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Stack Overflow Survey: 80% of developers are unhappy
| Sep 23, 2024
Cringey, But True: How Uber Tests Payments In Production
"You are wasting most of the time you spend testing..."
| Aug 21, 2024
Beginner's guide to Llama models - AGI Sphere
Article from Aug 2023, mostly about Llama 1 and 2. Good info though, and a section about why you might want to use Llama instead of ChatGPT.
| Jun 11, 2024
Uncensored Models by Eric Hartford
This is a great article explaining why we need uncensored AI models
| Jun 6, 2024
Meow Wolf Announces Layoffs (And Why I Quit in December)
Great article about the transition of a creative company into corporate greed from the top
| May 4, 2024
iPhone 15 Teardown Reveals Software Lockdown | iFixit News
Great article about the pros and cons of the iPhone 15. As usual, Apple takes one step forward and two steps backwards
| Sep 30, 2023
Things to Do in Miami: Florida Renaissance Festival 2023 at Quiet Waters Park |
They used my photo of Summer eating a turkey leg LOL
| Feb 2, 2023
CNETs Article-Writing AI Is Already Publishing Very Dumb Errors
The errors were subtle, but there nonetheless. The main thing I find interesting about this, is how CNET is trying to push out a volume of articles in an attempt to manipulate Google
| Jan 18, 2023
Complex or clickbait?: The problematic Media Bias Chart – ACRLog
Interesting article, intelligent but biased. What's GREAT is the comment from the author of the Media Bias Chart
| Sep 26, 2021
OnlyFans Is Banning 'Sexually-Explicit Content' on Oct. 1
Good article and even better comments about the looming death of OnlyFans
| Aug 19, 2021
The Art of Conscious Sex. How to use sex as a spiritual practice | by Lisa Marie
This is great!
| Jun 25, 2021
What I wish I had known about single page applications - Stack Overflow Blog
Good article on the the general problems of creating web apps that average users have no idea about. It's pretty well written and not overly technical.
| Mar 3, 2021
Opinion | Our Culture of Contempt - The New York Times
| Mar 7, 2019
| Feb 23, 2019
The Danger of Dogfooding - Inside Intercom
| Jun 17, 2018
Beyonce protests miss the point - CNN.com
| Feb 12, 2016
Give it five minutes '" Signal v. Noise
| Nov 29, 2015
Augmented Paper - Matt Gemmell
| Nov 12, 2015
Young, Attractive, and Totally Not Into Having Sex | WIRED
demisexuals and gray asexuals
| Feb 19, 2015
The Ultimate Guide to Making Money with the Amazon Affiliate Program : @ProBlogg
quote from article: "I'd rather make less money and still have a reader than make lots of money and never see the reader again."
| Jan 21, 2015
Out of the wild | The Verge - New York City Deer Problem
Cool photos from Staten Island
| Jan 17, 2015
What Makes The Quadcopter Design So Great For Small Drones?
Nice article about why quadcopters are less efficient than helicopters.
| Sep 8, 2014
9 Reasons Why You're a Mosquito Magnet
| Jul 27, 2014
Evgeny vs. the internet : Columbia Journalism Review
| Jan 4, 2014
I've covered 300 spec scripts for 5 different companies and assembled my finding
Great article about screenplays with a cool infographic!
| Nov 24, 2013
Comments on Striking Syria: Fight this war, not the last one | The Economist
Interesting article in FAVOR of striking Syria. The 600+ comments are even better and basically rip the article to shreds!!
| Sep 10, 2013
Hamburger Chef Jamie Oliver Proves McDonald's Burgers 'Unfit for human consumpti
Want to know what's wrong with America? Read the comments at the bottom of this article.
| Aug 27, 2013
Rose Cohen, Goth Lingerie Model, Accused Of Setting Car Fires
Two of my photos are credited in this article
| Aug 27, 2013
America's Libertarian Moment - Molly Ball - The Atlantic
| Aug 18, 2013
20 Things 20-Year-Olds Don't Get - Forbes
| Aug 6, 2013
John Cusack: The Snowden Principle
| Jun 19, 2013
The 50 Greatest Music Photographers Right Now | Complex
Hmmmm... Robert Giordano should be in this list!
| Mar 1, 2013
Why Not Renew the 'Assault Weapons' Ban? Well, I'll Tell You' Kontradictions
Great article
| Dec 24, 2012
GoDaddy Outage Takes Down Millions Of Sites, Anonymous Member Claims Responsibil
Great discussion on this page about blaming the hackers vs. blaming GoDaddy.
| Sep 11, 2012
| Apr 10, 2012
Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs - NYTimes.com
| Mar 15, 2012
30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself
| Dec 14, 2011
In 1963, Ray Bradbury sent this letter to explain symbolism in his work
These quotes from Ray Bradbury are amazing!
| Dec 6, 2011
Charlie Brooker | The most dangerous drug isn't meow meow. It isn't even alcohol
Its the Newspaper!!
| Oct 22, 2011
What Apple Has That Google Doesn't - An Auteur - NYTimes.com
"Apple Is a Design Company With Engineers; Google Is an Engineering Company With Designers." -Great article on the differences between Apple and Google.
| Aug 1, 2011
5 Types Of Women Men Avoid - iVillage
I thought this was amusing. Especially the part about "strippers" lol
| Jul 24, 2011
The Web Means the End of Forgetting - NYTimes.com
| Jul 21, 2010
A List Apart: Topics: Code: Flash
Articles about Flash and web standards. Lists the "Flash Satay" article and others.
| Apr 21, 2010
How To Quit Assisting and Be a Photographer: Anthony Georgis
| Apr 12, 2010
Apple Bans Some Apps for Sex-Tinged Content - NYTimes.com
| Feb 26, 2010
Back To Basics: Ditch Delicious, Use Pinboard
Michael Arrington talks about why he no longer likes Delicious. I left a comment inviting him to try Linkatopia.
| Jul 7, 2009
Broward/Palm Beach Robert Giordano at Undergrounds Coffeehaus - Events
Robert Giordano's art show on Saturday, March 7, 2009
| Mar 6, 2009
Biological basis for creativity linked to mental illness
Scientists ponder the relationship between creativity and madness. Sounds like stuff I've known for years. =)
| Jul 28, 2008
Driving study deals blow to hands-free phones - USATODAY.com
| Mar 11, 2008
Fight back against Junkmail - Direct Mail - Bulk Mailings
some interesting information about fighting postal spam.
| Feb 28, 2008
Are Social Bookmarking buttons useless?
Interesting article and something I've always thought was true. The author has a good point that a *few* buttons are a nice reminder for visitors to bookmark your page.
| Feb 23, 2008
Article "'Ambidextrous People' are Brain-Damaged"
Robert Giordano is ambidextrous. Is he brain damaged? lol
| Nov 24, 2007
phpBB ' View topic - Preventing SPAM - Bots and Humans [*Read the First Post!*]
Good article on dealing with spam bots on any platform, not just forums.
| Sep 24, 2007
FDA and CDC Bias Against Raw Milk - RealMilk.com
No Facts Provided in Recent Reminder about Raw Milk Consumption.
| Jul 5, 2007
Andrew R H Girdwood: Social Media - taking causalities
mentions Linkatopia fighting link spam.
| Jun 3, 2007
The State | 01/22/2007 | You will wish to remain anonymous
| Jan 22, 2007
"Playstation 3 Browser Specs" by Robert Giordano
Design215 article with screenshots of web pages tested in the PS3 browser
| Dec 6, 2006
Some Youth Rethink Online Communications - Forbes.com
Good article about the importance of face-to-face communication
| Oct 9, 2006
Photojojo How Big Can I Print This Photo?
This article praises the Design215.com megapixel chart.
| Oct 9, 2006
digg - 13 Photo Sizes Compared - Megapixel Chart...
Design215's Megapixel chart gets Dugg!
| Oct 8, 2006
Why Do You Work So Hard? / Is it maybe time to quit your safe job...
Interesting article
| Aug 15, 2006
More Stats on Del.icio.us, This Time Positive
| Aug 5, 2006
jms - A case for the underdogs
A nice article by Jean-Marc Skopek about small web applications taking on the market leaders.
| Jul 18, 2006
Folksonomies - Article by Adam Mathes, Dec 2004
This is possibly the best article ever written on folksonomies.
| Jun 11, 2006
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