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When I was younger one of the things I hated the most was going to the dentist. My feelings towards this have not changed but the experience gets worse as I get older. In the past two years I have had the misfortune of getting multiple crowns. It is one of those procedures that sounds routine but when you experience it, it is always worse than you expected.

My group Code for Boston hosted a series of Ignite talks for the National Day of Civic Hacking and the keynote was by Dana Chisnell. It was a fascinating and compelling story about the journey of the American voter. How they feel and why its so hard to vote:

From the New York Times:

The continental United States had its hottest month of May and the third-hottest month of June. Japan was walloped by record triple-digit temperatures, killing at least 86 people in what its meteorological agency bluntly called a “disaster.” And weather stations logged record-high temperatures on the edge of the Sahara and above the Arctic Circle.

For the past couple years I have been using mostly ZSH as the shell on my Mac because it has special features. However, over the weekend, I discovered and have been trying the fish shell. So Far using the fish shell has been enjoyable compared to using ZSH. It includes some of the features I really enjoy about ZSH but also has lots of features that quickly help you recall terminal commands or look up their documentation. It provides all its extra features by default. This was a big improvement from dealing with ZSH which required add-ones and configuration to fully expose its best magic.

Yesterday someone asked me why Code for America was soliciting for donations via email. The answer ends up being mundane: Code for America is a non profit so they run entirely on donations. Some are from big donors and tech companies but some also come from smaller donors. Folks can donate to Code for America and earmark it to Code for Boston and that’s how we pay for pizza, events, etc.