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Couldn’t renew my annual archiving subscription to…

Couldn’t renew my annual archiving subscription to Pinboard fast enough.

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BruteProtect Joins Automattic

I’m not a fan of Jetpack in general, but this is a tremendous win for the WordPress community if brute force protection is added to it as a feature. #

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I’m participating in a live conversation with some…

I’m participating in a live conversation with some stellar folks at http://wpthinktank.com

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OH: I never put all my eggs in one basket. That’s …

OH: I never put all my eggs in one basket. That’s why they call me “Two-basket Johnson”.

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“Wish we could say more”

I’m looking forward to seeing my new phone and the wearable at today’s Apple event. The invite includes the tagline: Wish we could say more I’ve seen speculation that this refers to Siri, which could...

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Best in-hear headphones with mic (primarily for ac…

Best/reasonable in-ear headphones with mic (primarily for actually making phone calls)?

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Confused by the Apple Watch

I’ve been somewhat excited about smartwatches this year. I picked up a Pebble which I liked; but the function provided fails to outweigh its form. I followed the Android Wear announcements and nothing...

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After 10 years of living here I’m finally able to …

After 10 years of living here I’m finally able to get cable internet access to the house (non-Comcast too!). Installation on Monday!

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Time to start embracing iOS 8 extensions

Extensions make me wish more apps like Twitter stopped using their own in-app browser views and just punted out to Safari by default. — Justin Williams (@justin) September 18, 2014 Couldn’t agree more....

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Who is going to do the evaluation and big feature …

Who is going to do the evaluation and big feature matrix for iOS keyboards?

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Current status: copying ~20,000 photos (dating bac…

Current status: copying ~20,000 photos (dating back to 1999) to my new iPhone. I’d love a good iOS photo metadata search app.

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In-App Browsers Considered Harmful

Some good technical reasons beyond the user benefits in iOS 8. #

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I just checked out a Kindle book through my local …

I just checked out a Kindle book through my local public library (handed off to Amazon’s site for delivery). Wow, was that easy – nice work!

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Confusing email from @instapaper about something c…

Confusing email from @instapaper about something called Instapaper Premium. Not sure if I need it, what it is, or what I get if I sign up.

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Flight from ORD to PWM for @monktoberfest cancelle…

Flight from ORD to PWM for Monktoberfest cancelled. Called United, rebooked, checked in, and got boarding pass via email in 5 min. #kudos

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I’m liking the larger iPhone 6 screen more and mor…

I’m liking the larger iPhone 6 screen more and more as my apps update to support the larger resolution.

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SweetAlert

This looks excellent. I’m curious to see some examples of people customizing it. (thanks Rands) #

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Hang Your Headphones Under Your Desk with This IKEA Hook

This is exactly what I was looking for – I’ll be making an Ikea run in the next week or so. #

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Casual iPhone Earbuds (w/ Mic)

The ear buds that Apple provides with the iPhone have always fallen out of my ears. I embarked on a journey of discovery recently and tested out a set of Panasonics and a set of Samsungs. Both work...

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WordPress vs. a Roll-Your-Own Blog Engine

Inspired by Brent’s consideration of an off-the-shelf blog engine, Santiago Valdarrama has written a post outlining the problems he has with off-the-shelf blog engines. What was so interesting to me...

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