I write a little something about using color names vs using hex codes on this site

This website isn't here so that I can show potential employers how awesome I am. They don't even know about it.

You should build a website. It's not that hard, and it makes the Web a better place.

I make the case that you shouldn't trust every website on the Internet by default.

I talk a little bit about watching video game speedruns.

I failed (repeatedly) at becoming Internet Famous. I've grown to accept it, and I go over some reasons why.

I lay out some reasons (and a bad analogy) why websites are obligated to be as well-written and as efficient as possible

Almost every website now is a blog (except this one), I lay out some of the differences and make an argument that traditional websites are better in some ways

Written when Linux turned 28 and the Same Old Arguments™ surfaced again. I go through a bunch of them and try to explain where they've come from.

When I started working on this site, I didn't bother putting an RSS feed on it. Eventually, I bothered, and I lay out a few reasons why.

I started making an index.html page with a meta refresh mostly for text-based web browsers, but the results were less than ideal.

It's impossible to become an expert at 'video games' now. I go over why I think that is, and what I think about that.

A lengthier-than-I-intended discussion to remind myself that I can only do so many things in a day, that I'm allowed to cut back if I want to

This site doesn't have any images on it. Was is a conscious decision or something else?

I get on my high horse for a while and argue that it should be a lot easier to program a computer than it currently is

I use way too many words to try to convince you that cramming every kind of website into the blog format is a bad idea for a lot of reasons.

I used XML and XSLT to build this site. It's been tough in ways that I expected, and a few ways that I didn't

Even though I never really found much success, I have the urge to create things all the time. Sometimes that means that other projects don't get attention for a while. I delve into my thoughts on being a successful creator (or not) and if success matters

Nostalgia is weird, but living in the world of your own nostalgia is even wierder. I go over why I think that 80's and 90's nostalgia seems to run rampant in the various online gaming communities

It's always the year of the Linux desktop. It's never the year of the Linux desktop. It all depends on what you want to use your computer for.

I sometimes have trouble actually starting a new game. I explore why I think that is.

In the first entry of the 'getting my time back' series, I break down why comment sections and awarding karma points to participants only exist to drive engagement, and why I'm (mostly) disengaging from them.

A big part of getting my time back on the Internet involves limiting the amount of time I spend looking at websites that don't have a soul. Also I feebly try to define what a website's 'soul' might actually be.

I realized a long time ago that I procrastinate too much. I realized recently that I can use a Pi-Hole to help reduce or eliminate the things I do to procrastinate.

While boning up on my FreeBSD knowledge, I stumbled across a YouTube comment that reinforced what I already knew: once people are done with school, they don't feel like they should have to learn anything ever again.

Most people rely on someone else providing them with a platform to express themselves online. I'm tired of being 'most people'.

It's currently free to access anything on this site. That includes not having any ads. I intend to keep that way.

My preferences are my preferences. They're not my identity and I don't evangelize them.

I don't make blanket recommendations for computer software, but I had to watch an interview with Theo de Raadt to understand why.

I get nostalgic for real communities on the Internet and I take a detour to talk about how social media is a poor substitute

I used to exclusively use Model M keyboards. I switched away from them a while ago, but is it time to switch back now that Unicomp has a new model? Let's find out!

I don't usually like to drop pop culture references into articles I'm writing, and I don't make New Year's Resolutions, but I sort of did both of those things anyway.

I talked myself out of buying a big bulky keyboard and ended up buying and even bigger and bulkier keyboard.

Collecting video games now is a lot different than it was even ten years ago. It's not as fun in some ways, but is that a bad thing?

In the Spring of 2021 there was a rift in the Free Software community, but I think it's less about the person and more about what the person represents.

I sometimes pretend that I'm a streamer, but I do it on my own terms. To hear other people describe how I approach my hobby, I'm a failure. I have several issues with that.