Posted on Fri 02 June 2017 in Dispatches • Tagged with books, reviews • 2 min read
River of Teeth
In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true.
Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws …
Posted on Thu 25 May 2017 in Dispatches • Tagged with encryption, meta, networking, privacy, security • 2 min read
Photo Credit: Markus Spiske
These days, encryption is more important than ever. You don’t need to look any farther than the national news for reasons why. Even small sites that don’t provide user accounts should consider it. I was reminded of this recently when I came across a post by Jeff Atwood …
Posted on Wed 24 May 2017 in Dispatches • Tagged with assorted geekery, development, meta, pelican • 1 min read
I’m happy to report that this site now produces a valid JSON feed for your consumption. If you are using one of the few feedreaders that support them, that is.
JSON Feeds: Slurp ‘em if you’ve got ‘em!
JSON feeds are a relatively new concept in syndication, but …
Posted on Tue 23 May 2017 in Dispatches • Tagged with aikido, business, conflict, martial arts, self improvement • 9 min read
Photo Credit: Marius Zierold
It’s been close to eleven years since I last wore a gi and was thrown over someone’s hip, but I still practice Aikido every day. Not in a dojo, and not on a practice mat, but in the office and in my home.
Aikido, for …
Posted on Mon 22 May 2017 in Dispatches • 1 min read
Photo Credit: Andrew Rakowski
James Hamblin, M.D. with a good piece on gluten research for The Atlantic:
In fact, not only does gluten not cause heart disease in the general population, but people who go gluten-free seem to actually be putting themselves at an increased risk of heart disease, insofar as it means …
Posted on Sat 20 May 2017 in Dispatches • Tagged with culture, gaming, horror, podcasts, politics, writing • 5 min read
Photo Credit: iStock.com/carlotoffolo
Let’s face it. Things are bad right now.
Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, it’s hard to be happy about anything at the moment, unless you’re, I don’t know, a bridge troll, I guess? You need something to take your mind off things …
Posted on Sat 20 May 2017 in Dispatches • 1 min read
Great write-up in HBR on the contradiction between stated concerns of privacy and behavioral changes as a result.
Contrary to previous studies, the findings of the meta-analysis revealed that individuals who are more concerned with and informed about privacy tend to use fewer online services, set stronger security settings, and …
Posted on Fri 19 May 2017 in Dispatches • Tagged with assorted geekery, development, meta, pelican, personal, python • 3 min read
Get Pelican: it’s good!
There comes a time in every young man’s life when he begins to neglect his digital lawn, and the weeds grow so thick you wouldn’t think there was any home there at all. Such has been the state of Ministry for the last …
Posted on Fri 30 September 2016 in Dispatches • Tagged with quotes, space • 1 min read
The scientists learned much about the comet’s landscape. Dr. El-Maarry described its surface as very dark — reflecting just 3 to 4 percent of the sunlight that hits it. The darkness comes from a dearth of ice at the surface and an abundance of organic molecules.
Some areas are bare …
Posted on Tue 03 May 2016 in Dispatches • Tagged with quotes, writing • 1 min read
This is the part of the job that doesn’t get talked about a lot, not least because it’s hard to talk about, but also because it doesn’t involve Productivity and Goals and The Magic Of Writering and The Grand Statement and all that good stuff in interviews …
