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Editor’s note (I’m the editor): This post was essentially finished in late March, but a lot of Things came up around then. I will write about the most major Thing at some point soon. Otherwise, here is this post about a year almost none of us can remember...

Before the pandemic, I spent a lot of time wondering if I was in standing in the wrong place, in the wrong line, imposing on people. It’s still like that, except the worst possible outcome isn’t embarassment, it’s death. If you’re reading this many years...

If you can’t get into smarthome devices, I can’t blame you. Getting lights, switches, and other stuff to Just Work can involve tackling bad software, network headeaches, and compatability questions. The solution most people recommend, getting a “smart...

Photo by Jay Galvin/Flickr/CC Some people, upon learning how we’ve lived our lives, are unable to conceal their chagrin on our behalf, that our lives should be so limited, as if experience so geographically circumscribed could be neither rich nor satisfying...

Sure was a year, 2019. Let’s get into it. If you spot a typo or formatting quirk, let me know by tweet or email. New Job Repairs Raspberry Pi Bikes Baking (Plus a Granola Recipe) Writing Lifting TEDxBuffalo Awesome Buffalo Ugh, Twitter Reading...