Update: my extension is no longer being maintained. Please use this one instead. I’m a big fan of Media Bias/Fact Check, a site that categorizes many popular news sources into categories across the political spectrum, as well as those that don’t fit into that spectrum. Thanks to Facebook and other social networks, people are constantly bombarded… Continue reading Check news bias with a simple browser icon
Author: JeffreyATW
How I Got Into the Web Development Industry
I’ve been getting a lot of questions from students recently about how I landed my sweet gig at Lab Zero, or, more generally, how I got into the industry in the first place. It’s really nothing out of the ordinary, but I thought I’d write it up here so I can cut down on repetition. (DRY… Continue reading How I Got Into the Web Development Industry
Our new job
Within the past month, we: Bought a washer, dryer, and refrigerator Learned how to hack our security system Installed a mailbox Moved everything we own Pulled weeds around the house, a few times Changed our address everywhere Switched doctors Found a new vet Bought a grill Assembled a wardrobe and coffee table Bought curtains and rods… Continue reading Our new job
Last day in SF
It seems like only a few blog posts ago (it was) that I announced that I was moving to San Francisco! Six years, two jobs, three apartments, countless bike rides, a few broken bones, one cat and one marriage later, Anna and I are headed to a house in Berkeley. That’s right – homeownership! In… Continue reading Last day in SF
Hourly Comic Day 2015
Yesterday I decided to go ahead and draw a comic every hour! I haven’t regularly drawn comics in, uh, 7 years??? So here’s what it looks like when you don’t practice drawing for that long!
On "Proud Gamers" and "Proud Atheists"
Letting go of my pride has been really beneficial toward improving my personality and relationships. It’s harder for me to feel offended or insulted, it’s made me less competitive, and made me happier about who I am and what I do. Let’s not get that last part twisted. I said “happier”. Not prouder. What is… Continue reading On "Proud Gamers" and "Proud Atheists"
8 Albums Worth Listening To All The Way Through
How’s that for a clickbait headline. I’m a big fan of singles, but sometimes some songs pop up that make me go and listen to the whole album, start to finish. Here are those albums: The Avalanches – Since I Left You Bonobo – Black Sands Cornelius – Fantasma Fantastic Plastic Machine – Luxury Justice… Continue reading 8 Albums Worth Listening To All The Way Through
My 5 favorite webcomics
Here they are! Cucumber Quest Gunnerkrigg Court Dumbing of Age Dead Winter Bad Machinery Well, bye!
Oh, what a night
What a terrible, terrible night. Backup puked up even more hair ties yesterday morning. It was possible that that was the end of it, but we took him to the vet because we wanted to be sure. After a very expensive day of barium ingestion and X-rays, we were told the cat had to come… Continue reading Oh, what a night
The most surreal thing in recent memory just happened to me.
Our cat Backup (namesake) has been puking a bit for the past few days, which worried us, because all we changed about his diet was trying some new pet food we got from a friend. We stopped giving it to him, but he kept puking, and he started to take his time eating his morning… Continue reading The most surreal thing in recent memory just happened to me.