Category: Tech
How have your social media habits changed since the Twitter takeover?
It’s been a few months now since the Twitter Takeover, and Musk’s gutting of the Twitter workforce and various antics. I haven’t deleted my account,…
Creating slides with Markdown using Marp
Need to make a presentation, but don’t like using a GUI app? Take a look at Marp, the Markdown Presentation Ecosystem.
Something I should’ve done a long time ago: Installing Pi-hole
Spent some quality Sunday time today refurbishing some older mini PCs that had been gathering dust so I could run a few personal projects. One…
Absolute silliness: Hampster Invaders
You remember Space Invaders? You remember the Hampster Dance? Get ready for Hampster Invaders.
Lazyweb: Matching compatible mini-PCs with RAM / NVMe on hand?
I’ve recently upgraded a few laptops and have some NVMe drives and spare RAM on hand. Rather than letting them gather dust or try to…
Laws of technology and remote work
Some observations on a Friday evening about the realities of home offices and technology. Fa A laptop’s cabling will always be located on the maximally…
USB-C is simple, right? Well…
One of the nice things about USB-C is its simplicity, right? No more figuring out which side is up to plug into a device. The…
A little Calibre trick: Set series order in metadata
Many book series do not make it abundantly clear what order the series is in by book title. If you are reading, say, Larry Niven’s…
Quick links: Guns ‘n Roses “lost” music, subscription fatigue and more
Clearing out the tabs on Saturday. The Search for Guns N’ Roses’ Lost Masterpiece: Good long-form post from Rolling Stone about leaked music from the…
MacBook Pro 2015 update: The winner is Pop!_OS
After a few tries to put Fedora on the MacBook Pro 2015, I auditioned a number of other Linux distros and wound up going with…