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Framing Federation I’ve always been intrigued by the way that words shape our thoughts, beliefs, and our understanding of the world around us. It happens all the time, and we often don’t even realize it, especially when the words that we use to describe (and think about) things have formed deeply-rooted mental images that we rely on to relate to...

Making a pledge, taking a pledge I’ve been sitting with some strong negative feelings over the past few months. My usual instinct would be to ascribe these feelings to external sources, to cut lengths of metaphorical yarn and tie them to each of the things that I think are making me feel this way. But I know better: all experience is preceded by...

Hang in there “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” — Victor Hugo

Call me, maybe Remember the telephone? I grew up in the 1980s, and the phone was a pretty critical piece daily of tech. I used it to talk to my friends. I used it to find out if a book I wanted was available at the library (there was no online card catalog, because there was no “online”). I used it to call Infocom when I was stuck in the hardest...

Development updates, September 2024 Summer is winding down. There’s a crispness to the morning air, and a few of the leaves are starting to lose their green hues. Change is upon us, both in nature as well as here at Neatnik LLC. With that excessively metaphoric introduction out of the way, here are some updates on Neato, Neatnik ID, and a few...