ede9e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/techdirt-podcast-on-the-new-fcc.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-02-20 +draft: false +title: Techdirt podcast on the new FCC +tags: ['politics'] +--- + + + +I really enjoyed this episode — it's an engaging deep dive into the history of net neutrality and where it stands under the oversight (or lack thereof) of the new FCC chairman, Ajit Pai. + +_[You can subscribe to the Techdirt podcast here.](https://www.techdirt.com/blog/podcast/)_ diff --git a/src/posts/2017/three-days-left-comment-fcc-net-neutrality-repeal.md b/src/posts/2017/three-days-left-comment-fcc-net-neutrality-repeal.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4bbdc960 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/three-days-left-comment-fcc-net-neutrality-repeal.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +date: 2017-08-28 +draft: false +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). diff --git a/src/posts/2017/todoist-server-alert-tasks.md b/src/posts/2017/todoist-server-alert-tasks.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5c410d34 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/todoist-server-alert-tasks.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-09-23 +draft: false +title: Using server alerts to generate Todoist tasks +tags: ['development', 'Todoist'] +--- + +I manage a few different servers (including this one) for several different friends and clients. As part of managing each server and site hosted on it, I'll typically receive alerts for errors, common tasks or downtime. For a while I had settled on filing these alerts into a separate mailbox to keep them from overwhelming my inbox. + +This works for a while, but I'd occasionally miss an important alert or message from one of the servers. In an effort to manage my responsibilities I had started using [Todoist](https://todoist.com) to track my responsibilities. I set up an alias pointing to my email to inbox Todoist address, tuned the server alerts for volume and importance and routed them to this new alias. Now, if I get an actionable alert for, say, server downtime, it’s routed to my inbox with all the relevant details to resolve the issue. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/trump-fcc-chair-begins-dismantling-consumer-protections-and-subsidies.md b/src/posts/2017/trump-fcc-chair-begins-dismantling-consumer-protections-and-subsidies.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0bea9f4c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/trump-fcc-chair-begins-dismantling-consumer-protections-and-subsidies.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +date: 2017-02-04 +draft: false +title: Trump FCC chair begins dismantling consumer protections and subsidies +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/fcc-rescinds-claim-that-att-and-verizon-violated-net-neutrality/)** + +> "The Federal Communications Commission's new Republican leadership has rescinded a determination that AT&T and Verizon Wireless violated net neutrality rules with paid data cap exemptions. The FCC also rescinded several other Wheeler-era reports and actions." + +We're barely two weeks into the new presidential administration and it looks like net neutrality will be yet another casualty of this administration's drive to strip away consumer-friendly regulations. + +If a ruling or judgement is good for telecoms or ISPs it is very likely bad for customers. This is one of those cases. + +[The FCC also took steps to scale back benefits provided by the Lifeline program to low income consumers:](https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-switch/wp/2017/02/03/the-fcc-is-stopping-9-companies-from-providing-subsidized-broadband-to-the-poor/) + +> "Regulators are telling nine companies they won't be allowed to participate in a federal program meant to help them provide affordable Internet access to low-income consumers — weeks after those companies had been given the green light." + +_[Donate to the EFF.](https://eff.org/donate)_ diff --git a/src/posts/2017/unobstruct-for-ios.md b/src/posts/2017/unobstruct-for-ios.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1a0d73a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/unobstruct-for-ios.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +date: 2017-08-10 +draft: false +title: Unobstruct for iOS +tags: ['iOS'] +--- + +I had been using the [1Blocker](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1blocker/id1025729002?mt=8&uo=4&at=11lvuD) extension to hide floating share bars [but this content blocker](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/unobstruct/id1255281426) makes the whole process dramatically easier. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/updating-to-latest-git-ubuntu.md b/src/posts/2017/updating-to-latest-git-ubuntu.md index a6104b8b..ed1c827d 100644 --- a/src/posts/2017/updating-to-latest-git-ubuntu.md +++ b/src/posts/2017/updating-to-latest-git-ubuntu.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- -title: Updating to the latest version of git on Ubuntu date: '2017-08-13' draft: false +title: Updating to the latest version of git on Ubuntu tags: ['development', 'git', 'linux', 'ubuntu'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2017/verizon-argues-throttling-isnt-throttling.md b/src/posts/2017/verizon-argues-throttling-isnt-throttling.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f488fb6c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/verizon-argues-throttling-isnt-throttling.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-07-25 +draft: false +title: Verizon argues throttling isn't throttling +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[The Verge:](https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/25/16025520/verizon-says-video-throttling-allowed-under-net-neutrality)** + +> "Video optimization is a non-discriminatory network management practice designed to ensure a high quality customer experience for all customers accessing the shared resources of our wireless network," a spokesperson said. + +Throttling is throttling. The justification on Verizon's part doesn't matter — they should be passing through traffic without filtering it. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/vote-for-pai-is-vote-for-big-cable.md b/src/posts/2017/vote-for-pai-is-vote-for-big-cable.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fa173524 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/vote-for-pai-is-vote-for-big-cable.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-09-30 +draft: false +title: A vote for Pai is a vote against consumers and for Big Cable +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Sen. Ron Wyden:](https://medium.com/@RonWyden/a-vote-for-pai-is-a-vote-against-consumers-and-for-big-cable-3ca8147bcf84)** + +> Mr. Pai, has a long track record of putting big cable before consumers, big corporations above small businesses and pay-to-play over the free and open internet. Mr. Pai has betrayed the American consumer at every turn and has an agenda at the FCC that makes a mockery of the moniker: Independent Agency. He's on the side of big cable and big business, and hasn't done much of anything for the rest of us. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/we-should-all-care-about-encryption.md b/src/posts/2017/we-should-all-care-about-encryption.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2c68a9c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/we-should-all-care-about-encryption.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-08-01 +draft: false +title: We Should All Care About Encryption +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[Andy Yen, TED.com](http://ideas.ted.com/why-we-should-all-care-about-encryption-really/):** + +> If we squander privacy by allowing back doors or building illicit vulnerabilities into encryption tools, there is nothing to protect us from prying corporations, spying governments or even criminals bent on abusing our data. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a back door that only lets the good guys in. + +> Data must always be encrypted, end-to-end, period — before it leaves your computer. Privacy is a fundamental right. Let's not squander it in the name of security. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/why-keep-using-facebook.md b/src/posts/2017/why-keep-using-facebook.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a3c7f797 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/why-keep-using-facebook.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2017-09-16 +draft: false +title: 'Why do we keep using Facebook?' +tags: ['social media'] +--- + +**[Dylan Tweney:](https://hackernoon.com/why-do-we-keep-using-facebook-ee59ded4602d)** + +> Facebook offers a terrible bargain: It gives you the connectedness you crave, but it's unfulfilling and leaves you wanting more. It's like drinking Coke, or eating McDonald's, except you don't even have to pay for it. No wonder we guzzle it down, when all the evidence, and even our own eyes and hearts, show us how bad it is for us. diff --git a/src/posts/2017/wired-the-next-big-blue-collar-job-is-coding.md b/src/posts/2017/wired-the-next-big-blue-collar-job-is-coding.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..af4ff48b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2017/wired-the-next-big-blue-collar-job-is-coding.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2017-02-12 +draft: false +title: The next big blue collar job is coding +tags: ['development'] +--- + +**[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/2017/02/programming-is-the-new-blue-collar-job/)** + +> Politicians routinely bemoan the loss of good blue-collar jobs. Work like that is correctly seen as a pillar of civil middle-class society. And it may yet be again. What if the next big blue-collar job category is already here—and it's programming? + +I couldn't agree more with this article. There are ranges in every profession, but development is filled with rich opportunities that more people could benefit from with the proper support. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/americas-internet-freedom-rating-drops-following-net-neutrality-repeal.md b/src/posts/2018/americas-internet-freedom-rating-drops-following-net-neutrality-repeal.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6f76ae9a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/americas-internet-freedom-rating-drops-following-net-neutrality-repeal.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-11-05 +draft: false +title: America's internet freedom rating drops following net neutrality repeal +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Motherboard:](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa979y/americas-internet-freedom-rating-dropped-due-to-the-repeal-of-net-neutrality)** + +> "Losing net neutrality impacts internet freedom because the open web is one of most powerful tools we have to hold leaders to account," [Josh] Tabish said. "Whether you're challenging tyranny or just saying something unpopular politically, net neutrality is essential for maintaining free speech online." +> +> ... in a country like the United States, we'd like to see our public information infrastructure getting more open and transparent, not less, and this year's report is a stark reminder of the direction we're heading in. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/att-buying-web-based-ad-targeting-post.md b/src/posts/2018/att-buying-web-based-ad-targeting-post.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cb795d32 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/att-buying-web-based-ad-targeting-post.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-06-25 +draft: false +title: AT&T buying web-based ad targeting company +tags: ['net neutrality', 'privacy'] +--- + +AT&T controlling your internet connection, the media you use it to consume and the means to target ads at you based on those habits is truly a nightmare. + +Run an adblocker. Run a VPN. Skip as much of their media as you can. + +_[Via Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1336343)_ diff --git a/src/posts/2018/att-ceo-criticizes-disparate-state-net-neutrality-regulations.md b/src/posts/2018/att-ceo-criticizes-disparate-state-net-neutrality-regulations.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..85e9bc4f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/att-ceo-criticizes-disparate-state-net-neutrality-regulations.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2018-11-13 +draft: false +title: AT&T CEO criticizes disparate state net neutrality regulations after helping to dismantle unified, national rules +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Jon Brodkin:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1410725)** + +> "We've got a mess coming at us, literally states independently going out and designing their own privacy regulation," [Randall] Stephenson said. "How do you do business in a world where you have 50 different regulations and rules around privacy?" + +If Stephenson was actually concerned about the impact of a fractured regulatory landscape on his company, he could have left existing net neutrality rules in place. Rather he and other telecoms elected to force through a roughshod repeal of national rules without any consideration of public opinion or possible consequences. + +Any new national legislation backed by AT&T is likely to seriously disadvantage consumers and competitors and support net neutrality in name only. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/automating-package-tracking-ios.md b/src/posts/2018/automating-package-tracking-ios.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e59c35c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/automating-package-tracking-ios.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +date: 2018-01-09 +draft: false +title: Automating package tracking on iOS +tags: ['automation', 'iOS'] +--- + +I try to do as much shopping as I can online and a lot of the shopping I end up doing is through Amazon. This means I end up with quite a few order and shipping confirmation emails in my inbox. + +In an effort to cut down on manually managing and tracking all of these, I've begun maintaining a rule to auto-forward all emails I receive with tracking information to Junecloud's web service that backs their Deliveries[^1] app. + +In Gmail/Google apps, the rule syntax looks like the following: + +``` +subject:("SHIPPING EMAIL SUBJECT") OR subject:("SHIPPING EMAIL SUBJECT") +``` + +Emails matching that rule are then sent to track@junecloud.com and, provided the sending address matches the email associated with your Junecloud account, your packages will be automatically added to the Deliveries app. Now all of my deliveries are automatically tracked where they normally would be, without adding to the clutter in my inbox or my email workload. + +[^1]: Deliveries is available on [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deliveries-a-package-tracker/id290986013) and [macOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deliveries-a-package-tracker/id924726344) diff --git a/src/posts/2018/avoiding-phishing.md b/src/posts/2018/avoiding-phishing.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e54e49b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/avoiding-phishing.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-01-06 +draft: false +title: Avoiding phishing +tags: ['security'] +--- + +**[Rob Dodson:](http://robdodson.me/avoid-phishing/)** + +> Someone just tried to phish me and it made me want to put together a little guide to help you catch this stuff before it ruins your day. + +An excellent refresher on what to look out for to avoid phishing. Be careful out there. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/bill-could-give-californians-unprecedented-control-over-data.md b/src/posts/2018/bill-could-give-californians-unprecedented-control-over-data.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aa948b55 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/bill-could-give-californians-unprecedented-control-over-data.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-06-23 +draft: false +title: Bill promises Californians more control over their data +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/story/new-privacy-bill-could-give-californians-unprecedented-control-over-data)** + +> ... the bill would allow California residents to find out what information businesses and data brokers collect about them, where that information comes from, and how it's shared. It would give people the power to ask for their data to be deleted and to order businesses to stop selling their personal information. It places limits on selling data on users younger than 16 years of age, and prohibits businesses from denying service to users for exercising their rights under the bill. + +I love the sound of this — hopefully it's not derailed like California's net neutrality bill was. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/blocking-similar-number-spam-calls.md b/src/posts/2018/blocking-similar-number-spam-calls.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..230456a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/blocking-similar-number-spam-calls.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2018-01-06 +draft: false +title: Blocking spam calls from similar numbers on iOS +tags: ['security'] +--- + +I've been seeing more incoming spam calls from numbers similar to mine recently. They're annoying in large part because traditional iOS call blockers like [Hiya](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hiya-caller-id-and-block/id986999874?mt=8), [Nomorobo](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nomorobo-robocall-blocking/id1134727588?mt=8) and so forth don't screen them out (these apps apparently due this to err on the side of caution and avoid blocking what they see as legitimate local calls). + +To mitigate this I've started using a simple app called [Wideprotect](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wideprotect-block-call-sms-mms/id1171024059) that lets you block numbers by providing a set of digits for it to match against (e.g. your area code or your area code plus the first three numbers of the phone number). If you haven't tried the app yet and you're seeing the same issue, I'd _highly_ recommend giving it a try. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-governor-signs-nations-strictest-net-neutrality-law.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-governor-signs-nations-strictest-net-neutrality-law.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..09197fbd --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-governor-signs-nations-strictest-net-neutrality-law.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-09-30 +draft: false +title: CA governor signs nation's strictest net neutrality law +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/story/california-governor-signs-nations-toughest-net-neutrality-law/)** + +> The nation's largest state just adopted sweeping net neutrality protections, setting up a potential legal showdown with the Federal Communications Commission over the future of the internet. California Governor Jerry Brown Sunday signed a bill banning broadband providers such as AT&T and Comcast from blocking, throttling, or otherwise discriminating against lawful content passing through their networks. + +Fantastic news. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-back-on-track.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-back-on-track.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..02ee9754 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-back-on-track.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-08-10 +draft: false +title: CA net neutrality bill back on track +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Motherboard:](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mb4x8y/californias-net-neutrality-bill-is-back-from-the-dead-with-the-help-of-its-biggest-detractor)** + +> The bill enshrines not only the fundamentals of net neutrality, such as prohibiting ISPs from throttling or blocking sites, but also prohibits other telecom trickery, such as zero rating—a practice where companies provide access to certain parts of the internet for "free" and charge for others. + +This is really heartening news, particularly the fact that it addresses anti-competitive practices like zero rating. I appreciate that the state government is taking up the challenge of addressing abuses by ISPs where the federal government has let things slide. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-makes-a-comeback.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-makes-a-comeback.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3058e97f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-makes-a-comeback.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-07-08 +draft: false +title: CA net neutrality bill makes a comeback +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1340051)** + +> "They want us to just trust them to protect net neutrality, and I think history shows that we can't just have a leap of faith," Wiener said. "The ISPs have violated net neutrality in the past and they will in the future. The economic pressure will be too great for them not to violate net neutrality, so we need to have some rules in place." + +I'm thrilled to see this bill making a comeback, compromises aside. The FCC totally abdicated their responsibility to protect customers from abuse by ISPs and states should move quickly to protect their residents and restore these freedoms. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-net-neutrality-legislation.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-net-neutrality-legislation.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8a91fe40 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-net-neutrality-legislation.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-01-30 +draft: false +title: California state senate passes net neutrality legislation +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1251427)** + +> The California State Senate yesterday approved a bill to impose net neutrality restrictions on Internet service providers, challenging the Federal Communications Commission attempt to preempt such rules. + +This is a positive first step and one that will, hopefully, be taken up and passed through the state house before being signed into law. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out with the FCC's language preemption language includes in their original order. Ideally it'll withstand inevitable legal challenges but, should it fail, the state government can always take the same approach other state have and bar ISPs violating net neutrality from receiving state contracts. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-strict-net-neutrality-law-in-defiance-of-isps.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-strict-net-neutrality-law-in-defiance-of-isps.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..332c633c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-strict-net-neutrality-law-in-defiance-of-isps.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-05-31 +draft: false +title: CA senate passes strict net neutrality law in defiance of ISPs +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1316603)** + +> The California bill would replicate the US-wide bans on blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization that were implemented by the FCC in 2015, and it would go beyond the FCC rules with a ban on paid data-cap exemptions. California is one of several states trying to impose state-level net neutrality rules because the FCC's Republican leadership decided to eliminate the federal rules effective June 11. + +As a general rule, if something is good for ISPs, it's bad for their customers. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/california-approves-privacy-rules-opposed-by-isps-and-tech-companies.md b/src/posts/2018/california-approves-privacy-rules-opposed-by-isps-and-tech-companies.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..24919bdb --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/california-approves-privacy-rules-opposed-by-isps-and-tech-companies.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-06-29 +draft: false +title: California approves new online privacy rules +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1338303)** + +> Consumers would have the right to request all the data collected about them from a business up to twice a year, and businesses would be required to disclose the information free of charge. Consumers would have "the right to request that a business delete any PI about the consumer which the business has collected from the consumer." + +This is an excellent first step towards protecting consumer data as more and more companies shift towards monetizing private consumer information. Hopefully the net neutrality bill previously under consideration is ultimately able to pass as well. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/california-passes-net-neutrality-bill.md b/src/posts/2018/california-passes-net-neutrality-bill.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4aabd1ea --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/california-passes-net-neutrality-bill.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2018-09-03 +draft: false +title: California passes net neutrality bill +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[The EFF:](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/victory-california-passes-net-neutrality-bill)** + +> S.B. 822 bans blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization, classic ways that companies have violated net neutrality principles. It also incorporates much of what the FCC learned and incorporated into the 2015 Open Internet Order, preventing new assaults on the free and open Internet. This includes making sure companies can't circumvent net neutrality at the point of interconnection within the state of California. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/comcast-throttling-mobile-video-and-charging-extra-for-high-quality-streaming.md b/src/posts/2018/comcast-throttling-mobile-video-and-charging-extra-for-high-quality-streaming.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8726a403 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/comcast-throttling-mobile-video-and-charging-extra-for-high-quality-streaming.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-07-03 +draft: false +title: Comcast throttling mobile video and charging extra for high quality streaming +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1339243)** + +> Comcast's Xfinity Mobile service is imposing new speed limits on video watching and personal hotspot usage, and the company will start charging extra for high-definition video over the cellular network. + +That didn't take long. Who needs net neutrality anyways? diff --git a/src/posts/2018/consolidation-swiftly-follows-the-death-of-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2018/consolidation-swiftly-follows-the-death-of-net-neutrality.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..21a0725e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/consolidation-swiftly-follows-the-death-of-net-neutrality.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2018-06-13 +draft: false +title: Consolidation swiftly follows the death of net neutrality +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Comcast eyes Fox takeover](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gyk3xb/comcast-21st-century-fox-merger-net-neutrality)** + +> Combined with the death of net neutrality, the U.S. is creating a very uncertain future where a handful of companies now dominate everything from local sports and news broadcasts to broadband, with few rules or guidelines preventing price gouging, predatory practices, and routinely anti-competitive behavior. + +**[AT&T wins approval for Time Warner merger](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xmm5z/att-time-warner-merger-consumer-protection)** + +> ... But when AT&T owns not only the content coming to your home, but the wireless and fixed-line connections this content travels over--higher prices are only part of the problem. With the death of net neutrality, AT&T has been given a green light to abuse this power to disadvantage competitors in an ocean of new, obnoxiously-creative ways. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/don-t-pin-your-political-hopes-on-tech-giants.md b/src/posts/2018/don-t-pin-your-political-hopes-on-tech-giants.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e820c4b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/don-t-pin-your-political-hopes-on-tech-giants.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2018-08-02 +draft: false +title: Don't pin your political hopes on tech giants +tags: ['politics'] +--- + +**[The Outline:](https://theoutline.com/post/5408/facebook-donates-money-to-republicans-fyi)** + +> Elon Musk donates to Republicans, Facebook donates to Republicans. This doesn't excuse Musk, however. If anything, it should deepen the growing sense that Silicon Valley is concerned first and foremost with its continued survival and success, and doesn't give an iota of a damn about much else. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/facebook-is-not-sorry-it-only-wants-more-data.md b/src/posts/2018/facebook-is-not-sorry-it-only-wants-more-data.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3e59ff93 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/facebook-is-not-sorry-it-only-wants-more-data.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2018-10-09 +draft: false +title: "Facebook isn't sorry — it only wants more data" +tags: ['social media', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Charlie Warzel:](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/facebook-isnt-sorry-it-just-wants-your-data)** + +> We've already given it so much, why stop now? No one else is going to delete Facebook, so why should I? Facebook understands this — the data tells them so. It also tells them that slickly produced videos and contrite congressional testimony are small ways to ameliorate lingering public concern. +> +> But the real truth lies in the company's innovations and ambitions, products like Portal. Facebook doesn't really care. And maybe we don't either. + +[Delete Facebook.](https://deletefacebook.com) diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fbi-once-again-compares-creating-encryption-back-doors-to-putting-a-man-on-the-moon.md b/src/posts/2018/fbi-once-again-compares-creating-encryption-back-doors-to-putting-a-man-on-the-moon.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eb35dc64 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/fbi-once-again-compares-creating-encryption-back-doors-to-putting-a-man-on-the-moon.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +date: 2018-07-25 +draft: false +title: FBI once again compares creating encryption back doors to putting a man on the moon +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Chris Wray, FBI Director:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180721/12074340282/fbi-boss-chris-wray-we-put-man-moon-so-why-not-encryption-backdoors.shtml)** + +> We're a country that has unbelievable innovation. We put a man on the moon. We have the power of flight. We have autonomous vehicles… [T]he idea that we can't solve this problem as a society -- I just don't buy it. + +**[Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180721/12074340282/fbi-boss-chris-wray-we-put-man-moon-so-why-not-encryption-backdoors.shtml)** + +> The "compromise" Wray wants is simple: if law enforcement has a warrant, it gets access. The solution isn't. To weaken or backdoor encryption to serve law enforcement's needs makes everyone -- not just criminal suspects -- less safe. If a hole can be used by good guys, it can be used by bad guys. And even the best guys can't prevent their tech tools from making their way into the public domain + +**[Matt Blaze:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180721/12074340282/fbi-boss-chris-wray-we-put-man-moon-so-why-not-encryption-backdoors.shtml)** + +> "When I hear 'if we can put a man on the moon, we can do this' I'm hearing an analogy almost saying "if we can put a man on the moon, surely we can put a man on the sun.'" diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-admits-its-site-was-never-hacked.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-admits-its-site-was-never-hacked.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5a4180f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-admits-its-site-was-never-hacked.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-08-07 +draft: false +title: FCC admits its site was never hacked +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Cory Doctorow:](https://boingboing.net/2018/08/07/hackers-ate-my-homework.html)** + +> No one seriously believed the FCC's hackers-ate-my-homework excuse, especially after the FCC refused to cooperate with law-enforcement agencies who wanted to investigate the supposed attack and stonewalling Congress on the details. + +> It was such radioactively obvious bullshit that the Government Accountability Office was summoned to investigate it. Now, days before the GAO is due to report its findings, Trump FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has come clean, admitting that the hack never, ever happened. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-calls-community-broadband-an-attack-on-free-speech.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-calls-community-broadband-an-attack-on-free-speech.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..97b0887b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-calls-community-broadband-an-attack-on-free-speech.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2018-11-05 +draft: false +title: FCC calls community broadband an attack on free speech +tag: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Techirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181029/08271540934/fcc-falsely-declares-community-broadband-ominous-attack-free-speech.shtml)** + +> ... ISPs could prevent this by simply offering better, faster, and cheaper service. But it's far easier and cheaper to try and buy laws restricting consumer rights, and to have your favorite public official mindlessly demonize something that is, at the end of the day, a legitimate, organic public response to a broadband competition and availability problem ISPs like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast would prefer regulators ignore. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-chairman-boosts-telecom-companies,-throws-silicon-valley-under-the-bus.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-chairman-boosts-telecom-companies,-throws-silicon-valley-under-the-bus.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ee6af0ea --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-chairman-boosts-telecom-companies,-throws-silicon-valley-under-the-bus.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-09-05 +draft: false +title: FCC chairman boosts telecom companies, throws Silicon Valley under the bus +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180904/09353340576/ajit-pai-coddles-big-telecom-demonizes-silicon-valley.shtml)** + +> There's absolutely a legitimate conversation to be had here in terms of what to do about privacy and speech in the Facebook and Twitter era. And that may or may not involve crafting new regulations. But it might be nice if people wised up to the fact that a huge swath of the conversation is being dictated not by parties acting in good faith with a genuine eye on valid solutions, but by telecom monopolies eager to pee in the discourse pool simply to fatten their wallets. +> ... +> From ISPs efforts to charge customers more for privacy to using bullshit fees to jack up your bill, Pai never bats an eyelash when AT diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-isps-grapple-with-net-neutrality-challenges.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-isps-grapple-with-net-neutrality-challenges.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a006af93 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-isps-grapple-with-net-neutrality-challenges.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +date: 2018-03-12 +draft: false +title: FCC, ISPs grapple with net neutrality challenges +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1274035)** + +> Twelve lawsuits filed against the Federal Communications Commission over its net neutrality repeal have been consolidated into one suit that will be heard at a federal appeals court in California. + +> The 12 lawsuits were filed by more than three dozen entities, including state attorneys general, consumer advocacy groups, and tech companies. + +**[Karl Bode, techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180307/09452639377/telecom-lobbyists-whine-about-state-net-neutrality-efforts-they-helped-create.shtml)** + +> Granted having disparate state-level protections may in some ways be cumbersome, but that's again something ISPs like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast should have thought a little harder about before killing extremely popular and modest (by international standards) federal protections. Large ISP lobbyists created this mess and, unsurprisingly, they're simply refusing to own it. + +I would've loved to see the FCC net neutrality repeal fail, but seeing proponents of the repeal grapple with the fallout of running roughshod over the public during the repeal process has been pretty satisfying. None of these ISPs appear to realize how unpopular they are and what they're pushing for is. I want net neutrality enshrined in legislation, but any bill ISPs or their lobbyists are involved in writing would preserve net neutrality in name only. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-strategically-delays-finalizing-net-neutrality-repeal.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-strategically-delays-finalizing-net-neutrality-repeal.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b0dbf830 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-strategically-delays-finalizing-net-neutrality-repeal.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +date: 2018-04-24 +draft: false +title: FCC strategically delays finalizing net neutrality repeal +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1298263)** + +> Pai has been fond of saying that the net neutrality repeal hasn't harmed consumers, but that's a pretty low bar to clear given that the rules are still in effect. + +> If the rules were eliminated this week and ISPs began violating net neutrality while Congress is negotiating a permanent net neutrality law, it would be harder for Republicans to force Democrats to compromise, Feld said. "This has all been about trying to push Democrats to compromise and adopt weak legislation." + +This all reads like a textbook case of regulatory capture. Of course ISPs will abuse their market positions when this is repealed and they should have absolutely no input on net neutrality legislation. + +Fortunately, [states like California are leading the way with their own net neutrality laws](http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-net-neutrality-california-20180420-story.html), but that's only if said laws manage to hold up to inevitable legal challenges of their own. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-sucks-at-repealing-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-sucks-at-repealing-net-neutrality.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..796b8521 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-sucks-at-repealing-net-neutrality.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2018-03-15 +draft: false +title: The FCC sucks at repealing net neutrality +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Karl Bode, Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180314/10090139425/california-introduces-new-tougher-net-neutrality-rules-uses-ajit-pais-abdication-authority-against-fcc.shtml)** + +> ... the FCC shot itself in the foot, and when it neutered its own authority over ISPs at Comcast, AT&T and Verizon's behest, it managed to also neuter its authority to pre-empt states from filling the void. Of course this could all be moot if the FCC loses its battle in court, but it's amusing all the same, and it's another example of how Ajit Pai and friends didn't really think this whole thing through. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fort-collins-municipal-broadband.md b/src/posts/2018/fort-collins-municipal-broadband.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..92141791 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/fort-collins-municipal-broadband.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2018-01-03 +draft: false +title: Fort Collins votes in favor of municipal broadband +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1239167)** + +> While the Federal Communications Commission has voted to eliminate the nation's net neutrality rules, the municipal broadband network will be neutral and without data caps. + +> "The network will deliver a 'net-neutral' competitive unfettered data offering that does not impose caps or usage limits on one use of data over another (i.e., does not limit streaming or charge rates based on type of use)," a new planning document says. "All application providers (data, voice, video, cloud services) are equally able to provide their services, and consumers' access to advanced data opens up the marketplace." + +I sincerely hope more cities push to create their own, neutral networks now that the FCC has abdicated its responsibility to protect consumers from abuses by private, monopolistic ISPs. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fugazi-turnover-live-1991.md b/src/posts/2018/fugazi-turnover-live-1991.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..43d305b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/fugazi-turnover-live-1991.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2018-11-10 +draft: false +title: Fugazi - Turnover (Live 1991) +tags: ['music', 'Fugazi'] +--- + + + +Absolutely classic. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/generating-jekyll-posts-using-drafts-and-working-copy.md b/src/posts/2018/generating-jekyll-posts-using-drafts-and-working-copy.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..297de398 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/generating-jekyll-posts-using-drafts-and-working-copy.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2018-04-22 +draft: false +title: Generating Jekyll posts using Drafts and Working Copy +tags: ['iOS', 'Javascript', 'automation'] +--- + +I put together a script that will take a draft, grab the title and body and then prompt you for front matter data before sending the completed post off to [Working Copy](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id896694807?at=11lvuD). It's specific to my site, and purposes, but [it should be fairly straightforward and easy to adapt to your needs.](https://actions.getdrafts.com/a/1GO) + +When you first run the action, it'll ask you for your repo name, posts path and Working Copy x-callback-url token. This info will be stored in [Drafts](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1236254471?at=11lvuD) and used to write out the correct file. + +Site categories and tags are expected to be space delimited and are split out and mapped over to parse them into the proper format. + +Post dates are pre-populated with the current date and that same date is combined with the draft file to generate the file name that's specified when first running the action. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/google-tracks-user-location-even-after-they-opt-out.md b/src/posts/2018/google-tracks-user-location-even-after-they-opt-out.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dd4dbd93 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/google-tracks-user-location-even-after-they-opt-out.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2018-08-13 +draft: false +title: Google tracks user location — even after they opt out +tags: ['privacy'] +--- + +**[The AP:](https://apnews.com/f60bc112665b458cb6473d7ee9492932)** + +> Even with Location History paused, some Google apps automatically store time-stamped location data without asking. + +> For example, Google stores a snapshot of where you are when you merely open its Maps app. + +This isn't at all surprising. Google's business consists of monetizing data provided to it by its users — if you're not comfortable with that, the only real fix is to stop using Google's services altogether. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/move-slow-break-nothing.md b/src/posts/2018/move-slow-break-nothing.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c18c75a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/move-slow-break-nothing.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-01-31 +draft: false +title: Move slow and break nothing +tags: ['development'] +--- + +**[Danny Crichton, TechCrunch:](https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/27/move-slow-and-break-nothing/)** + +> For everyone, but particularly software engineers: let's get back to basics. It's better to have more reliable but less features than more features that are breaking every other day. Let's move slow and break nothing. + +Reliability and stability are features. Focus on them. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/net-neutrality-is-repealed-as-the-real-fight-for-it-begins.md b/src/posts/2018/net-neutrality-is-repealed-as-the-real-fight-for-it-begins.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e21dfe93 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/net-neutrality-is-repealed-as-the-real-fight-for-it-begins.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-06-11 +draft: false +title: Net neutrality is repealed as the real fight for it begins +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180611/08382240010/net-neutrality-rules-die-today-backlash-is-just-getting-started.shtml)** + +> So while many are understandably frustrated today, the elimination of the FCC's 2015 rules shouldn't be seen the end of net neutrality, or the end of the road. It's more like another chapter in a story that has neither a beginning nor an end. Net neutrality isn't something that simply "ends" with the creation or elimination of government guidelines. Net neutrality violations are only a symptom of a lack of competition in broadband and decades of regulatory capture. + +I'm disappointed, naturally, about the repeal of net neutrality, the fight is far from over. From here it moves to state houses and courts, with public opinion on its side. ISPs and their allies at the FCC overplayed their hand and underestimated public backlash to the repeal and I'd be surprised if they manage to win the fight ahead of them. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/oig-report-fcc-lied-about-being-hacked.md b/src/posts/2018/oig-report-fcc-lied-about-being-hacked.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bb57516d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/oig-report-fcc-lied-about-being-hacked.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +date: 2018-08-08 +draft: false +title: 'OIG report: FCC lied about being hacked' +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Cory Doctorow:](https://boingboing.net/2018/08/08/lying-about-lying.html)** + +> The OIG report shows that Pai knew from the start that the story of a hack-attack was unsupported by evidence and disputed by experts -- we knew that too, because those experts were speaking publicly at the time, but it's great to see it in official black-and-white. + +> It also shows that Pai was informed in advance that John Oliver was about to put out a very public, high-profile call for comments, and that Pai did not inform his IT staff to expect this surge, virtually guaranteeing that the website would crash. + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/fcc-lied-to-congress-about-made-up-ddos-attack-investigation-found/)** + +> "[W]e determined the FCC, relying on Bray's explanation of the events, misrepresented facts and provided misleading responses to Congressional inquiries related to this incident," the IG's report said." diff --git a/src/posts/2018/panoply-announces-ad-targeting-for-podcasts.md b/src/posts/2018/panoply-announces-ad-targeting-for-podcasts.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a2426623 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/panoply-announces-ad-targeting-for-podcasts.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-08-02 +draft: false +title: Panoply announces ad targeting for podcasts +tags: ['privacy'] +--- + +**[Panoply:](https://twitter.com/Panoply/status/1024311223083520001)** + +> For the first time in podcasting, target your audience by demographic, interests, purchase behavior and more.. + +The last thing we need is the ad industry co-opting podcasts to enable more invasive tracking. No thanks. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/popular-sites-support-long-shot-effort-to-save-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2018/popular-sites-support-long-shot-effort-to-save-net-neutrality.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c86644fa --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/popular-sites-support-long-shot-effort-to-save-net-neutrality.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-05-08 +draft: false +title: Popular sites support long-shot effort to save net neutrality +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/story/your-favorite-websites-are-rallying-in-a-last-ditch-effort-to-save-net-neutrality)** + +> The measure would still face long odds, however. Republicans, who tend to support the FCC’s move to repeal net neutrality, hold a solid majority in the House of Representatives. If it were to pass the House, the measure would also need the signature of President Trump or a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress to override a veto. + +I sincerely doubt that this effort will amount to anything, but it's nice to see prominent companies and legislators continuing to fight in favor of net neutrality. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/popular-tech-companies-work-to-stop-california-privacy-law.md b/src/posts/2018/popular-tech-companies-work-to-stop-california-privacy-law.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4d4f4764 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/popular-tech-companies-work-to-stop-california-privacy-law.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-06-26 +draft: false +title: Popular tech companies work to stop California privacy law +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[The Intercept:](https://theintercept.com/2018/06/26/google-and-facebook-are-quietly-fighting-californias-privacy-rights-initiative-emails-reveal/)** + +> The idea that Californians might gain sweeping new privacy rights has spooked Silicon Valley, internet service providers, and other industries that increasingly rely on data collection, leading to a lobbying push to defeat the initiative before it gains traction. + +Laws like this are becoming increasingly necessary to safeguard personal information as more and more companies make money by monetizing user data handed over to them. None of the companies covered by this law have demonstrated that they deserve the benefit of the doubt when handling sensitive information. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/senators-press-wireless-carriers-on-mobile-throttling.md b/src/posts/2018/senators-press-wireless-carriers-on-mobile-throttling.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..779707ab --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/senators-press-wireless-carriers-on-mobile-throttling.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2018-11-15 +draft: false +title: Senators press wireless carriers on mobile throttling +tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] +--- + +**[Jon Brodkin:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1412375)** + +> "All online traffic should be treated equally, and Internet service providers should not discriminate against particular content or applications for competitive advantage purposes or otherwise." diff --git a/src/posts/2018/silos-centralization-and-censorship:-losing-the-promise-of-the-internet.md b/src/posts/2018/silos-centralization-and-censorship:-losing-the-promise-of-the-internet.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aa7f3435 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/silos-centralization-and-censorship:-losing-the-promise-of-the-internet.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2018-06-23 +draft: false +title: Silos and centralization on the internet +tags: ['politics'] +--- + +**[Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180608/17022739996/silos-centralization-censorship-losing-promise-internet.shtml)** + +> For years we've been saying that it's time for us to rethink the internet, and move back towards a more decentralized, distributed world in which this kind of censorship isn't even an issue. It hasn't happened yet, but it feels like we're increasingly moving towards a world in which that's going to be necessary if we want to retain what is best about the internet. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/the-bullshit-web.md b/src/posts/2018/the-bullshit-web.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9fdba06e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/the-bullshit-web.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +date: 2018-07-31 +draft: false +title: The Bullshit Web +tags: ['development'] +--- + +**[Nick Heer:](https://pxlnv.com/blog/bullshit-web/)** + +> An honest web is one in which the overwhelming majority of the code and assets downloaded to a user's computer are used in a page's visual presentation, with nearly all the remainder used to define the semantic structure and associated metadata on the page. Bullshit — in the form of CPU-sucking surveillance, unnecessarily-interruptive elements, and behaviours that nobody responsible for a website would themselves find appealing as a visitor — is unwelcome and intolerable. +> Death to the bullshit web. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/the-copenhagen-letter.md b/src/posts/2018/the-copenhagen-letter.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..34108c62 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/the-copenhagen-letter.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +date: 2018-09-06 +draft: false +title: The Copenhagen Letter +tags: ['politics'] +--- + +> Tech is not above us. It should be governed by all of us, by our democratic institutions. It should play by the rules of our societies. It should serve our needs, both individual and collective, as much as our wants. +> +> Progress is more than innovation. We are builders at heart. Let us create a new Renaissance. We will open and nourish honest public conversation about the power of technology. We are ready to serve our societies. We will apply the means at our disposal to move our societies and their institutions forward. +> +> Let us build from trust. Let us build for true transparency. We need digital citizens, not mere consumers. We all depend on transparency to understand how technology shapes us, which data we share, and who has access to it. Treating each other as commodities from which to extract maximum economic value is bad, not only for society as a complex, interconnected whole but for each and every one of us. +> +> Design open to scrutiny. We must encourage a continuous, public, and critical reflection on our definition of success as it defines how we build and design for others. We must seek to design with those for whom we are designing. We will not tolerate design for addiction, deception, or control. We must design tools that we would love our loved ones to use. We must question our intent and listen to our hearts. +> +> Let us move from human-centered design to humanity-centered design. +> +> We are a community that exerts great influence. We must protect and nurture the potential to do good with it. We must do this with attention to inequality, with humility, and with love. In the end, our reward will be to know that we have done everything in our power to leave our garden patch a little greener than we found it. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/time-to-break-up-facebook.md b/src/posts/2018/time-to-break-up-facebook.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e387ae84 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/time-to-break-up-facebook.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +date: 2018-09-04 +draft: false +title: Time to break up Facebook +tags: ['politics', 'social media', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[The Verge:](https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/4/17816572/tim-wu-facebook-regulation-interview-curse-of-bigness-antitrust)** + +> ... the chilling effect of Facebook and other tech giants buying up every promising startup is noticeable. "I think if we have a tech economy entirely premised on the idea that monopolists may one day buy the underlying thing, it really limits what can happen," says Wu. +> ... +> "Facebook sits down with someone and says, 'We could steal the functionality and bring it into the mothership, or you could sell to us at this distressed price.'" +> ... +> "There's really nothing to stop Facebook from swallowing all of these verticals." +> ... +> "Unless you believe that we want one ruling master of all social networking and it should be Mark Zuckerberg… then there's no good reason not to break it up," he adds. "What's the argument against it?" diff --git a/src/posts/2018/u.s.-cell-carriers-want-to-help-manager-your-identity-online.md b/src/posts/2018/u.s.-cell-carriers-want-to-help-manager-your-identity-online.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..beec2bd7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/u.s.-cell-carriers-want-to-help-manager-your-identity-online.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2018-09-15 +draft: false +title: U.S. cell carriers want to help manager your identity online +tags: ['privacy'] +--- + +**[Jon Brodkin:](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/09/att-and-verizon-want-to-manage-your-identity-across-websites-and-apps/)** + +> But do you want your carrier managing your logins across the websites and apps you use on your phone? + +No — absolutely not. + +> "The carriers have a dismal track record of authenticating the user," Weaver also said. "If the carriers were trustworthy, I think this would be unequivocally a good idea. The problem is I don't trust the carriers." diff --git a/src/posts/2018/vermont-passes-law-regulating-data-brokers.md b/src/posts/2018/vermont-passes-law-regulating-data-brokers.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e73f8610 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2018/vermont-passes-law-regulating-data-brokers.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2018-05-27 +draft: false +title: Vermont passes law regulating data brokers +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[Gizmodo:](https://gizmodo.com/vermont-passes-first-of-its-kind-law-to-regulate-data-b-1826359383)** + +> ... under the guidelines of the bill—which passed into law Tuesday without the signature of Republican Governor Phil Scott—data brokers will have to pay a $100 annual fee to register with the state, and will have to comply with new rules meant to protect Vermonters from suffering at the hands of another data breach like the one that befell Equifax last year and exposed the data of 145 million (and counting) Americans. + +This sounds like the kind of law that should also exist at the federal level to benefit everyone. Data brokers are terrible companies that make money by exposing and endangering everyone's personal information. diff --git a/src/posts/2019/australian-political-parties-hacked.md b/src/posts/2019/australian-political-parties-hacked.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..809380d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2019/australian-political-parties-hacked.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2019-02-18 +draft: false +title: Australian political parties hacked +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/australian-political-parties-hacked-by-nation-state-attacker/)** + +> Morrison said that the Australian government had made moves to "ensure the integrity of our electoral system," including instructing the Australian Cyber Security Centre "to be ready to provide any political party or electoral body in Australia with immediate support, including making their technical experts available." + +If they can't maintain security before forcefully introducing weaknesses I can't imagine what things will look like after. diff --git a/src/posts/2019/godaddy-injecting-js.md b/src/posts/2019/godaddy-injecting-js.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..809303d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2019/godaddy-injecting-js.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2019-01-14 +draft: false +title: GoDaddy secretly injecting js into customer sites +tags: ['development'] +--- + +I wish this were surprising. If you're still using GoDaddy for hosting, you should disable this. + +_[Via Igor Kromin](https://www.igorkromin.net/index.php/2019/01/13/godaddy-is-sneakily-injecting-javascript-into-your-website-and-how-to-stop-it/)_ diff --git a/src/posts/2019/russia-tries-to-force-social-media-giants-to-relocate-servers-to-russia.md b/src/posts/2019/russia-tries-to-force-social-media-giants-to-relocate-servers-to-russia.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fce6e7b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2019/russia-tries-to-force-social-media-giants-to-relocate-servers-to-russia.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2019-01-21 +draft: false +title: Russia tries to force social media giants to relocate servers to Russia +tags: ['politics', 'security', 'social media'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/russia-tries-to-force-facebook-and-twitter-to-relocate-servers-to-russia/)** + +> The Russian government agency responsible for censorship on the Internet has accused Facebook and Twitter of failing to comply with a law requiring all servers that store personal data to be located in Russia. + +Time to exit the market. diff --git a/src/posts/2019/the-tech-education-con.md b/src/posts/2019/the-tech-education-con.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..18a06a16 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2019/the-tech-education-con.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +date: 2019-01-13 +draft: false +title: The tech education con +tags: ['education'] +--- + +**[Jacobin:](https://jacobinmag.com/2019/01/stem-coding-bootcamp-education-scam-philanthropy/)** + +> Public education, like any institution, has to change with the times. Learning digital skills like coding should be part of any twenty-first century educational program. +> +> But tech giants’ interest in remaking our education systems isn’t altruistic. We have to remain skeptical of their technological solutionism and tax-evading philanthropy. +> +> As education is taken over by private corporations, with tech companies playing a key role, and the White House continuing to promote STEM as the only solution for students, we should ask: who benefits from a growing supply of reserve tech labor? Who wins from the nationwide push for STEM? And what is lost in the single-minded pursuit of this goal? diff --git a/src/posts/2019/waste-of-space-orchestra-seekers-reflection.md b/src/posts/2019/waste-of-space-orchestra-seekers-reflection.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ca40ac1e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2019/waste-of-space-orchestra-seekers-reflection.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +date: 2019-02-18 +draft: false +title: Waste of Space Orchestra - Seeker's Reflection +tags: ['music', 'Oranssi Pazuzu', 'Waste of Space Orchestra'] +--- + + + +I could not be more excited for this release. + +Kudos to Roadburn Festivam [for commissioning the piece](https://roadburn.com/premiere-waste-of-space-orchestra-seekers-reflection/). diff --git a/src/posts/2020/The-EARN-IT-Act-Is-Unconstitutional-Fourth-Amendment.md b/src/posts/2020/The-EARN-IT-Act-Is-Unconstitutional-Fourth-Amendment.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2344c7bf --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/The-EARN-IT-Act-Is-Unconstitutional-Fourth-Amendment.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-10 +draft: false +title: 'The EARN IT Act Is Unconstitutional: Fourth Amendment' +category: links +--- + +**[Stanford:](https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/03/earn-it-act-unconstitutional-fourth-amendment)** + +> So far, I've covered what I believe to be some First Amendment and due process problems with the EARN IT Act bill. Last but not least, let's talk about the Fourth Amendment. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/a-technological-approach-to-free-speech.md b/src/posts/2020/a-technological-approach-to-free-speech.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..001df4bf --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/a-technological-approach-to-free-speech.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-02-22 +draft: false +title: 'Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech' +tags: ['politics', 'social media'] +--- + +**[Mike Masnick:](https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech)** + +> After a decade or so of the general sentiment being in favor of the internet and social media as a way to enable more speech and improve the marketplace of ideas, in the last few years the view has shifted dramatically—now it seems that almost no one is happy. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech.md b/src/posts/2020/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c119a5c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-06 +draft: false +title: Ajit Pai follows Congress' instructions, requires new anti-robocall tech +category: links +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech/)** + +> Phone companies would be required to deploy technology that prevents spoofing of Caller ID under a plan announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai framed it as his own decision, with his announcement saying the chairman "proposed a major step forward... diff --git a/src/posts/2020/chrome-tool-helps-developers-make-websites-more-color-blind-friendly.md b/src/posts/2020/chrome-tool-helps-developers-make-websites-more-color-blind-friendly.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d295410d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/chrome-tool-helps-developers-make-websites-more-color-blind-friendly.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-11 +draft: false +title: Chrome tool helps developers make websites more color blind friendly +tags: ['development'] +--- + +**[The Verge:](https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/11/21174735/google-chrome-dev-tools-new-color-blind-friendly)** + +> Google has launched a new Chrome tool that allows developers to mimic visual impairments like color blindness to help them fix accessibility issues on their sites. Developers can use this feature by launching Google Chrome and heading to the browser's developer tools. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/debugging-javascript-interview-with-mehdi-osman.md b/src/posts/2020/debugging-javascript-interview-with-mehdi-osman.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..636ae931 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/debugging-javascript-interview-with-mehdi-osman.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-04 +draft: false +title: Debugging JavaScript - Interview with Mehdi Osman +tags: ['development', 'javascript'] +--- + +**[SurviveJS:](https://survivejs.com/blog/debugging-interview/)** + +> Debugging JavaScript is one of those topics where people tend to be divided into two camps - those that console.log and those that use a debugger. In this interview, I am learning more about the topic from Mehdi Osman, the CEO of a company called Asayer. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/deploying-a-jekyll-site-to-netlify-with-docker-and-gitlab-ci.md b/src/posts/2020/deploying-a-jekyll-site-to-netlify-with-docker-and-gitlab-ci.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cc94c50f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/deploying-a-jekyll-site-to-netlify-with-docker-and-gitlab-ci.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-01 +draft: false +title: Deploying a Jekyll site to Netlify with Docker and GitLab CI +tags: ['development', 'Netlify', 'Jekyll', 'GitLab', 'Docker'] +--- + +**[Michael Herman:](https://mherman.org/blog/deploying-jekyll-netlify-docker-gitlab-ci/)** + +> This is a step-by-step guide covering how to automatically deploy a Jekyll site to Netlify using Docker and GitLab CI/CD. This post assumes that have already set up a GitLab repository and a Netlify site. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/dressing-for-the-surveillance-age.md b/src/posts/2020/dressing-for-the-surveillance-age.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f4da2841 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/dressing-for-the-surveillance-age.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-10 +draft: false +title: Dressing for the Surveillance Age +tags: ['tech', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[The New Yorker:](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/16/dressing-for-the-surveillance-age)** + +> Tom Goldstein, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, took an "invisibility cloak" from a pile on a chair in his office and pulled it on over his head. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/duckduckgo-is-good-enough-for-regular-use.md b/src/posts/2020/duckduckgo-is-good-enough-for-regular-use.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8a073f52 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/duckduckgo-is-good-enough-for-regular-use.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-06 +draft: false +title: DuckDuckGo is good enough for regular use +tags: ['DuckDuckGo'] +--- + +**[bitlog:](https://www.bitlog.com/2020/03/06/duckduckgo-is-good-enough-for-regular-use/)** + +> Google recently launched a desktop redesign. The favicon and URL breadcrumbs were turned into a header for organic search results. Ads had the same design, but were identified using the string "Ad" instead of the favicon. This design wasn't new. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/earn-it-act-threatens-end-to-end-encryption.md b/src/posts/2020/earn-it-act-threatens-end-to-end-encryption.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..146e23df --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/earn-it-act-threatens-end-to-end-encryption.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-13 +draft: false +title: EARN IT Act threatens end-to-end encryption +tags: ['politics', 'privacy', 'security'] +--- + +**[Sophos:](https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/13/earn-it-act-threatens-end-to-end-encryption/)** + +> While we're all distracted by stockpiling latex gloves and toilet paper, there's a bill tiptoeing through the US Congress that could inflict the backdoor virus that law enforcement agencies have been trying to inflict on encryption for years. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/earn-it-is-an-attack-on-encryption.md b/src/posts/2020/earn-it-is-an-attack-on-encryption.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8af2bec2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/earn-it-is-an-attack-on-encryption.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-06 +draft: false +title: EARN IT is an attack on encryption +tags: ['politics', 'privacy', 'encryption'] +--- + +**[Matthew Green:](https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2020/03/06/earn-it-is-an-attack-on-encryption/)** + +> Yesterday a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced a new bill called the EARN IT act. On its face, the bill seems like a bit of inside baseball having to do with legal liability for information service providers. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/eff-s-recommendations-for-consumer-data-privacy-laws.md b/src/posts/2020/eff-s-recommendations-for-consumer-data-privacy-laws.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..86ad205c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/eff-s-recommendations-for-consumer-data-privacy-laws.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-02-17 +draft: false +title: EFF's Recommendations for Consumer Data Privacy Laws +tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[The EFF:](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/effs-recommendations-consumer-data-privacy-laws)** + +> Strong privacy legislation in the United States is possible, necessary, and long overdue. EFF emphasizes the following concrete recommendations for proposed legislation regarding consumer data privacy. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/facebook-asks-for-a-moat-of-regulations-it-already-meets.md b/src/posts/2020/facebook-asks-for-a-moat-of-regulations-it-already-meets.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..caf23223 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/facebook-asks-for-a-moat-of-regulations-it-already-meets.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-02-18 +draft: false +title: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets +tags: ['tech', 'economics', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[TechCrunch:](https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/17/regulate-facebook/)** + +> It's suspiciously convenient that Facebook already fulfills most of the regulatory requirements it's asking governments to lay on the rest of the tech industry. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/fbi-director-chris-wray-pitches-weakened-encryption-at-cyber-security-conference.md b/src/posts/2020/fbi-director-chris-wray-pitches-weakened-encryption-at-cyber-security-conference.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1a929ea5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/fbi-director-chris-wray-pitches-weakened-encryption-at-cyber-security-conference.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-12 +draft: false +title: FBI Director Chris Wray Pitches Weakened Encryption At A Cyber Security Conference +tags: ['politics', 'privacy', 'security'] +--- + +**[Techdirt:](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200310/13474344075/fbi-director-chris-wray-pitches-weakened-encryption-cyber-security-conference.shtml)** + +> On May 29, 2018, the FBI promised to deliver an updated count of encrypted devices in its possession. As James Comey and his replacement, Chris Wray, continued to advocate for weakened encryption, the number of phones the FBI couldn't get into swelled from 880 in 2016 to over 7,800 by the time the FBI realized its phone-counting method was broken. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/fcc-proposes-fine-wireless-carriers-selling-customer-location-data.md b/src/posts/2020/fcc-proposes-fine-wireless-carriers-selling-customer-location-data.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..059a1199 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/fcc-proposes-fine-wireless-carriers-selling-customer-location-data.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-02-28 +draft: false +title: FCC Proposes to Fine Wireless Carriers $200M for Selling Customer Location Data +tags: ['politics', 'privacy', 'security'] +--- + +**[Brian Krebs:](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/02/fcc-proposes-to-fine-wireless-carriers-200m-for-selling-customer-location-data/)** + +> The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed fines of more than $200 million against the nation's four largest wireless carriers for selling access to their customers' location information without taking adequate precautions to prevent unauthorized access to that data. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/firefox-is-showing-the-way-back-to-a-world-that-s-private-by-default.md b/src/posts/2020/firefox-is-showing-the-way-back-to-a-world-that-s-private-by-default.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..777b7ce7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/firefox-is-showing-the-way-back-to-a-world-that-s-private-by-default.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-02 +draft: false +title: Firefox is showing the way back to a world that's private by default +tags: ['Firefox', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[The Verge:](https://www.theverge.com/tech/2020/2/26/21153525/firefox-dns-encryption-amazon-go-browsing-shopping-privacy)** + +> One of the nice things about looking at the full scope of tech news for the day is that two stories that you otherwise wouldn't think to connect end up playing off each other perfectly. So it was today with the following pieces of news. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/firefox-turns-encrypted-dns-on-by-default-to-thwart-snooping-isps.md b/src/posts/2020/firefox-turns-encrypted-dns-on-by-default-to-thwart-snooping-isps.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a1ca1e11 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/firefox-turns-encrypted-dns-on-by-default-to-thwart-snooping-isps.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-02-25 +draft: false +title: Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs +tags: ['Firefox', 'privacy', 'security'] +--- + +**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/02/firefox-turns-encrypted-dns-on-by-default-to-thwart-snooping-isps/)** + +> Firefox will start switching browser users to Cloudflare's encrypted-DNS service today and roll out the change across the United States in the coming weeks. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/fixing-memory-leaks-in-web-applications.md b/src/posts/2020/fixing-memory-leaks-in-web-applications.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..df72488a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/fixing-memory-leaks-in-web-applications.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-02-26 +draft: false +title: Fixing memory leaks in web applications +tags: ['development'] +--- + +**[Nolan Lawson:](https://nolanlawson.com/2020/02/19/fixing-memory-leaks-in-web-applications/)** + +> Part of the bargain we struck when we switched from building server-rendered websites to client-rendered SPAs is that we suddenly had to take a lot more care with the resources on the user's device. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/last-weeks-internet-calamity-that-wasnt.md b/src/posts/2020/last-weeks-internet-calamity-that-wasnt.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7410fa20 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/last-weeks-internet-calamity-that-wasnt.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-09 +draft: false +title: Last Week's Internet Calamity That Wasn't +category: links +--- + +**[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/story/lets-encrypt-internet-calamity-that-wasnt/)** + +> This is a story about something that could have gone wrong on the internet this week but instead turned out mostly OK. How often can you say that? Around nine o'clock on the East Coast on Friday, February 28, bad news arrived on the doorstep of Let's Encrypt. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-hits-billion-certificares-issued.md b/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-hits-billion-certificares-issued.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..72f6e67a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-hits-billion-certificares-issued.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-02-27 +draft: false +title: Let's Encrypt hits 1 billion certificates issued +tags: ['security', 'development'] +--- + +**[Let's Encrypt:](https://letsencrypt.org/2020/02/27/one-billion-certs.html)** + +> We issued our billionth certificate on February 27, 2020. We're going to use this big round number as an opportunity to reflect on what has changed for us, and for the Internet, leading up to this event. In particular, we want to talk about what has happened since the last time we talked about a big round number of certificates - one hundred million. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-vulnerability.md b/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-vulnerability.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ef7610ed --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-vulnerability.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-04 +draft: false +title: Let's Encrypt Vulnerability +tags: ['security'] +--- + +**[Bruce Schneier:](https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/03/lets_encrypt_vu.html)** + +> In a notification email to its clients, the organisation said: "We recently discovered a bug in the Let's Encrypt certificate authority code. "Unfortunately, this means we need to revoke the certificates that were affected by this bug, which includes one or more of your certificates. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/power-to-the-people.md b/src/posts/2020/power-to-the-people.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0ccbbf30 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/power-to-the-people.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-02-27 +draft: false +title: Power to the People +tags: ['privacy'] +--- + +**[Jess Fraz:](https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/power-to-the-people/)** + +> When you upload photos to Instagram, back up your phone to "the cloud", send an email through GMail, or save a document in a storage application like Dropbox or Google Drive, your data is being saved in a data center. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/prevent-content-from-being-hidden-underneath-a-fixed-header-by-using-scroll-margin-top.md b/src/posts/2020/prevent-content-from-being-hidden-underneath-a-fixed-header-by-using-scroll-margin-top.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0db7ac9b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/prevent-content-from-being-hidden-underneath-a-fixed-header-by-using-scroll-margin-top.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-01 +draft: false +title: Prevent content from being hidden underneath a fixed header by using `scroll-margin-top` +tags: ['development'] +--- + +**[Bramus:](https://www.bram.us/2020/03/01/prevent-content-from-being-hidden-underneath-a-fixed-header-by-using-scroll-margin-top/)** +> If you've ever implemented a design with a fixed header, you’ve surely had this problem. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/ssh-directory-permissions.md b/src/posts/2020/ssh-directory-permissions.md index 91cbb0fc..482fd42e 100644 --- a/src/posts/2020/ssh-directory-permissions.md +++ b/src/posts/2020/ssh-directory-permissions.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- +date: 2020-11-09 title: .ssh directory permissions -date: '2020-11-09' draft: false tags: ['ssh', 'development'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2020/tech-companies-agree-to-voluntary-principles-as-governments-ask-for-encryption-backdoors.md b/src/posts/2020/tech-companies-agree-to-voluntary-principles-as-governments-ask-for-encryption-backdoors.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..29bf3ec0 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/tech-companies-agree-to-voluntary-principles-as-governments-ask-for-encryption-backdoors.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-11 +draft: false +title: Tech companies agree to voluntary principles as governments ask for encryption backdoors +tags: ['tech', 'privacy'] +--- + +**[CNET:](https://www.cnet.com/news/tech-companies-agree-to-voluntary-principles-as-governments-ask-for-encryption-backdoors/)** + +> Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Snap and Roblox have agreed to adopt 11 voluntary principles to prevent online child sexual exploitation, government officials said on Thursday. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/tech-companies-are-helping-bosses-monitor-everything-you-do-at-work.md b/src/posts/2020/tech-companies-are-helping-bosses-monitor-everything-you-do-at-work.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..727c8b2f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/tech-companies-are-helping-bosses-monitor-everything-you-do-at-work.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-01 +draft: false +title: Tech Companies Are Helping Bosses Monitor Everything You Do at Work +category: links +--- + +**[Jacobon:](https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/tech-companies-bosses-monitoring-surveillance-workers-technology/)** + +> Microchips, mobile spyware, and perpetual monitoring are all part of capital's fantasy of twenty-first-century scientific management — a future in which our movements, impulses, and rhythms are perfectly adapted to the needs of profit-making. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/the-doj-asks-startup-investors-are-tech-giants-too-powerful-.md b/src/posts/2020/the-doj-asks-startup-investors-are-tech-giants-too-powerful-.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b590cd15 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/the-doj-asks-startup-investors-are-tech-giants-too-powerful-.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-02-17 +draft: false +title: 'The DOJ Asks Startup Investors: Are Tech Giants Too Powerful?' +tags: ['politics'] +--- + +**[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/story/doj-startup-investors-tech-giants-too-powerful/)** + +> Whether the largest tech companies have too much power has become a common question in Washington, DC. The House Antitrust subcommittee and Federal Trade Commission both have active investigations on the topic. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/the-earn-it-act-is-a-sneak-attack-on-encryption.md b/src/posts/2020/the-earn-it-act-is-a-sneak-attack-on-encryption.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..619c3e69 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/the-earn-it-act-is-a-sneak-attack-on-encryption.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-05 +draft: false +title: The EARN IT Act Is a Sneak Attack on Encryption +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/story/earn-it-act-sneak-attack-on-encryption/)** + +> A bipartisan pair of US senators today introduced long-rumored legislation known as the EARN IT Act. Meant to combat child sexual exploitation online, the bill threatens to erode established protections against holding tech companies responsible for what people do and say on their platforms. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/the-graham-blumenthal-bill-a-new-path-for-doj-to-finally-break-encryption.md b/src/posts/2020/the-graham-blumenthal-bill-a-new-path-for-doj-to-finally-break-encryption.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..70b0b736 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/the-graham-blumenthal-bill-a-new-path-for-doj-to-finally-break-encryption.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-04 +draft: false +title: 'The Graham-Blumenthal Bill: A New Path for DOJ to Finally Break Encryption' +tags: ['politics', 'security'] +--- + +**[The EFF:](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/graham-blumenthal-bill-new-path-doj-finally-break-encryption)** + +> Members of Congress are about to introduce a bill that will undermine the law that undergirds free speech on the Internet. If passed, the bill known as the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, will fulfill a long-standing dream of U.S. law enforcement. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/the-history-of-the-url.md b/src/posts/2020/the-history-of-the-url.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..53c300b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2020/the-history-of-the-url.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +date: 2020-03-05 +draft: false +title: The History of the URL +tags: ['development'] +--- + +**[Cloudflare:](https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-history-of-the-url/)** + +> On the twenty-two computer scientists met to discuss an issue with 'computer mail' (now known as email). Attendees included the guy who would create Sun Microsystems, the guy who made Zork, the NTP guy, and the guy who convinced the government to pay for Unix. diff --git a/src/posts/2023/automating-and-overengineering-my-now-page.md b/src/posts/2023/automating-and-overengineering-my-now-page.md index 10e0d800..1406105d 100644 --- a/src/posts/2023/automating-and-overengineering-my-now-page.md +++ b/src/posts/2023/automating-and-overengineering-my-now-page.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tags: ['automation', 'development', 'nextjs', 'javascript'] **[nownownow.com](https://nownownow.com)** -> ...a link that says “**now**” goes to a page that tells you **what this person is focused on at this point in their life.** For short, we call it a “now page”. +> ...a link that says "**now**" goes to a page that tells you **what this person is focused on at this point in their life.** For short, we call it a "now page". This page can be updated manually but, as with just about everything offered by omg.lol, there's an API to submit updates to the page. I already blog infrequently and knew I would fail to manually update the page frequently, which presented an opportunity to automate updates to the page. My page is available at [coryd.dev/now](https://coryd.dev/now). diff --git a/src/posts/2023/fastmail-handling-inbound-email-with-regex-filters-now-with-chatgpt.md b/src/posts/2023/fastmail-handling-inbound-email-with-regex-filters-now-with-chatgpt.md index 65c3963f..1cc23777 100644 --- a/src/posts/2023/fastmail-handling-inbound-email-with-regex-filters-now-with-chatgpt.md +++ b/src/posts/2023/fastmail-handling-inbound-email-with-regex-filters-now-with-chatgpt.md @@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ This pattern of filtering and filing continues for several additional categories ], ``` -**Travel (forwarding)** - +**Travel (forwarding)** These are designed to capture confirmations sent by Southwest and are sent off to [Flighty](https://www.flightyapp.com) before being sorted. ```json @@ -275,8 +274,7 @@ These are designed to capture confirmations sent by Southwest and are sent off t ], ``` -**Social networking messages** - +**Social networking messages** These I've left as a simple list wherein `any` included top level domain is filed away as I don't belong to many social networks and they change fairly infrequently. **DMARC notifications (depending on how you have your policy record configured)** diff --git a/tailwind.config.js b/tailwind.config.js index a72a530b..ffb6f228 100644 --- a/tailwind.config.js +++ b/tailwind.config.js @@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ module.exports = { }), }, }, - plugins: [require('@tailwindcss/typography'), require('tailwind-dracula')('dracula')], + corePlugins: { + aspectRatio: false, + }, + plugins: [ + require('@tailwindcss/typography'), + require('tailwind-dracula')('dracula'), + require('@tailwindcss/aspect-ratio'), + ], content: ['./src/**/*.md', './src/**/*.html', './src/_includes/**/*.liquid'], } diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock index 5ce2d4fe..3ee87095 100644 --- a/yarn.lock +++ b/yarn.lock @@ -530,6 +530,11 @@ resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@socket.io/component-emitter/-/component-emitter-3.1.0.tgz#96116f2a912e0c02817345b3c10751069920d553" integrity sha512-+9jVqKhRSpsc591z5vX+X5Yyw+he/HCB4iQ/RYxw35CEPaY1gnsNE43nf9n9AaYjAQrTiI/mOwKUKdUs9vf7Xg== +"@tailwindcss/aspect-ratio@^0.4.2": + version "0.4.2" + resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tailwindcss/aspect-ratio/-/aspect-ratio-0.4.2.tgz#9ffd52fee8e3c8b20623ff0dcb29e5c21fb0a9ba" + integrity sha512-8QPrypskfBa7QIMuKHg2TA7BqES6vhBrDLOv8Unb6FcFyd3TjKbc6lcmb9UPQHxfl24sXoJ41ux/H7qQQvfaSQ== + "@tailwindcss/typography@^0.5.1": version "0.5.9" resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tailwindcss/typography/-/typography-0.5.9.tgz#027e4b0674929daaf7c921c900beee80dbad93e8"