Technology is not evenly distributed, even in the US. Every time I use Apple Pay on my watch here in my ancestral home, which is not often because I don’t go waving my arm at cashiers like a maniac, but still, even at things like a coffee shop, or a McDonald’s drive through — a McDonald’s! — every time, the person says something close to “whoa, you can pay with your watch?”, and I cannot possibly be the first person here to do this.
The current art exhibit at SFO D gates is a bunch of old phones.
Mom would never have described herself as a feminist. The local politics made that unlikely. She just didn’t see any reason why she couldn’t do the same job as the men at the railroad, so she went for it — and excelled. She was the first Wire Chief there, responsible for keeping the surprisingly huge and complex communications systems up and running, and therefore the trains rolling.
She was the first computing professional I knew of. When I was a little guy, I was thrilled when she told me that boys were also allowed to work on computers.
One of the greatest things she taught her kids was not to be afraid to say yes to good opportunities we didn’t feel qualified for. That worked out pretty well over the years. But more than that, she never let us forget that we were completely loved and accepted.
Love you too, Mom.
My mom passed away this morning. We knew this was coming. She’d been sick for a while. The last stages were mercifully brief and comfortable.
I ran 3 miles worth of intervals today, and the numbers weren’t spectacular but they were pretty great by my standards. I’m pleased with how it went.
Commute step 1: Leapt onto Muni as the doors closed.
Step 2: Waited 2 minutes for BART.
Step 3: Waited 30 seconds for a bus.
This was the most efficient trip I’ve had in months.
We’re having visitors in our office tonight, and the office manager reminded us to put away valuables, etc., and also to put away USB chargers so no one would be tempted to sneak over and top off their phone.
If you borrow a random data cable from a desk of the security team, whatever happens next is on you.
Comcast verified that they processed my data deletion request, with exceptions including:
For internal purposes that are compatible with the context in which you provided it, such as to support and enhance he [sic] products and services we provide
No! I don’t want you using my data to enhance your services. On to filling a CCPA complaint it is, then.
My Fish shell tweak of the morning:
abbr --add checkout --command git "switch -c"
Now when I type “git checkout”, it replaces that with “git switch -c”, which is what I really meant 90% of the time: switch to a new branch.
From the letters to the editor in a recent issue of “2600”:
We used to subscribe to Wired Magazine, but their direction changed. Aside from the content of their articles, their pages became too colorful and hard to read.
So they stopped in, what, 1994?
To the younguns amongst us, Wired was (in)famous for running print articles in color schemes like neon yellow on day-glo pink. Yes, it was fun and cool to read. Yes, it was sometimes nearly impossible to focus on the page.