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"Why self host?" is the wrong question. "Why rescind your control?" is the right one.

Free and easy to use platforms are only fun while they are free, easy to use, and actually available. They pop up like mushrooms and their season ends just as abruptly.

3 min read Dec 19, 2022

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Why is modern advertising so bland?

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A lot of people are asking themselves this, and many experienced ad people are blaming DEI, or the need to be "safe" and not offend, but that doesn't explain abrasive brand voices like Tampax on Twitter

4 min read Dec 9, 2022

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Let's party with Party Boy!

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So yesterday was a fun day for me. I started the day ready to tackle a list of four annoying bugs that needed to be sorted out, and instead of ending the day with eleven bugs I actually managed to solve all four.

2 min read Dec 8, 2022

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"Defending womanhood in advertising with Åsk Dabitch Wäppling"

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I was invited on Isaac Simpson's podcast The Carousel, because I am outspoken and Tired of Explaining Reality to Fuckwits.

3 min read Oct 17, 2022

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Paypal shuts yet another account down

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The concept of credit cards and digital cash seems so convenient, with no heavy coins to carry, and no need for purses at all in the future when you can just skip the phone altogether and use your fingerprint everywhere.

3 min read Sep 22, 2022

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Supermarket wars

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The other day I saw a forum post where a British bloke asked whether Swedes had a "snob" supermarket like they do in the UK. He was trying to describe the Tesco phenomenon and wondered if Swedes had something similar.

2 min read Sep 5, 2022

web design public

Updating a really old Ghost theme to 5.0 so custom templates and comments work

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Ah, Ghost is now released in 5.0 and I was using an ancient theme that didn't have all the bells and whistles available.

3 min read Aug 24, 2022

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Joseph Jaffe is not famous but he has a talk show - I talked about data security on it.

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Yesterday I was on "Joseph Jaffe is not famous" and I had a great time. I was fully expecting a different kind of podcast.

4 min read Aug 19, 2022

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Unreal Tournament Dabitch the Second

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I used to be un-real-ly good at Unreal. I would spend nights just playing and then cleaning up my Jolt Cola just to start work in the morning.

1 min read Jul 31, 2022

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"I don't understand why my photo of Caper hasn't become a meme yet."

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As soon as I took this photo of Caper, I uploaded it to Reddit, because I think it's epic.

1 min read Jul 31, 2022

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I hosted the @Netherlanders Twitter account and got the whole country shut down. Sort of.

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Well, sort of. I was invited to host the @Netherlanders Twitter account, which is like the @Sweden account once was,…

4 min read Nov 18, 2021

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When Ghost upgrade dies on "ERROR alter table `products_benefits`"

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There is a bit of a surprise in upgrading your Ubuntu to 20.04.2 , because that will include upgrading your MySQL to mysql Ver 8.0.25, and before you know it, you're upgrading your LTS Node Version: v14.16.1 , your Ghost-CLI Version: 1.16.3 and finally, your Ghost version

2 min read Jul 17, 2021