<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:35:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@cshark/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[To be a fly on the wall in the MacOS design meeting....]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hate MacOS. It's the most absurdly difficult operating system I've ever encountered. Easy to use, impossible to work with, or on. It's like Ubuntu, but done badly. And intentionally so. An operating]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/apple/@cshark/to-be-a-fly-on-the-wall-in-the-macos-design-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/apple/@cshark/to-be-a-fly-on-the-wall-in-the-macos-design-meeting</guid><category><![CDATA[apple]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 03:43:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ij42VfeLLLLGCHDJrbS4zHdLXG95ojppptbvhQVuqNZKNWKoH1325J2UZgoydhXSETrPj9nj1xTKTbVwpfCMABobX5ofuY8tq3YFNHQT3TdiCxcXiQrWokPSLUo6pgGZFvmyygYim7Wbxuxof52MCravbLp3CB2YHHsvG7AgbCdqHwWxFHcdzGJXsxFdFuFgEftMdPaRWntmotP9arTWnTFsU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice for using programming communities and groups on Facebook]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week has been an experience. I’ve been busy packing up, and moving for the job. With the holidays, I’ve also spent more time on Facebook. Maybe my use case for Facebook is weird. Maybe I’m strange.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/facebook/@cshark/advice-for-using-programming-communities-and-groups-on-facebook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/facebook/@cshark/advice-for-using-programming-communities-and-groups-on-facebook</guid><category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:05:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgNS9exvkJyNiptQ3xUD7WcQoNFwdtojWdGHJ1wc9cPSsfkD2j5ZAnnMr4hjmwvKHx1BZ9upnmM8y9Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looks like I'm moving too. Exciting. Anyone wanna buy some stuff?]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/looks-like-i-m-moving-too-exciting-anyone-wanna-buy-some-stuff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/looks-like-i-m-moving-too-exciting-anyone-wanna-buy-some-stuff</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 06:33:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know how people tell you that you should never take internet advice?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have to admit something, and it pains me to do it. I haven't spent a lot of time with Ruby over the last decade or so. So, naturally, it's a deficiency I'm aware of, and I started doing some research]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ruby/@cshark/you-know-how-people-tell-you-that-you-should-never-take-internet-advice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ruby/@cshark/you-know-how-people-tell-you-that-you-should-never-take-internet-advice</guid><category><![CDATA[ruby]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 05:00:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8negSznaneSJkLwZWJjNptzDeoP5p3EhHRWkNwjHumH49mL5P72RcdF4mtv9fBdUSwJA7dbBRCYpCZ5CBs82tkmh3Xxi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's this job I want at a major company. Got through the initial screen, and I have a pretty good idea of what to expect from the technical. Now I'm cramming Uncle Bob nonsense because they're obsessed with it. Wish me luck!]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/there-s-this-job-i-want-at-a-major-company-got-through-the-initial-screen-and-i-have-a-pretty-good-idea-of-what-to-expect-from</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/there-s-this-job-i-want-at-a-major-company-got-through-the-initial-screen-and-i-have-a-pretty-good-idea-of-what-to-expect-from</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 13:37:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven help me, I'm installing visual studio for the first time this decade.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/heaven-help-me-i-m-installing-visual-studio-for-the-first-time-this-decade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/heaven-help-me-i-m-installing-visual-studio-for-the-first-time-this-decade</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:28:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was telling a friend about D-Tube the other day. And he said, "That's not a weaner porn site, is it?" I must be slow. That possibility hadn't even occurred to me. ]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/was-telling-a-friend-about-d-tube-the-other-day-and-he-said-that-s-not-a-weaner-porn-site-is-it-i-must-be-slow-that-possibility</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/was-telling-a-friend-about-d-tube-the-other-day-and-he-said-that-s-not-a-weaner-porn-site-is-it-i-must-be-slow-that-possibility</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:21:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Website: How many years of "Webmaster" experience do you have?
Me: We don't use offensive language when describing ourselves.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/website-how-many-years-of-webmaster-experience-do-you-have-me-we-don-t-use-offensive-language-when-describing-ourselves</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/website-how-many-years-of-webmaster-experience-do-you-have-me-we-don-t-use-offensive-language-when-describing-ourselves</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:02:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finished TNG, now watching Voyager. Quite possible that Janeway is the most overacted space ship captain since Kirk.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/finished-tng-now-watching-voyager-quite-possible-that-janeway-is-the-most-overacted-space-ship-captain-since-kirk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/finished-tng-now-watching-voyager-quite-possible-that-janeway-is-the-most-overacted-space-ship-captain-since-kirk</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:20:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finished Star Trek TNG, Started Voyager]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, some takeaways from TNG Everybody's a racist, even the aliens. Especially the aliens, actually. Human racism and misogyny is pretty constant. And single attribute alien races that exist for the simple]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/star-trek/@cshark/finished-star-trek-tng-started-voyager</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/star-trek/@cshark/finished-star-trek-tng-started-voyager</guid><category><![CDATA[star-trek]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 06:06:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu9ctzi1F9jz58mBMjYifb7sM3UNCXKtfT1t5n6LXdRcbMJSHdccXoFwTKZLqyytG1YtdhsttCyYEpsQzwP2oBbCk6UY3KAirBx84a3Kw46y9AAv3yVUhgvsXYTHY4RtaoFfwWXYsrrEJomcaxDxy1eN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scheduling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writing event calendars is always a fun and interesting exercise. I feel like every time I try it, the art has changed, and I'm playing catch up. It's also a great way to get up to speed, or back up to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/code/@cshark/scheduling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/code/@cshark/scheduling</guid><category><![CDATA[code]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:24:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking about my grandfather]]></title><description><![CDATA[He was into some truly weird food. Things I've never been able to stomach like borscht and herring. I don't even know how he did it, but he could get macaroni to cook up the size of your hand. And he had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@cshark/thinking-about-my-grandfather</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@cshark/thinking-about-my-grandfather</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:20:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgADap4k9CZ51PQZNojc357y9rPQwCbwg6FKzLLrhgYDEGzQDdxzf8xSUdKf4h4BevqK1XoFD83c6PA3Kpz8KJsrUYQZa1QGt6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some late night fun prototyping with php, mysql, and ipfs]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wanted to show off a little, and nobody is ever online on monday at 2am. So I made a video about some of the fun stuff I've been working on. Hope you enjoy. In this video, we're taking advantage of some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ipfs/@cshark/szbitmax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ipfs/@cshark/szbitmax</guid><category><![CDATA[ipfs]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMDRvVzQnEFaXGRmbNZ1arurgQznYWSZdAFkjqm2gyLaKLfUao6QufchmsZ8mo?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My new least favorite word in the english language. Intuitive. Common usages, "This is great! Wish it could be a little more 'intuitive.'"

There are certain words you should never use around coders if you value your safety. This is one of them. ]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/my-new-least-favorite-word-in-the-english-language-intuitive-common-usages-this-is-great-wish-it-could-be-a-little-more</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/my-new-least-favorite-word-in-the-english-language-intuitive-common-usages-this-is-great-wish-it-could-be-a-little-more</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 01:12:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[About this thing...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Something occurs to me about this thing I do for a living. See, you can fail without realizing it. A little piece here, a little piece there. Most of these failures will be imperceptible to you as a project]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/code/@cshark/about-this-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/code/@cshark/about-this-thing</guid><category><![CDATA[code]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kyJM9JABQLS7EhjmU3VVqJQJsLWXdiGNCx45hapSru4a4EUF1kb6CmWhqKta5jMf2uQRvfGe78FK5UiSFwq2dUzjGoyz8VwmDaTHhCDTRvY7uVQHtA7wCd57TndejNrYqbiekdU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now watching Season 5 of Star Trek TNG, and I have this overwhelming desire to build a keyboard that shoots flames everytime I come across a Javascript error.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/now-watching-season-5-of-star-trek-tng-and-i-have-this-overwhelming-desire-to-build-a-keyboard-that-shoots-flames-everytime-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/now-watching-season-5-of-star-trek-tng-and-i-have-this-overwhelming-desire-to-build-a-keyboard-that-shoots-flames-everytime-i</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:49:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I do for fun on the weekends.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/what-i-do-for-fun-on-the-weekends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/busy/@cshark/what-i-do-for-fun-on-the-weekends</guid><category><![CDATA[busy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:29:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWMGm4Xa2MvD5AT2bJsSA8F9WeC71v1s1fKfGkK9mMKuc3LcvF4KigbWg9UsrpEPGLCjWaADrj9VA7qQyAccxez9YqDAdKkzG1nyvGKEyZbc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing a course]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, I'm getting ready to start on a new project, where I create courses, teaching people how to write code. I know a number of languages, so it makes sense for me to do it. The course falls into]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@cshark/writing-a-course</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@cshark/writing-a-course</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 06:38:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[More thoughts on Star Trek: Stupid Maps]]></title><description><![CDATA[The way Star Trek sees the universe is interesting. Planets are basically countries, mostly with single world governments, and those countries think of territory the same basic way we think of ocean and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/star-trek/@cshark/more-thoughts-on-star-trek-stupid-maps</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/star-trek/@cshark/more-thoughts-on-star-trek-stupid-maps</guid><category><![CDATA[star-trek]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 03:21:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy25u7uXSB5mTJnCxUYfGy7WoxWqr6pMWAxVFRA8fuDw4MFcQcgiQsQQhY8ytMiSzwzu9MjU6CNSkcGBkmcEF2Q697An8tL8Xccn9LXW8W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deploying php code with IPFS]]></title><description><![CDATA[So here's how you do it. Compile your code into a phar, and set it to work with a configuration from the file system. Add the phar to IPFS. Write some code to download your phar from ipfs. Execute it on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ipfs/@cshark/deploying-php-code-with-ipfs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ipfs/@cshark/deploying-php-code-with-ipfs</guid><category><![CDATA[ipfs]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cshark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 20:54:57 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>