BlogDB

Jan 05, 2026 from LifeDev.net

7 Lessons in Thinking Clearly Under Pressure

There’s a peculiar moment that happens when everything really matters and when thinking clearly under pressure becomes a necessity. A surgeon grips the scalpel as monitors begin to spike. A pilot h...

Jan 05, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

November and December 2025 at The New Leaf Journal

Reviewing the months that were at The New Leaf Journal (and sister sistes) in November and December 2025.

Jan 05, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Doctor Who: The Virgin Reference Guides

Alright gang, it’s taken me a couple of years to do it, but I’m headed towards the end of my coverage of Virgin Books’ Doctor Who material. As well as one final review of the New Adventures and Mis...

Jan 05, 2026 from Ploum.net

How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem

How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem I teach a course called "Open Source Strategies" at École Polytechnique de Louvain, part of the University of Louvain. As part of my cour...

Jan 05, 2026 from Weekly Robotics Newsletter | Go, Robots!

Weekly Robotics #342

Today's issue is on the shorter side, as I'm emerging from the holiday blues and wrapping up a secret project I recently teased on LinkedIn. I expect to be fully in the zone next week. Happy New Ye...

Jan 05, 2026 from JoeHx Blog

December 2025 Book Reading List

It’s the end of an era. After 8 years of doing monthly book reading lists, this will be my last.

Jan 05, 2026 from tenticle

Tick-Tock

How many seconds are there in 6 weeks? 10!

Jan 04, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Lexxual Debauchery: Season 2

At the end of the first season of Lexx, Stanley Tweedle and his friends acquaintances Kai, Zev, and 790 defeated His Divine Shadow once and for all and flew the Lexx to the Dark Zone, with a more t...

Jan 04, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

39C3: Sonstiges

Eine Ansammlung von verschiedenen Sachen und Projekten, die ich auf dem 39C3 gesehen habe.

Jan 04, 2026 from Jordi Villar

2026W00

Distinguishing yourself early in your career as a developer — Honestly? This hit different. Phil breaks down the job market into three tiers and the advice that stuck: start local, skip the FAANG o...

Jan 04, 2026 from Kev Quirk

I've Pre-Ordered the Clicks Communicator

If you don't know what the Clicks Communicator is, this 12 minute video should help: BlackBerry's design will always have a special place in my heart. I much prefer a physical keyboard over a touch...

Jan 04, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-01-04

First weeknotes of the new year! Start the Year Right, Kidnap a Foreign Leader Maybe mildly annoyed that this "new year" thing was taking attention away from him, yesterday DJT decided to hijack ou...

Jan 04, 2026 from riz#000000me

re: december 3 etc (part one)

writing as practice

Jan 04, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXI 〜 Snow King Year

Happy New Year and welcome to the 260th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal and its short-form wri...

Jan 04, 2026 from tenticle

Over-Meta-Engineered

print(f"What a {hex(64255)[2:]}!")

Jan 03, 2026 from Peter's Path

I love snow

Today it snowed again, and it stayed on the ground. This does not happen often in the Netherlands any more. I love snow. I always have, and I always will. It brings back memories, such as days free...

Jan 03, 2026 from Matthew Brunelle's Blog

Review of HackerBox 0122 - Ouroboros

This month's box includes a OVcam based camera board and ECG measurement board! Also, I got a lot of nice new tools from the holidays that help me out with the build.

Jan 03, 2026 from The Jaxson

The Struggle to Remove Hate Signs

One woman shares her struggle trying to get swastikas removed from her community. - Sasha drives down County Road 121 in Union County everyday to go to work. It’s a scenic drive, but she listens to...

Jan 03, 2026 from Roy Tang

2025 Year in Review

This is a personal year in review. You can check the yearnotes tag for previous years-in-review. The previous year-in-review is here. The World in 2025 Donald Trump's first year in his second term ...

Jan 03, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

New Acquisitions: Tolkien and Éowyn Between Two Wars (PPP Moot Keynote)

Hey folks! I am working on finishing up some things this week, so I thought I would post the text of the keynote I gave at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot earlier this December. I’ve made some minor...