21 Jun 2016, 12:28 p.m.

On A Fraught Word

(This is a blog post specifically aimed at people who aren't in or from the United States and who have conversations with people from the US, especially online. Also, content note: I explain what lynching …

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13 Jun 2016, 20:51 p.m.

Pulse

I am deeply grieving the Pulse massacre. Malinda Lo: "In the Club" Alfred Soto: "Only When I'm Dancing Can I Feel This Free: Queer liberation, dreams, and self-discovery on the dance floor" Sigrid Ellis: "The …

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23 May 2016, 10:02 a.m.

Two OSCON Conversations, And A Trip Report Between Them

Conversation the last night of OSCON, reconstructed from memory: "So, Neil Young --" "The singer-songwriter?" "Yeah." "Man, what a white guy name." "Are you impugning Neil Young? That man sells organic eggs at the farmer's …

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21 May 2016, 17:39 p.m.

Inessential Weirdnesses in Open Source Software (OSCON 2016)

"Inessential Weirdnesses in Open Source Software": written version of a speech I delivered at the OSCON conference, Wednesday, 18 May, 2016, Austin, Texas. O'Reilly will be posting the video behind a paywall sometime in June …

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17 May 2016, 19:33 p.m.

Zulip & Good Code Review

As Changeset Consulting I've recently done some tech writing work for the Zulip open source project (check out my pull requests for the nitty-gritty). And I've gotten to work with Tim Abbott, Zulip's maintainer, including …

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10 May 2016, 20:18 p.m.

Crossover Edition

Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing a series of Black Panther comic books. I just stopped into a New York City comic book shop and they were sold out of #1 in the sequence; tomorrow they'll get …

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05 May 2016, 14:08 p.m.

I Miss You, Frances

You died ten years ago today. I wish I could show you what your kids and their spouses have been up to in the last ten years. I like to believe you'd be pretty proud. …

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30 Apr 2016, 14:21 p.m.

Entertainment Benefits of IDNYC Card

The new IDNYC card is free, government-issued photo ID for New York City residents. "Immigration status does not matter." That is to say, people who are came to NYC from abroad, and currently don't have …

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28 Apr 2016, 7:26 a.m.

We Are Softies

At his job, Leonard is having trouble getting SQLAlchemy to do what he wants with regard to automated testing. Today he's going to construct a tiny app and test to validate his understanding of the …

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26 Apr 2016, 13:12 p.m.

Temps

As Leonard has blogged, he and I just returned from a weeklong anniversary trip to Paris, courtesy of my mom. I'm still a little jetlagged and I've said "Excusez-moi" when brushing past a stranger here …

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