Category Archives: Announcements

Replicating Reader Sharing with TTRSS and WordPress

Posted on 2013-05-22 by pappp

I was shit-talking Google Plus’ utility as a replacement for Reader’s social features, and realized I think I actually can do at least as well with my existing infrastructure. I’m not immediately planning to switch, because Plus offers convenience and … Continue reading →

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Google is Getting Awfully Evil

Posted on 2013-03-16 by pappp

TLDR; I no longer consider google trustworthy, Tiny Tiny RSS is a suitable, self hosted, replacement for Reader. Until this week, Google had managed to convince me their services were trustworthy – more trustworthy than self-hosting – which is quite … Continue reading →

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Spring 2013 Impressions

Posted on 2013-01-23 by pappp

Since I’m in the habit of posting about classes I take at the beginning and end of the semester, and often find something interesting when I look at them later, some quick impressions for courses I’m involved in for the … Continue reading →

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Shapeoko: Part 1

Posted on 2012-11-18 by pappp

My Shapeoko kit arrived from Inventables while I was away at SC. I’ve been trying to build myself a small CNC milling machine since 2009, and contemplating it for longer than that. It became clear that my original design, however … Continue reading →

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SC12

Posted on 2012-11-05 by pappp

I will be at SC12 November 10-16, with the Aggregate.org/University of Kentucky exhibit in booth 631. I will be posting pictures and impressions through at least one of my online presence mechanisms . I fully expect it to be weird … Continue reading →

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Touchpad

Posted on 2011-12-14 by pappp

I picked up one of the $150 refurbished 32GB Touchpads in the last firesale on Sunday. It seems like HP has done their very best to get as many Touchpads into the hands of hackers as possible, so whether or … Continue reading →

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SC’11 Lessons

Posted on 2011-11-18 by pappp

I learned some really interesting things at SC this year, and now that I’ve had a day to process, I want to share. Many of these observations come from first or second hand conversations, or justifiable interpretations of press releases, … Continue reading →

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Headed out to SC11 in Seattle, WA. for the week. Technical interest, travel complaints, booth hacks, advertising mockery, and schwag to follow.

Posted on 2011-11-12 by pappp | Leave a comment

Google Plus

Posted on 2011-07-07 by pappp

I’ve been playing with Google+ for the last couple days, and am finding it pretty interesting. To share some observations that will be tedious to anyone not interested in plus, UI design, and such geekery:

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Google Plus?

Posted on 2011-06-28 by pappp

Google is trying again with social networking with Google Plus. It actually looks pretty interesting; the group management (“cirlces”) looks reasonable, the platform-independent n-party text/voice/video chat (“hangouts”) looks spectacular, and the interest grouping (“sparks”) would make a good standalone feature. … Continue reading →

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