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Nov 29, 2025 from Matthew Brunelle's Blog

Installing Jellyfin Tizen On Your Inlaw's Samsung TV In Just N Simple Steps

No. It was not simple. I like to self host Jellyfin. I like to use it when I travel. How hard could it be to install Jellyfin on a Samsung TV?

Nov 27, 2025 from Refereeing and Reflection

Supplement Supplemental! (Cubicle 7 Catchup)

Time for another entry in my occasional series profiling RPG supplements I’ve been looking over. This time around, I’m finally getting around to giving a good look at some Cubicle 7-published stuff...

Nov 27, 2025 from The Jaxson

The first Thanksgivings on the First Coast

Five decades before the Pilgrims celebrated their feast at Plymouth, Massachusetts, French and Spanish colonists held celebrations of Thanksgiving on Florida’s First Coast. Here are the stories of ...

Nov 27, 2025 from Ishan Das Sharma

How to Handle "Bracket" Array Query Parameters (key[]=val) in FastAPI

FastAPI expects array parameters in the standard key=v1&key=v2 format. However, many frontend client generators like my favourite, Orval, default to key[]=v1&key[]=v2. If you cannot change the clie...

Nov 27, 2025 from Heitor's log

Benchmarking checksum tools

There are plenty of CLI tools to calculate the checksum of files. But, which one is the fastest?

Nov 26, 2025 from Previous Magazine

When You Should Hire an Employment Attorney

Many people are unaware of their employment rights and aren’t sure when to seek legal advice. If you’re concerned about something at work, it may be time to reach out a lawyer. Here are a few situa...

Nov 26, 2025 from briancmoses.com

DIY NAS: 2026 Edition

An 8-bay DIY NAS with 10GbE networking, TrueNAS 25.10.0.1, an Intel N355 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a smallish form factor that occupies less than 20 liters of your office space.

Nov 26, 2025 from Ishan Das Sharma

How to Force Google Calendar Account Picker When Adding ICS Subscriptions

If you share a link that lets people subscribe to an .ics feed in Google Calendar, you’ve probably seen this pattern: 1 https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?cid=webcal://your-feed.ics It wor...

Nov 25, 2025 from Bobby Hiltz

The Press Has Entered The Chat

A post about an alternative Android ROM

Nov 25, 2025 from Bobby Hiltz

The Press Has Entered The Chat

A post about an alternative Android ROM

Nov 25, 2025 from The Public Domain Review

Henri Rivière’s Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1888–1902)

French lithographs of the Eiffel Tower and its environs, in the style of Japanese woodblock prints.

Nov 25, 2025 from Previous Magazine

The Benefits of Swimming Lessons for Kids

Swimming is an essential life skill that everyone should learn. Some parents may be apprehensive about enrolling their child in swimming lessons, but the sooner they learn, the safer they’ll be. Fo...

Nov 24, 2025 from The Jaxson

Sights and Scenes: RiversEdge Parks

Sights and scenes from the November 24, 2025 ribbon cutting at RiversEdge Parks. Considered to be an extension of the Southbank Riverwalk, this chain of new parks is located on the site of the form...

Nov 24, 2025 from Chris Short

Will Agentic AI Pay Off? Cybersecurity Shifts and EU Cloud Pressure | TSG Ep. 973

The gang then looks at how AI is about to transform cybersecurity before examining why the European Union is investigating Amazon Web Services and Microsoft.

Nov 24, 2025 from Chuck Carroll's RSS Feed

A Reminder on the Realities of Digital Purchases

This is a follow up from something I wrote in 2020 titled The End of Ownership in a Digital Age where I discuss (ie complain) about what it means to "own" something in the modern digital age. I've ...

Nov 24, 2025 from Julio Merino (jmmv.dev)

BazelCon 2025 recap

It has been just over two years since I started Blog System/5, and that means it’s time for the now-usual(?) BazelCon 2025 trip report! The conference, arranged by the Linux Foundation, took place ...

Nov 23, 2025 from Personal Log at usebox.net

Simplifying self-hosting repos

I’ve been self-hosting my git repos for over 3 years. I already discussed here the problem with LLM crawlers, and that I wrote a script to automatically block these bots. Unfortunately, things are ...

Nov 23, 2025 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

Another Sunday

Another Sunday. It started with hope but the hope was crushed by crankiness. Had planned yesterday to go to the book fair with my sister and my mother. It is ruined. Plans were cancelled. I sat wit...

Nov 23, 2025 from Chuniversiteit

Weaponised autism in online alt-right communities

The term “weaponised autism” is frequently used on extremist platforms such as Gab. What is it and what does it mean for autistic people?

Nov 22, 2025 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLV 〜 Net catch rating

Welcome to the 255th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal and its short-form writing sister publica...