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Mar 8, 2021

What If Dragons Wore Caps

What if dragons wore caps? Before we can explore this important question, we need to dive into some background, so bear with me. Background There was only one time I ever won a championship and it was in a browser-based war strategy game in the early 2000s. I played my first…

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What If Dragons Wore Caps
What If Dragons Wore Caps
Humor

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Aug 5, 2020

Iris By The Goo Goo Dolls Explained

I’ve always hated the song Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls because it was on the radio all the time in college and every single line is the same melody. The “chorus” is literally just singing the same melody but louder. But did you know it also has words? …

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Iris By The Goo Goo Dolls Explained
Iris By The Goo Goo Dolls Explained

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Jul 10, 2020

My Dog Frobolome

My dog Frobolome died a few weeks ago at age 11, and it’s been rough. He was named after one of the best typos I’ve ever seen. A teenager on a forum I was on posted his sandwich recipe on a “favorite sandwich” thread, which included several ingredients he had…

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My Dog Frobolome
My Dog Frobolome

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Jun 27, 2020

Coward’s Rules Of Twitter

Twitter is a tough place for an oversensitive coward such as myself and it has broken many of my kind. How have I avoided self destruction so far? Mostly luck, but I also realized I have unintentionally developed a set of unspoken rules for myself that prevent some of the…

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Coward’s Rules Of Twitter
Coward’s Rules Of Twitter

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Firebase Developers

·Nov 21, 2019

Using Firebase in Electron: Tips and Tricks

Electron and Firebase can be a great combination that allows a developer to quickly build a desktop app for multiple platforms (using Electron) and connect it to realtime cloud data and authentication using Firebase. Electron has been used to develop popular apps such as Slack, Skype, and Visual Studio Code…

JavaScript

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Using Firebase in Electron: Tips and Tricks
Using Firebase in Electron: Tips and Tricks
JavaScript

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Oct 4, 2019

Least Helpful Well-Meaning Responses To Women Sharing About Harassment

Sometimes a woman will share about some unpleasant or horrific incident of harassment. The responses are often terrible. Of course there’s the usual crotchwads that say outright cruel or dismissive things, but there’s also well-meaning or apparently well-meaning folks that are exhausting for different reasons. 1. The Liam Neeson In Taken There is always some weirdo…

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An Unhelpful Layman's Guide To Computers

·Oct 2, 2019

Punitive UI: A Next Generation UI Paradigm That Brings Only Chaos and Suffering, The Only Fate Humankind Deserves

Modern designers and developers are obsessed with “delighting” users and reducing “friction,” coddling the online population until we all eventually devolve into nothing more than soft bags of jelly clicking buttons. Do you long to reject this shameless pandering and inflict the unceasing torment of reality on your doughy, pampered…

Design

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Punitive UI: A Next Generation UI Paradigm That Brings Only Chaos and Suffering, The Only Fate…
Punitive UI: A Next Generation UI Paradigm That Brings Only Chaos and Suffering, The Only Fate…
Design

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Sep 11, 2018

Cat-and-Bag-Based Alternatives To React and Why They Suck

As a long-time user of React who was using it way before you were, I am definitely not a late bandwagon-jumper who is trying really hard to retcon the past 3 years to make it look like I was in on it from the beginning. As part of my completely…

JavaScript

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JavaScript

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Aug 27, 2018

5 Ways To Tell If You’re Listening To “Run-Around” by Blues Traveler or “All For You” by Sister Hazel

Back when I was in college I mentioned liking this one song on the radio which turned out to be “Run-Around” by Blues Traveler, and my boyfriend at the time said, “If you like that, you’ll like this other song by Sister Hazel because it’s exactly the same song” and…

Music

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Music

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Aug 20, 2018

IOS Game Reviews: Hades Star, Oxenfree, Human Resource Machine, Sumisumi

Most of my time I don’t spend on work or exercise or child care is spent playing mobile games, which actually overlaps a lot with child care. …

Gaming

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IOS Game Reviews: Hades Star, Oxenfree, Human Resource Machine, Sumisumi
IOS Game Reviews: Hades Star, Oxenfree, Human Resource Machine, Sumisumi
Gaming

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