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Mac Mini running Ubuntu server 16.04 LTS
I’ve got a couple of Mac Mini 2,1 that have been sitting idle and forgotten for what seems like years. The 2.0 Ghz unit has 2Gb of RAM, a 120Gb spinning HDD, and a DVD burner. First thing is to know that you can’t just get any ISO image and write it to USB and install.…
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Intermediate SVG Icons in React
One of the things Product Designers at Automattic get to do plenty of is to tinker with code. Whether it’s prototyping, writing CSS, or even playing with new tools. And that’s what I normally get up to on Hack/Trash Day — our internal day to work on something that’s not you’re regular job — fixing something…
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High Sierra Clean Install + Migration Issues
TL/DR: Proceed with extreme caution. Heads up for anyone wanting to do a macOS High Sierra clean install plus migration. I’ve been unable to successfully use Migration Assistant to restore my Apps/HomeDir/Settings due to it’s ultra slow speeds. I tried migration using: A HDD backup over USB (created with SuperDuper); and Airport Time Capsule TM…
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Weather data nerding
It’s nice to know Santa takes orders, so this year I ordered a Fine Offset WH1080 weather station plus a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Beginners Kit. It’s my first Pi, and my first venture into weather data, but I’d done plenty of research before hand to know that combining the two pieces of hardware…
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On the mobile revolution
Compared to todays mobile revolution, the original World Wide Web, with pre-broadband connection speeds and clunky desktop computers, was a bit like comparing today’s Channel Tunnel with its original 1802 proposal by French engineer Albert Mathieu: with illumination from oil lamps, horse-drawn coaches, and an artificial island mid-Channel for changing horses.
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When is a 1000Mb/s router the same as a 100Mb/s router?
When you buy it on AliExpress. Nice body. Shame about the BIOS. I’ve been researching gigabit routers for a while now. I’m moving soon to a fiber neighbourhood, and want a router that’s more than capable of handling serious speeds. More than anything, I want a router that’s future proof. So a while back I…
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My photojournalism pivot
A six year journey. The year 2012 seems such a long time ago, but it was the year I decided to end my six year photojournalism pivot. But what a journey it was. I worked with some amazing journalists, and saw and documented some incredible things. As someone who’s predominantly visual, those six years were…
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This thing I discovered
The last time I flew on a jet was when I was 12. Fast forward 35 years, and what almost seems a lifetime of web design and development, I finally landed my dream job – User Interface Designer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. Automattic is known as being “the” distributed company. Based in San…
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All packed for the a8cgm
The Automattic Grand Meetup is the annual get together of Automatticians from around the world. This year the GM is at Park City, Utah. It’s my first GM since starting at Automattic in August, and I’m sure to have a ball!
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Inside the mind of Marc Andreessen
This is one of those fascinating reads that really gets you into the mind of the subject – in this case Marc Andreessen – who created the graphical web browser that kicked off the popular World Wide Web. Source: The Mind of Marc Andreessen – The New Yorker