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Harley Hicks

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Introducing KidsTube

tl;dr - I built a YouTube proxy for my kids with parental controls and I'm thinking about how to distribute it for other families to use. YouTube Kids sucks A few months ago I grew very frustrated with the YouTube Kids experience. We had banned YouTube completely

Instagram's Time Capsule Bug

In the middle of 2022, I received an Instagram message from one of my best friends of him playing guitar. Normal, but his hair looked a little different. Looking at the timestamp, it said that it was sent to me 67 weeks ago. He's most definitely back Confused,

Coding My Way Into The Magic Kingdom

In April of 2022, we took our family to Disney World for the first time. We were excited, the kids were excited, and everything was looking up. I planned everything 6 months in advance booking lodging, plane tickets and a rental vehicle. Everything except Disney World tickets. My thinking was

Unlocking The Legendary Decks

A few weeks ago I received an email from Enjoy The Ride Records , who press limited copies of some pretty interesting records. This email was a bit different though. Instead of vinyl records, they were announcing a release date for cards with music on them by Giovanni Rotondo (who'

Don't Worry, You're Accomplishing Things

Being clinically depressed, this whole quarantine is hitting me hard. My anxiety and depression have been holding hands on a roller-coaster making it hard to stabilize my brain. It's not just that I'm stuck inside, but I'm in here with my wife, 4 kids,

Windows

Things started feeling surreal yesterday. The thing is, not much has changed for me, my wife and our kids. I already work from home full-time and we started homeschooling at the beginning of this school year. We've actually been spending more time as a family and it'

Amelia's 6th Birthday

Last night's events felt like something straight out of a movie script. Amelia and I celebrated her 6th birthday by going to her first concert to see one of her favorite bands, The Beths . The events that unfolded restored some of my hope for humanity. When we arrived