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Facebook gave Netflix and Spotify access to your PM

tcr! · Dec 19, 2018 at 2:07 pm

As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants

As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants

Facebook also allowed Spotify, Netflix and the Royal Bank of Canada to read, write and delete users’ private messages, and to see all participants on a thread — privileges that appeared to go beyond what the companies needed to integrate Facebook into their systems, the records show.

Oh good.

#facebook #privacy

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tcr! tcr! · Dec 19, 2018 at 2:09 pm

In related news…

get well soon zuckerberg

Hater McGhray Hater McGhray · Dec 19, 2018 at 10:18 am

He’ll be fine once they update his hard drive.

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Christmas cookie 2018

tcr! · Dec 18, 2018 at 5:54 pm

Christmas cookie 2018

#photos #cookies #christmas

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Hater McGhray Hater McGhray · Dec 18, 2018 at 5:46 pm

Now THATS a Christmas cookie

Kelly K · Dec 18, 2018 at 11:04 pm

Exactly! If someone told me to make a quintessential Christmas cookie, this would be it!

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Momma J Momma J · Dec 18, 2018 at 7:01 pm

What’s up?

tcr! tcr! · Dec 18, 2018 at 7:35 pm

Christmas cookie decorating!

Momma J Momma J · Dec 18, 2018 at 11:43 pm

Nice Christmas tree cookie!

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annekothe annekothe · Dec 19, 2018 at 10:44 pm

Thank you for coming!!

tcr! tcr! · Dec 20, 2018 at 7:07 am

Thank you for hosting!

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Dec 17th, 2018 at 10:58:56 am

tcr! · Dec 17, 2018 at 10:58 am

Peeps, I decided long ago never to walk in anyone’s shadow.

They can’t take away my dignity either.

#meanwhile

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Geoff Pynn · Dec 17, 2018 at 11:12 am

you’ve found the greatest love

tcr! tcr! · Dec 17, 2018 at 11:18 am

Yep. It’s happening to me.

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vaughn3 · Dec 17, 2018 at 8:31 pm

Randy Watson! “ that boy can sing”

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JSON Feed for the Podcast

tcr! · Dec 17, 2018 at 8:42 am

JSON Feed for the Podcast

And then I finally got around to adding a JSON Feed for the Podcast like I did for the Blog.

Because that will feed into my master plan. Mwahahaha.

#webdev #diariespodcast

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Dec 15th, 2018 at 2:22:22 pm

tcr! · Dec 15, 2018 at 2:22 pm

I can’t go to any Christmas parties for the next few weeks. I was plucking my eyebrows earlier and got carried away. Because there always come a time when one tweezes too much. And today I crossed the line. Now I look like Whoopi’s Goldberg. But white. And younger. And more attractive.

#eyebrows #fail

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prokop · Dec 15, 2018 at 2:35 pm

Picture please.

tcr! tcr! · Dec 15, 2018 at 2:44 pm

Ok fine

hideous eyebrows hidden

fiatlux423 · Dec 15, 2018 at 4:53 pm

Pics or it didn’t happen

prokop · Dec 15, 2018 at 9:20 pm

Haha.

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Kelly K · Dec 15, 2018 at 2:44 pm

It happens to the best of us. Wear those eyebrows with pride & come out to party!

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Hater McGhray Hater McGhray · Dec 15, 2018 at 2:50 pm

Just slap on some makeup and go. Maggie will help you

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Raes · Dec 15, 2018 at 6:55 pm

Go fake…so many girls do anyway

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Kris · Dec 15, 2018 at 8:23 pm

I’m sure Msggie can draw them back on

Kris · Dec 15, 2018 at 8:25 pm

😎 and there is always sunglasses 😎

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tcr! diaries - native mobile apps

tcr! · Dec 15, 2018 at 7:24 am

I’ve been playing around with Google’s Flutter and have low-grade prototypes built for iPhone and Android. Right now they just parse the Blog’s JSON file, loops through the articles, and renders them. I’d like to do the same for the Podcast, Media Galleries, and Products.

I’m not a big fan of Dart and absolutely hate Android Studio but what I hate even more is giving control of my content to the social media and podcasting app landlords.


tcr diaries on iPhone tcr diaries on Android


Flutter doesn’t have built-in HTML rendering so I’m converting it to Markdown via html2md and the displaying that. The good news is that the links don’t work 🙄 and the horizontal rules are fat and ugly. 🤮

If I can get the view rendering to look half way decent I may actually release the apps.

#tcrNative

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Maggie at the piano

tcr! · Dec 14, 2018 at 8:50 pm

Maggie at the piano

Maggie at the school variety show playing the piano and singing Elvis’ Can’t Help Falling In Love.

💘 🎹 #photos #maggie

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Paula Gauger · Dec 14, 2018 at 9:57 pm

I was there! I thought I recognized her name in the program. My boyfriend’s daughter was one of the emcees!

tcr! tcr! · Dec 15, 2018 at 8:10 am

I thought I saw you!

Paula Gauger · Dec 15, 2018 at 9:43 am

Yep! Me, my boyfriend, and his Mom. Friday night excitement. Haha!

Momma J Momma J · Dec 15, 2018 at 9:00 pm

I’m anxious to hear her play! And sing! 🎶👏💖👍☃️

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Irene · Dec 15, 2018 at 7:26 am

No recording? 😞

tcr! tcr! · Dec 15, 2018 at 8:11 am

I have video but she wouldn’t be thrilled if I posted it on social media. 😊

Irene · Dec 15, 2018 at 8:15 am

Gotcha! I really kind of figured that… you can messenger me 😁

Irene · Dec 15, 2018 at 8:17 am

Elvis was my favorite!!

jocelynzoey · Dec 16, 2018 at 6:48 am

Can you send me the video please?

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Daddio G Daddio G · Dec 15, 2018 at 9:29 am

I didn’t know she played piano

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Spinach, apples, corn dogs

tcr! · Dec 14, 2018 at 5:27 pm

Spinach apples corn dogs

I’m practically Anthony Bourdain 🍽

#photos #goodeats

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franh franh · Dec 14, 2018 at 5:43 pm

Love what you did with the ketchup and mustard. So artsy

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Mona · Dec 14, 2018 at 6:09 pm

Are those vegan corn dogs?

tcr! tcr! · Dec 14, 2018 at 8:11 pm

No but they are vegetarian 😉

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Momma J Momma J · Dec 14, 2018 at 8:23 pm

Are the green leaves spinach?

tcr! tcr! · Dec 14, 2018 at 9:45 pm

Yep! I can make you the same dish when you visit.

Momma J Momma J · Dec 14, 2018 at 11:12 pm

I would love that!

tcr! tcr! · Dec 15, 2018 at 8:03 am

I was just kidding. That’s my goto dinner for when Maggie’s got things going on and I need something on the table in 10 minutes. 😊

Momma J Momma J · Dec 15, 2018 at 11:11 am

Seriously - it sounds good!

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wyant · Dec 14, 2018 at 9:17 pm

Omg, I’m crying 😭

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Dixon · Dec 15, 2018 at 9:31 am

Ummmmm……fyi he’s dead. 🤢🤢🤢

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Spirits by The Strumbellas

tcr! · Dec 14, 2018 at 11:01 am

Peeps, here’s your but-we’re-all-strange Friday jam.

Hipsters can make some good music 😉

#musicvideos #thestrumbellas

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tism tism · Dec 14, 2018 at 11:39 am

Oooooo…new music. 😎

tcr! tcr! · Dec 14, 2018 at 12:38 pm

Excessive brain chatter is a curse and a blessing 😊

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Raindrops on the conifer

tcr! · Dec 14, 2018 at 9:06 am

Taking a good photo and making it better.


1- I took the original as I was walking down to the garage on my way to work.

Raindrops on the conifer 1


2- It’s not bad but I didn’t like the bottom greenery, it’s too big and blurry. The left side was also too busy so I cropped the whole photo tighter.

Raindrops on the conifer 2


3- The garage’s gutter cluttered the picture, too, so I nuked it.

Raindrops on the conifer 3


4- The colors were okay but they felt bland. I dropped the Shadows down to -0.35 and bumped the Saturation up to 0.21. Now I love it!

Raindrops on the conifer 4


5- I did this all in Photos for macOS in less than 5 minutes. To remove the gutter I used the Pixelmator Retouch extension with the default settings. Yes, your whole life has been a lie.

6- Life is all about making things less complicated, less cluttered. Noise just distracts me from what’s important.

#photos #raindrops #protip

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Irene · Dec 14, 2018 at 9:50 am

Thanks for sharing! What an interesting education .. You’re an amazing photographer!! I love seeing Beauty Through Your Eyes. Thank you

tcr! tcr! · Dec 14, 2018 at 10:13 am

You are most welcome!!

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Ryan Waters · Dec 14, 2018 at 11:42 am

Nice work

tcr! tcr! · Dec 14, 2018 at 12:39 pm

Thanks!

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