I’m splitting a longer post into smaller more digestable posts on various topics. This post is how to set up a metamask wallet. How to set up a Metamask Wallet Now, we are going to create a Metamask account to set up a non-custodial wallet! Remember: back up your password! Using a password manager is … Continue reading How to set up a Metamask Wallet
How to mint a Karel NFT You may have heard of NFTs, but not know what they are. NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token, and in this post I’ll show you how you can mint your own Karel NFT. If you want to just skip and see what a Karel NFT looks like you can see … Continue reading How to mint a Karel NFT
I recently tested positive for covid and tried to keep a detailed log of the tests, results, and symptoms I had so I could see if I learned anything from it. Here is the data. I mark day 0 as the first day of a positive test. When I say “Rapid” here I mean Antigen/at-home … Continue reading Covid test log
So Twitter has launched a new tipping feature where you can send money to anyone on twitter. You can send it through cash app, venmo, and a few other sites, but the most interesting integration they have is with bitcoin and lightning. So I set up the tipping integration. Here’s what you need to do: … Continue reading How to set up tipping with Bitcoin and Lightning on Twitter
So right now Terra has interest rates of about 20% for UST (which is a dollar stable coin). Unfortunately is is pretty hard to get dollars into terra. If you already have crypto in various ecosystems it is easier, but it can also be expensive. Here are a few ways to get UST on Anchor. … Continue reading How to get dollars from a bank to UST on Anchor on Terra
In my book Read Write Code, I give an example of setting up web hosting and a domain with NearlyFreeSpeech.net since it is a very low cost option. Well, I got a notification about the site because the domain was expiring so I had to renew that. I deposited funds and renewed it for a … Continue reading Enabling HTTPS on NearlyFreeSpech Websites
So I’ve been very interested in crypto for a number of years and one of the major innovations and trends over the last year is yield farming. I’ve been trying to figure out what it is, so this post will be a bit of explaining it to myself. So, first: There is bitcoin. Bitcoin is … Continue reading Explaining Crypto Yield Farming to Myself
My new book, Read Write Code, is live on Amazon today! Read Write Code: A Friendly Introduction to the World of Coding, and Why It’s the New Literacy If you want to check out the book website right away head to: https://readwritecodebook.com/. You can also get it on Amazon here: https://geni.us/ReadWriteCode. Read Write Code demystifies … Continue reading My New Book Read Write Code Launches Today!
I’ve signed up for hey.com for email and have used it for personal email for about 7 months. Here are my thoughts and review on it so far. First, I think it’s a challenge to build a new email service and compete with something like Gmail. I think there are a lot of good parts … Continue reading Review of Hey.com Email
With Twitter finally suspending Trump’s account, and other social networks finally starting to take actions, the natural debate has followed on the role of moderation, censorship, and power in social networks. Should there be moderation, or should everything be allowed? Who should be in charge of the moderating? Should the companies be able to de-platform … Continue reading Potential risks of blockchain-based social networks
