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This is kind of like a blog

Freebsd

  • USBugs April 2021
    I struggled for about a year trying to solve a problem that apparently turned out to be a hardware bug.

Internet

  • Enter the obvious reference May 2021
    On a whim I installed a decentralized communication platform on a domain that I didn't have any better use for.
  • Care and feeding of Internet trolls May 2021
    I almost engaged with an Internet troll, but then I remembered the Old Advice.
  • Matrix Status Update June 2021
    It's been about a month since I installed Matrix. I have thoughts.
  • I've decided to stop paying attention to my web stats September 2021
    I historically have spent way too much time obsessing over my website's statistics. I decide to stop.
  • The Return of the Old Internet January 2022
    Every once in a while someone tells me that the Old Internet is making a comeback. I thought about it and this is what I came up with.
  • Mastodon vs. Email April 2022
    I keep seeing people complain that they can't join Mastodon because of a litany of reasons. Reasons that seem to apply equally to email as they do to the Fediverse.
  • Thoughts on the Fediverse 16 Nov 2022
    Twitter appears to be circling the drain. Now is a great time to jump into the Fediverse. Or is it?
  • Who needs comment sections anyway? 11 Jan 2023
    Do you need to enable commments to have a blog? Spoilers: no.
  • No Comment February 2023 6 Jun 2023
    In February of 2023 I did an experiment to see what it would be like if I ignored internet comments for a whole month.
  • The World Wide Web is Almost Unusable 14 Dec 2023
    It's been a long time coming, but 2023 was the tipping point for me. I no longer consider the World Wide Web to be generally usable.
  • Sometimes you have to do the work 17 Nov 2025
    Everyone wants to use Arch Linux (for some reason), but nobody wants to set it up (for some reason). Some new setup scripts streamline the process, but why would you want that?

Me talking about me

  • Technical Obligations June 2021
    If someone has the means, are they obligated to facilitate the usage of the Internet to those that might not (yet) have similar means?
  • Software I Use May 2022
    I compare recommending software to pizza toppings. Don't worry, it's short.
  • RSS media October 2024
    I lay out a hare-brained scheme to replace social media with rss feeds.
  • Why I'm not on social media January 2025
    I get asked a lot why I'm not on social media, so I wrote a page that I could point people to.

Meta

  • A new coat of paint October 2025
    XML and XSLT are closer to death than ever before. So I'm making some changes.

Video Games

  • Skylanders July 2021
    I accidentally started collecting Skylanders a while back, but what am I going to do with them?
  • Super Console X July 2021
    I got hold of a small multi-emulator thing for playing games that I already had (of course). Is it worth the pittance I paid for it? Spoiler: kind-of.
  • Can video games be art? August 2021
    In 2005, Roger Ebert said that video games can never be art. Now that he's dead and can't respond, I figured it was time to weigh in.