John Gruber made an excellent and compelling argument for avoiding certain terms when describing the hateful, nationalist, far right party running the United States currently, and instead suggests we all do what we can to ensure the names they call themselves end up just as stigmatized. Our goal should not be to make fascist or […]
Monthly Archives: January 2026
My wife and I are big fans of the series Columbo, starring Peter Falk. The show had two separate runs. The first and much better original series aired on NBC in the 1970s while the latter still-sort-of-good revival aired on ABC about a decade later. Like every other program made for television before the age […]
Nathan Edwards, in a Verge article titled “I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great1“, writes: First challenge: My mouse buttons don’t work. I can move the cursor, but can’t click on anything. I try plugging in a mouse (without unplugging the first one), same deal. Not a major issue; I can get around […]