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We are a WALL·E house. For both my kids, it was the first movie that they loved. I think it’s because so much of the storytelling happens in the animation. Even if you can’t quite follow what everyone is saying, you can see the story happening. Plus, WALL·E is a bit of a charmer. We…
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This morning my 5 year old was singing Let It Snow and I realized something. A lot of Christmas songs start playing in November, but are about the snow that (in Michigan) we usually don’t see until January. Frosty the Snowman? Dude is not getting built until February. Let It Snow? The weather outside is…
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Lawrence Tech’s 2018 Harold Hotelling Memorial Lecture is up on YouTube: Dad was on board with school choice, and it turns out that he and Dr. Harris discussed this when Dr. Harris was dad’s student. I enjoyed the nuance that Dr. Harris brought to the topic as well – something deeper than “markets are good”…
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Spotify is giving away a free Google Home Mini to any account with the family plan. That’s pretty neat. And they are doing it for new and existing users, which is great because it doesn’t make the mistake of punishing existing customers in the pursuit of acquisition. It makes sense for Spotify – get folks…
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I really appreciate journalism that helps me empathize with people affected by tragedy. That’s what caught me when I saw this map from NBC News: I can read “200 square miles” in a news article and that sort of washes over me. But the map makes me stop and consider that this is going from…
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One of the nice things about importing decades-old blog posts is you can see how wrong you were how much you’ve grown. Take this post from April 2004: Why isn’t Election Day a national holiday? On the surface it seems like a decent idea. Democracy is good, holidays are good, what’s not to like? More voters…
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I will be speaking at the November meeting of the West Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup on Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 to talk about the Gutenberg block editor. WordPress 5.0 is scheduled to ship on November 19th, and will have the Gutenberg editor as the default. I’ll be leading demoing Gutenberg, leading an informal discussion, and…
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Two WiFi pumpkin robots from friends: Ryan’s Pumpkin Pi shoots flames: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ryan Echlin (@ryanphotosstuff) Les’s makes faces: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Les Orchard (@l.m.orchard)
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This is “it just works” territory stuff, in a way that hasn’t just worked in the past. Continuity Camera is a feature in macOS Whatevercodename2018 that lets you use your iPhone as a camera for your Mac. Preview uses this to let you quickly scan documents. When you open Preview and choose the “Import from…
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I got an email from my library that Arbitrary Stupid Goal was ready to be picked up. I didn’t remember reserving it. I couldn’t even remember hearing about this book. I’m glad that me-from-the-past gave me this surprise homework assignment. After reading the first pages, I realized I had reserved it after seeing those same…
