Seattle Plows Ahead with 50% Cut To Police Department. Where are the Metrics Which Define Success?
Seattle City Council signals a veto-proof majority for a 50% cut in police funding. But where are the metrics?
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HipHip Update
HipHip.app is off to a pretty good start, having just completed its 100th celebration video! So many fun graduation videos — it really is a pleasure, as a side-benefit of this project, to see so many terrific celebrations of people and important milestones. I began this project in late April. So far, we’ve had surprise…
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New HipHip Features: Celebration Video, “Keep It A Surprise” and More
HipHip will now automatically create a celebration video for your special day. You can also keep it a surprise until the big reveal!
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Graduating Daughter or Son? Create a Celebration Page!
I’ve created HipHip.app to help you gather memories and kudos from far-flung friends and family. It’s really easy to create a Group Card, and invite friends and family to sign. You get keepsake videos, testimonials and notes; HipHip does all the collection for you. Create a Card. All you do is head over to hiphip.app,…
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End-to-end SSL Provisioning to Azure with Intermediate Certificate, in PFX format
Provisioning a PFX key for Azure when you’ve got intermediate certificates involved.
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Celebration Videos Made Easy: Introducing HipHip.app
Have you ever tried to create a celebration video? They’re a hassle. This new site aims to make it a breeze, and is timed to support graduates of the Class of 2020.
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Programmatically Downloading Images from a Website
I have an old private blog from more than a decade ago that I’m shutting down. It was basically a semi-private journal, related to the construction of our home. It has a lot of useful photographs for me on it — i.e., in-progress construction shots, design inspiration shots, sketches and renderings, plumbing and electrical rough-ins,…
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In Act II, Will We Wait Until Our Row Number Is Called?
At this time, we’d like to offer early boarding to passengers traveling with small children, and our active military members.” once-familiar refrain at airports It’s just before Easter, and it’s starting to feel like we’re entering Act II of the COVID-19 crisis. The frightening curves are flattening in many parts of the country. The number…
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To the High School Class of 2021
March 2020: I’m reading lots of pieces (for instance here, here and here) about the COVID Class of 2020, detailing many real and heartbreaking stories of the traditions and moments that high school seniors are losing. And on social media, I’m reading wonderful and genuine expressions of sympathy, like this one on Nextdoor: No question:…
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A Turn Toward Optimism
I am noting for my future self that yesterday, Sunday March 22, 2020, was the day that my mood shifted fairly markedly from gloomy about the mid-term 3-9 month window to optimistic. SHORT TERM (0-2 months) things will get tougher, and media gloom will accelerate as the wave now hits NYC. From a life and…
