Microsoft of old

Going through this old blog post (15 years ago!) > Ironically, Microsoft unintentionally helped create Ajax. The x in Ajax is from the XMLHttpRequest object, which lets the browser communicate wit…

Treasure Island

It’s just one of those things. I had borrowed an abridged copy of Treasure Island from the library to read at home (fwiw, didn’t go down that well, will possibly try again later, or ... perhaps it’s…

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Reasons to favor micro.blog * The "slow" social network * For the "cold" takes; don't have to discuss things at breakneck speed * for me, share a firehose, but without feel…