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Investigating HomeKit Power Strips

I started looking at various HomeKit-compatible power strips. There appear to be two on the market: And one more announced, Eve Power Strip, https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/30/eve-announces-new-light-strip-power-strip/ A few things caught my attention: I bought the Koogeek, because…

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History of Asciifun.com

Many, many years ago I owned and ran asciifun.com. Mostly it was created as a way to paste figlet output into code comments and other random stupidity happening on irc networks. Back in 1999, this…

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Thirty Seconds of Chilnualna Falls

The lower cascade of the Chilnualna Falls on Christmas morning. The hike is great and underrated. It's a wonderful hike and fairly remote despite starting off in the town of Wawona. More waterfalls per kilometer…

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The Tale of a Slow Server

In casual conversation with a friend, we're talking about scaling companies and the fun and challenges of growth at small companies (less than 50 employees). When he says, "Hey, our main log server is getting…

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