Craig

boilermaker, software enthusiast, skilled raconteur, power user, general man-about-town. drink your juicebox.

The Donkey Kong Timeline Is Truly Disturbing by merritt k (Kotaku)

Are you sitting down? I’ve got something to tell you—something that may shock you. Between the events of the various Donkey Kong games, the Kong family was involved in a bitter and vicious war. Among its many casualties, this war may have claimed the life of a classic Kong character, explaining his disappearance from all future games in the series.

Tax the Patriarchy by Annie Lowrey (The Atlantic)

The U.S. tax code helps entrench gender divisions. It doesn’t have to be that way.

About Known by Ben WerdmüllerBen Werdmüller (werd.io)

In 2013, my mother had a double lung transplant. The rules for recovery post-transplantation are that you can’t have a bridge between you and the hospital; they don’t want you to be stuck in traffic if you need emergency attention. So we rented an apartment in the Inner Sunset, where we all sat with…

Boilers over Cavs, 69-40. Revenge is a dish best served at 112 db at home 🏀🚂
What is a startup? by Ben WerdmüllerBen Werdmüller (werd.io)

I hear a lot of complaints along the lines of: “isn’t a startup just a small business?”
The simple answer is: no. Many small businesses will remain small, often by design. In contrast, a startup is an early stage business that is looking for a way to grow. As Steve Blank famously put it:
A startup i…

going to pull this out the next time upper management tells us "we’re in startup mode"