Here’s a mental exercise. When was the last time you logged out of a site? Not closed the tab, or put your laptop to sleep, or waited for a timeout; but pressed a log off button to end a website session? If your answered recently, do you think any of your colleagues, classmates, … | Continue reading
The news as reported by the Kyiv Independent, which you can support here: The announcement [of annexation] comes after Russia’s proxies held sham referendums in the occupied parts of these regions and, on Sept. 27, declared nearly 100% of people living in the occupied territories … | Continue reading
Last year I wrote about MediaWiki’s new logo, and talked of the general trend among logo designers towards bland, dull, uninteresting, unoriginal, and largely interchangeable marks. Neil of the imitable Matchstick Cats and the late great IntoYourHead podcast (I miss joining him a … | Continue reading
I’ve been having fun lately challenging assumptions about my operating environment. I’ve got into the habit of blindly enabling settings without stopping to think if I need them, or for what reason. I’ve been surprised how much stuff was either built on sand, or that have been he … | Continue reading
Bad news about a YouTube franchise reminded me about the golden rule of the Internet: If it’s not archived, it won’t exist. | Continue reading
So many lines in that song have been surpassed, but RAM sticks out as something that hasn’t. | Continue reading
I logged in after a few years, and the UI is way better than the likes of Gmail. | Continue reading
Microwaves are brilliant inventions of brilliance. They could be even better. | Continue reading
It’s such a ridiculous claim | Continue reading
Grow up! But not too much. | Continue reading
A fun, small, affordable, and beautifully-crafted media player that’s easy to transfer files to, and sounds excellent. | Continue reading
Claiming one thing is important doesn't invalidate something else. | Continue reading
An article about a new curriculum gives me hope, but schools still don’t prepare people enough for the real world. | Continue reading
Use the BIOS! | Continue reading
Homelabs, kitchens, storage pools, web accounts, and consoles! | Continue reading
Despite Mozilla’s best efforts, I’m still using their browser nearly 20 years on. Here are my tips. | Continue reading
They don’t use OLEDs, they’re light and small, and cost less than a kidney. | Continue reading
One-time password, two's compliment, triple DES...! | Continue reading
What if I told you the ONLY writing rule is this: You must write. | Continue reading
pngcrush, jpegoptim, gifsicle, and scour for SVGs | Continue reading
Thank you Clara! | Continue reading
A study published by Nature asks whether people are predisposed to it, and what learned behaviors result from drinking black coffee. Interesting! | Continue reading
Was I the last person to learn of the existence of this machine!? | Continue reading
But those who advocate for it are themselves rarely brief. | Continue reading
Someone uploaded the video the British RMP would have you watch before making the trip in your car. Talk about ominous! | Continue reading
Grr, why can’t I use this shaver while charging? | Continue reading
Their new site design is the modern web writ large, but it’s easy enough to hide all the new junk. | Continue reading
Putting my mechanical boards aside to help my tired wrists. | Continue reading
Of course it's plagued with PC Screen Syndrome, but the other selling point is compelling. | Continue reading
Sucks to be among the people who can’t use them. | Continue reading
What are home users to do with camera phones that shoot 4K? | Continue reading
News outlets broadly got the message right, but not sure about some of the numbers. | Continue reading
They saved me from an over-zealous video conference call application today. | Continue reading
IT is still the Wild West by comparison. | Continue reading
An excerpt from an interview with Jordan Ellenberg | Continue reading
How many other forums limit discussions to supported releases? | Continue reading
And why you should too! | Continue reading
By Ruben Schade in s/ Singapore/ Sydney/ since 2004-ish. | Continue reading
An old Iomega combo USB optical drive and card reader now graces my FreeBSD tower for no good reason! | Continue reading
Feedback about random posts and sporadic seriousness. | Continue reading
This used to grate, but I think they need to be reframed. | Continue reading
Trying out ZFS and cgd on NetBSD for the first time. | Continue reading