My Deploy Broke Because Someone Is DDoSing GitHub
GitHub's had a rough few days under what looks like its biggest DDoS ever, and I only found out because a routine deploy hung for twenty minutes.
Twitter Just Kneecapped Meerkat and Nobody's Surprised
Twitter bought Periscope for a reported $100 million and then cut off Meerkat's access to the follow graph right as it was blowing up at SXSW — a petty, familiar move.
Meerkat, One Week After Twitter Pulled the Rug
Twitter quietly bought Periscope, then cut Meerkat off from the social graph days after SXSW made it the app of the moment. A weekend spent using it anyway.
Twitter Strangles Meerkat Right After Buying Its Clone
Meerkat blew up at SXSW, then Twitter cut off the API access it depends on days after buying Periscope. A rundown of the drama, plus why the app itself is kind of a mess.
The Meerkat Two Weeks
Meerkat blew up at SXSW, then Twitter cut off its social graph access and quietly bought Periscope. A week later, some thoughts on the whole mess (and my draining battery).
The Eclipse That Made Grid Engineers Sweat
I stayed up for yesterday's solar eclipse livestream and got way more interested in how European grid operators kept the lights on than in the eclipse itself.
Meerkat's Follow List Just Went Empty
Twitter cut Meerkat off from its social graph days after buying rival Periscope, and the SXSW darling app suddenly looked a lot more fragile.
The One-Port MacBook: A Dongle Survival Guide
Apple's new single-port 12-inch MacBook means a lot of people are about to discover dongle life. Here's what you'll actually need to buy before it ships.
The One-Port MacBook Problem
The new 12-inch MacBook shipped this week with exactly one port, and the internet cant decide if thats brave or insane. Some thoughts on dongles, the new keyboard, and the HBO Now announcement everyone's ignoring.
400 Pages of Net Neutrality (I Made It Through About 40)
The FCC finally released the full 400-page text of the net neutrality order this week, and I tried (and mostly failed) to read the whole thing.
One Port To Rule Them All (And I Don't Love It)
Apple's new 12-inch MacBook has exactly one port, and after a week of thinking about it, I've decided that's a bigger deal than the watch pricing everyone's arguing about.
Spring Forward, Twice
Daylight saving stole an hour of sleep the same weekend Apple's naming its event "Spring Forward" — some notes on clocks that never get fixed, a smartwatch I don't want, and the curved screen everyone at MWC was suddenly obsessed with.