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New site URL: dangerousmeta.rocks

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 03:41:31 -0000

A Squarespace site. Tired of wrangling CMSs, for now. Besides, I want to play with their Developer features, and this is a good time. Plus all their social integration is pretty well ironed out, plug and play.

So, all future posts will be at: dangerousmeta.rocks.

I will be putting RSS buttons in the footer, but for now there’s a post detailing where they *should* be.

Adieu, DM! Long live, DM!

Looks like the EE1 install is finally at saturation.

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 01:57:39 -0000

I’m looking into starting a new blog presence elsewhere, leaving this up (but no commenting, etc.) until I pull usable backups. New domain coming soon (I have to leave dangerousmeta.com pointed here, otherwise the whole thing breaks). Stay tuned. Just the birthday present I needed! A busted weblog!

SF New Mexican: Ominous GOP mailer draws criticism.

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 08:14:29 -0000

Sick and twisted. I cannot condemn this in strong enough terms.

A question for regulars.

Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:39:02 -0000

How often do you delve in my archives? I ask the question, because they score well in searches, but are not exactly lively. I’m tempted to move it all to a PDF ... which would free me to start afresh in another CMS, clean-slate. PDF would be searchable, of course. And mostly text, so it’d be small [well, smaller than other options]. Just thinkering out loud again.

PVC: Shure SM58 microphone celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:24:00 -0000

How many I’ve wired up over the years. Huzzah!

New Scientist: Strange signals from 234 stars could be ET - or human error.

Sat, 15 Oct 2016 08:34:27 -0000

Makes me think of the original “Journey to the Center of the Earth”. Professor Lindenbrook (James Mason) taps on a wall, thinking he’s communicating with a fellow prisoner. Instead it’s Gertrud the duck.

New Republic: The Most Important WikiLeaks Revelation Isn’t About Hillary Clinton.

Sat, 15 Oct 2016 01:19:09 -0000

“If the 2008 Podesta emails are any indication, the next four years of public policy are being hashed out right now, behind closed doors. And if liberals want to have an impact on that process, waiting until after the election will be too late.”

Road/Show: Hoonicorn V2 is American exceptionalism in car form.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 23:36:24 -0000

Gotta be kidding. My eyes.

WaPo (10/11): Donna Brazile to Clinton camp - Sometimes ‘I get the questions in advance’

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:17:12 -0000

This is blowing up today in conservative circles, days late. It may be nothing, but the implications stink. Brazile’s statement is a classic of redirection. You’d think one person would belly up to the bar and say, unequivocally, “Yes, I emailed that. Here’s my copy. But ...” Noone’s come straight out to show intentional manipulation, either. Where’s the line-by-line comparisons with and without alterations? Just saying. You can claim ‘we need to check these’ ... I know my email. I have it right here. I can tell you in minutes if I sent something, and if it’s been changed. I expect better from politicians, who have whole phalanxes of staff handling this stuff.

Field and Stream redesigns.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:19:02 -0000

Is it me, or is it soulless? There’s no personality here. It’s like Foundation or Bootstrap “out of the box”.

The Millions: On Whimsy, Trump, and ‘Bloom County’.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:12:57 -0000

“It’s not just that Bloom County was prescient in seeing his trajectory. Nor is it just that it sussed out the void in his soul. No, what’s so frightening to see now, 30 years after Trump’s turn as Bill the Cat’s brain, is just how precisely it pegged why he shouldn’t have power.”

FishbowlNY: Publishers Are Happy With Google AMP.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:46:19 -0000

Faster wins.

Italian Ways: Fiat 1500 6C Barchetta, born from the wind.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:41:17 -0000

Somehow, that front end looks a little bovine to me. Surely a design standout, but not to my taste. I’d put my head above the windscreen and start ‘mooing’.

DYT: Why Did A Millionaire Winch An F1 Car Up An Apartment Block?

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:30:24 -0000

To hang it from his ceiling. Upside-down. Butofcourse!

PS Mag: The Sad Silver Lining to the Trump Campaign’s Implosion.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:25:22 -0000

“Despite the historic prevalence of sex scandals in American politics, no longer will misogyny exist as a minor indiscretion among the highest echelons of political and economic power. Women make up more than half of the electorate and have voted at higher rates than men for years; now, they’re flexing their political muscle beyond the ballot box.”

Vox: A GOP strategist explains why the Republican Party is about to break in two.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:23:02 -0000

“I think what you’re gonna see is [Trump campaign CEO and Breitbart News chief] Steve Bannon monetizing 30 percent of the electorate into a UKIP-style movement and a billion-dollar media business.” Yep.

Mashable: The terrifying moment a shark breaks into a cage with a diver inside.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:21:39 -0000

Outfits routinely bait to bring in sharks. Everyone was lucky ... this time. So, want to still sit in a shark cage? NAH.

Slate: How are these two Missouri Democrats surviving in Trumpish Missouri?

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:16:05 -0000

Breaking the mold. Don’t miss the ‘background checks’ video in the middle of the article. That’s authenticity. That’s what I’m talking about.

Upgraded to 100GB of Google storage.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:59:48 -0000

My 15GB free gigs were at 94%. Interestingly, speed of email deliveries has immediately gone up (checking frequency is better), as has Gmail website rendering. Just an independent observation. 100GB is ~$2/month.

The Nation: Michelle Obama Just Delivered the Most Powerful Speech of the 2016 Campaign.

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 04:23:01 -0000

It is a shame that this cannot be the first woman President.