Category: Links of Interest
Rands on Your Writing
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I write for me. When I write about programming it’s because I want to remember something I just learned. When I write about other stuff it’s for similar reasons, to help solidify my thoughts on a topic. If others like it, that’s a bonus.
Matt’s been an ass for at least 14 years
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Yes Matt Mullenweg is being an ass, but this isn’t new. 14 years ago Matt got capital_P_dangit added to core without a Trac ticket testing or discussion. Justin Tadlock did a good summary of events at the time. That was when I decided I wanted to stay off Matt’s radar because they way he treated…
I’d Rather Hear about it on your Blog
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Dave Winer celebrating 30 years of blogging and all the nice messages he’s been getting. I appreciate all of the messages, but would appreciate them even more if they were on your blog. We need to keep using the tech. Blogging is kind of lost, and I would like to see that change. Every time…
Atlas Headrest for Embody Chair
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I just got my Embody chair yesterday and while it’s very comfortable, it doesn’t come with a headrest. I’m planning to give it a few weeks to see if I need one, but if so the Atlas Headrest has matching fabric for almost every Embody option and based on the YouTube reviews I’ve seen this…
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.