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PJM - December '21

Phil Manning
Phil Manning
@pj_manning
🎇Happy New Year! 🥂
Anybody else put on 10 holiday pounds? (if you’re outside the US that’s ~4.5kg…yes we’re gluttons over here)
I guess I’ve stopped setting New Year goals b/c naturally they’re really mid-to-late January goals. Does anyone really even talk about them past that?
Anyway, broadly, I would like to do a few things…
  • Remove myself from social media
  • Focus more on my long-term health
  • Create a $1000+ MRR SaaS product
Seems like another tough year to make any travel plans but hoping to get in a few new countries if possible :) …and visit some old friends ;)

PROJECT UPDATES...
DeFacebookMe
So the DeFacebookMe.com site is done. I’m sure I’ll add some small edits and tweaks along the way…
If you have any suggestions please send me your thoughts!
Personally - I haven’t fully deleted my WhatsApp/Facebook because I mainly live in places where it’s near impossible to communicate without them. I do plan on it but after I’ve closed up and transferred all the apps/pages on FB (it’s even harder to do as a dev!).
You can find me on Signal or in the Icelandverse from now on ;)
Introducing the Icelandverse
Introducing the Icelandverse
CURRENTLY LIVING IN...
The Fam
The Fam
NEW JERSEY, USA
Still holding it down Jer-z Strong 💪!
Forgot how holidays worked round here. It’s like clockwork. Thanksgiving ends… then Christmas decorations are up that weekend. My mom cooked every single day through the new year (no exaggeration). Cookies/cake/prepping for Christmas dinner, then for my Dads birthday, and then New Year. Definitely put on a few LBs 🎅
I have plans to head out in a week but the ol’ rona is making the rounds in NY/NJ - probably 50% of my friends currently have it. We’ll see what plans mother-rona has for me and my flight.
MY FAVORITE CONTENT FROM DECEMBER...
Business | Marketing
The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops
The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops
Busted taillights, missing plates, tinted windows: Across the U.S., ticket revenue funds towns — and the police responsible for finding violations.
www.nytimes.com
Apple's 'Do Not Track' Button Is Privacy Theater
Apple's 'Do Not Track' Button Is Privacy Theater
If it smells like bullsh*t, it probably is bullsh*t. Apple knows privacy is a big deal and isn’t technically ahead, but more marketing-savvy.
www.techdirt.com
Apple’s concessions in China reportedly include a secret $275 billion deal and one odd change in Maps
Apple’s concessions in China reportedly include a secret $275 billion deal and one odd change in Maps
Deal includes making a couple of islands “look bigger” and a secret $275 billion pledge
www.theverge.com
Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.
Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.
Five days after Facebook changed its name to Meta, an Australian artist found herself blocked, with seemingly no recourse, from an account documenting nearly a decade of her life and work.
www.nytimes.com
A Dutch vertical farming company has just been valued at over $1 billion
Infarm, an Amsterdam-headquartered start-up that grows food indoors in racks, has been valued at over $1 billion in a new $200 million funding round. Looking forward to seeing these in one of the first future cities.
www.cnbc.com
Amazon fined $1.3 billion for abusing market position in Italy
Amazon fined $1.3 billion for abusing market position in Italy
Dang! That’s like… 1/10th of Elon’s tax bill 😂
www.theverge.com
100 years of whatever this will be
What if all these weird tech trends actually add up to something?
apenwarr.ca
Design | Development
Tailwind CSS v3.0
Tailwind CSS v3.0
I ❤️Tailwind. Nothing has amplified my development in past 3 years more than TailwindCSS. This update was mostly edge-case and minor improvements tbh but still awesome.
tailwindcss.com
How I got wealthy without working too hard [Extended]
How I got wealthy without working too hard [Extended]
Sound principle and a little bit how I live. But makes the ‘get a $500-1000/day’ job sound a bit too easy.
amaca.substack.com
The Dirty Little Secret Developers Won't Tell You: Most Tech Is Overkill
The Dirty Little Secret Developers Won't Tell You: Most Tech Is Overkill
Great questions for interviewing devs at a startup. Most devs try to show off their skills. A great startup dev will say, “You got $20/month to spare? There’s already an app for that.”
www.inc.com
One-Third Of Programmers Use Marijuana While Working, With Many Touting Creative Benefits, Study Finds
One-Third Of Programmers Use Marijuana While Working, With Many Touting Creative Benefits, Study Finds
Definitely depends on the type of work - but yes can work wonders. I mean code has definitely become more stylistic and design-oriented as opposed to old-school nerd-aholics.
www.marijuanamoment.net
San Francisco-based DoorDash is requiring engineers to deliver food — and they’re furious
San Francisco-based DoorDash is requiring engineers to deliver food — and they’re furious
*Ehem* … if there are any DoorDash dev subscribers here (unlikely) - STOP BEING A SPOILED OVERPAID B*TCH AND DELIVER ME MY FOOD
www.sfgate.com
Lies, damned lies, and (Cloudflare) statistics: debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests
Lies, damned lies, and (Cloudflare) statistics: debunking Cloudflare’s recent performance tests
Statistics can lie. Always be cautious when hearing ‘well it’s in the data or…it’s Science!’.
www.fastly.com
The governor of Missouri thinks looking at website source code is a crime
The governor of Missouri thinks looking at website source code is a crime
Governor Mike Parson wants a St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist prosecuted for looking at website source code and alerting the authorities to a significant vulnerability he found.
😞 dear lord the world needs millennial leaders…
www.theverge.com
A Man Has Been Searching for a $357M Bitcoin Hard Drive for Almost 10 Years
A Man Has Been Searching for a $357M Bitcoin Hard Drive for Almost 10 Years
A man from the UK, who accidentally threw out his hard drive back in 2013, has been trying to get permission to search for the device in the local landfill.
interestingengineering.com
Travel
Science
Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí really works
Sleep technique used by Salvador Dalí really works
A “creative sweet spot” may exist in the brief moments you spend in a little-known early sleep stage, according to a new study. Sleep is the new exercise - be prepared to find tons of new products this decade.
www.livescience.com
Anti-5G necklaces found to be radioactive
Anti-5G necklaces found to be radioactive
I meeeean this one’s kinda funny 🤣 5G conspiracy people are some of the funniest. Conspiracies exist but “conspiracy stacking” does not work.
www.bbc.com
Why do humans keep trying (and failing) at monogamy? Here's what science and history says
Why do humans keep trying (and failing) at monogamy? Here's what science and history says
Interesting piece on the history of monogamy in different species. As a species, we are not completely faithful and never have been.
inews.co.uk
New FDA-approved eye drops could replace reading glasses for millions: "It's definitely a life changer"
New FDA-approved eye drops could replace reading glasses for millions: "It's definitely a life changer"
This could potentially replace reading glasses for some of the 128 million Americans who have trouble seeing close-up.
www.cbsnews.com
Why Therapists Are Worried About America’s Growing Mental Health Crisis
Why Therapists Are Worried About America’s Growing Mental Health Crisis
When mental health therapists start getting mental health problems from too many patients…you know things are f*cked.
www.nytimes.com
A Solar Powered Website
A Solar Powered Website
Stuff like this just makes me love the internet.
solar.lowtechmagazine.com
The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete. Here's What's Next.
I’ve tried to follow along with the actual scientific papers and data related to covid-19 rather than read news/conspiracy/twitter-banter. The old-school process is fucked - but new technology is changing this and it’s super exciting and interesting to dive into the data.
www.theatlantic.com
Univ. of Washington researchers to test psilocybin in healthcare workers affected by pandemic
Univ. of Washington researchers to test psilocybin in healthcare workers affected by pandemic
In the future, kids will learn about the “war on drugs” and think of our generation as not far evolved from monkeys.
www.geekwire.com
Books | Podcasts | Music
Off Grid Cabin In The Woods....Start to finish
Off Grid Cabin In The Woods....Start to finish
“Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men, and pray to be among the few who understands this.” - John F Kennedy 
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