I wanted to start this month's theme off with something pretty light and easy to write. Indeed, I've written about the beauty of "plain text" at length last year:
Without re-hashing the specifics …
Category: Tech
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This morning, I briefly skimmed through a post Robert Birming blog entitled "SepThemeBear - create your own theme."
When I say skimmed, I don't think I read much more than the title, honestly. I was on my phone, and reading on my phone is not an enjoyable experience for me, as …
Category: Life
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Earlier today, I put out a call to see if anyone wanted to do a July Reply collab, and Hyde answered that call!
In his post Hyde talks about doing "spring cleaning" on his phone, removing old photos and contacts.
I have a similar routine, removing a year's worth of …
Category: Life
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Loss
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Andreas writes,
The Amiga turns 40 this week. I had an Amiga 500 as a kid, some time in the early 90s. And I remember being made fun of for having an Amiga, because PCs were supposedly so much cooler and better and whatnot. But the first time I visited …
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Retrocomputing
Kevin Boone wrote an excellent article about "de-googling," and how to counsel people who are encountering the "costs" of living the de-googled life.
I've been mostly de-googled since September 2021, and it of course hasn't been super easy. But I say "mostly de-googled" because I still have some …
Category: Ethics
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I saw Noisy Deadlines' recent post entitled "5 Albums," and it reminded me of fun "getting to know you" viral copypasta posts on social media before social media turned into a pile of garbage 😄.
So, here's five albums to get to know me, based on release date. Note that the …
Category: Entertainment
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Christianity
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Content Warning
Entertainment
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Music
Non-technical post
Category: Writing
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I received a kind shout-out from Juhis Santala this morning, mentioning my previous blog post regarding the tilde (~) movement key in vi/nvi/vim, and how I tweaked it.
Reading his blog post, I discovered the "Junited" blogging theme, a way of bringing bloggers together for the month …
Category: Writing
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