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Storage and I/O: reads vs. writes There is a fundamental difference between a read operation and a write operation. Storage can lie...
1st Apr 2013
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Storage and I/O: reads vs. writes

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2013
There is a fundamental difference between a read operation and a write operation. Storage can lie about completing a write operation, but it can never lie about completing a read operation. Therefore read and writes have different characteristics. This is what I've learned. About...
Long Story Short Long Story Short, feels like in many ways a synthesis of everything Raphael and Lisa have been...
3rd Oct 2025
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Long Story Short

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Oct 2025
Long Story Short, feels like in many ways a synthesis of everything Raphael and Lisa have been trying to do and say, packaged in a slightly more mature and restrained way than the excesses of Bojack Horseman and their respective written fiction (everyone should read Someone Who...
I broke and fixed my Ghost blog In case you find this post after hours of google searching
16th Oct 2025
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I broke and fixed my Ghost blog

from matduggan.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Oct 2025
In case you find this post after hours of google searching
Buying a new computer *** Desktop or Laptop *** When deciding on which computer to buy, the first decision you have to...
3rd Apr 2011
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Buying a new computer

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Apr 2011
*** Desktop or Laptop *** When deciding on which computer to buy, the first decision you have to make is about whether to go for a desktop or a laptop. There was a time that many believed that the desktop would become a niche product. Most people want a laptop because they can...
I deleted my favorite feature, and the image got better: Direct Binary Search (DBS) in OpenDithering When I created OpenDithering back in June, the feature I was proudest of was the Auto-tune button....
6th Oct 2026
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6th Oct 2026
When I created OpenDithering back in June, the feature I was proudest of was the Auto-tune button. It did the slider work for me: it compared the dithered result to the original image, nudged the settings, and repeated until the image stopped improving. Over the summer it grew...
Radio Install in a Porsche Boxster The 987.2 Porsche Boxster is one of the best values in the used sports car market today. There is so...
28th Jun 2023
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Radio Install in a Porsche Boxster

from noahbuscher.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Jun 2023
The 987.2 Porsche Boxster is one of the best values in the used sports car market today. There is so much to love about the vehicle, but the OEM headunit is not one of them. It's very dated, clunky, and doesn't support CarPlay (!), so one of the first things I did after picking...
Standard ML in 2020 Incredibly, Standard ML implementations are still actively developed. MLton, Poly/ML, MLKit, SML#...
25th Oct 2020
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Standard ML in 2020

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Oct 2020
Incredibly, Standard ML implementations are still actively developed. MLton, Poly/ML, MLKit, SML# and SML/NJ are the most prominent. Discussion on the future direction of Standard ML remains healthy as well. And somehow OCaml's lesser known cousin still beats out OCaml...
Howdy, Is This Thing On? Howdy, Is This Thing On? Posted on November 14, 2022 • Banner by @mollowmollow This post is from...
14th Nov 2022
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Howdy, Is This Thing On?

from videah.net [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Nov 2022
Howdy, Is This Thing On? Posted on November 14, 2022 • Banner by @mollowmollow This post is from a legacy version of this blog! No changes have been made to the content in the migration, so things might read weird. Since things are uh… collapsing? I thought it’d be a good...
Omarchy on iMac After helping a family member migrate to a new computer, I found myself with an old iMac. The...
21st Sep 2025
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Omarchy on iMac

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Sep 2025
After helping a family member migrate to a new computer, I found myself with an old iMac. The machine from 2017 was very slow running modern macOS, yet I have a soft spot for these all-in-one computers designed by Jony Ive and his team. Could I install Linux on it to give it a...
Breaking Rohde & Schwarz AMIQ License Key Generation - the Hard and the Easy Way Or better: the fun and the unsatisfying way… Introduction How AMIQ License Keys Work An Easter...
12th Apr 2026
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Breaking Rohde & Schwarz AMIQ License Key Generation - the Hard and the Easy Way

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Apr 2026
Or better: the fun and the unsatisfying way… Introduction How AMIQ License Keys Work An Easter Egg Reverse Engineering the License Check A Funny Disabled Master Key Using Codex Conclusion Introduction One of the guilty pleasures of playing with old test equipment is to enable...
The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing Are there any ‘intelligent’ router solutions out there which select the right model for the right...
2nd Jul 2026
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The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jul 2026
Are there any ‘intelligent’ router solutions out there which select the right model for the right task? I looked into it, and there are a few options.
Headcount goals, feature factories, and when to hire those mythical 10x people When I started building up a tech team for Better, I made a very conscious decision to pay at the...
21st Feb 2019
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Headcount goals, feature factories, and when to hire those mythical 10x people

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Feb 2019
When I started building up a tech team for Better, I made a very conscious decision to pay at the high end to get people. I thought this made more sense: they cost a bit more money to hire, but output usually more than compensates for it.
Why node.js is cool (it's not about performance) For the past N months, it seems like there is no new technology stack that is either hotter or more...
12th Mar 2012
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Why node.js is cool (it's not about performance)

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Mar 2012
For the past N months, it seems like there is no new technology stack that is either hotter or more controversial than node.js. node.js is cancer! node.js cures cancer! node.js is bad ass rock star tech!. I myself have given node.js a lot of shit, often involving the phrase...
For a Business, Should Making (Extra) Money Be Incidental? Humans are desire-driven machines: a business should help dissipate desires by satisfying them...
21st Jul 2026
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For a Business, Should Making (Extra) Money Be Incidental?

from Simone Salis [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Jul 2026
Humans are desire-driven machines: a business should help dissipate desires by satisfying them without exploiting you.
Paying down tech debt: further learnings In a counter-intuitive observation: by making small, non-functional improvements, you gain more...
19th Sep 2024
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Paying down tech debt: further learnings

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Sep 2024
In a counter-intuitive observation: by making small, non-functional improvements, you gain more confidence in a new codebase, and can start to move faster.
Finance, Fairer Sharing our investment in Jia, which turns crypto liquidity into working capital for small...
17th May 2023
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Finance, Fairer

from Greater Still by Gaby Goldberg [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th May 2023
Sharing our investment in Jia, which turns crypto liquidity into working capital for small businesses in every corner of the world.
3rd May 2024
A desktop-sized DIY vending machine for your room Have you ever wanted your very own vending machine? If so, you likely found that they’re expensive...
2nd Jul 2024
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A desktop-sized DIY vending machine for your room

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jul 2024
Have you ever wanted your very own vending machine? If so, you likely found that they’re expensive and too bulky to fit in most homes. But now you can experience vending bliss thanks to this miniature vending machine designed by m22pj, which you can craft yourself using an...
Cable Length Measurement with an HP 8007B Pulse Generator MathJax.Hub.Config({ jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"], tex2jax: { inlineMath: [...
1st Apr 2023
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Cable Length Measurement with an HP 8007B Pulse Generator

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2023
MathJax.Hub.Config({ jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"], tex2jax: { inlineMath: [ ['$', '$'], ["\\(", "\\)"] ], displayMath: [ ['$$', '$$'], ["\\[", "\\]"] ], processEscapes: true, skipTags: ['script', 'noscript', 'style', 'textarea', 'pre',...
SMS Phishers Pivot to Points, Taxes, Fake Retailers China-based phishing groups blamed for non-stop scam SMS messages about a supposed wayward package...
4th Dec 2025
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SMS Phishers Pivot to Points, Taxes, Fake Retailers

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Dec 2025
China-based phishing groups blamed for non-stop scam SMS messages about a supposed wayward package or unpaid toll fee are promoting a new offering, just in time for the holiday shopping season: Phishing kits for mass-creating fake but convincing e-commerce websites that convert...
3D Model Viewer Improvements [Software] Unlocking the embedded gimbals
28th Nov 2023
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3D Model Viewer Improvements

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Nov 2023
[Software] Unlocking the embedded gimbals
Fearless Rebasing GitButler now supports first class conflicts, which makes rebasing much less annoying. What is...
23rd Oct 2024
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Fearless Rebasing

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Oct 2024
GitButler now supports first class conflicts, which makes rebasing much less annoying. What is "fearless rebasing"?
Resource Management “We had to display a lot of information at once and help them make sense of it. There are many ways...
15th Jun 2017
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Resource Management

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Jun 2017
“We had to display a lot of information at once and help them make sense of it. There are many ways to do that wrong and only a few ways to do it right.” The Challenge The client came to us with a problem: They had paid for a custom tool that didn’t do what they needed. They had...
Breaking Changes Last week I ran into unexpected trouble during a routine maintenance procedure on my company's email...
3rd Jun 2025
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Breaking Changes

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jun 2025
Last week I ran into unexpected trouble during a routine maintenance procedure on my company's email infrastructure. Processing thousands of emails each day, we use Dovecot to give our clients access to their messages. That all came to a grinding halt when I updated to version...
Vibe Coding Grossing over $48K a month, the flight simulator game by Pieter Levels spurred a whole flurry of...
14th Apr 2025
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Vibe Coding

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Apr 2025
Grossing over $48K a month, the flight simulator game by Pieter Levels spurred a whole flurry of innovation. Without detailed knowledge of 3D game engine technology, he 'vibe coded' his game using AI. Critics of his work pointed at security and scalability issues, while...
The History of Acer A Shy Kid Builds the Taiwanese Tech Industry
7th Jul 2025
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The History of Acer

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jul 2025
A Shy Kid Builds the Taiwanese Tech Industry
Why I'm back to Whoop (for now) I recently started to subscribe to Whoop again after I canceled it around a year ago. I was partly...
2nd Jun 2025
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Why I'm back to Whoop (for now)

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jun 2025
I recently started to subscribe to Whoop again after I canceled it around a year ago. I was partly dissatisfied with my Garmin watch as a fitness and health tracker and I also wanted a new tech device to tinker with. The plan was to write a short post about what I like and don’t...
Joining Spotify in Sweden Image source Life in Japan All the things that I knew about Japan turned out to be true, as soon as...
22nd May 2020
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Joining Spotify in Sweden

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd May 2020
Image source Life in Japan All the things that I knew about Japan turned out to be true, as soon as I arrived here 8 months ago. Japan is a…
Three years later Reflections on October 7th
4 weeks ago
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Three years later

from Greater Still by Gaby Goldberg [alt+shift+b] in technology

4 weeks ago
Reflections on October 7th
The IKEA-powered homelab on a wall I recently learned about the IKEA SKÅDIS series, which is a pegboard that supports a variety of...
7th Sep 2023
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The IKEA-powered homelab on a wall

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Sep 2023
I recently learned about the IKEA SKÅDIS series, which is a pegboard that supports a variety of extras. During my self-hosting journey having to figure out the best place for putting all my compute stuff to has always been at the back of my mind, especially due to limited...
Clickable whitespace It's easier for someone in my position, after working 20 years in this field to talk about morals. I...
7th Sep 2026
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Clickable whitespace

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Sep 2026
It's easier for someone in my position, after working 20 years in this field to talk about morals. I can disagree with the choices my employer makes. In fact, I can walk away. But I remember the dilemma I felt I was in, earlier in my career. The lead developer stood behind me...
June, 2026 June, like any month in which I neither write very much nor read very much, feels already...
1st Jul 2026
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June, 2026

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jul 2026
June, like any month in which I neither write very much nor read very much, feels already cryptographic in retrospect.
Reading List 11/01/2025 A new semiconductor lithography startup, how to make batteries more like bombs, AI and real estate...
1st Nov 2025
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Reading List 11/01/2025

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Nov 2025
A new semiconductor lithography startup, how to make batteries more like bombs, AI and real estate listings, a monastery being built in Wyoming, and more.
Comment on Why I’m Switching Web Hosts by Hitesh Sahni Great post Lars. I have had my fair share of issues with Godaddy, and then Bluehost. I finally found...
29th Sep 2019
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Comment on Why I’m Switching Web Hosts by Hitesh Sahni

from Comments for Lars Lofgren [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Sep 2019
Great post Lars. I have had my fair share of issues with Godaddy, and then Bluehost. I finally found satisfaction with SiteGround. The only reason GoDaddy is still in business is because of their heavy online and offline advertising. My WordPress website has not yet reached...
An update on my book 'Why Cryptocurrencies?' Five months ago I gloriously declared that “my book was done”. Since then I’ve been working hard to...
9th Oct 2020
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An update on my book 'Why Cryptocurrencies?'

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Oct 2020
Five months ago I gloriously declared that “my book was done”. Since then I’ve been working hard to finish the book. Sorry that’s a bit of a lie, I’ve had a nice long vacation where I didn’t work on the book and I’m also on part-time parental leave. And believe me there’s not a...
How to reverse engineer an analog chip: the TDA7000 FM radio receiver Have you ever wanted to reverse engineer an analog chip from a die photo? Wanted to understand...
2nd Aug 2025
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How to reverse engineer an analog chip: the TDA7000 FM radio receiver

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Aug 2025
Have you ever wanted to reverse engineer an analog chip from a die photo? Wanted to understand what's inside the "black box" of an integrated circuit? In this article, I explain my reverse engineering process, using the Philips TDA7000 FM radio receiver chip as an example. This...
14th Oct 2024
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Phucking with Phishers

from Niklas Oberhuber’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Oct 2024
Cannot access Windows guest within VMware Fusion when running vsphere client Currently, I am running VMware ESXi 4.1 on a test system. To manage ESXi, you need the VSphere...
17th Jun 2011
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Cannot access Windows guest within VMware Fusion when running vsphere client

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Jun 2011
Currently, I am running VMware ESXi 4.1 on a test system. To manage ESXi, you need the VSphere client, which is only available for the Windows platform. Therefore, I run VMware Fusion on my Mac to be able to access VSphere and manage my ESXi host. The trouble is that both ESXi...
Record/Replay testing in Sorbet In 2017 and 2018, I (along with Paul Tarjan and Dmitry Petrashko) was a founding member of the...
13th Jan 2020
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Record/Replay testing in Sorbet

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Jan 2020
In 2017 and 2018, I (along with Paul Tarjan and Dmitry Petrashko) was a founding member of the Sorbet project at Stripe to build a gradual static typechecking system for Ruby, with the aim of enhancing productivity on Stripe’s millions of lines of Ruby, and eventually producing a...
More Evidence That Words Don't Mean What We Thought They Meant (Ivanti Sentry Pre-Auth OS Command... Today, Ivanti published an advisory. “No way?” we hear you say. "Yes way!" a random dog screams back...
10th Jun 2026
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10th Jun 2026
Today, Ivanti published an advisory. “No way?” we hear you say. "Yes way!" a random dog screams back at you, across the street. Today’s rare advisory outlines two vulnerabilities in Ivanti’s Sentry product, appealing directly to our inner desire for sophisticated server-side,
20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful. Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
7th Apr 2025
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20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Apr 2025
Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
Emma this was so fun. i am reminded of walter scott's description of austen as a flemish painter: "[the]...
1st Apr 2020
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Emma

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2020
this was so fun. i am reminded of walter scott's description of austen as a flemish painter: "[the] subjects are not often elegant and certainly never grand; but they are finished up to nature, and with a precision which delights the reader"
#11: Searchable list of all the mistakes I have more than a decade old google account that I am no longer able to access even though I know...
13th Feb 2022
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#11: Searchable list of all the mistakes

from Pea Bee [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Feb 2022
I have more than a decade old google account that I am no longer able to access even though I know the correct password.
An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor Introduction Back in 2004, I visited a now bankrupt Dutch computer store called MyCom1, located at...
30th Oct 2021
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An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Oct 2021
Introduction Back in 2004, I visited a now bankrupt Dutch computer store called MyCom1, located at the Kinkerstraat in Amsterdam. I was there to buy a Western Digital Raptor model WD740, with 74 GB of capacity, running at 10,000 RPM. When I bought this drive, we were still in...
“To live is to fight, to fight is to live! - IBM ODM Remote Code Execution In previous blogs, we’ve discussed some of the big players in the enterprise software space, but...
22nd Feb 2024
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“To live is to fight, to fight is to live! - IBM ODM Remote Code Execution

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Feb 2024
In previous blogs, we’ve discussed some of the big players in the enterprise software space, but there is one that we have not mentioned before, that is - quite frankly - the heavy-weight champion of the world in terms of applications for large enterprises. With over a hundred
2025-02-13 I seem to be alternating between working with html and Lua/LÖVE. In the last few days I've been...
13th Feb 2025
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2025-02-13

from Freewheeling Apps [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Feb 2025
I seem to be alternating between working with html and Lua/LÖVE. In the last few days I've been trying to extract some more timeless tools out of the ad hoc static site I replaced my old Rails website with a couple of years ago. Here's the project. Requires just Lua (any version...
ShinyHunters Wage Broad Corporate Extortion Spree A cybercriminal group that used voice phishing attacks to siphon more than a billion records from...
7th Oct 2025
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ShinyHunters Wage Broad Corporate Extortion Spree

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Oct 2025
A cybercriminal group that used voice phishing attacks to siphon more than a billion records from Salesforce customers earlier this year has launched a website that threatens to publish data stolen from dozens of Fortune 500 firms if they refuse to pay a ransom. The group also...
There is Definitely a Grid Grids are the best thing to ever happen to graphic design. They form a rational basis for organizing...
10th Jun 2016
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There is Definitely a Grid

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Jun 2016
Grids are the best thing to ever happen to graphic design. They form a rational basis for organizing information. They support the harmonious distribution of elements and visual weight. We don’t design things with grids because it’s easy, or because everyone else is doing it....
Hedley Davis has died A more obscure Commodore employee (where he apparently met his wife), but still quite influential...
17th Mar 2026
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Hedley Davis has died

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Mar 2026
A more obscure Commodore employee (where he apparently met his wife), but still quite influential during the Amiga era. Along with more pedestrian units such as the Amiga 3000 and the monochrome Amiga 2024 monitor, my favourite device he worked on was the 1987 prototype SX-500....
Cowboy Bebop (2021) This was neither as bad as I thought it could be nor as good as I hoped it might be. The vast...
1st Jan 2022
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Cowboy Bebop (2021)

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2022
This was neither as bad as I thought it could be nor as good as I hoped it might be. The vast majority of the blame I think has to go towards the scriptwriting, which has a Joss Whedon-esque self-referentiality to it that completely undermines the philosophy of the original and,...
Reading List 05/02/2026 Chilling effects in the build-to-rent sector, how fast could robot manufacturing scale up, PJM’s new...
2nd May 2026
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Reading List 05/02/2026

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd May 2026
Chilling effects in the build-to-rent sector, how fast could robot manufacturing scale up, PJM’s new interconnection queue, the backlash against battery storage, and more.
7th Aug 2017
2nd Oct 2025
Strike Commander: Interview with Frank Savage There is a playful way to study the architecture of computers of the past. Find a piece of software...
3rd Dec 2019
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Strike Commander: Interview with Frank Savage

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Dec 2019
There is a playful way to study the architecture of computers of the past. Find a piece of software you know well and try to find out how it was ported to these machine you don't...
Offline Advocate Digital hoarding as a check against the ephemeral nature of the internet ... and maybe some peace of...
19th Nov 2024
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Offline Advocate

from Engineers Need Art [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Nov 2024
Digital hoarding as a check against the ephemeral nature of the internet ... and maybe some peace of mind.
I built a timer I can’t fail to set Have you ever gotten to the end of a long work day and realized you’re no closer to your goals? I...
2nd Dec 2025
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I built a timer I can’t fail to set

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Dec 2025
Have you ever gotten to the end of a long work day and realized you’re no closer to your goals? I have. Sure, I was doing a lot of stuff. But I wasn’t pausing to ask whether I was doing the right stuff. Or whether my approach was working. Or if I was spending the right amount of...
What went wrong with wireless USB (Hat tip to the late Bill Strauss and The Capitol Steps' Lirty Dies.) take my Palm OS Fossil Wrist...
4th May 2025
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What went wrong with wireless USB

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th May 2025
(Hat tip to the late Bill Strauss and The Capitol Steps' Lirty Dies.) take my Palm OS Fossil Wrist PDA smartwatch mobile. It has no on-board networking libraries but can be coerced into doing PPP over its serial port (via USB) by using the libraries from my Palm m505. Of...
Things I wish I knew about Ring Fit Adventure I’ve played a lot of Ring Fit Adventure, the fitness game for Nintendo Switch. Here are some things...
4th May 2025
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Things I wish I knew about Ring Fit Adventure

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th May 2025
I’ve played a lot of Ring Fit Adventure, the fitness game for Nintendo Switch. Here are some things I wish I knew when I got started. Jump over battles to skip them You can jump over enemies to avoid fighting them! I first discovered this when watching a speedrun of the game. If...
Introducing The AirTag Silencer Apple made AirTag randomly chirp when bumped or moved when out of bluetooth range of your iPhone....
30th Sep 2026
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Introducing The AirTag Silencer

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Sep 2026
Apple made AirTag randomly chirp when bumped or moved when out of bluetooth range of your iPhone. That's great, but if your bike is stolen - the very last thing you would want is for the thief to hear the AirTag and throw it away. That's why we designed The AirTag Silencer - a...
Bye Bye Alan Dye I was trying to get something down about Alan Dye leaving Apple, but John Gruber got there first and...
5th Dec 2025
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Bye Bye Alan Dye

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Dec 2025
I was trying to get something down about Alan Dye leaving Apple, but John Gruber got there first and has done a much better job. I’ve grumbled several times in the past about the new Liquid Glass redesign, but it’s just the latest push in a direction I’ve been unhappy with for...
Rescuing photos from a crashed iMac This week I received a message from someone with a iMac that crashed. It contained more than 50.000...
14th Oct 2020
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Rescuing photos from a crashed iMac

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Oct 2020
This week I received a message from someone with a iMac that crashed. It contained more than 50.000 photos, covering two decades of personal history. As there was no backup, it was up to me to attempt to safe as much as I could. Could I possibly recover the personal...
E-book Bellows [Concept] Dynamically deflatable
4th Nov 2025
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E-book Bellows

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Nov 2025
[Concept] Dynamically deflatable
A Galois Field Arithmetic Primer Introduction A Galois Field Introduction by Example Base Galois Fields A Real World Example of a...
14th Jun 2026
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A Galois Field Arithmetic Primer

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Jun 2026
Introduction A Galois Field Introduction by Example Base Galois Fields A Real World Example of a Base Galois Field GF(2) Extended Galois Fields Extended Galois Field Addition Extended Galois Field Multiplication A Field Defining Irreducible Polynomial A Primitive Polynomial From...
Building Air Quality Sensor: Luftdaten + Home Assistant Luftdaten (now Sensor Community) is a global sensor network that measures air quality around the...
3rd Sep 2020
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Building Air Quality Sensor: Luftdaten + Home Assistant

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Sep 2020
Luftdaten (now Sensor Community) is a global sensor network that measures air quality around the world. Best of all: it's open-source and anyone can build a sensor.I was very curious to see the air quality in my neighborhood, so I decided to build myself a sensor. And of course,...
AI as Normal Science shoutsout to Arvind and Sayash
2nd Sep 2025
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AI as Normal Science

from Never Met a Science [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Sep 2025
shoutsout to Arvind and Sayash
SOAPwn: Pwning .NET Framework Applications Through HTTP Client Proxies And WSDL Welcome back! As we near the end of 2025, we are, of course, waiting for the next round of SSLVPN...
10th Dec 2025
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SOAPwn: Pwning .NET Framework Applications Through HTTP Client Proxies And WSDL

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Dec 2025
Welcome back! As we near the end of 2025, we are, of course, waiting for the next round of SSLVPN exploitation to occur in January (as it did in 2024 and 2025). Weeeeeeeee. Before then, we want to clear the decks and see how much research we can publish. This
250 lbs Six months ago, while I was setting up a new code editor, I noticed that the default font size felt...
16th Feb 2026
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250 lbs

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Feb 2026
Six months ago, while I was setting up a new code editor, I noticed that the default font size felt just a bit too small, when displayed on my monitor. Not a big deal, I just bumped it up one size and went back to my work. Then it happened again, this time, when reading sheet...
Why I’m Switching Web Hosts Recently, I’ve gotten fed up with my web host. Since I stood this site up, I’ve used MediaTemple....
5th Jul 2019
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Why I’m Switching Web Hosts

from Comments for Lars Lofgren [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Jul 2019
Recently, I’ve gotten fed up with my web host. Since I stood this site up, I’ve used MediaTemple. This was before WP Engine was around. At the time, MediaTemple had carved out a nice niche for themselves as the premium web host. Tim Ferriss also raved about them back in the day....
What's with ML software and pickles? I have spent many years as an software engineer who was a total outsider to machine-learning, but...
8th Nov 2023
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What's with ML software and pickles?

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Nov 2023
I have spent many years as an software engineer who was a total outsider to machine-learning, but with some curiosity and occasional peripheral interactions with it. During this time, a recurring theme for me was horror (and, to be honest, disdain) every time I encountered the...
Netrunner Lindhska Store Championship Örebro After the awesomeness during the previous store championship, I decided to go to the store...
2nd Apr 2015
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Netrunner Lindhska Store Championship Örebro

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Apr 2015
After the awesomeness during the previous store championship, I decided to go to the store championship at Lindhska Bokhandel in Örebro. I brought a modified version of the same corp I used the last time, a Blue Sun kill deck and a new runner with Leela Patel. See the links for...
After Forty Years, Still No Silver Bullet Forty years ago, computer scientist Fred Brooks published a paper called No Silver Bullet: Essence...
10th Jul 2026
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After Forty Years, Still No Silver Bullet

from Jorge Arango [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Jul 2026
Forty years ago, computer scientist Fred Brooks published a paper called No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accident in Software Engineering. As its title implies, the paper argues there are no technological shortcuts to making software radically easier, simpler, or more reliable. You...
How I self-host this blog at home with a dynamic IPv4 address, IPv6 prefix, and a dash of Wireguard Networking has long been my Achilles heel. I know the very basics, but the more complex areas of...
6th May 2026
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6th May 2026
Networking has long been my Achilles heel. I know the very basics, but the more complex areas of networking have been a bit puzzling to me. By the time I figured out how IPv4 works, I found IPv6 and that my ISP supports it. Back to square one. That didn’t stop me from learning...
Monitoring my 3D printer with a Pi Zero, Home Assistant and TinyCore Linux Many devices in my home have become "smart" over the last couple of months, with one big exception:...
20th Apr 2020
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Monitoring my 3D printer with a Pi Zero, Home Assistant and TinyCore Linux

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Apr 2020
Many devices in my home have become "smart" over the last couple of months, with one big exception: my trusty 3D printer. It's a super reliable Prusa i3 MK3, but it lacks an internet connection.So I decided to use a Pi Zero to keep track of my 3D prints and send the progress to...
AI and machine learning for engineering design Popular mechanical engineering course applies machine learning and AI theory to real-world...
7th Sep 2025
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AI and machine learning for engineering design

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Sep 2025
Popular mechanical engineering course applies machine learning and AI theory to real-world engineering design.
They call it Mister Pibb (again) As Pibb is the official beverage of Old Vintage Computing Research, no doubt to the profound chagrin...
2nd Nov 2025
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They call it Mister Pibb (again)

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Nov 2025
As Pibb is the official beverage of Old Vintage Computing Research, no doubt to the profound chagrin of the Coca-Cola Company, I feel compelled to offer a public service announcement. Old and busted: inconsistent on their own brand name) is back and Pibb Xtra, the face of...
YouTube is a mysterious monopoly Yesterday I saw this Bluesky post from Adrian Black. He runs Adrian’s Digital Basement, a retro...
8th Sep 2025
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YouTube is a mysterious monopoly

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2025
Yesterday I saw this Bluesky post from Adrian Black. He runs Adrian’s Digital Basement, a retro computer repair channel I really enjoy. In the post, he points out a trend I didn’t know about: YouTube views seem to have fallen off a cliff recently. Further down the thread, Jeff...
Stack overflow is almost dead Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009....
15th May 2025
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Stack overflow is almost dead

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th May 2025
Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009. A recap of its slow, then rapid, downfall.
Reckoning with Liquid Glass When Apple released its new operating systems last year, I wasn’t in a hurry to upgrade. I had...
20th Jan 2026
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Reckoning with Liquid Glass

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Jan 2026
When Apple released its new operating systems last year, I wasn’t in a hurry to upgrade. I had initially come away from WWDC 2025 excited about the new Liquid Glass design language, but then became grumpy. The visual effects looked nice to me, but they functioned more poorly than...
Server side Live Activities guide iOS 17.2 gained the capability to start Live Activities from a server, which is pretty cool and...
23rd Sep 2024
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Server side Live Activities guide

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Sep 2024
iOS 17.2 gained the capability to start Live Activities from a server, which is pretty cool and handy! I’ve been playing around with it a bit and found some parts a bit confusing, so I thought I’d do a little write up for future me as well as anyone else who could benefit! (For...
The Ascent to Sandia Crest II Where we left off, Albuquerque's boosters, together with the Forest Service, had...
19th Oct 2025
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The Ascent to Sandia Crest II

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Oct 2025
Where we left off, Albuquerque's boosters, together with the Forest Service, had completed construction of the Ellis Ranch Loop and a spur to the Sandia Crest. It was possible, even easy, to drive from Albuquerque east through Tijeras Pass, north to the present-day location of...
"AI" on a Calculator: Part 1 Can AI run on a calculator? Machine learning and computer vision algorithms can certainly be run on...
28th Mar 2023
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"AI" on a Calculator: Part 1

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Mar 2023
Can AI run on a calculator? Machine learning and computer vision algorithms can certainly be run on a calculator albeit slowly: I ported a convolutional neural network (CNN) to a TI-84 Plus CE, making it capable of using “AI” to identify handwritten digits. As an added challenge,...
Extending gosql to supporting LIMIT and OFFSET It's been a few months since I picked up gosql and I wanted to use it to prototype a SQL interface...
23rd Jan 2021
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Extending gosql to supporting LIMIT and OFFSET

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jan 2021
It's been a few months since I picked up gosql and I wanted to use it to prototype a SQL interface for data stored in S3. But one missing critical feature in gosql is LIMIT and OFFSET support. This post walks through the few key changes to gosql to support LIMIT and OFFSET. You...
Weekend Tournaments This weekend was filled by playing cards. On Saturday I hosted a small Game of Thrones tournament...
6th Sep 2016
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Weekend Tournaments

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Sep 2016
This weekend was filled by playing cards. On Saturday I hosted a small Game of Thrones tournament and on Sunday the local Netrunner community hosted a small summer kit tournament. Game of Thrones We’ve had a similar tournament once before when me and my girlfriend invited two of...
Study shows how a common fertilizer ingredient benefits plants The findings could enable new ways to increase plants’ resilience to UV stress and enhance seedling...
7th Jul 2025
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Study shows how a common fertilizer ingredient benefits plants

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jul 2025
The findings could enable new ways to increase plants’ resilience to UV stress and enhance seedling growth.
Inside the tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets To use the Montreal subway (the Métro), you tap a paper ticket against the turnstile and it...
23rd Jun 2024
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Inside the tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jun 2024
To use the Montreal subway (the Métro), you tap a paper ticket against the turnstile and it opens. The ticket works through a system called NFC, but what's happening internally? How does the ticket work without a battery? How does it communicate with the turnstile? And how can it...
Understanding Ceph: open-source scalable storage Introduction In this blog post I will try to explain why I believe Ceph is such an interesting...
19th Aug 2018
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Understanding Ceph: open-source scalable storage

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Aug 2018
Introduction In this blog post I will try to explain why I believe Ceph is such an interesting storage solution. After you finished reading this blog post you should have a good high-level overview of Ceph. I've written this blog post purely because I'm a storage enthusiast and I...
ASRock X570M Pro4 motherboard overview Not too long ago, I had the goal of consolidating all my computing needs onto a single desktop PC....
2nd Feb 2022
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ASRock X570M Pro4 motherboard overview

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Feb 2022
Not too long ago, I had the goal of consolidating all my computing needs onto a single desktop PC. That meant moving from an mITX-based build to something that had a bit more expandability. Since I already had a Fractal Meshify C Mini, I decided to go for an mATX motherboard. And...
The Wrong Bet The next decade in SaaS won't look like the last
10th May 2021
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The Wrong Bet

from Buck on Software [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th May 2021
The next decade in SaaS won't look like the last
CVE-2007-4573: The Anatomy of a Kernel Exploit CVE-2007-4573 is two years old at this point, but it remains one of my favorite vulnerabilities. It...
5th Feb 2010
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CVE-2007-4573: The Anatomy of a Kernel Exploit

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Feb 2010
CVE-2007-4573 is two years old at this point, but it remains one of my favorite vulnerabilities. It was a local privilege-escalation vulnerability on all x86_64 kernels prior to v2.6.22.7. It’s very simple to understand with a little bit of background, and the exploit is...
Video Games are the Future of Education The things you learn by yourself stick; the things that are “taught” to you do not stick.
21st Jun 2020
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Video Games are the Future of Education

from Nabeel S. Qureshi [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Jun 2020
The things you learn by yourself stick; the things that are “taught” to you do not stick.
I finally found an use case for my Raspberry Pi Model B+ You have probably heard about the Raspberry Pi. It’s a nice little affordable single-board computer...
1st Nov 2022
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I finally found an use case for my Raspberry Pi Model B+

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Nov 2022
You have probably heard about the Raspberry Pi. It’s a nice little affordable single-board computer with a huge community using it for all sorts of projects. I got my first Raspberry Pi, the Model B+, during my first year at university, which was around the winter of...
2024-05-06 matrix For those of you who are members of the Matrix project, I wanted to let you know that I am running...
6th May 2024
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2024-05-06 matrix

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th May 2024
For those of you who are members of the Matrix project, I wanted to let you know that I am running for the Governing Board, and a bit about why. For those of you who are not, I hope you will forgive the intrusion. Maybe you'll find my opinions on the topic interesting anyway. I...
Microsoft makes 6502 BASIC open source It was probably going to happen sooner or later, but Microsoft has officially released the source...
3rd Sep 2025
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Microsoft makes 6502 BASIC open source

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Sep 2025
It was probably going to happen sooner or later, but Microsoft has officially released the source code for 6502 BASIC. The specific revision is very Commodore-centric: it's the 1977 "8K" BASIC variant "1.1," which Commodore users know better as BASIC V2.0, the same BASIC used in...
Every Perceptually Uniform Color Map as a CSS Gradient div.gradient { width: 650px; height: 60px; border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 10px; ...
29th Apr 2025
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Every Perceptually Uniform Color Map as a CSS Gradient

from Victor Poughon [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Apr 2025
div.gradient { width: 650px; height: 60px; border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 10px; box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px rgb(0, 0, 0, 0.5); margin: 0 auto; } pre { max-width: 600px; } Colormaps are functions that map from [0, 1] to colors. I love colormaps! Maybe a...
Motorised Camera Slider [Hardware] Simple smooth motor mod
7th Jul 2024
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Motorised Camera Slider

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jul 2024
[Hardware] Simple smooth motor mod
I prefer boring technologies When I start new projects I try to build them with boring technologies that I used before and I try...
30th Dec 2021
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I prefer boring technologies

from Tiny struggles [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Dec 2021
When I start new projects I try to build them with boring technologies that I used before and I try to limit picking up new libraries, tools and technologies to a minimum. This is because I want to build actual products and not to do projects for the sake of learning exciting...
Innovation Is Software In August my computer setup changed more than it had in years. And yet the lesson of the month was...
25th Aug 2026
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Innovation Is Software

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Aug 2026
In August my computer setup changed more than it had in years. And yet the lesson of the month was the opposite of new hardware: the existing gear has stretch, innovation is software. This post is about one brain, the machine in the homelab where my files and my agents live, the...
Bitcoin's security isn't binary I’d like to address a misconception that’s at the core in many Bitcoin discussions lately: Bitcoin’s...
28th Jul 2018
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Bitcoin's security isn't binary

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Jul 2018
I’d like to address a misconception that’s at the core in many Bitcoin discussions lately: Bitcoin’s security isn’t binary. In fact security in general isn’t black and white. It’s a trade-off being secure enough for your threat model vs the cost and feasibility of your...
26th Jan 2022
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Soulbound

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Jan 2022
20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful. Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
7th Apr 2025
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20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful.

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Apr 2025
Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
Success and Failure at Pebble I’ve been giving a talk on the importance of learning from failure to every YC batch for last few...
11th Apr 2022
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Success and Failure at Pebble

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Apr 2022
I’ve been giving a talk on the importance of learning from failure to every YC batch for last few years. I wrote this post in 2017 but never…
David Cuartielles receives the Open Source Award on Skills and Education We are proud to announce that David Cuartielles, co-founder of Arduino, has been honored with the...
3rd Feb 2025
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David Cuartielles receives the Open Source Award on Skills and Education

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2025
We are proud to announce that David Cuartielles, co-founder of Arduino, has been honored with the Open Source Award on Skills and Education 2025 and has become a founding member of the Open Source Academy of Europe. This prestigious award recognizes individuals who have made...
Privacy Policy The legal terms mentioned here covers abishekmuthian.com and products which explicitly link to this...
1st Mar 2025
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Privacy Policy

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2025
The legal terms mentioned here covers abishekmuthian.com and products which explicitly link to this legal page. For legal terms of my individual products please refer to the legal section on their respective websites. Privacy Policy What personal data are collected and why its...
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 6. an x86 upgrade Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables ...
8th Dec 2019
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 6. an x86 upgrade

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Dec 2019
Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci 5. LLVM system calls This post upgrades the ulisp x86 backend from using a limited set of registers (with no spilling...
Gosling’s Old Rum Virginia has draconian liquor laws, which means I have to get interesting bottles shipped from...
3rd Feb 2024
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Gosling’s Old Rum

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2024
Virginia has draconian liquor laws, which means I have to get interesting bottles shipped from [REDACTED], a site on which I am very prone to judging a book by its cover; every month I'll end up purchasing a bottle of something purely because it looks interesting and I can...
A type checking error in Elixir 1.18 Although I’m a big Elixir fan, the lack of static typing has always been my biggest annoyance (and...
30th Dec 2024
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A type checking error in Elixir 1.18

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Dec 2024
Although I’m a big Elixir fan, the lack of static typing has always been my biggest annoyance (and why I think Gleam is so cool). I think static typing helps catch bugs earlier and in an automated way, leading to less buggy software and saves time in the long run. To my great joy...
Plan du réseau du métro de Toronto La plus grande ville d’un pays bilingue mérite le transport en commun bilingue. Vu l’intérêt...
10th Mar 2026
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Plan du réseau du métro de Toronto

from Alyssa Rosenzweig [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Mar 2026
La plus grande ville d’un pays bilingue mérite le transport en commun bilingue. Vu l’intérêt prolongé pour la francisation de la ville reine, voici enfin un plan du réseau traduit. Il y a plusieurs ans, un internaut traduisit le plan du réseau de la Société de transport de...
Fixing LCD Screen Corruption of a Tektronix TDS220 Oscilloscope Introduction The TDS220 Oscilloscope Opening Up the TDS220 Common TDS220 issues Replacing the power...
3rd Nov 2025
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Fixing LCD Screen Corruption of a Tektronix TDS220 Oscilloscope

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Nov 2025
Introduction The TDS220 Oscilloscope Opening Up the TDS220 Common TDS220 issues Replacing the power supply capacitors LCD Panel Corruption Extracting the LCD Panel LCD Panel Capacitor Replacement LCD Panel Backlight Replacement Fixing the Square Wave...
13th Year of Blogging Of all the days to start a blog, I chose April Fools' Day. It wasn't intentional, maybe more of a...
1st Apr 2026
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13th Year of Blogging

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2026
Of all the days to start a blog, I chose April Fools' Day. It wasn't intentional, maybe more of a reflection of my mindset. When I decide to do something, I shut off my brain and just do it. This was a commitment I made without thinking about the long-term effects. I knew writing...
Writing a simple Python compiler: 1. hello, fibonacci In this post we'll write a Python to C compiler in Python. This is especially easy to do since...
16th Aug 2020
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Writing a simple Python compiler: 1. hello, fibonacci

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Aug 2020
In this post we'll write a Python to C compiler in Python. This is especially easy to do since Python has a builtin parser library and because a number of CPython internals are exposed for extension writers. By the end of this post, in a few hundred lines of Python, we'll be able...
All about the fillrate I bought "Blade infinity" yesterday. The game is a lot of fun and has the ability to satisfy both...
11th Dec 2010
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All about the fillrate

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Dec 2010
I bought "Blade infinity" yesterday. The game is a lot of fun and has the ability to satisfy both people looking for instant fun and people wishing for a long game while collecting powerful items. At $5.99 it is a bargain, a must have not only for the gameplay but also for its...
Pebble Round 2 - The Most Stylish Pebble Ever We’ve finally gotten around to it The entire Pebble relaunch would not be complete without...
2nd Jan 2026
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Pebble Round 2 - The Most Stylish Pebble Ever

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jan 2026
We’ve finally gotten around to it The entire Pebble relaunch would not be complete without revisiting one of our most iconic watches from…
The T-34/2 keyboard layout The T-34/2 layout. QMK Heatmap Generator, with all layers and combos. It’s been 6 months since my...
28th Aug 2022
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The T-34/2 keyboard layout

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Aug 2022
The T-34/2 layout. QMK Heatmap Generator, with all layers and combos. It’s been 6 months since my last update on the T-34 keyboard layout, and I’ve made some changes I’d like to document here. As seen in the heatmap above, the layout seems quite decent. There’s still an issue...
I didn't write any Javascript, and other shortcuts Getting it done by not doing a lot of it
22nd Aug 2023
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I didn't write any Javascript, and other shortcuts

from csvbase blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Aug 2023
Getting it done by not doing a lot of it
Life is maintenance, maintenance is life Over my relatively short career (6+ years), I’ve noticed a change in the way I approach building...
20th Apr 2023
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Life is maintenance, maintenance is life

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Apr 2023
Over my relatively short career (6+ years), I’ve noticed a change in the way I approach building things. When I was still an inexperienced junior developer who barely survived operating in a Linux environment and saw backend development as a black box, I was happy to get...
Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1) It took me a little time to get keyed into the idiosyncratic humor & ethos of this show, but once I...
1st Oct 2022
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Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1)

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Oct 2022
It took me a little time to get keyed into the idiosyncratic humor & ethos of this show, but once I did I really did. It's very much a shonen, but a shonen in a way that feels more committed to deconstructing stereotypes than Ousama Ranking and with characters that are at least...
reptyr: Attach a running process to a new terminal Over the last week, I’ve written a nifty tool that I call reptyr. reptyr is a utility for taking an...
21st Jan 2011
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reptyr: Attach a running process to a new terminal

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Jan 2011
Over the last week, I’ve written a nifty tool that I call reptyr. reptyr is a utility for taking an existing running program and attaching it to a new terminal. Started a long-running process over ssh, but have to leave and don’t want to interrupt it? Just start a screen, use...
20th Apr 2018
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On Radical Markets

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Apr 2018
Notifications with xmonad/irssi/urxvt So I’ve been idling on irc for years now and I’ve been using irssi for that, which works fine. I...
3rd Jul 2014
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Notifications with xmonad/irssi/urxvt

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jul 2014
So I’ve been idling on irc for years now and I’ve been using irssi for that, which works fine. I have not had notifications enabled, so I can see from the statusbar whenever someone messages me. As I’ve never been very active this has been fine, but now I figured it’s time to fix...
Polyphase Channelizers with Frequency Offset - a Bluetooth LE Example Introduction A Bluetooth LE Trace as Example Input Complex Heterodyne Derivation of Post-Decimation...
5th Mar 2026
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Polyphase Channelizers with Frequency Offset - a Bluetooth LE Example

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Mar 2026
Introduction A Bluetooth LE Trace as Example Input Complex Heterodyne Derivation of Post-Decimation Offset Correction Simplifying for the Half-Bin Offset Case The Odd Case of an Odd Number of Channels Reducing the Number of Phase Adjustment...
April, 2026 I had hoped and expected that the chaos which had marked the start of the year — floors, termites,...
1st May 2026
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April, 2026

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
I had hoped and expected that the chaos which had marked the start of the year — floors, termites, sickness, fires, ACL surgery — was largely behind us, and that I would be freed to find some sort of rhythm or backbeat with which to tether a new normalcy. And of course, this has...
Introducing TagVault Fabric for AirTag Having an AirTag fall out of our camera bag pocket that was then stolen, we wanted something...
19th Apr 2023
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Introducing TagVault Fabric for AirTag

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Apr 2023
Having an AirTag fall out of our camera bag pocket that was then stolen, we wanted something better. So we designed TagVault Fabric Mount for AirTag. It is ultra-flexible to move and flow with your fabric. Discreet, so it doesn't stand out to a would-be thief. And it's...
Digital Minimalism I find myself weirdly torn on this book.
3rd Dec 2020
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Digital Minimalism

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Dec 2020
I find myself weirdly torn on this book.
Are we any closer to the Quantum Apocalypse? Another day, another urgent pronouncement on the need to transition to post-quantum cryptography...
2nd Jul 2026
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Are we any closer to the Quantum Apocalypse?

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jul 2026
Another day, another urgent pronouncement on the need to transition to post-quantum cryptography ASAP: this one from the White House, in the form of an Executive Order requiring certain “high value” systems to transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) by the end of 2030 (for...
Housekeeping for 20240102 Some stats, updates, and whatnot
3rd Jan 2024
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Housekeeping for 20240102

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jan 2024
Some stats, updates, and whatnot
Plus Post: subLOGIC Flight Simulator II Put yourself in the pilot's seat of a Piper 181 Cherokee Archer for an awe-inspiring flight over...
3rd Apr 2026
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Plus Post: subLOGIC Flight Simulator II

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Apr 2026
Put yourself in the pilot's seat of a Piper 181 Cherokee Archer for an awe-inspiring flight over realistic scenery...
Pea Bee #8: GT-I5800 Only a few days back, I heard the news that Blackberry has finally died.
14th Jan 2022
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Pea Bee #8: GT-I5800

from Pea Bee [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Jan 2022
Only a few days back, I heard the news that Blackberry has finally died.
Send and receive WhatsApp messages through email warning: Sending and receiving messages from WhatsApp through email would bypass the end-to-end...
12th Jan 2021
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Send and receive WhatsApp messages through email

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Jan 2021
warning: Sending and receiving messages from WhatsApp through email would bypass the end-to-end encryption and may leak data to the email providers (Check update). If your reason for reading this is for better data security, then this is may not the right approach. This approach...
MIT School of Engineering faculty receive awards in winter 2026 Faculty members and researchers were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and...
7th May 2026
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MIT School of Engineering faculty receive awards in winter 2026

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th May 2026
Faculty members and researchers were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence.
Cash is king, or is it? Is the time right to ditch the wallet?
14th Jul 2016
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Cash is king, or is it?

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Jul 2016
Is the time right to ditch the wallet?
Better Laptop This post is a quick rundown of assembling my new Framework 13 laptop, why I chose this brand and...
9th Feb 2025
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Better Laptop

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Feb 2025
This post is a quick rundown of assembling my new Framework 13 laptop, why I chose this brand and what's next.
Introducing Anchor Pro! Our original Anchor, the first under-desk headphone mount, is truly a great product - easy to...
22nd Oct 2018
21

Introducing Anchor Pro!

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Oct 2018
Our original Anchor, the first under-desk headphone mount, is truly a great product - easy to install, does what it says, and a timeless design. It's in use on over 100,000 desks worldwide. So what do you do when you have a great product like The Anchor? Well, we decided to make...
DEF CON I’m sitting in the airport in Las Vegas on the way back from DEF CON 15. It’s the first time I’ve...
5th Aug 2007
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DEF CON

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Aug 2007
I’m sitting in the airport in Las Vegas on the way back from DEF CON 15. It’s the first time I’ve been at the con, and it wasn’t really what I expected. Frankly, I walked away feeling kinda underwhelmed. Very few of the talks were as technical as I was hoping – they were almost...
Fairy Tale Alternate universe VGM-y nujabes. Nothing world-shattering, but extremely good vibes.
3rd Mar 2022
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Fairy Tale

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Mar 2022
Alternate universe VGM-y nujabes. Nothing world-shattering, but extremely good vibes.
A Hardware Interposer to Fix the Symmetricom SyncServer S200 GPS Week Number Rollover Problem Introduction IMPORTANT: Use the Right GPS Antenna! The Problem: SyncServer Refuses to Lock to...
18th Aug 2024
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18th Aug 2024
Introduction IMPORTANT: Use the Right GPS Antenna! The Problem: SyncServer Refuses to Lock to GPS The GPS Week Number Rollover Issue Making the Furuno GT-8031 Work Again How It Works Build Instructions Power Supply Recapping The Future: A Software-Only Solution The...
CKSyncEngine questions and answers I didn't know what to put as a header so here are some iClouds (interesting clouds) in Maine I’ve...
7th Jan 2026
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CKSyncEngine questions and answers

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jan 2026
I didn't know what to put as a header so here are some iClouds (interesting clouds) in Maine I’ve had a lot of fun working with CKSyncEngine over the last month or so. I truly think it’s one of the best APIs Apple has built, and they’ve managed to take a very complex topic...
March 2021 Gwern.net Newsletter 2 major new site features: 'popins' and recursive Wikipedia popups
6th Apr 2021
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March 2021 Gwern.net Newsletter

from Gwern.net Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Apr 2021
2 major new site features: 'popins' and recursive Wikipedia popups
Being John Malkovich I had held off on watching Being John Malkovich for a while, mostly because I think I had a pretty...
1st Feb 2025
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Being John Malkovich

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Feb 2025
I had held off on watching Being John Malkovich for a while, mostly because I think I had a pretty good idea of what it was and, while I wanted to watch it at some point, it never felt particularly urgent. (The vision in my head was a sort of Bosch painting filled with John...
How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts AI-based assistants or “agents” — autonomous programs that have access to the user’s computer,...
8th Mar 2026
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How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Mar 2026
AI-based assistants or “agents” — autonomous programs that have access to the user’s computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task — are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-raising headlines over the past few weeks...
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 6. LLVM system calls Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables ...
22nd Jun 2019
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 6. LLVM system calls

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Jun 2019
Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci 5. an x86 upgrade In this post we'll extend the ulisp compiler's LLVM backend to support printing integers to...
Recent experiences with Netrunner tournaments After a bit of a hiatus after the Winter Kit Tournament the 16th January I participated in three...
31st Mar 2016
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Recent experiences with Netrunner tournaments

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st Mar 2016
After a bit of a hiatus after the Winter Kit Tournament the 16th January I participated in three tournaments during February - March. After each of these tournaments I started a writeup of them but they fell off my mind a bit but consider this my break with my blogging...
Subtext 4.0 Released Subtext 4.0 has been released: subtext-4.0.sit (StuffIt 3 archive, includes source code and THINK C...
19th Feb 2024
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Subtext 4.0 Released

from joshua stein [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Feb 2024
Subtext 4.0 has been released: subtext-4.0.sit (StuffIt 3 archive, includes source code and THINK C 5 project file) c33a6abe15e7f07159a18d936dce7c435d9619f80d6c53d1cdd26fabf06712f7 SHA1: 0f4bdcd08b57b568125d8ddcab5ad97f1f5dd586 ipdb-2023-11.db (Free IP Geolocation...
All About Apache Cassandra: Snapshots The concept of a "Snapshot" In computing, a snapshot is a point-in-time copy of data or state of a...
27th Jul 2019
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All About Apache Cassandra: Snapshots

from Ian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Jul 2019
The concept of a "Snapshot" In computing, a snapshot is a point-in-time copy of data or state of a machine. You ever end up doing something like this? Each one of these files is a snapshot, as it's a copy of your essay at the point-in-time when you saved it. Snapshots provide us...
A quick visit to Vaajasalo island Vaajasalo is a small island in lake Kallavesi in eastern Finland with population less than hundred....
25th Aug 2023
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A quick visit to Vaajasalo island

from OH8HUB’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Aug 2023
Vaajasalo is a small island in lake Kallavesi in eastern Finland with population less than hundred. There’s also a winery called Alahovi Berry Wine Farm. They produce berry wines, cider, beer and liqueur. The temptation to visit them was huge, but I was on tight schedule. Maybe...
ode to libraries (the book ones) Most of the audience reading this post think of some random new programming tool dropped recently...
25th Sep 2025
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ode to libraries (the book ones)

from sibervepunk [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Sep 2025
Most of the audience reading this post think of some random new programming tool dropped recently when the word library comes up. Let’s leave our déformation professionnelle in the door and think about the libraries. Book ones. This post is an ode to them. I am not sure if...
How to setup a local or private Ubuntu Mirror Preface In this article I provide instructions on how to setup a local Ubuntu mirror using...
18th Jan 2023
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How to setup a local or private Ubuntu Mirror

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Jan 2023
Preface In this article I provide instructions on how to setup a local Ubuntu mirror using debmirror. To set expectations: the mirror will work as intended and distribute packages and updates, but a do-release upgrade from one major version of Ubuntu to the next won't...
Designing for People The kindest and strongest praise that you can give this book is that it was written in 1955 and...
1st Jan 2023
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Designing for People

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2023
The kindest and strongest praise that you can give this book is that it was written in 1955 and neither its praxis nor its theory has aged a day. A lot of external praise is directed at its much-ballyhooed prognostication of the future (predicting FaceTime in 1955, that sort of...
2023-01-16 huff-duff We've talked a fair amount about HF radio recently, in the context of OTH radar. Recall that an...
16th Jan 2023
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2023-01-16 huff-duff

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Jan 2023
We've talked a fair amount about HF radio recently, in the context of OTH radar. Recall that an extremely useful property of HF radio here is that HF frequencies can reflect off of the upper layers of the atmosphere, causing them to rebound towards earth at a range much further...
Three tips to make a content strategy work Consider these three things to maximise the effect of the words you write for your website, blog or...
24th Mar 2021
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Three tips to make a content strategy work

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Mar 2021
Consider these three things to maximise the effect of the words you write for your website, blog or company.
Sometimes stupid product ideas are the best - motivation behind the secret tuna salad recipe I created a digital product out of my family’s favorite tuna salad recipe and in this article I will...
17th Mar 2022
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17th Mar 2022
I created a digital product out of my family’s favorite tuna salad recipe and in this article I will tell you why I thought it was a good idea. I’m a software engineer by trade and I have spent thousands of hours building software products that don’t really earn me money...
Netrunner Summer Tournament Linköping There was another Netrunner tournament this Sunday with 8 entrants. We had two new legal data packs...
18th Sep 2015
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Netrunner Summer Tournament Linköping

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Sep 2015
There was another Netrunner tournament this Sunday with 8 entrants. We had two new legal data packs with Old Hollywood and The Universe of Tomorrow so a lot of new things were tried. I heard a rumor that a full playset of both Aesop’s Pawnshop and Wyldside were available so I...
AI Coworkers Could Be Great, But Only If They Get Serious On Sunday morning, a lot of us woke up to Grok Bot, the always-on AI assistant, decidedly off. “100%...
23 hours ago
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AI Coworkers Could Be Great, But Only If They Get Serious

from Open for Business [alt+shift+b] in technology

23 hours ago
On Sunday morning, a lot of us woke up to Grok Bot, the always-on AI assistant, decidedly off. “100% used” read my quota meter. It’d been 45% late the night before. It was an error, but of the Freudian slip sort, and that’s a problem if tools like this are to be taken seriously.
Do amazing things with a focused mind Just when the temperature was a low 2° Celsius, I jumped in the Amstel river! While it was nearly...
5th Dec 2018
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Do amazing things with a focused mind

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Dec 2018
Just when the temperature was a low 2° Celsius, I jumped in the Amstel river! While it was nearly freezing outside I went for a swim, just moments after I've taken an ice bath! This post is about the incredible birthday present I got, a workshop involving the Wim Hof Method. Wim...
Analyzing the Monoprice Blackbird HDCP 2.2 to 1.4 Down Converter Introduction Some Words about HDCP Inside the Monoprice Blackbird 4K Pro The Test Digging Deeper:...
26th Nov 2023
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Analyzing the Monoprice Blackbird HDCP 2.2 to 1.4 Down Converter

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Nov 2023
Introduction Some Words about HDCP Inside the Monoprice Blackbird 4K Pro The Test Digging Deeper: UART Transactions Decoding HDCP I2C Transactions The Legality of It All References Footnotes Introduction I got my hands on a Monoprice Blackbird 4K Pro HDCP 2.2 to 1.4...
Practical? Common Lisp on the JVM: A quick intro to ABCL for modern web apps In a ridiculous attempt to prove an internet wrong about the practicality of Lisp (Common Lisp...
5th Aug 2021
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Practical? Common Lisp on the JVM: A quick intro to ABCL for modern web apps

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Aug 2021
In a ridiculous attempt to prove an internet wrong about the practicality of Lisp (Common Lisp specifically), I tried to get a simple (but realistic) web app running. After four days and a patch to ABCL I got something working. The code I had in mind would look something like...
Startup School - How to talk to users 2025 Note - I based this off the Mom Test , written by a fellow YC founder. Interestingly enough -...
25th Jul 2019
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Startup School - How to talk to users

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Jul 2019
2025 Note - I based this off the Mom Test , written by a fellow YC founder. Interestingly enough - if you look at the products I build…
Don't be foie gras If 2016-2020 was the golden unicorn age of SaaS, 2021 nearly hurtled us into the foie gras* era.
9th Jan 2022
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Don't be foie gras

from Buck on Software [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jan 2022
If 2016-2020 was the golden unicorn age of SaaS, 2021 nearly hurtled us into the foie gras* era.
The Flamethrowers “Making art was really about the problem of the soul, of losing it. It was a technique for...
1st Mar 2025
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The Flamethrowers

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2025
“Making art was really about the problem of the soul, of losing it. It was a technique for inhabiting the world. For not dissolving into it.”
AI Site Builder The long-anticipated “Big Sky” AI site builder on WordPress.com went live today. It combines several...
9th Apr 2025
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AI Site Builder

from Matt Mullenweg [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Apr 2025
The long-anticipated “Big Sky” AI site builder on WordPress.com went live today. It combines several models and can create logos, site designs, typography, color schemes, and content. It’s an entirely new way to interact with and edit a brand-new or existing WordPress site. This...
Programming on Apple Watch Programming with VIM over SSH on Apple Watch using a bluetooth keyboard
15th Feb 2017
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Programming on Apple Watch

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Feb 2017
Programming with VIM over SSH on Apple Watch using a bluetooth keyboard
My E-Reader Setup My E-Reader Setup Posted on August 10, 2023 This post is from a legacy version of this blog! No...
10th Aug 2023
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My E-Reader Setup

from videah.net [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Aug 2023
My E-Reader Setup Posted on August 10, 2023 This post is from a legacy version of this blog! No changes have been made to the content in the migration, so things might read weird. I bought an e-reader recently, specifically the Kobo Libra 2. I felt like I wasn’t reading...
Notes from April Welcome to spring, bona fide and humid. Lots of writing this month:
1st May 2024
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Notes from April

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2024
Welcome to spring, bona fide and humid. Lots of writing this month:
Music recommendations using cover images (part 1) Scrolling through the Discover page on Spotify the other day it occurred to me that the album is in...
1st Apr 2014
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Music recommendations using cover images (part 1)

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Apr 2014
Scrolling through the Discover page on Spotify the other day it occurred to me that the album is in fact a fairly strong visual proxy for what kind of content you can expect from it. I started wondering if the album cover can in fact be used for recommendations.
Grit: rewriting Git in Rust with agents We used agents to port all of Git to library-first, memory-safe Rust and it passes the entire C Git...
9th Jun 2026
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Grit: rewriting Git in Rust with agents

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jun 2026
We used agents to port all of Git to library-first, memory-safe Rust and it passes the entire C Git test suite.
SolidGoldMagikarp In November 2019, years before the launch of ChatGPT, OpenAI created a 1.5 billion parameter Large...
28th Oct 2025
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SolidGoldMagikarp

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Oct 2025
In November 2019, years before the launch of ChatGPT, OpenAI created a 1.5 billion parameter Large Language Model and released it publicly under the name GPT-2. Immediately, researchers and enthusiasts began playing with it, using it to generate poetry, folk music, fan-fiction...
Eztables: simple yet powerful firewall configuration for Linux I've created and released Eztables on Github. Anyone who ever has a need to setup a firewall on...
16th Nov 2013
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Eztables: simple yet powerful firewall configuration for Linux

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Nov 2013
I've created and released Eztables on Github. Anyone who ever has a need to setup a firewall on Linux may be interested in this project. It doesn't matter if you need to protect a laptop, server or want to setup a network firewall. Eztables supports it all. If you're not afraid...
Oversimplified guide into snapshots on the btrfs filesystem Friday afternoon. You’re trying out a script that you wrote to mass-rename and move some files...
5th Apr 2022
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Oversimplified guide into snapshots on the btrfs filesystem

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Apr 2022
Friday afternoon. You’re trying out a script that you wrote to mass-rename and move some files around. You finish the script and test it out. Oops. All the files now have all the wrong names, and some have been randomly moved 10 folders deep. It’s a mess. And you didn’t make a...
AI Starting Points A friend is getting back into UX research after a two-year gap. Recognizing AI is a big deal, she...
3rd Feb 2026
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AI Starting Points

from Jorge Arango [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2026
A friend is getting back into UX research after a two-year gap. Recognizing AI is a big deal, she asked where to start learning. Great question! Other people are surely wondering as well, so I’m sharing my answers here. Caveats: These answers reflect how I learn; YMMV. You’re...
Designers Desk #1: Angelo Vilar Designer's Desk is a new series featuring the desk setups of artists, designers, and creators -...
8th Jun 2017
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Designers Desk #1: Angelo Vilar

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jun 2017
Designer's Desk is a new series featuring the desk setups of artists, designers, and creators - showcasing how they work and what their workspace looks like.   Angelo Vilar (AKA Ansirone) is an art director, animation designer, & illustrator based in Los Angeles. He keeps it...
How to Research New Media Effects As I approach my second decade studying digital media, there’s one thing I keep noticing:
21st May 2024
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How to Research New Media Effects

from Never Met a Science [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st May 2024
As I approach my second decade studying digital media, there’s one thing I keep noticing:
Content debt There’s a nascent trend of releasing ostensibly-private material (changelogs, public wikis,...
4th Jul 2024
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Content debt

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jul 2024
There’s a nascent trend of releasing ostensibly-private material (changelogs, public wikis, handbooks, etc.) to the public as a bit of a marketing push. This is essentially a form of debt, to the extent that you’re taking a lump-sum payment now in exchange for the implicit cost...
How Would You Design Amazon S3? One of my favorite system design questions from a few years ago and a fascinating thing I learned...
1st Oct 2024
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How Would You Design Amazon S3?

from Push to Prod [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Oct 2024
One of my favorite system design questions from a few years ago and a fascinating thing I learned while answering it.
So long, Z80 You can still buy 6502s from Western Design Center and others, but Zilog's getting out of Z80s...
20th Apr 2024
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So long, Z80

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Apr 2024
You can still buy 6502s from Western Design Center and others, but Zilog's getting out of Z80s (PDF), announcing earlier this week that after June 14th you won't be able to buy them anymore (specifically the last-part-standing Z84C00 which comes in various speeds from 6-20 MHz)...
Berkshire Hathaway Meeting I’ve checked off a bucket list item: I’m attending a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. It’s...
2nd May 2025
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Berkshire Hathaway Meeting

from Matt Mullenweg [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd May 2025
I’ve checked off a bucket list item: I’m attending a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. It’s really an event! Thousands flock to Omaha, Nebraska, for the legendary Q&A sessions with Warren Buffett and shareholder deals. They’ve made it quite the circus, with every Berkshire...
How to: Adding a floating “Back to top” button in Pika As we say repeatedly on its homepage, Pika is designed to help you focus on writing, not tinkering...
22nd May 2026
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How to: Adding a floating “Back to top” button in Pika

from Good Enough [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd May 2026
As we say repeatedly on its homepage, Pika is designed to help you focus on writing, not tinkering with your blog design. To that end Pika purposely doesn’t support complex liquid templating or other such code customization. However, today I thought I’d share how crazy powerful...
The first (worst) post Well, here it is: The opening post. What will come here? Here’s where I’ll outline what the blog...
21st Jul 2009
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The first (worst) post

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Jul 2009
Well, here it is: The opening post. What will come here? Here’s where I’ll outline what the blog will be about and maybe, if I’m dedicated, it won’t die before Christmas you think. And sure, you’re right. I will run away to the corner in about two and a half months crying I never...
Introducing GitButler The development world runs on Git, yet pretty much nobody actually likes using Git. The main reason...
13th Apr 2023
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Introducing GitButler

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Apr 2023
The development world runs on Git, yet pretty much nobody actually likes using Git. The main reason people put up with Git is love for GitHub, but GitHub is where people collaborate, not where people work. GitHub is not local. Nobody has really tried to reinvent the concept of...
Software companies buying software: a story of ecosystems and vendors Why are new startups growing so fast? Why is the wage distribution getting larger for software...
25th Feb 2026
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Software companies buying software: a story of ecosystems and vendors

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Feb 2026
Why are new startups growing so fast? Why is the wage distribution getting larger for software engineers? Why do I love infrastructure? Is open source dead? I think a lot of these things, and some more things, all have their roots in a big shift in how we build software. Or...
Make Your Garage Door Opener Smart: Shelly 1, ESPHome and Home Assistant I've been adding more and more devices to my smart home lately, so naturally, my garage door opener...
25th Jun 2020
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Make Your Garage Door Opener Smart: Shelly 1, ESPHome and Home Assistant

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Jun 2020
I've been adding more and more devices to my smart home lately, so naturally, my garage door opener had to follow. But instead of swapping it out for a new unit, I used a Shelly 1 and a cheap door contact sensor to make it smart for less than $20!It runs ESPHome (open-source, no...
Building the blog... in style! Find out if it is possible to turn a computer from the 90s into a modern development machine.
22nd Jun 2016
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Building the blog... in style!

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Jun 2016
Find out if it is possible to turn a computer from the 90s into a modern development machine.
Back to Training Five days of school now and things are starting to settle down a bit. The courses are pretty cool;...
4th Sep 2011
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Back to Training

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Sep 2011
Five days of school now and things are starting to settle down a bit. The courses are pretty cool; we have linear algebra which is pretty interesting, we have a java course where we’re going to make a game (!) and one about structures and algorithms. Pretty promising but we’ll...
Is Clean Power 2030 dead? Plus Thomas Ableman on what we can learn about AI from the Victorian railway rollout
3 days ago
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Is Clean Power 2030 dead?

from Odds and Ends of History [alt+shift+b] in technology

3 days ago
Plus Thomas Ableman on what we can learn about AI from the Victorian railway rollout
Our favorite places to eat and drinks during our Portugal vacation In the summer of 2023, we went on an amazing trip through Portugal. We’d already visited Lisbon on a...
25th May 2024
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Our favorite places to eat and drinks during our Portugal vacation

from Style over Substance [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th May 2024
In the summer of 2023, we went on an amazing trip through Portugal. We’d already visited Lisbon on a short city trip a few years earlier, and that experience was so good we knew we had to return. This time, we decided to take a full three weeks and see the sights. We were...
Developing a native iOS app As a little side-project, squeezed between my normal work, I have been working on something of...
10th May 2024
1

Developing a native iOS app

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th May 2024
As a little side-project, squeezed between my normal work, I have been working on something of personal interest: a native workout tracking app for iOS. I wanted to make my smartwatch obsolete, instead using my phone to track workouts. How hard could it be to gather detailed...
13th Mar 2021
Oblast: a better Blasto game for the Commodore 64 wiring up a Gremlin Blasto arcade board, we talked at length about this 1978 arcade game's history...
6th Dec 2025
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Oblast: a better Blasto game for the Commodore 64

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Dec 2025
wiring up a Gremlin Blasto arcade board, we talked at length about this 1978 arcade game's history and its sole official home computer port by Milton Bradley to the Texas Instruments 99/4A. In the single player mode you run around in a maze and try to blow up all the mines, which...
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