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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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Thoughts at 64 KPH...

Riding down Marin Headlands the other day at 64 KPH, I found thoughts wandering: This feels really fast, at least it's cooler. What would a front tire blow out feel like at this speed? How…

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Ode to Outlier Pants

Amazing These pants have met both current and past the Foreign Ministers of Sweden at state dinners, survived a week in Egypt with camel rides and all, kept me warm through the winter in Canada,…

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Frustrations with Passwords and Mobile Phones

Here's a typical password for an account of mine: u5F<UQA:!:a*2HUk>aW&qbj6+Ik%3Hj#A\%|cQP4w.1-q]XmH*Uk]IxXR'`-`VXEjjPH/@9Pq>@z+"\- Now try to type that into an app on your phone. Now try to type that every time the app updates or you come out of…

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