R.L. Dane

  • About
  • 100DaysToOffload
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Wars
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Trek
    • I (again) want Star Trek to be real
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • Gathering Hashtags from the Fediverse
    • Device mini-review: One by Wacom
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Ten Pointless Facts About Me
    • Used laptops are wonderful... except when you need batteries
    • I Miss RC
    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • Why I love Markdown
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition
    • I miss the days of ubiquitous portable data storage
    • The Switch 2 is a Tone-Deaf Moneygrab
    • Libraries are awesome
    • A KSP Design Log
    • Technology has promised so much, has *delivered* so much, and yet, I'm horrified.
    • Responding to The Linux Cast's Vitriolic Diatribe
    • The Case for AVIF
    • I kinda hate "apps"
    • How I Mitigate Horrible "Apps"
    • You can *never* be apolitical
    • Loops is... interesting
    • The Last Stage of Loss?
    • "Online" documentation should be offline
    • Blog Questions Challenge 2025
    • You don't need to share that clip
    • "Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy
    • Joy Will Not Be Contained
    • 100 Days to Offload — Kicking 2025 Off Right
    • Time for a new "Geek Code"!
    • That "corban" thing
    • The Linux Last Mile Problem
    • Fun with FreeBSD
    • Le Blerb, or: I guess I should write something, eh?
    • Christian Propaganda
    • A quick little terminal tip
    • "But my friends aren't on there!"
    • The Revolution is Being Televised
  • ADHD
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • Why I love Markdown
    • The Switch 2 is a Tone-Deaf Moneygrab
    • A KSP Design Log
    • Responding to The Linux Cast's Vitriolic Diatribe
    • Laptops: A Romance
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • No More Excuses
    • My Socratic Sign
    • Collections
    • Getting Back In Shape (For the Acutely and Chronically Under-Dopamined)
    • Time
  • Amiga
    • I Miss Palette Rotation
    • Amiga: My Alternate History
  • Beauty
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Wars
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • Libraries are awesome
    • The Last Stage of Loss?
    • Keep Buggering On
    • I Miss Palette Rotation
    • Love is a choice
    • How to love your neighbor...
    • My Socratic Sign
    • Magical Moments
    • A Grief Exchanged
    • Adoption
    • Freedom
    • So, I Guess I'm a Vampire, Now
    • Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Beauty
  • Bible
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Ten Pointless Facts About Me
    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • How I Mitigate Horrible "Apps"
    • You can *never* be apolitical
    • Freedom
    • How to Raise the Dead: An Instructional Guide to Necromancy, as it were
    • That "corban" thing
    • Melech - the character of a king
  • BSD
    • Used laptops are wonderful... except when you need batteries
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition
    • "Online" documentation should be offline
    • What is FOSS?
    • Why would you use Perl in 2024?
    • An unexpected game of "Musical Laptops"
    • Use what works for good
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things, Part II
    • *Don't* use what works for you
    • UNIX is "dead," Part II
    • UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things
    • Fun with FreeBSD
  • Christianity
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Ten Pointless Facts About Me
    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • You can *never* be apolitical
    • You Really Can't Go Home
    • Freedom
    • How to Raise the Dead: An Instructional Guide to Necromancy, as it were
    • Loss
    • Melech - the character of a king
    • Christian Propaganda
  • Computing
    • I (again) want Star Trek to be real
    • Gathering Hashtags from the Fediverse
    • Device mini-review: One by Wacom
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Used laptops are wonderful... except when you need batteries
    • Why I love Markdown
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition
    • I miss the days of ubiquitous portable data storage
    • The Switch 2 is a Tone-Deaf Moneygrab
    • Technology has promised so much, has *delivered* so much, and yet, I'm horrified.
    • Responding to The Linux Cast's Vitriolic Diatribe
    • The Case for AVIF
    • I kinda hate "apps"
    • How I Mitigate Horrible "Apps"
    • Loops is... interesting
    • "Online" documentation should be offline
    • Blog Questions Challenge 2025
    • You don't need to share that clip
    • "Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy
    • A 2025 Resolution
    • How I Watch YouTube
    • Laptops: A Romance
    • What We Lost Along the Way
    • I Miss Palette Rotation
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • My Every Day Carry, Part V: What's on My Phone?
    • What is FOSS?
    • The Joy of Bespoke Hashtags
    • Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered
    • Hashtags are Poetry
    • My Every Day Carry, Part IV: So, I Kinda Helped to Start a Cult
    • My Every Day Carry, Part III: Fountain Pens are Awesome!
    • My Every Day Carry, Part II: Backpack Edition
    • My Every Day Carry
    • Why would you use Perl in 2024?
    • Magical Moments
    • Which Linux Distro *shouldn't* I pick, and why?
    • Android Messaging, Part II: Life Limped Along at Sub-sonic Speeds
    • FOSS ROMS and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad State of Native Messaging on Android
    • Mozilla and the Death of Virtue
    • What Kid-Me Wanted To Do When He Grew Up
    • I'm not a gamer, an introspection
    • An unexpected game of "Musical Laptops"
    • Organizing photos by geolocation from the command line
    • A first foray into miniblogging: `blogme`
    • Gesture navigation is lame
    • Nearly a Quarter Century of Mobile Phones
    • Amiga: My Alternate History
    • Use what works for good
    • So, I Guess I'm a Vampire, Now
    • The KGB, the Computer, and Me
    • FOSS Games, Part II
    • FOSS Games are actually pretty good!
    • LLMs are Perfect
    • Web 1.0 is (unironically) going great
    • On the Fediverse and FediFriends
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things, Part II
    • *Don't* use what works for you
    • UNIX is "dead," Part II
    • UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things
    • Time for a new "Geek Code"!
    • The Linux Last Mile Problem
    • Fun with FreeBSD
    • Le Blerb, or: I guess I should write something, eh?
    • A quick little terminal tip
    • "But my friends aren't on there!"
    • The Revolution is Being Televised
  • Content Warning
    • Gathering Hashtags from the Fediverse
    • You can *never* be apolitical
    • Joy Will Not Be Contained
    • You Really Can't Go Home
    • What is FOSS?
    • Six Months a Mourner
    • The unfolding horrors of Toxic Masculinity
    • Freedom
    • Two months later
    • I can fly!
    • How to Raise the Dead: An Instructional Guide to Necromancy, as it were
    • Fading into Memory (the cruelest stage of grief)
    • Loss
    • One month later
    • Too clean
  • Entertainment
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Wars
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Trek
    • I (again) want Star Trek to be real
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Ten Pointless Facts About Me
    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • The Switch 2 is a Tone-Deaf Moneygrab
    • A KSP Design Log
    • Responding to The Linux Cast's Vitriolic Diatribe
    • Loops is... interesting
    • You don't need to share that clip
    • Joy Will Not Be Contained
    • A 2025 Resolution
    • How I Watch YouTube
    • I Miss Palette Rotation
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • Magical Moments
    • A Handy-Dandy Star Wars Guide
  • Ethics
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Wars
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Trek
    • I (again) want Star Trek to be real
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition
    • Libraries are awesome
    • Technology has promised so much, has *delivered* so much, and yet, I'm horrified.
    • Responding to The Linux Cast's Vitriolic Diatribe
    • I kinda hate "apps"
    • How I Mitigate Horrible "Apps"
    • You can *never* be apolitical
    • "Online" documentation should be offline
    • "Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy
    • How I Watch YouTube
    • You Really Can't Go Home
    • What We Lost Along the Way
    • My Every Day Carry, Part V: What's on My Phone?
    • What is FOSS?
    • The Joy of Bespoke Hashtags
    • Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered
    • How to love your neighbor...
    • Goodbye NaNoWriMo, hello Writing Month!
    • Android Messaging, Part II: Life Limped Along at Sub-sonic Speeds
    • FOSS ROMS and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad State of Native Messaging on Android
    • Mozilla and the Death of Virtue
    • The Toxicity Dance
    • The unfolding horrors of Toxic Masculinity
    • Freedom
    • Use what works for good
    • The KGB, the Computer, and Me
    • LLMs are Perfect
    • Web 1.0 is (unironically) going great
    • On the Fediverse and FediFriends
    • *Don't* use what works for you
    • UNIX is "dead," Part II
    • UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
    • Melech - the character of a king
    • Christian Propaganda
  • Federated Services
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • Gathering Hashtags from the Fediverse
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • The Case for AVIF
    • Loops is... interesting
    • My Every Day Carry, Part V: What's on My Phone?
    • The Joy of Bespoke Hashtags
    • Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered
    • Hashtags are Poetry
    • The Toxicity Dance
    • On the Fediverse and FediFriends
    • Time for a new "Geek Code"!
    • The Linux Last Mile Problem
    • "But my friends aren't on there!"
    • The Revolution is Being Televised
  • FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • Gathering Hashtags from the Fediverse
    • Device mini-review: One by Wacom
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Why I love Markdown
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition
    • Responding to The Linux Cast's Vitriolic Diatribe
    • The Case for AVIF
    • How I Mitigate Horrible "Apps"
    • Loops is... interesting
    • "Online" documentation should be offline
    • "Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy
    • A 2025 Resolution
    • How I Watch YouTube
    • Laptops: A Romance
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • My Every Day Carry, Part V: What's on My Phone?
    • What is FOSS?
    • My Every Day Carry, Part IV: So, I Kinda Helped to Start a Cult
    • My Every Day Carry, Part III: Fountain Pens are Awesome!
    • My Every Day Carry, Part II: Backpack Edition
    • My Every Day Carry
    • Why would you use Perl in 2024?
    • Which Linux Distro *shouldn't* I pick, and why?
    • Android Messaging, Part II: Life Limped Along at Sub-sonic Speeds
    • FOSS ROMS and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad State of Native Messaging on Android
    • Mozilla and the Death of Virtue
    • Gesture navigation is lame
    • The Toxicity Dance
    • Use what works for good
    • So, I Guess I'm a Vampire, Now
    • FOSS Games, Part II
    • FOSS Games are actually pretty good!
    • Web 1.0 is (unironically) going great
    • On the Fediverse and FediFriends
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things, Part II
    • *Don't* use what works for you
    • UNIX is "dead," Part II
    • UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things
    • Time for a new "Geek Code"!
    • The Linux Last Mile Problem
    • Fun with FreeBSD
    • Le Blerb, or: I guess I should write something, eh?
    • The Revolution is Being Televised
  • FreeBSD
    • "Online" documentation should be offline
    • What is FOSS?
    • Use what works for good
    • *Don't* use what works for you
    • Fun with FreeBSD
  • Gaming
    • The Switch 2 is a Tone-Deaf Moneygrab
    • A KSP Design Log
    • I Miss Palette Rotation
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • I'm not a gamer, an introspection
    • FOSS Games, Part II
    • FOSS Games are actually pretty good!
  • Hobbies
    • Device mini-review: One by Wacom
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Used laptops are wonderful... except when you need batteries
    • I Miss RC
    • Why I love Markdown
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition
    • Libraries are awesome
    • A KSP Design Log
    • Blog Questions Challenge 2025
    • 100 Days to Offload — Kicking 2025 Off Right
    • A 2025 Resolution
    • Laptops: A Romance
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • My Every Day Carry, Part IV: So, I Kinda Helped to Start a Cult
    • My Every Day Carry, Part III: Fountain Pens are Awesome!
    • My Every Day Carry, Part II: Backpack Edition
    • My Every Day Carry
    • Why would you use Perl in 2024?
    • Magical Moments
    • Collections
  • Humor
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Ten Pointless Facts About Me
    • Used laptops are wonderful... except when you need batteries
    • I Miss RC
    • Why I love Markdown
    • I miss the days of ubiquitous portable data storage
    • Responding to The Linux Cast's Vitriolic Diatribe
    • You don't need to share that clip
    • Joy Will Not Be Contained
  • Informal post
    • My Every Day Carry, Part IV: So, I Kinda Helped to Start a Cult
    • My Every Day Carry, Part III: Fountain Pens are Awesome!
    • My Every Day Carry, Part II: Backpack Edition
    • My Every Day Carry
    • Organizing photos by geolocation from the command line
    • A Breath of Fresh Air
  • Language
    • The Joy of Bespoke Hashtags
    • Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered
    • Hashtags are Poetry
    • Why would you use Perl in 2024?
    • That "corban" thing
    • Melech - the character of a king
  • Life
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Wars
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Trek
    • I (again) want Star Trek to be real
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Ten Pointless Facts About Me
    • I Miss RC
    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • Libraries are awesome
    • Technology has promised so much, has *delivered* so much, and yet, I'm horrified.
    • I kinda hate "apps"
    • You can *never* be apolitical
    • The Last Stage of Loss?
    • "Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy
    • 100 Days to Offload — Kicking 2025 Off Right
    • A 2025 Resolution
    • Do I Know You?
    • My Favorite Bosses
    • You Really Can't Go Home
    • Keep Buggering On
    • Laptops: A Romance
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • No More Excuses
    • Love is a choice
    • How to love your neighbor...
    • My Socratic Sign
    • Magical Moments
    • Collections
    • A Grief Exchanged
    • Adoption
    • Getting Back In Shape (For the Acutely and Chronically Under-Dopamined)
    • What Kid-Me Wanted To Do When He Grew Up
    • I'm not a gamer, an introspection
    • A Grief Fulfilled
    • The Toxicity Dance
    • Time
    • Six Months a Mourner
    • The unfolding horrors of Toxic Masculinity
    • How did we *survive*?!?
    • Amiga: My Alternate History
    • A Breath of Fresh Air
    • Freedom
    • Fun Chance Meetings
    • Two months later
    • LLMs are Perfect
    • On "Zoomers" and Generations
    • I can fly!
    • How to Raise the Dead: An Instructional Guide to Necromancy, as it were
    • Fading into Memory (the cruelest stage of grief)
    • Loss
    • One month later
    • Too clean
  • Life/Productivity
    • Le Blerb, or: I guess I should write something, eh?
  • Linux
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • Gathering Hashtags from the Fediverse
    • Device mini-review: One by Wacom
    • Used laptops are wonderful... except when you need batteries
    • Why I love Markdown
    • The Case for AVIF
    • "Online" documentation should be offline
    • "Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy
    • How I Watch YouTube
    • Laptops: A Romance
    • What is FOSS?
    • Why would you use Perl in 2024?
    • Which Linux Distro *shouldn't* I pick, and why?
    • An unexpected game of "Musical Laptops"
    • Organizing photos by geolocation from the command line
    • The Toxicity Dance
    • Use what works for good
    • So, I Guess I'm a Vampire, Now
    • FOSS Games, Part II
    • FOSS Games are actually pretty good!
    • Web 1.0 is (unironically) going great
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things, Part II
    • *Don't* use what works for you
    • UNIX is "dead," Part II
    • UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things
  • Linux/Unix Tips
    • Fun with FreeBSD
    • Le Blerb, or: I guess I should write something, eh?
    • A quick little terminal tip
  • Loss
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Wars
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • The Last Stage of Loss?
    • Love is a choice
    • A Grief Exchanged
    • Adoption
    • A Grief Fulfilled
    • Six Months a Mourner
    • Two months later
    • Fading into Memory (the cruelest stage of grief)
    • Loss
    • One month later
    • Too clean
  • Music
    • Magical Moments
    • So, I Guess I'm a Vampire, Now
  • Non-religious post
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Wars
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Trek
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • Gathering Hashtags from the Fediverse
    • Device mini-review: One by Wacom
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Used laptops are wonderful... except when you need batteries
    • I Miss RC
    • Why I love Markdown
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition
    • I miss the days of ubiquitous portable data storage
    • The Switch 2 is a Tone-Deaf Moneygrab
    • Libraries are awesome
    • A KSP Design Log
    • Technology has promised so much, has *delivered* so much, and yet, I'm horrified.
    • Responding to The Linux Cast's Vitriolic Diatribe
    • The Case for AVIF
    • I kinda hate "apps"
    • Loops is... interesting
    • The Last Stage of Loss?
    • "Online" documentation should be offline
    • Blog Questions Challenge 2025
    • You don't need to share that clip
    • "Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy
    • Joy Will Not Be Contained
    • 100 Days to Offload — Kicking 2025 Off Right
    • A 2025 Resolution
    • Do I Know You?
    • My Favorite Bosses
    • How I Watch YouTube
    • Keep Buggering On
    • Laptops: A Romance
    • What We Lost Along the Way
    • I Miss Palette Rotation
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • My Every Day Carry, Part V: What's on My Phone?
    • What is FOSS?
    • No More Excuses
    • The Joy of Bespoke Hashtags
    • Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered
    • Hashtags are Poetry
    • My Every Day Carry, Part IV: So, I Kinda Helped to Start a Cult
    • My Every Day Carry, Part III: Fountain Pens are Awesome!
    • My Every Day Carry, Part II: Backpack Edition
    • My Every Day Carry
    • Why would you use Perl in 2024?
    • Love is a choice
    • How to love your neighbor...
    • My Socratic Sign
    • Magical Moments
    • Goodbye NaNoWriMo, hello Writing Month!
    • Which Linux Distro *shouldn't* I pick, and why?
    • Android Messaging, Part II: Life Limped Along at Sub-sonic Speeds
    • FOSS ROMS and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad State of Native Messaging on Android
    • Collections
    • A Grief Exchanged
    • Adoption
    • Mozilla and the Death of Virtue
    • Getting Back In Shape (For the Acutely and Chronically Under-Dopamined)
    • What Kid-Me Wanted To Do When He Grew Up
    • I'm not a gamer, an introspection
    • A Grief Fulfilled
    • An unexpected game of "Musical Laptops"
    • Organizing photos by geolocation from the command line
    • A first foray into miniblogging: `blogme`
    • Gesture navigation is lame
    • Nearly a Quarter Century of Mobile Phones
    • The Toxicity Dance
    • Time
    • How did we *survive*?!?
    • Amiga: My Alternate History
    • A Breath of Fresh Air
    • Fun Chance Meetings
    • Use what works for good
    • A Handy-Dandy Star Wars Guide
    • So, I Guess I'm a Vampire, Now
    • Two months later
    • The KGB, the Computer, and Me
    • FOSS Games, Part II
    • FOSS Games are actually pretty good!
    • LLMs are Perfect
    • NaNoWriMo Debrief
    • On "Zoomers" and Generations
    • Web 1.0 is (unironically) going great
    • On the Fediverse and FediFriends
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things, Part II
    • I can fly!
    • *Don't* use what works for you
    • UNIX is "dead," Part II
    • Fading into Memory (the cruelest stage of grief)
    • UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
    • One month later
    • Too clean
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things
    • Time for a new "Geek Code"!
    • The Linux Last Mile Problem
    • Fun with FreeBSD
    • Le Blerb, or: I guess I should write something, eh?
    • A quick little terminal tip
    • "But my friends aren't on there!"
    • The Revolution is Being Televised
  • Non-technical post
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Wars
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Trek
    • I (again) want Star Trek to be real
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Ten Pointless Facts About Me
    • I Miss RC
    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition
    • The Switch 2 is a Tone-Deaf Moneygrab
    • Libraries are awesome
    • A KSP Design Log
    • Technology has promised so much, has *delivered* so much, and yet, I'm horrified.
    • You can *never* be apolitical
    • Loops is... interesting
    • The Last Stage of Loss?
    • You don't need to share that clip
    • Joy Will Not Be Contained
    • 100 Days to Offload — Kicking 2025 Off Right
    • A 2025 Resolution
    • Do I Know You?
    • My Favorite Bosses
    • You Really Can't Go Home
    • Keep Buggering On
    • What We Lost Along the Way
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • No More Excuses
    • The Joy of Bespoke Hashtags
    • Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered
    • Hashtags are Poetry
    • My Every Day Carry, Part IV: So, I Kinda Helped to Start a Cult
    • My Every Day Carry, Part III: Fountain Pens are Awesome!
    • My Every Day Carry
    • Love is a choice
    • How to love your neighbor...
    • My Socratic Sign
    • Magical Moments
    • Goodbye NaNoWriMo, hello Writing Month!
    • Collections
    • A Grief Exchanged
    • Adoption
    • Mozilla and the Death of Virtue
    • Getting Back In Shape (For the Acutely and Chronically Under-Dopamined)
    • What Kid-Me Wanted To Do When He Grew Up
    • A Grief Fulfilled
    • Time
    • Six Months a Mourner
    • The unfolding horrors of Toxic Masculinity
    • How did we *survive*?!?
    • A Breath of Fresh Air
    • Freedom
    • Fun Chance Meetings
    • A Handy-Dandy Star Wars Guide
    • Two months later
    • NaNoWriMo Debrief
    • On "Zoomers" and Generations
    • On the Fediverse and FediFriends
    • I can fly!
    • How to Raise the Dead: An Instructional Guide to Necromancy, as it were
    • Fading into Memory (the cruelest stage of grief)
    • Loss
    • One month later
    • Too clean
    • That "corban" thing
    • Melech - the character of a king
    • Christian Propaganda
    • Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Beauty
  • PeerTube
    • How I Watch YouTube
    • My Every Day Carry, Part V: What's on My Phone?
    • Time for a new "Geek Code"!
    • The Linux Last Mile Problem
    • The Revolution is Being Televised
  • Philosophy
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Wars
    • The Scenes that Made Me: Star Trek
    • I (again) want Star Trek to be real
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Ten Pointless Facts About Me
    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • Why I love Markdown
    • Libraries are awesome
    • Technology has promised so much, has *delivered* so much, and yet, I'm horrified.
    • The Case for AVIF
    • I kinda hate "apps"
    • You can *never* be apolitical
    • The Last Stage of Loss?
    • You don't need to share that clip
    • "Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy
    • Do I Know You?
    • You Really Can't Go Home
    • Keep Buggering On
    • What is FOSS?
    • No More Excuses
    • The Joy of Bespoke Hashtags
    • Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered
    • Hashtags are Poetry
    • How to love your neighbor...
    • My Socratic Sign
    • Magical Moments
    • What Kid-Me Wanted To Do When He Grew Up
    • The Toxicity Dance
    • Time
    • The unfolding horrors of Toxic Masculinity
    • Freedom
    • Fun Chance Meetings
    • LLMs are Perfect
    • On "Zoomers" and Generations
    • UNIX is "dead," Part II
    • How to Raise the Dead: An Instructional Guide to Necromancy, as it were
    • Fading into Memory (the cruelest stage of grief)
    • UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
    • Too clean
    • Melech - the character of a king
    • Christian Propaganda
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    • No More Excuses
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    • Getting Back In Shape (For the Acutely and Chronically Under-Dopamined)
    • Organizing photos by geolocation from the command line
    • A first foray into miniblogging: `blogme`
    • Gesture navigation is lame
    • A Breath of Fresh Air
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    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things
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    • One month later
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    • My Every Day Carry, Part II: Backpack Edition
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    • An unexpected game of "Musical Laptops"
    • Organizing photos by geolocation from the command line
    • A first foray into miniblogging: `blogme`
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    • Why I love Markdown
    • Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition
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    • The Case for AVIF
    • Laptops: A Romance
    • What We Lost Along the Way
    • I Miss Palette Rotation
    • Magical Moments
    • Amiga: My Alternate History
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    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • A KSP Design Log
    • Technology has promised so much, has *delivered* so much, and yet, I'm horrified.
    • A Handy-Dandy Star Wars Guide
  • Social Media
    • I really wish the Fediverse had more permanence
    • Gathering Hashtags from the Fediverse
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • I Miss RC
    • Responding to The Linux Cast's Vitriolic Diatribe
    • The Case for AVIF
    • Loops is... interesting
    • Blog Questions Challenge 2025
    • Do I Know You?
  • Translation
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    • That "corban" thing
  • UNIX
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    • "Online" documentation should be offline
    • "Ableism" and the Linux Aristocracy
    • How I Watch YouTube
    • Laptops: A Romance
    • What is FOSS?
    • Why would you use Perl in 2024?
    • Which Linux Distro *shouldn't* I pick, and why?
    • An unexpected game of "Musical Laptops"
    • Use what works for good
    • So, I Guess I'm a Vampire, Now
    • The KGB, the Computer, and Me
    • FOSS Games, Part II
    • FOSS Games are actually pretty good!
    • Web 1.0 is (unironically) going great
    • *Don't* use what works for you
    • UNIX is "dead," Part II
    • UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
  • Unix Tips
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    • Organizing photos by geolocation from the command line
    • Web 1.0 is (unironically) going great
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things, Part II
    • Using `cal` and plain text to track things
  • Video
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    • Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows Edition
    • Loops is... interesting
    • How I Watch YouTube
    • I Miss Palette Rotation
    • The KGB, the Computer, and Me
    • Time for a new "Geek Code"!
    • The Linux Last Mile Problem
    • The Revolution is Being Televised
  • Writing
    • A Toast to the Prolific ones
    • Blog Questions Challenge 2025
    • 100 Days to Offload — Kicking 2025 Off Right
    • Goodbye NaNoWriMo, hello Writing Month!
    • A first foray into miniblogging: `blogme`
    • NaNoWriMo Debrief
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    • What We Lost Along the Way
    • I Miss Palette Rotation
    • My Odd Relationship with Minecraft
    • My Every Day Carry, Part V: What's on My Phone?
    • What is FOSS?
    • No More Excuses
    • The Joy of Bespoke Hashtags
    • Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered
    • Hashtags are Poetry
    • My Every Day Carry, Part IV: So, I Kinda Helped to Start a Cult
    • My Every Day Carry, Part III: Fountain Pens are Awesome!
    • My Every Day Carry, Part II: Backpack Edition
    • My Every Day Carry
    • Why would you use Perl in 2024?
    • Love is a choice
    • How to love your neighbor...
    • My Socratic Sign
    • Magical Moments
    • Goodbye NaNoWriMo, hello Writing Month!
    • Two months later
    • NaNoWriMo Debrief
    • On "Zoomers" and Generations
    • Web 1.0 is (unironically) going great
    • On the Fediverse and FediFriends
    • I can fly!
    • *Don't* use what works for you
    • UNIX is "dead," Part II
    • How to Raise the Dead: An Instructional Guide to Necromancy, as it were
    • Fading into Memory (the cruelest stage of grief)
    • Loss
    • UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
    • One month later
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