I must admit I’m starting to like this Statify WordPress plugin I installed a few days ago. Admittedly it took a bit of playing with to get functional, but it seems way more accurate and useful than any of the Google Analytics or Visitor Real Time Traffic plugins I’ve either tried or still have installed. You have to scroll quite a ways down on your dashboard, especially if you have many comments, but it looks … Statify WordPress PluginRead more
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Theranos – How All AGILE Projects End in a Regulated World
It’s rather fitting that this story breaks shortly after I finished the first draft of “The Phallus of AGILE and Other Ruminations.” The tale of Theranos is the tale of every AGILE project in an environment where things actually matter. At the heart of the problem is the institutionalized belief that it is okay to sell failure. Hell, why wouldn’t they. Look how rich Bill Gates got committing mail and wire fraud hand over fist. … Theranos – How All AGILE Projects End in a Regulated WorldRead more
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How Canonical Fixes Most Major Ubuntu Bugs
Artful is EOL. ** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu Artful) Status: Triaged => Won’t Fix — You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a . . . Got yet another one of these today.
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Popups and Popovers are Physically Inexcusable Design Failures
You know, when I’m driving around, I listen to WBBM News Radio 78 quite a bit if I’m close enough to pull it in, this is especially true if I’m helping on the family farm as you kind of live by the weather during times of fieldwork. This is in rather stark contrast to my NPR listening the rest of the time. Typically WILL out of Champaign (AM 580) because WBEZ (91.5fm, 90.7fm, 91.1fm) airs … Popups and Popovers are Physically Inexcusable Design FailuresRead more
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Walmart to Go Out of Business Soon
I have never been a fan of Walmart (WMT). It’s enslavement and exploitation of the most unfortunate in the world I have always found repulsive. There are also those persistent rumors that many of those “Made in China” products are actually “Made in North Korea” and sent across the border to China where the only thing China does is slap “Made in China” on them before putting them in a container bound for Walmart. It’s … Walmart to Go Out of Business SoonRead more