I finally reached my limit. Tim Miller writes in the New York Times today: Can we ever know the full effect that years of emails, texts, Facebook ads and viral Twitter ads with doom-driven fund-raising appeals have had on the…
Author: David Beckemeyer
I don’t blog all day, or spend all my spare time reading other blogs to see if they’re talking about my blog. I’m a propellerhead, not a professional full-time blogger. I’m admittedly outside the loop. Therefore, this blog may appeal to others who are equally un-hip. Or not.
More fun with Wordle – Second guess analysis
Update March 26, 2022: Added some runts-to-win analysis and updated the “top-25” words again based on that data, see the update section below for details. Recently I published some analysis for that holy grail of Wordle, the best starting words:…
Fun with Wordle
I put together an app to play Wordle and to use to research various aspects of the game, including best starting words. I put this little non-technical video together as an experiment: It’s a learning experience making these videos. The…
The dine safely app for our pandemic times
I built a little app to check and grade the COVID-19 Safety Measures of our favorite dining establishments. You can check it out at: https://dinesafely.org The front-end is pretty much a bare-bones material ui react app interface initially forked from:…
What are the signs that an entrepreneur will always be small time?
A few traits that are immediate red flags for me
Firm providing service to protect from ransomware hit by ransomware attack
If you google for “saca tech ransomware” you will find a number of videos and various marketing pieces from Saca Technologies / IronOrbit talking about how to protect yourself from ransomware. But apparently, the company wasn’t able to protect itself,…
How about never, is never good for you?
Normal people will never understand how much a phone call or zoom call drains the energy of a visual learner introvert. That little phrase at the end of an email “great, when can we meet to discuss it?” And there…
Comcast Xfinity “gig speed”
Sorry to post this here, but since Comcast literally does not provide an email contact for customers, this has to be out here in the public. A friend recently asked my about my experience with Comcast Internet (xFinity). Here’s my…
I might have a problem
I tend to plan trips, particularly road trips, around Peet’s Coffee locations. Unlike Starbucks that are everywhere, certain parts of California are Peet’s deserts. I try to work a trip so I know when I will make it back to…
A Fresh Look at PHP
I never have been an active PHP developer. I’ve worked with it on the occasions I’ve had to, like hacking WordPress, or for smaller quick and dirty projects, but had never seriously considered the language for anything beyond that. I…
