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Onward, the migratory nerd

A recent storm in which lightning struck rather close to my residence, and fried various bits of networking equipment, caused a whole different type of migratory nerding.

Updating spaces to tabs

In code, choosing spaces over tabs creates accessibility barriers. The developer ‘Holy Wars’ ignore this, so this article explains the issue.

I have been up to tech

If you’ve been wondering why I haven’t posted in a long time: “I have been up to tech!”

No, I have not sold my soul, v2

This is true despite the fact that I am moving my websites (including this one) away from OVHcloud and/or self-hosting, and am making a shift to using Microsoft 365. Some will never believe that nor accept what I have to say about it, but for me it’s the right decision.

Facebook "meltdown"

If my feed was showing me what ’engaged’ me why did I get fed up and leave? There are several parts to the answer, but an important piece is that Facebook’s algorithm is largely an uncontrolled ‘positive feedback loop’.

Data Responsibly

We need mandatory third party security and privacy audits to matter as much to directors and shareholders as financial audits.


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Daniel’s other sites

Daniel hosts a technical documentation website.

Daniel also hosts a separate personal, political, creative, and mental health blog. It’s rather odd and you may totally disagree with Daniel on his politics, so you may not want to visit there. You have been warned.