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Pressable vs Bluehost

I recently needed to move some websites from WordPress.com to somewhere else, and WordPress.com recommended either Pressable or Bluehost. I needed to put hosts on at least two different services so I figured – fine – I’ll do both. Pressable could not have been nicer. They REALLY go out of their way to help you… Read More

Coding on Chromebook – Take 5

I love Chromebooks, and I’ve done all my coding on them for several years now – but mostly fully in the cloud (take 1!). I’ve also tried (2) Crouton, (3) Chromebrew, (4) Crostini. But then I discovered (5) the Play Store Android app Termux which encapsulates a linux environment. Thanks to Will Schenk for this very… Read More

Costini: Linux on Chromebook

I bought a new bargain Chromebook today – the Lenovo C330 for $179 – which has a touch screen and can run both android apps and Linux apps via Crostini. The somewhat built in Linux is running fine under the Dev Channel – it runs Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) on its arm64 architecture. And –… Read More

Convert PCD on Chromebook

My passion is to be able to do everything on my chromebook. Sometimes I do have to go back to my 2010 Macbook to deal with obsolete media, but I really shouldn’t have to… Chromebrew should be able to load the command-line packages I need… until full Linux capability comes to my Chromebook. Here is… Read More

How to run gcloud on Chromebook

UPDATE: per changes in gcloud Ok – my new best friend is Chromebrew – a lightweight package manager that lets you run linux programs in Chromebook developer mode without having to install a whole operating system.  I needed it because (a) I develop and deploy code from my chromebook using github and Google’s Cloudshell virtual linux machine… Read More

PHP GAE and the GSuite Directory

UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS I GO… My latest adventure has been trying to create a staff directory for my organization’s GSuite user directory. There are commercial versions available, but all are both expensive and don’t do what I need. This dives me into the somewhat complex world of OAuth authentication and the google API. There is… Read More

Pure CSS Tips and Tricks

[Under Construction] I have recently decided to move our code base from Bootstrap 3 to Pure CSS. Pure is a very light-weight CSS framework that does not depend on JavaScript and so has advantages for areas with poor bandwidth. I am new to it, so this is what I’ve learned. Not ready out of the box. While… Read More

Silos are Sexist

As Locus members, we are committed to integrated programming, but why? And why does it seem to be such an uphill struggle in a world where the prevailing development paradigm is dominated by top-down, narrowly focused, short-term interventions? The most important reason to pursue integrated programming is that it works for women. Women living in… Read More

Building a Different World of Work for Women and Girls

By Gregory Adams, Locus Women and girls provide much of the labor and talent that makes our communities work. But they routinely don’t get the pay, opportunities or esteem that men do. International Women’s Day forces us to pay special attention to the variety of challenges that women and girls face, particularly in the world… Read More