About a week ago, I had the pleasure of answering some interview-style questions from Hyde that got posted to his blog series, Over/Under.
Give it a read, as I had a lot of fun writing my responses, such that I forgot to actually answer "Overrated/Underrated" to some of …
Category: Ethics Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Beauty Ethics Hobbies Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy Productivity
Read MoreI was an 80s kid. I grew up in a booming and optimistic time. The future held so much promise: all kinds of cures for disease, technology and automation would free humanity from the drudgery of labor (heh), and the Information Age would bring an acceleration to learning and innovation …
Category: Ethics Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Ethics Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy Polemic Science Fiction
Read MoreThe Linux Cast is one of my favorite Linux youtubers, as he usually posts very interesting videos and isn't afraid to share his off-the-cuff opinions of things in the Linux world, yet is usually not toxic, unlike some of that space's more infamous members.
He published a slightly ranty …
Category: Humor Tagged: 100DaysToOffload ADHD Computing Entertainment Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Humor Non-religious post Polemic Social Media UNIX
Read MoreI'm talking mostly about terminology, but of course, when in doubt, "I don't want your dumb app."
So, as I briefly alluded to in yesterdays blog post, most mobile apps are pretty terrible. They're generally chock full of spyware (trackers), and are inherently user-hostile.
But I want to talk about …
Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Ethics Life Non-religious post Philosophy Polemic
Read MoreThis morning, I enjoyed a blog post by James Ashford about whether or not it's good to use a bible app.
I commented on a tangential issue: the fact that bible apps have so many trackers!
I mentioned that I do use YouVersion, even though it has many trackers (including …
Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Bible Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Productivity
Read MoreLast Sunday, I did something that I really don't like doing.
I left church early.
With a heavy and conflicted heart.
The Sunday prior, I walked into church and spoke briefly with the pastor. I told him I was shocked to …
Category: Ethics Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Bible Christianity Content Warning Ethics Life Non-technical post Philosophy Polemic
Read MoreI'm noticing a troubling trend among FOSS projects, even terminal-only utilities: no manpages (or a 1-paragraph useless one), barely any help screens, and a link to a wiki site like a github page or "readthedocs."
The thing is, the whole ethos behind so many terminal utilities is a hearkening back …
Category: Tech Tagged: 100DaysToOffload BSD Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) FreeBSD Linux Non-religious post Polemic Productivity UNIX
Read MoreBeing an armchair FOSS advocate, there are a lot of anti-FOSS arguments I've become quite used to seeing and answering. Some of them are honestly just pretty dumb:
eloquent_FOSS_apologia();Well, I just don't CARE about that!
Well …
Category: Ethics Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Computing Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Life Linux Non-religious post Philosophy UNIX
Read MoreI was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, TuxJam the other day, and they were discussing ways to watch YouTube without the annoyances that Google has added to the experience, namely ads and the inability to download videos for later viewing (also, YouTube stopped letting you listen to videos …
Category: Tech Tagged: Computing Entertainment Ethics FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Linux Non-religious post PeerTube Productivity UNIX Unix Tips Video
Read MoreThis is in response to my fedifriend's toot:
Sit down next to the fireplace my friend, as I spin my yarn...
In January 2016, after over two years of searching, I finally found a church home. I loved where I …
Category: Life Tagged: Christianity Content Warning Ethics Life Non-technical post Philosophy
Read More