I only contributed factual info....
Also realized that Gopher was announced to comp.unix.misc the day before Smells Like Teen Spirit came out.
I miss the local ILEC ISPs. They really got so many people online while remaining true to their communities.
Glad that Gopher got the job done for you!
In 1991 a GB was ~$7k
Still amazed that we could pay for all that expensive hardware and had such lousy salaries.. At $30k/year 1 disk would be .3 SWE/y
https://mkomo.com/cost-per-gigabyte
Receipts:
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 91 13:51:07
From: Bob Alberti <alberti@boombox>
Clarinet archiving looks to be taking up about 100K blocks (~50 Meg) a month, and if this is the case, we're going to want to get another disk for it, ideally 600+ Megabytes.
Bob forgot to mention that he maintained paperboy.micro.umn.edu, a Mac IIfx running INN for a good long while. That enabled Clarinet UPI news.
Having full text searches in 1992 blew people's minds. Plus you could bookmark a search, which was another game changer!
RT @Albatross: An article in @EFF by @doctorow about #AdversarialInteroperability and #InternetGopher. Links include my Gopher paper. Eleme…
RT @doctorow: The latest in my series of case histories of #AdversarialInteroperability and the role it played in keeping tech competitive…
Sad to hear about the death of Larry Tesler.
“Every application has an inherent amount of irreducible complexity. The only question is: Who will have to deal with it—the user, the application developer, or the platform developer?”
http://nomodes.com/Larry_Tesler_Consulting/Complexity_Law.html
@nomodes
Serendipity..
I know some of the people that did this and they never told me....
I think it would be interesting to have 'deprecated by' and 'replaced with' added to
https://toolsearch.corp.google.com/
Then create a visual tool showing the evolution of tools over time.....
SameSite
Had to disable SameSite cookies to book a flight on United.
They were using DNS names to shard their booking frontends. The 'rev' cookie was getting blocked, and then when the frontend made a request for weirdhost/rev it hit a 500 error...
Seems like there's got to be a better way of rolling this out, especially if United has a software procurement/deployment process that takes longer than 3 chrome releases....
Uhhh. Google Forms as critical election infrastructure?
All Internet services should have publicly disclosed headcount numbers..
https://moma.corp.google.com/team/4579863185
[.. and yes, I know that Forms relies on a wide variety of shared infrastructure...]
https://www.cnet.com/news/nevada-democrats-to-use-google-forms-based-calculator-to-track-caucus/
Firebase
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:33:00 -0800
Subject: Firebase - Looking to hire Engineer #5 for our Core Development team
I just came across your LinkedIn profile and thought I'd reach out to you because of your impressive experience at Google.
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The things you find when cleaning out your inbox...
RT @djkevincole: Today is dedicated to celebrating the healing power of music, as it aids those facing cancer.
Sadly, most of us have bee…
A heartfelt thank you to @djkevincole @ACertainAbbie and @RadioCoachOwen for playing two of Julie's favorite Minnesota songs on very powerful #MusicHeals: Beyond Cancer day on @KEXP
https://t.co/kj6sBab9qz: https://t.co/Z5IFqFAOP8 https://t.co/gUVtclryeg
Dedications...
A heartfelt thank you to @djkevincole @ACertainAbbie and @RadioCoachOwen for playing two of Julie's favorite Minnesota songs on very powerful #MusicHeals: Beyond Cancer day on @KEXP
A must read. Too many quotes to pull, but I was glad to see Conceptual Integrity and Behavior instead of Features included.
https://doriantaylor.com/agile-as-trauma
What if the Agile software movement was the manifestation of an entire industry that was, just, like, dealing with some stuff right now?
Verifying my Knowledge Panel.
Didn't expect to have to Include a selfie with my ID.
Remembering people that used to have fake IDs just to buy booze it seems like a bit of security theater...
@lindner @c_lindner Thanks everyone for making this my most popular tweet! Can someone explain what this AfD oaf is saying? Google Translate doesn't have a "white supremacy" setting...
https://twitter.com/Georg_Pazderski/status/1226519119618543618
Guess I need to learn some German insults. (Or aggressively block)
Might be a good idea to revisit this page every 7 or 8 years...
https://developers.google.com/talk/open_communications
"Made for kids" vs "Okay for Kids?"
I think something might have been lost in translation....
I can't even add this video to a watch-later playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF32A7rb1jE&feature=youtu.be
But hmm.. I can share it...
youtube-dl it is then....
@vonneudeck @haekelschwein Thank you! Being mistaken for a @c_lindner is okay. Where else would I see this:
https://youtu.be/W9mjIITCL9Q
Maybe someone can give me a German language joke I can use to respond to mistaken identity? Maybe a Stilblüten ????
Both me and my macbook admit we are powerless over tab opening.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/max-tabs-web-ext/
I just wish I got mistaken for @patricklindner instead. Volksmusik is better than Neoliberal Politics!
Hacker Costume Contest....
oof... click through for that movie trailer.
Can confirm that I own that Fluke CD and it was in heavy rotation.
Everything I know about German Politics comes from mistaken rage mentions for @c_lindner
Sadly it appears that the centrists once again prefer fascists to leftists. Also see "The Iron Law of Institutions"
https://www.dw.com/en/far-right-afd-kingmakers-in-german-state-election/a-52268385
@TheCurrent @twinkiejiggles Would love to hear Mr. Blue Sky by ELO. The perfect sunshiney song. It's from Paul in Oakland remembering Julie tonight.
She originally requested it July 26, 2014 from @thewombatt
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrzxz5-dv4abR0FVHQEY92y7EcYuWwCDh
Hip hop
Saw Gza and Nur-d this weekend. Old school and new school. Gza is of course a legend and is also doing a Science series on Netflix. Nur-d was the headliner at the 2019 best new bands show. Weaves in the nerd culture in a very joyful way. Superb entertainer and you'll probably be seeing more of him..
Thank you @BillDeVille for the heartfelt dedication of my request this morning on United States of #Americana on @TheCurrent
And thank you to Frank Randall of the Sycamores for this song and his kindness.
http://www.sycamores.com/lyrics/red-wing-boots/
Ya my flight just landed. What's up in MN?
https://twitter.com/pyry/status/816458480399880192
Will be attending the DWeb SF Meetup tonight at @internetarchive Quite the lineup including @ara4n and @bluesky
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-sf-meet-up-january-tickets-88949818301
Decentralizing Social Media
Quite the lineup tonight for the monthly DWeb event. I'm going to get to this one.
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If you are anywhere near San Francisco tonight, 1/21 at 6 PM, be sure to join us for the DWeb SF Meet Up at the Internet Archive, focusing on decentralized social media. Twitter's Jack Dorsey announced he's forming the Blue Sky team to help build and use decentralized social media protocols--and they will be on hand to meet the Decentralized Web community.
Up this month:
Evan Henshaw-Plath, founder of https://decentalizedweb.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9b07f44a3c9768397a9cb9f&id=6b59a539..., a decentralized social media platform built on https://decentalizedweb.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9b07f44a3c9768397a9cb9f&id=a098e475... as an open protocol. It's ready for test flights and it's founder, also known as https://decentalizedweb.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9b07f44a3c9768397a9cb9f&id=0ea2d9ed... calls Planetary the "humane alternative to Facebook."
Edward West, founder & CEO of https://decentalizedweb.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9b07f44a3c9768397a9cb9f&id=a02dd5e8..., an app that combines group management, messaging and collaboration built on https://decentalizedweb.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9b07f44a3c9768397a9cb9f&id=d7919c84....
Matthew Hodgson, founder of https://decentalizedweb.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9b07f44a3c9768397a9cb9f&id=da0ea15f... the open source protocol upon which the https://decentalizedweb.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9b07f44a3c9768397a9cb9f&id=ba82d066... https://decentalizedweb.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9b07f44a3c9768397a9cb9f&id=ba82d066... chat app runs.
Burak Nehbit, founder & CEO of https://decentalizedweb.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9b07f44a3c9768397a9cb9f&id=ece3f6f3... a
peer-to-peer network of self-governing, interest-based communities who
elect their own moderators. It's inspired by Usenet and Reddit, but
unlike them, it also attempts to provide not only a platform, but also
high-quality discussion on an ongoing basis.
TIMELINE:
6-7 PM Dinner and Science Fair-- meet the builders! (Pizza and Beer will be served)
7-8:30 PM Presentations and Q & A in the Great Room
8:30-9:30 PM More networking
Chip in 0 to cover the pizza and beer by buying a ticket today.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-sf-meet-up-january-tickets-88949818301
#til about Nightcore via @RadioK
I think it's the only way I'll want to hear 80s music from now on.
Hotels
Looking for anything related to a hotel in Google Search sucks. Too many people chasing referral dollars. Search for 'hotelname city' gives me:
- Google provided 'Related to Hotelname' onebox of 8 hotel images/links
- Google provided onebox of 'Your related activitiy' showing me images of my other hotel searches.
- Big KP on the right rail, with booking and more (dupe) images of the same hotel.
- Favicons.. oof
- Stars, lots of star ratings. 12 to be precise.
- 3 entries with related searches, plus a related searches link at the bottom.
- Love the use strikethrough "Hotelname City 7 (-70-) Hotel deals
I ended up asking friends for advice...
Converted my withknown instance from docker to podman. Replaced docker-compose with a pod. Upped Known version. Fedora 31 here I come...
Mich Gerber
Got into MIch back in the late 90s. Fantastic performer and does things with a double bass that you would not think possible.
If you're in Switzerland I highly recommend checking out the https://michgerber.ch/. Sadly it won't be with Imogen Heap like this clip, but it will be very, very good.
Formatting a KML file?
Hey, anyone know if there's a tool that will take a KML file and generate a pretty HTML file with a little map for each layer followed by a list of locations with the title/description/photos?
Julie
My wife Julie passed away from breast cancer last month. Today I published her obituary in the Star Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, the Rochester Post Bulletin and at https://julieslife.com/
We knew right away that we completed each other and fell deeper in love for 27 years. She meant everything to me.
Thank you for bearing witness to Julie’s life, for the condolences and for honoring Julie's memory.
Culture and Information Flows
This article covers medical organizational contexts. I believe the information flows and how it relates to culture are transferable across industries and disciplines. Also relevant in the need-to-know world we find ourselves in..
From the Conclusion:
The culture, then, represents those habits of thought and action by changing the culture, virtually everything can change—trust, openness, confidence, and even competence. A generative culture will make the best use of its assets, a pathological one will not. This is what the theory predicts, and what the case studies show. But it still remains to be determined whether culture has systematic impacts along the lines we have sketched on a broader scale.If it does, then we need to pay more attention to the forces shaping the culture of our medical teams and medical organisations. We need the benefits and relative immunity that a good human envelope implies.
Local Grungy People
This post below is a copy of a Sep 17, 2014 post from the internal Google+ Team community.
I'm reposting it because today I published an Obituary site that includes some of these https://www.julieslife.com/more/email discussed here. What I wrote today is just as import
ant today as it was back then.
Mediating and initiating local and human connections are needed now more than ever.
[I'd also say that we need preservation too, I'm fortunate to be able to relive these memories, compared to MySpace or Snapchat users.]
Anyway, here it is after 5 years....
Subject: Local Grungy People?
...and the importance of serendipity, locals and shared interests.
warning longish philosophical post ahead...
I thought the pre-TGIF Social Presentation was weak, but it did contain one very important quote there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. If I were presenting I'd dump almost all of the mechanics about how we suck at onboarding and just tell a story about that.
Tell a story about how we go from sharing an interest to sharing your entire life together. Tell a story about how we're going to help users with this basic need to connect, and how Google can use technology to mediate this. Tell us how Google can provide just the right amount of serendipity that helps people connect on a personal level. (and then provide the rest of the infrastructure to do the private/personal thing too.)
Because that's my story. It's how a shared interest became love and a wonderful life spent together, due to mailing list: GRUNGE-L
Back then there were no profiles, but there were .signatures. So serendipitously I found myself discussing bands with someone a few miles away. Until one day I made the personal connection and sent the following email.
The rest, as they say, is history
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 92 13:04:43 CSTTo: [email protected]Subject: Local Grungy people
Hey, are there any other people from Minnesota besides you and myselfon the wonderful grunge-l mailing list?
I'm always interested in putting a face onto an e-mail address. I'llprobably be at the Babes in Toyland Show saturday, and the Local Bandshowcase on Monday.
Interested?
--| Paul Lindner | [email protected] | "You have to Spit| | Computer & Information Services | to See the Shine" --| Gopher Dude | University of Minnesota | Babes in Toyland///// / / / /////// / / / / / / / / //// / / / / / / / /
@zshapiro @StarTribune @sfchronicle @PB_News Thanks Zack, many good memories of our time together at hi5.
Also that job meant we could afford a house in Oakland, which make Julie very, very happy.
@mkruz @jflindner Thank you, I was very fortunate to have someone that helped me find the beauty that exists in people and everyday objects.
@alexhanna @metavivor @BCAction Thank you, it's hard to express how much good she brought me and the people around her.