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A lovely little walk down memory lane from Adam and Will at PC World, covering some of the late Gordon Mah Ung's featured builds and tech goodies.
Celebrating The Hardware From Gordon Mah Ung's Career
YouTube video by PCWorld
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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2014, a DHC-3 Otter flying over Alaska as part of NASA's Operation IceBridge survey of Alaska glaciers. It almost looks like a painting, or a toy plane hung in the air, but it's real. Photo by Chris Larsen of UAF, via NASA. #alaskahistory #alaska
July 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Yet another ZIP trick...
hackarcana.com/article/yet-...

+ a hands on exercise if you want to try this yourself:
hackarcana.com/article/yet-...
July 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Hot take: launching with matchmaking enabled is a terrible idea for most co-op PVE games. Big competitive games have trained players that queues should pop in ~30 seconds, which is unreasonable because of the length of the sessions and the size of parties.
June 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Oh we're gonna do this again YouTube?

Self-hosting your own media content on a Raspberry Pi is not "dangerous or harmful".

I'm appealing of course; they're saying installing LibreElec on a Raspberry Pi circumvents copyright?!
June 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Local NWS Anchorage meteorologist just made it past his 1-year probationary period. Still fired.
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Today’s the last day to do this! I assume Amazon will flip the switch on downloads after midnight tonight.
Amazon's changing the way the Kindle works on Tuesday, so if you want to download and de-DRM your books, you have until the 26th to get it done. I wrote a quick how-to, for anyone who is interested: next.content.town/p/kindle-drm...
The Kindle DRM Deadline is Approaching!
On the 26th, Amazon is disabling a feature that makes backing up your Kindle eBooks easy. You have a couple of days to download them before it’s too late
next.content.town
February 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Pebble watches are coming back! I loved mine - the extra features were always secondary to simply being a good watch, something I really appreciated.

ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
Why We’re Bringing Pebble Back
Eight years later, you still can’t beat a Pebble
ericmigi.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Video of the Bird Ridge sheep on the trail yesterday.
January 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Paper Kites - Darkness At My Door (At The Roadhouse)
YouTube video by thepaperkitesband
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January 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
AURORA - Invisible Wounds (Live / NRK: TV aksjonen)
YouTube video by AURORA
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Imogen Heap - Canvas
YouTube video by Imogen Heap
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Gordon was always a standout voice in a sea of technology reviewers and writers. The way he breezily wove fundamental technical details with humorously off-the-cuff anecdotes and observations was unparalleled. He'll be greatly missed.

My best wishes to his friends, family and coworkers at PC World.
Remembering Gordon Mah Ung
YouTube video by The Full Nerd Podcast
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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this sucks so much. Fuck cancer.
December 24, 2024 at 12:38 AM
MUTEMATH - Paul Meany - Prodigal (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Mutemath
youtu.be
December 11, 2024 at 4:27 AM