Category Archives: Technology

The Weekly Recap Re-Emerges From the Mist

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Ian

Feeling moody, because I’m a trash goblin and more importantly it’s Sunday and I overslept/generally stayed in bed too long. Which is like every Sunday, and a problem because if I’m not up and at ’em with my first alarm … Continue reading →

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Summer Projects

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Ian

In theory, this list could be pretty much infinite, because I’m me and I always want to do more than I can. But I thought it’d be good to put some of my project ideas out into the world. Some … Continue reading →

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Thinking Out Loud: Patreon Alternative Edition

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Ian

This post is mostly just me thinking about loud about how building a Patreon alternative would worth. BUCKLE UP, BUDDIES. Patreon has issues for a lot of people because it’s really geared for large creators, especially Youtubers. This is fine! … Continue reading →

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Updates: Miscellaneous

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Ian

Hey everyone, it’s been a minute! Life continues to proceed at a pace of about one second per second, with the usual margin of error accounting for the variability of reality. So, without any regard to order, life updates from … Continue reading →

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Oh No Phones

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Ian

Well, this sucks. My reliable Blackberry KeyONE had a new issue within the last few days, where it shut down and then got started in a reboot loop. It would barely boot, get to the Blackberry logo, and then reboot, … Continue reading →

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Emacs Resources

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Ian

The other day (by which I mean like three weeks ago), I asked for advice on learning emacs over on Mastodon. I got a bunch of really nice results, and wanted to put them all in one place both so … Continue reading →

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“404 Page Not Found” by Kate Wagner

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Ian

Kate Wagner put together an absolutely amazing essay on the state of the web today and how it got that way. It’s achingly sad in a lot of ways, pointing out how much of the internet we’ve just straight up … Continue reading →

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Links Roundup!

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Ian

Hey all, a small links roundup for you of interesting things from around the internet. Open Code != Working Open An in-depth post about how a project being open source doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to be run in a … Continue reading →

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Lost

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Ian

Apologies if this post is a little ramble-y. It’s here pretty much as it came out of my brain. I’ve officially been unemployed for too long. The days have started blurring together. I have volunteering, so I’m not completely without … Continue reading →

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Programming for Everyone

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Ian

So I read a post over at Jason J. Gullickson’s blog about how FOSS Isn’t Capitalism. It’s an interesting quick history of how computers have becoming far less empowering to end users and how the Free and Open Source Software … Continue reading →

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