In June 2017, I was hired for a few days by a consultancy to help with a design thinking workshop they were running for a client. They needed to run it with 80 participants, and to make it work the…

The very first update in the series is about GNOME Shell and Mutter. I’ve been increasingly involved with the development of those two core components of GNOME, and recently this has been the…

I have a new fear. And this one’s a doozy.
I write a fortnightly column for the British barely right-­of-­center magazine (that’s left-­of-­center, in the United States) The Spectator. Having weathered more than one social-­media shit storm, I’m one column…

My favorite part about the economically dubious space shuttle decision is what the Soviets made of it. These quotes are from Bart Hendrickx and Bert Vis, Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle,...

The introduction to the series of articles about testing. Unfortunately, the required one.

At the Angoulême International Comics Festival, there was a sense that the best days for comic books may be yet to come — in the French-speaking world, at least.

In 2014, microbiologists began a study that they hope will continue long after they’re dead.

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Rather than building objects layer by layer, the method creates whole structures by projecting images onto a resin that solidifies.

The polar vortex is just the latest example of how reliable five-day forecasts have become.

I am a system administrator, and I need a small, lightweight notebook for every day carrying. Of course, not just to carry it, but for use it to work. I already have a ThinkPad x200, but it’s heavier...

For most patients with allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion is the most bothersome symptom. Oral pseudoephedrine is effective for nasal congestion, but

Google tracks users through “Location History” and “Web & App Activity”, which are settings integrated into all Google accounts. For users of mobile phones with Android, such as Samsung and […]

Almost all tariffs on trade between the European Union and the world's third-biggest economy have been removed. European companies could save around a billion euros in duties each year.

A NASA-led study has found a giant, growing cavern under Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier — just one of multiple mechanisms that are rapidly melting this enormous mass of ice.

The Earth's magnetic pole is moving unpredictably, and that movement seems to be accelerating.

Exactly one year ago, I quit my job at Google, so it's time to reflect on how the decision has affected my finances, lifestyle, and happiness.

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