Replace emojis with :aliases: on IRC

I work with some cool cats who are on the cutting edge of hip new technologies like emojis. OS X shows the emojis correctly but if I’m using IRC over SSH from Linux all I see are missing characters:

Meet the New Test Pilot

Effective immediately, we’ve renamed the Idea Town program to Test Pilot.

Next Stop: Idea Town

This is just a quick post to highlight some logistical changes:

Enabling Encryption in Weechat

Here are some step by step instructions for enabling encryption using crypt.py in weechat.

Marketplace and Payments Systems Diagrams

A couple years ago Krupa filled up a whiteboard with boxes and arrows, diagramming what the AMO systems looked like. There was recently interest in reviving that diagram and seeing what the Marketplace systems would look like in the same style so I sat down and drew the diagrams below, one for the Marketplace and one for Payments.