What Replaced CGI Scripts?
WorldWideMart’s article “What Replaced CGI Scripts?” got me thinking about my experience with web development (and infrastructure management) and how much it parallels the progression of the tech industry.
Read more…The License Plate Game
Why do students from faraway places need to bring their cars to Providence and drive to their classes?
Read more…Notifying My Living Room When There’s A Plane Flying Over My House
Satisfying my son’s curiosity (and mine) by displaying nearby flight information on a LaMetric Time LED display, with the help of Home Assistant and the FlightRadar24 API.
Read more…Rhode Island’s State House Lawn
Why is there so much open space between the Providence train station and Providence Place Mall?
Read more…The Enterprise Technology Vendor Industrial Complex
How enterprise technology vendors drained all the in-house expertise out of large organizations and replaced it with parasitic garbage.
Read more…Amtrak Hipstamatic Northeast Corridor, by Rick Webb
That time I wrote a train essay for a picture book.
Read more…String Replacement With Git Grep
How to use
Read more…git grepto replace text throughout a repo.On RIPTA’s $900k RAISE Grant
Announcement I’m probably a little too excited about the announcement that RIPTA is getting $900k to study the feasibility of a high-density transit corridor between Central Falls and Warwick, connecting Pawtucket, Providence and Cranston along the way.
Read more…Ten Rod Road
Where did the name come from?
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