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This is the fifth client I work with this week who's auto-replied to an email I sent with this: I am currently on leave returning on the 17th of August. I don't think I've ever had two clients from disparate companies share leave, at least outside popular

Donezo. uBlock Origin also reported blocking 311 requests, which I found rather amusing. Perhaps the Australian Bureau of Statistics were attempting to perform a census of my browser as well. By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2026-08-12.

I read another post recently that took it as given that the BSD operating systems were corporate friendly, with the implication that this was bad. They claimed that companies can lift code and lock it away in their proprietary software. That's true, they

On Monday I wrote about why I preferred light modes over dark ones. Light modes are bright, cheerful, and easy to read for me, whereas most dark modes dilate my pupils and "burn" text into my eyes that persist even after I turn away. Not fun! But that lea

It was a hot mess, but the myth is useful today.

Everyone wants you to buy fingerprint magnets and dust collectors instead thesedays. Phooey!

They still impact my productivity two years in.

Expressing 1/3 with ⅓, and related adventures.

Talking through someone who'd built their own metadata store for file verification.

I am... shocked how good this turned out to be.