May I please show off what I've been doing at work? This project was my own bright idea and it came out just the way I had hoped.

If you have interest in the topic, I hope you'll check it out. And it's okay if you have no idea what we're talking about. You can still tell me that my work is admirable.

https://redis.com/docs/using-redis-for-chat-messaging-and-queues/

Songs have been getting shorter for years, but this has rapidly accelerated of late. https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjv8pq/pop-songs-shorter-than-ever

"Macmillan Dictionary to close after 14 years of online excellence"

https://macmillaneducation.secure.force.com/help/bg_FAQArticle

That's a spicy meatball! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErgdUhZteqw

Learn about the history of nonbinary pronouns, a guide to how you can use them in everyday conversation, and what to do if you misgender someone. https://www.them.us/story/gender-neutral-pronouns-101-they-them-xe-xem

Suspected of orchestrating the Lincoln assassination, the South’s most prominent Jew escaped to London to start a new life as a high-powered lawyer. The U.S. government secretly tried to bring him home to face justice. https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/history/articles/hunt-for-judah-p-benjamin-jewish-confederate-spy

"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else." -- Gloria Steinem

"In other words, if you want to feel not just alert but ready to go, caffeine alone won’t do – you need to experience that cup of coffee." https://gizmodo.com/that-essential-morning-coffee-may-be-a-placebo-1850590906

Looking for a beach read? I'm on the 26th book in this historical mystery series and I still think it's great.

Of course, it means that you have to read the first 25 to catch up to me. Is that a problem? https://amzn.to/3CX6LM5

The TV show Silo illustrates 7 lessons in how NOT to do an upgrade, writes @petdance https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/silo-3724446c0438

True for tech websites too, amiright?

The NABU Network was an obscure, forgotten part of Canadian tech history—until the internet noticed that thousands of NABU machines were being sold on eBay at rock-bottom prices. https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3k34/2200-forgotten-vintage-computers-are-being-liberated-from-a-barn-in-massachusetts

Jeez, I'm old.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/30/ethernet_50th_birthday/

My Amazon review of _A Fatal Illusion_ by Anna Lee Huber

Good twisty-turny mystery. Kept me guessing until the end. And a perfect beach read (assuming you've read the previous books, and really what's keeping you?!).
https://amzn.to/3pzglBG

New bucket list
https://www.tasteatlas.com/iconic-dishes-legendary-restaurants

Digitized copies of public domain books, manuscripts, and other media from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/

When this Tindallgram was published on June 6th, 1966, NASA had received information from MIT that the software going into space would be late. Tindall went to MIT to see what could be done about the schedule. https://two-wrongs.com/tindall-on-software-delays.html

Cloud Migration Strategy Misconceptions

You’re committed to a cloud migration. Great. But you need to get the data out of your existing system and into the new one.
No problem, you think. You know just the right way to go about it!

Or do you?

https://redis.com/blog/cloud-migration-strategy-misconceptions/

The newest crop of drones promises farmers greater sustainability and autonomy, while drawing interested newcomers into the field.
https://modernfarmer.com/2023/06/next-generation-agricultural-drones