Hello, 2023! I thought I’d ring in the new year by trying out a darker theme for the blog. I’m liking it so far. I may eventually add support for the CSS media feature prefers-color-scheme so people can choose between light and dark mode.

Jim Nielsen asked the following question on Twitter: “I’ve used the online diff checker a few times, but does anybody know of or use a simple utility for Mac that will do this? Example. Copy/paste text to doc 1. Copy paste text to doc 2. Then say “diff these two” without having to check into git etc.

Giovanni Contardi shared this great video on how to solve a Rubik’s Cube. It is far and away the easiest beginner’s method I have ever seen. Most beginner methods still require you to memorize tons of algorithms, but with Giovanni’s method you only need to remember two! Despite it’s simplicity, there are still lot of steps to remember and it’s easy to forget the order of execution without watching the whole video again, so I thought I’d convert the stickier parts into cube notation.

Originally published at Medium on April 29, 2013. I still find it extremely relevant so I’m reposting it here. I’m going to make this short and sweet. Over the next several weeks, you’ll hear several smart people talk about how critical Game 5 is of a 7-game series. After all, in a series that’s tied 2-2, the team who wins Game 5 takes commanding control of the series.