Everyone loves Wordle! The author, Josh Wardle, has created the first true meme of 2022 and it’s conquered the Internet faster than Q. (OK, that’s hyperbole. Wishful thinking on my part). I t...
https://www.haibane.info/2022/01/12/a-simple-scoring-scheme-for-wordle/
I graduated from high school in 1991* in the BBS era. The Internet didn’t open up to commercial use until 1992, and didn’t really take off until 1994 when Mosaic was released. Before email on...
https://www.haibane.info/2021/06/17/living-through-digital-history/
I’m a heavy user of Amazon Prime – just the savings on shipping alone makes it worth it. The original price used to be $75 but Amazon recently raised the price to $99/year – except for toda...
https://www.haibane.info/2015/01/24/amazon-prime-is-only-72-crazy-deal/
As per my router troubles earlier, I have finally upgraded to the Asus RT-AC56U. I’ve been using an old Linksys WRT54GL as an access point for legacy 802.11g connections, so here is the baselin...
https://www.haibane.info/2014/01/30/upgraded-to-asus-rt-ac56u-router-speed-tests/
As this is a geekblog, I might as well document my woes here in public. Here is the support ticket I filed with Netgear just now. Hello, I purchased a WNDR3700 on 1/11/2011 – serial number 2184...
I decided to use Fargo.io to write the previous post, since it was a long and complex piece with a lot of hierarchical structure. Lots of lists, etc. Let me preface by saying this is wonderful fu...
Dave Winer takes a semi-luddite view about Google Glass (which he refers to as Google glasses, minus branding and capital G). He writes, I think they will make an excellent display device for the...
https://www.haibane.info/2013/04/25/a-semi-skeptical-view-of-google-glass/
Regardless of whether or not you agree with his politics, Andrew Sullivan’s decision to monetize the Daily Dish is an admirable one, which I envy. I’m hardly a blip compared to him, even if y...
https://www.haibane.info/2013/01/04/monetizing-is-the-new-thing/
So, here’s a developing conversation by several heavyweights on the social media and technology spheres: Anil Dash argues that the new generation of social discussion tools like Branch, Svbtle ...
https://www.haibane.info/2012/09/24/rethinking-the-structure-of-discussions-online/
then here’s a Kickstarter for you to look at!
https://www.haibane.info/2012/09/09/if-you-like-comics-and-cookies/