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An A+ HTTPS site for $20

Building a HTTPS-secured website is easier than it’s ever been.

I’ve found myself a bit stalled in writing my memoir, so I’m going to post a few stories here in the hopes of breaking free of writer’s block… The use of first names and email aliases at Microsoft could easily lead to confusion for new employees. A few weeks into my first summer (1999) atContinue reading “Organizational Awareness”

Microsoft Edge Bugs and Omissions

I tweet about the new Microsoft Edge browser quite a lot. I wanted to have a blog post to collect some of the feedback I’ve provided so I have it in one place and can update as needed. Note: This post mostly focuses on the bad parts of Edge; there are plenty of good parts,Continue reading “Microsoft Edge Bugs and Omissions”

Zopfli All The Things

I’ve written about Zopfli quite a bit in the past, and even wrote a tool to apply it to PNG files. For fun, I had a look at one of the most optimized pages in the world: Google.com, through the lens of Zopfli. Here are the basic resources delivered by the Google homepage: This breakdownContinue reading “Zopfli All The Things”

What I Use–Software Edition

I’ll update this list from time-to-time. Criteria The #1 criteria for any software I use is first, do no harm. There’s a lot of great software out there that’s ruined by side-effects, including security problems, performance problems, advertising, and anything else that makes my computer worse for having it installed. In some cases, I’ve simplyContinue reading “What I Use–Software Edition”