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Blue skies and open roads
Jan. 19 2025

Blue skies and open roads

Given the collapse of social media platforms, you should at least own your own domain — and put things on it!

Now with more email
Jan. 11 2025

Now with more email

I switched over to Ghost! It has a newsletter.

In praise of the bad gay movie
Jan. 14 2024

In praise of the bad gay movie

Trick, D.E.B.S., But I'm a Cheerleader, BearCity: There's nothing more comforting than a low-budget gay flick.

Serving your site securely with a Cloudflare tunnel
Nov. 20 2022

Serving your site securely with a Cloudflare tunnel

Instead of punching a hole in your router, you can use a private tunnel.

Some tips for running a website from a Raspberry Pi
Nov. 6 2022

Some tips for running a website from a Raspberry Pi

I publish this website from a tiny computer in my living room. You can too!

The old Twitter is gone (Friends forever)
Nov. 4 2022

The old Twitter is gone (Friends forever)

For a long time, Twitter was a pretty good place. But that place ceased to exist way before Musk took it over.

On Pride
Jun. 20 2022

On Pride

Being gay is the best thing to ever happen to me.

Aug. 6 2021

Starting fresh

I did something today that I have been wanting to do for a while: I unfollowed everyone on Twitter.

Aug. 1 2021

A new old thing: Publishing your own stuff.

At the core of the World Wide Web is a simple but powerful contract: You request a file, and I send it to your browser.

In search of the Eagle
Mar. 11 2016

In search of the Eagle

From San Francisco to Vienna, an informal family of gay bars has flourished.

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