The US government’s latest recommendations acknowledge that password composition and reset rules are not just annoying, but counterproductive. The story of why password rules were recommended and enforced without scientific evidence since their invention in 1979 is a story of brilliant people, at the very top of their field, whose well-intentioned recommendations led to decades […]

As WUTC‘s podcast producer in residence I’ve accomplished a lot in 8 weeks: Fixed broken feeds and files Was on-air hosting and running the board during the pledge drive Got a new podcasts landing page up and running Got up on Amazon Music/Audible, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, NPR, Overcast, Pandora/SiriusXM, Pocket Casts, and Spotify Started collecting […]

I haven’t spent any digital ink on my new gig. I’m back on the radio!!! WUTC 88.1 FM, Chattanooga’s NPR station, in their infinite wisdom offered me a position revamping their podcast offerings and delivery. I also perform some light production work. I also occasionally get to go on-air, like this week. It’s WUTC’s pledge […]

Often, the most important step we take toward solving difficult problems is reminding ourselves that there is no silver bullet. We have to do the work and get there – the old fashioned way. — Silver bullet – A Learning a Day

The Benefits of Analogue Bleeding Back into Digital After a year of exclusively using fountain pens and paper for my handwriting needs and foregoing any sort of digital tablet, I got an iPad Pro again a few days ago, with the intent to use it mostly for reading comics, academic papers, and the New York […]

Let us consider, first, the need for a tough mind, characterized by incisive thinking, realistic appraisal, and decisive judgment. The tough mind is sharp and penetrating, breaking through the crust of legends and myths and sifting the true from the false. The tough-minded individual is astute and discerning. He has a strong, austere quality that […]

I’m making progress on my new WordPress site. You can see earlier posts in the series here, here & here. One problem I’m continuing to tackle is getting all the ActivityPub & IndieWeb & WordPress bits talking. I found that one needs to remove author profiles from caching. I received this error: Your author URL […]

I’m revamping this site to be my professional landing page. Things will move, change, disappear, and maybe look terrible while I get this theme bent to my will. Buttons and links might go nowhere for a while. The social media links similarly go to /dev/nul. While I do so, my personal content is (mostly) over […]