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A sign on the blue ridge parkway reading View Graybeard Mountain. The view is completely obscured by fog. Source: John Williams

The view of Graybeard Mountain in North Carolina from the Blue Ridge Parkway, September 2002. It was a little overcast.

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A pizza box from Mellow Mushroom used for leftovers. It reads- so nice you'll eat it twice.

Techno-dystopians

As the user experience gets worse, FOSS becomes more attractive

Three knit swatches. The top is a stockinette swatch knit in the round. Bottom left is a yellow swatch in broken rib, and bottom right is a flat-knit stockinette swatch.

Playing catch-up

Where my head is at after a three-month hiatus

Banner that reads We do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.

Don’t drive screws with a hammer

Sometimes developers will solve problems with the handy tool, not the right tool, just because it seems like less work. It's probably not.

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