Mobilegeddon Caught My Broken Viewport Tag
Google's mobile-friendly ranking update rolled out this week, and it turned up a broken viewport tag on this very blog. A close look at Mobilegeddon and why so many sites still fail it.
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So Close Again: The Drone Ship Landing That Almost Was
SpaceX almost landed a rocket on a drone ship again last week, and a sticky throttle valve is the only reason it's now scrap metal instead of history.
One Week Into HBO Now and Im Still Annoyed About the Apple Thing
A week into HBO Now and one Game of Thrones premiere later, some notes on what its actually like to pay for HBO without a cable box, and why locking it to Apple devices first was a weird call.
Four Days Until Mobilegeddon and My Sidebar Still Isn't Responsive
Google's mobile-friendly ranking update hits in four days, so I finally ran techpad through the test tool and found out my own post pages fail it.
GTA V on PC Finally Showed Up, and So Did the Server Meltdown
GTA V finally hit PC on April 14th after three delays, and launch night turned into hours of Rockstar Social Club activation errors instead of actual playing.
Borrowing an iPad to Watch Game of Thrones
HBO Now launched last week promising cord-cutters an easy way to get HBO, but as of this weekend the only way to actually sign up is through Apple hardware I dont own.
A Few Days Into HBO Now (And Still No Roku App)
HBO Now launched this week with no cable required, but if you don't own an Apple device you're mostly out of luck for now — a few days in with the app, the price stacking, and why the timing before Game of Thrones season 5 wasn't an accident.
A Year After Heartbleed, My Passwords Are Still a Mess
A year after Heartbleed broke the internet's trust in HTTPS, a look back at the frantic password-changing Saturday, what actually got fixed, and why most of us went right back to our old habits anyway.
The Amazon Dash Button Is Not For Me
Amazon's little WiFi buttons for reordering Tide and Gatorade launched last week, and I have thoughts about why I still won't be sticking one to my washing machine.
The Week GitHub Kept Choking
A week of GitHub choking under a massive DDoS attack, watched from the perspective of someone who just wanted their git push to finish.
Watching a Stranger Build a Bookshelf on Periscope
I finally tried Periscope this week and ended up watching a stranger assemble IKEA furniture live for forty-five minutes. Some thoughts on live mobile video, Meerkat, and Twitter's timing.
My Deploy Broke Because Someone Is Fighting China Through GitHub
GitHub has been under the biggest DDoS attack in its history since March 26th, and my client's deploy hook has been collateral damage for a week.