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My name is Daniel Howard. I grew up in Chicago, and I live in
San Francisco Brooklyn
Mountain View Sunnyvale, CA. I was born in 1976:
the year of the American Bicentennial. I have a Bachelor's degree in
English Rhetoric, but I make my living as a Systems Administrator.
I enjoy writing, and I started publishing on the web in 1995, and an online journal in 1996. I will introduce you further on the Welcome page, or you can start exploring on your own . . .
Truth be told, I post more often to Social Media, including:
- https://sfba.social/@dannyman <-- San Francisco Bay Area Mastodon
- https://www.facebook.com/dannymanTM <-- Facebook ("fah-chey-BOKE")
- https://bsky.app/profile/dannyman.toldme.com <-- Bluesky ("blues-kee")
See also: site archive and the "Everything" page.
Recently Posted
Fuck those Oligarchs. We have climate change to solve.
TIP: Remind the user they’re working in production!
This has now come up more than once in my career, so I thought I would share. A common practice is to have different instances of the same web-based software running in your dev, stage, test, and production environments. You test changes in dev, and on occasion you press the big scary button in prod. The problem is, of course, these sites look very much the same from browser tab to browser tab and it is possible to run the wrong thing in the wrong time in the wrong environment.
I made a sign, then I wrote on the sign. Then I walked over ten miles carrying the sign around. I was granted flags along the way. And several blisters. I love my country. We have a lot of good people.
Achievement Unlocked: Permanently Banned From r/waymo
Waymo is good because it can reduce traffic deaths, and Waymo’s corporate parent is a sponsor of the growing horrors of the Trump Regime. Enjoy the ride, but don’t even feign shock that folks are willing to torch a few Waymos.
Modern cars don’t ship with spare tires.
It feels like the United States is Wile E Coyote having run over the cliff, pausing in mid-air, then daring to look down. It isn’t a Done Deal that we have lost our Democracy and I have some Faith that we’re going to Keep It Together but I am totally freaked out.
Sunnyvale has no Trump Tower, but Elon Musk has conveniently opened a chain of MAGA Embassies throughout affluent blue communities to receive our ire. For two hours a week. You and I can’t end this Darkness from the top. But we can be agents of Light in our own lives, working from the bottom.
