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Checking In on the Remote Revolution
As I type these words, we're onwards of 4 years from the initial reports of a novel coronavirus showing up somewhere in China, and therefore about 3 years from when the first vaccines were approved for mass inoculation.…
Checking in on Minority Report
Minority Report was a 2002 film, based on a Philip K. Dick novella of the same name, about what happens when a couple of oracles who can see possible futures are used by the police as a mechanism for predicting…
Year of the Linux Gaming Console
When Valve announced and then released their Steam Deck in 2022, it was a bit of a surprise; everyone outside of Nintendo has tried and mostly failed to make something of portable gaming[1]. Its design was bulky and heavy…
Developer ∩ Technologist
I got into software development from a fairly stereotypical background of video games and messing around with PCs. I distinctly remember playing through Final Fantasy VII on the original PlayStation, and having my dad tell me that if I were…
Thoughts on the Vision Pro
The reality of Apple hardware launches is that there's no shortage of previews, reviews, first impressions, hot takes, and thought pieces about what it all means —leading up to, during, and after the launch event itself. It'…
Ephemeral Web Real Estate
In an era when written letters are outright quaint , I still enjoy the tradition of the Christmas card. We started it when the kids were born[1], and have kept it up with annual updates of the family growing up—…
