Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 79

October 27, 2014

Letters to a Young Journalist

This pocket hardcover is ostensibly a series of letters to a young, but unnamed, journalist. Sort of an anonymous anti-source. Which makes sense, because Freedman is a very conflicted journalist.
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Published on October 27, 2014 04:00

October 24, 2014

Inside the Beltway: A Guide to Washington Reporting

Don Campbell’s guide to the craft that is reporting in Washington, DC.
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Published on October 24, 2014 04:00

October 20, 2014

Retry SSH connections after transient error

The timeout class set up the concept of retrying after a specified timeout period, but why not retry on other transient errors?
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Published on October 20, 2014 04:00

October 17, 2014

Evil and religion in the modern media

The press betrays its religion in its choice of news sources.
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Published on October 17, 2014 18:24

October 14, 2014

Most Open and Transparent Lies Ever

When we were promised a transparent administration, we didn’t realize it was transparently self-serving.
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Published on October 14, 2014 11:00

October 13, 2014

ia Writer for iOS and Mac OS

You have to enjoy using asterisks and/or underscores for emphasis, and hashes for headlines, but if you do, ia Writer is a great app for writing and note-taking on Mac OS and iOS.
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Published on October 13, 2014 04:00

October 9, 2014

GU24: Government-enforced energy-wasting lamps

Government is trying to force us not to buy incandescents—and in the process, is forcing us to buy power-wasting bulbs.
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Published on October 09, 2014 04:00