Ben Werdmuller, on making America more like Europe:
If I could change one thing it would actually be car culture. So much is related to that: what psychologically makes it more attractive to
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When I wanted to start blogging again, I decided to also self-host. I don't fully self-host (at my home) everything—this blog, for instance, is on PikaPods. In general, if I
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Adding to the cool stuff in Tailscale, I found out Tailscale supports go/ links.
GitHub - tailscale/golink: A private shortlink service for tailnetsA private shortlink service for tailnets. Contribute to tailscale/golink
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Ben Werdmuller hits the nail on the head about why neutrality isn't enough:
As builders, users, and advocates of open systems, we must demand transparency, accountability, and ethical commitments from all
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Jasper visited Detroit for a moped rally, and we went to Belle Isle on a rainy day to explore. I found out my focus needed adjustment that day, when I realized I couldn&
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George has some handy RSS feeds to supercharge your feed reader. For instance:
Mastodon Hashtags
https://mastodon.social/tags/movies.rss (Replace movies with the hashtag you want to follow).
There’s a
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Essential tools to make the web more bearable: Lukas Mayer has some tips to make the modern web easier to use and less likely to steal your data. I heartily endorse:
* Using an
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Setup
I've been meaning to set up a better option for remotely accessing my home network than opening up and forwarding ports. I tried out Cloudflare Zero Trust Network Access last
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Creator economy platform costsA pricing calculator for creator economy platforms.Buttondown
I don't use Ghost as a way to supplement my income (I've disabled every membership feature), but I&
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In an effort to blog more, I tried writing a post on my phone last week. Unfortunately, I encountered a few issues. I don't know whether the root of the problem
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Chris Wiegman writes about carving out a place to be yourself on the Internet.
The more human a blog is, the more I’m drawn to it. I don’t want to see
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I finally bought a Pentax 67 after years of hearing the hype. That 105/2.4 really is something special, and it renders Portra 800 beautifully.
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Curtis McHale is thinking about re-reading, something I've been doing a lot of this year. I hate having rules for my relaxation activities, so I am not exclusively re-reading, but I
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Unfortunately, this is what all of the internet is right now: social media, owned by large corporations that make changes to them to limit or suppress your speech, in order to make themselves
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My grandma rescued this lemon tree out of the garbage and kept it going for decades. When she passed, my grandpa took over caring for it, and my dad and uncle have continued
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This is take two for Ghost. I set it up around a month ago using PikaPods hosting, but found I wasn't able to login. No matter what, it said that no
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Ben Werdmuller suggests some startup ideas worth considering:
Metrics in a box. A tool that connects to your analytics, payment processor, newsletter tool, etc, and automatically gives you insights, generates actionable reports on
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I started using Google Reader 🪦 in 2007 in my freshman year at college. My blossoming ADHD ate it up. I subscribed to Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Boing Boing, all the nerd blogs of the time,
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