Miscellaneous Discoveries
- Jerry Hyde’s talk on addiction at Bryanston School (see above)
- Gabor Maté’s talk on The Need for Authenticity
- Blackbird’s Technnicopedia – a database of all LEGO Techic products released since 1978
- Discovered (and purchased) the LEGO City Mountain Fugitives set at Walgreens for $9.99, my first LEGO set in over 35 years!
- Adam Scott’s new project Stop Using Plastic
- Cindy Goodman’s article mentioning me in the Miami Herald
- and the Spanish version of the same article
Music
- Kenny Loggin’s live album Outside from the Redwoods, featuring a beautiful duet with Michael McDonald
- Esperanza Spalding’s track I know you know, from her album Esperanza
- Oliver Spanuth’s new project S.A.F.T.
Tech Finds
- How to reduce all animations in macOS – very useful if you’re connecting to a Mac via VNC
- Found out about the existence of the mysterious ARP Cache Bug that Apple introduced with Mavericks, leading to spontaneous (and annoying) packet loss
- How to apply the ARP Fix at MacStadium
- How to install PHP-FPM
- Checking website performance using cURL and other options
- How to switch between PHP Versions in MAMP 4.x
- WordPress supports Spotify oEmbeds!
- How to use emoji, accents and symbols on macOS
- How to build a WordPress instance with Amazon’s CloudFront