Category: Links of Interest
Better than Eames lounge chair?
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You may not know you’ve seen it, but the Eames lounge chair is an icon showing up on movie sets all the time. I’ve wondered about one as I look for a new reading chair, but the $6k starting price tag puts it far outside my price range. According to the video below the Elvin
Google is Squeezing iA Writer
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Another story of a big tech company using their monopoly to get more money and harm little companies. While I don’t use iA Writer currently, I have used it and found it to be an excellent app. I follow their site because they have very interesting content in many fields showing they think deeply about
Is LinkedIn built on data slop?
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Heather makes a good case that LinkedIn has more bad data about you than good. I know I’ve never found much use in LinkedIn and when I found out about the LinkedIn AI bullshit I went in and turned it off, along with a bunch of other dumb stuff that was active for my account.
DHH on the slow boil of bad Apple
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While I do have some issues with DHH and 37Signals, this is a good podcast about how he got slowly (then quickly) boiled by Apple being a bit of a shit company. I’m happily on my Framework 13 daily running Fedora 40. I’m unhappy with my photos locked into Apple Photos and I rarely use
Lou is Surrounded by Books
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Lou wrote about his history with books and I get it. The first book I remember devouring was Arthur by Stephen R Lawhead which then meant I had to get the rest of the series and I loved them. I was around 10 and had to repurchase the whole set before I was 15 because
I don’t install node I use nix-shell
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This video is a great quick explainer about how awesome nix-shell is. I don’t install PHP or Node or even MySQL I create a shell.nix file and run nix-shell and let my shell have everything installed without cluttering up my system. I do need to dig into flakes at some point.
Issues with Firefox
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The video above takes a look at Firefox and it’s health. CEO pay is a big factor in how unhealthy Firefox is. I use Firefox instead of Chrome because I want browser diversity, but the direction leadership continues to take the browser is antithetical to why I use it. Zen browser is based on Firefox
Apple and Patreon – Apple is Disgusting
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I just finished listening to ATP discuss the Apple and Patreon issue and I’m more and more annoyed at Apple. As the panellists agreed, I can’t wait for Apple to face more regulatory and legal pressure so they stop trying to steal money from other businesses. I’ve been an Apple fan for about a decade,
Improved my TMUX & NeoVim workflow
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The excellent and concise video above helped me improve my NeoVim and Tmux workflow today. Navigating between panes is much easier now.
Lou – Blogging brings joy
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Lou wrote about blogging bringing him joy. I’ve been a bit less consistent lately, but that in itself is consistent. I generally go on a big push writing lots for a year or so, then taper off for a bit till the big urge strikes again. Since around 2008 that has left me just over