• Street Safety is Why My Kids Don’t Walk to School Alone

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    Jumping on this article about childhood freedom, my wife and I discussed why my 9 and 7 year old don’t walk the 800m to school alone as we walked back home this morning. The only reason is the 4 lane road the have to cross. Sure the city put in lights and a button now,…

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  • Want a Small Phone – Maybe the Jelly Star is for You

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    I’m currently happily using an iPhone 13 Mini and have no desire to upgrade to any of the massive phones Apple currently has on offer. That means i’m on the look out for a small phone that runs Android. Today I heard about the Jelly Star which is a seriously tiny phone running Android 13.…

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  • PKM Weekly Oct 22 2023 – Issue 093

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    If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could also purchase a course if that fits your needs better. You can get this in your inbox by signing up. On Reading Tiago…

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  • Memeber Reads Oct 21 2023

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    Neil Gaiman writes the introduction to my 60th Anniversary copy of Fahrenheit 451, and proposes that there are three phrases that make it possible to write about the world of the future. What if… If only… If this goes on… Today we investigate the last question, what will our world look like if this goes…

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  • Saskatchewan had to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

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    I think that when you need to override the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to pass legislation history is going to find that you’re on the wrong side of the issue. One of the things I do to support the LGBTQ+ community is to make sure I email the schools my children attend when…

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  • Agreed – Your Talk Should Also be a Blog Post

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    Jamie has a great short article to support the idea that your talk should also be a blog post. I also think that Twitter/X Thread should be blog posts because threads produce little value. Even on Mastodon, threads should be blog posts. Think of all the content you put on Twitter that is now in…

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  • I Hate Client Side JS Crap

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    This article cites React and how bad it is, but really I dislike all client side JS stuff that renders the DOM with JavaScript. Angular…ugh digging out of an old app that no longer builds and was always slow. As I’ve replaced it with PHP and standard HTML we’ve seen reliability go up and speed…

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  • Fix Obsidian Book Search Error

    Fix Obsidian Book Search Error

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    I love the Obsidian Book Search plugin, but it has an issue…everyone using it shares the same key. That means you can exceed the API connection limit for the day based on the interactions of other users. Luckily vityav has a fix in a GitHub comment which I applied and works. Today I’ll walk you…

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  • Framework Cyberdeck

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    Stuff like this is why the Framework is so cool. I’m just using a normal laptop, but I could turn it into a cyberdeck if I was interested.

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  • PKM Weekly Oct 15 2023 – Issue 092

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    If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could also purchase a course if that fits your needs better. You can get this in your inbox by signing up. Getting Good at…

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