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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—…
Site Under Construction
Hey, it's a fresh coat of paint! Every couple of years, I get tired of looking at how this blog looks , and that prompts me to look to refresh the look and feel of the site. The last…
Software Business Longevity
Reading about Artifact's announcement of their imminent shutdown was a bummer. Rereading some of the media coverage of the app when it came out of beta a year ago, much of what the founders said at the time…
Batched Reading Efficiencies
I'm trying a new read-it-later app, Omnivore. Alright, so trying out a new app isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. It's a good excuse, though, to…
The Return of Epic Single-Player Gaming
Video games have been traditionally divided between single-player and multiplayer games. The first game—Tennis for Two, essentially a precursor to Pong—was indeed a 2-player affair. But some of the most famous games of the formative years…
Review: Going Infinite
It's been rough for crypto for the past couple of years. Beyond the crypto winter and the downward swing in token prices, there was the resounding implosion of FTX last year, followed this year by Binance's…
