Thoughts from a Silicon Valley nom de plume

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This Land is Trump's Land...

Today the White House announced the renaming of the capital, which will now be referred to as Trump-Washington DC. Apparently a random group of people wearing red Make America Go...

By Minnie — 18th December, 2025

The Bots Found Me

Cloudfair has published their annual we-count-everything report, and the bots are starting to show up, while maliciousnous can also be clearly seen. 4.2% of HTML requests on the Internet are now...

By Minnie Floppy — 14th December, 2025

That's Looney Toons

Silicon Valley has long been said to be a disruptive force. In its infancy it disrupted tubes with chips. Then it disrupted mainframes and minicomputers with personal computers. Eventually it...

By Minnie — 5th December, 2025

Under the Bus

Let's start with some quotes: "leaving after years of absolutely abysmal...design" "it's not just that [he] is a fraud of a UI designer and leader" "[Fruit Company] employees 'giddy' about..departure" "I…

By Minnie — 4th December, 2025

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