Events

Exactly 30 days ago the Inner Drive Journal (the software powering this blog) went live. I've released 7 new builds since then. One of the driving forces behind the re-write was frequent releases, so that part seems to have succeeded tremendously.

Matthew Yglesias takes a look at what average Americans consider to be corrupt behavior by politicians and concludes that voters "think everyone is corrupt:"

Two things this morning that made me laugh, starting with the news of one more Federal grand jury refusing to indict someone that made the OAFPOTUS mad—in this case, six someones, all sitting US legislators and former US military and intelligence officers:

I've just released v1.0.9538 of the Inner Drive Journal, the software that runs The Daily Parker. This release added two big security features that I've been working toward for years.

As was obvious when I left Spiteful, the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl over the New England Patriots by 29-13.

17:45: Welcome to the experiment. I'm at Spiteful with Cassie watching the Big Game, but also doing a field test of the Daily Parker mobile editing experience. So far, no score on the TV but the editor is doing well. And the fact that the page auto-saves every 30 seconds is helpful. Keep refreshing: you will see me typing in near real time!

I spent about 4½ hours today working on the blog software, and was able to implement two out of three modes of sharing posts and the "Private" level of privacy. Those are working in the dev/test environment but I don't expect to push them to production until next weekend.

I just finished a book that I've had on my nightstand for six full months: Markdig.Syntax.Inlines.EmphasisInline (2nd edition), by John Noble Wilford. It took me so long to read the book that Wilford actually died while I was reading it. (Why do I have the urge to pick up Hillbilly Elegy now?)

Alert that it's above freezing

The temperature at Inner Drive Technology World HQ has crept all the way up to -0.4°C (31.3°F), close enough to freezing that it would take hours to get frostbite. But you'd still get frostbite, so it's not quite where we want it. Officially at O'Hare it's -0.6°C (31.0°F), the warmest since 9pm on Friday January 16th.