Rob Howard

Italy’s Data Protection Authority (the Garante) issued Provision No. 284 on April 17, 2026, targeting the 1x1 invisible pixels embedded in marketing email. dailystory.com/blog/italys-ne…

I always knew Carrie Underwood was amazing. But singing a cappella when the music wouldn’t start… was another level.

backlinkmonkey.com is live and running. We started using it for managing our backlink exchanges for DailyStory and quickly found about 20% of our exchanged backlinks had been removed. So far about 12 customers (free tier). We’ll have the Stipe billing in production tomorrow.

German engineering is both frustrating and amazing. Just trying to change a battery requires taking parts out and special socket wrenches. But the efficient use of space is amazing.

Dallas weather is so unpredictable. Yesterday we were forecasted to get 10” of snow Thursday, woke up to chance of rain and 3”.

One of the health insurance plans is Point of Service. Abbreviated POS. So let me get this right, I have a POS insurance plan option? At least they’re being honest.

John Ferguson, the CEOof Saxon Aerospace, a manufacturer of manned drones, gives his assessment of all the mysterious drones plaguing New Jersey and other places in America right now.

Finalizing open enrollment. The health insurance industry in the U.S. is just a dumpster fire. For independent business owners the choices are almost non-existent. Such a shift from when we first offered benefits @Telligent - cost was ~$900/mo for 100% coverage for the FULL family.

Viture Pro glasses finally arrived. Really impressive - it’s like having a 1080p screen floating in front of you. Not perfect but much clearer than expected.

@stripe is one of the few apps I look forward to opening every day.

@ejsmith Yeah, went down a rabbit hole on Reddit after seeing someone use them. Reviews are mixed, people either love them or hate them but had to give it a try.

@robhoward Haven't even heard of them before. Went to the website to check them out and they look interesting, but the website is terrible. :-)

Ordered a pair of VITURE Pro XR glasses. 90% for entertainment, but hoping to use them for some work projects too.

@benln As an ESP the only part that’s tough for me is, “checking email twice a day.”

Marc Andreessen’s guide to personal productivity:

54k digital agencies in the US. Up 10% from last year. I didn’t realize there so many.

Our Black Friday Cyber Monday discount of 20% off for 3 months has started dailystory.com/pricing

Working on the project UX for Backlink Monkey while watching the Dallas Cowboys struggle...