General interest blogs covering a mix of topics
Exploring the universe from the inside out
You can succeed, but you can't fail — because you aren't officially trying
First it makes you slow, then it makes you fast (maybe)
Some fundamentals about how it works, and what to do when it doesn't
The opposite of doomscrolling: Every two weeks (roughly) I send you a collection of the best Internet reading I've found -- links to culture, technology, art and science that fascinated me. Full, free archives here. I'm Clive Thompson, a longtime science and tech reporter (Wired, New York Times ...
Hello there! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — a new Linkfest, in which I sort through the planet-wide ...
Hello! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, a collection of the most interesting items i...
Hello! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I offer up the finest nuggets of sc...
Interviews take a lot of energy. In general but this one in particular. And getting through it also deserves a little...
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Glass walls of comp day, “Tough times” reflected on mouth, Spoils go to victor machine.
Welcome! This is where you can find my most up-to-date writings.
Today's post is a submission to the IndieWeb Carnival, a monthly event where folks on the IndieWeb write a blog post ...
Don't know what to do? Do nothing until you figure it out. Man, I sure love sitting around, doing nothing. It's aweso...
A series of scribbles from my many notebooks. 1 The tenant jostles his keys. The landlord must have changed the locks...
Thoughts on software development, AI, and technology
In Which I Describe why some AI Skeptics need to Experiment
In Which I Learn that our Body Temperature is Lower than Commonly Believed
In Which I Vent my Frustrations about Using LLMs for Coding
Ich habe mal wieder ein kleines Kunstprojekt gemacht, bei dem der Blick von einem Haufen Augen einem kleinen weißen F...
Welcher Idiot is auf die Idee gekommen, die Pfandautomaten _außerhalb_ des Supermarktes aufzustellen?
Ich habe jetzt Links für Kommentare per Email in diesem Blog. Meine Emailadresse habe ich mit einer simplen, aber ans...
Chuck Carroll's RSS Feed: A place where I complain about technology or dive into quasi-philsophical subjects.
During my holiday break, I built a Stratum 1 NTP server in my home lab. Ordinarily, we get our time from internet-bas...
"Ignorance is bliss" usually has a negative connotation, a way to refer to someone who is ignorant on some topic that...
Other than looking cool to your friends, owning your own domain increases your digital self-reliance. It's kind of li...
Recent content on Adventures in Open Source Software
NOTE: As usual, this blog expresses my opinions and not those of my employer As an “old” I really love email. It was ...
NOTE: As usual, this blog expresses my opinions and not those of my employer I first got exposed to modern open sourc...
Directly after attending this year’s Monki Gras conference, I was home for exactly one evening before driving to Durh...
I’m a data scientist based in Amsterdam, currently working at Spotify. I work on projects aimed at enhancing the productivity and experience of developers, using research and data analysis to inform our platform strategies.
I quite liked this metaphoric view of the morning ritual from Herbert Lui: A good morning ritual needs to be flexible...
I started using Claude Code in July last year. I was a Cursor user looking for something better, and I was skeptical ...
Welcome to the Netherlands! If you’re a newcomer like me and love tennis, or even if you’re looking to pick up a rack...
A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.
I recently added setting up a proper Bee hotel as a goal, but I didn’t think something similar would happen naturally...
I am back in Bengaluru. Slept and rested a bit. I watched One Battle After Another on the way to Sydney and Naked Gun...
We just wanted to drive around NSW’s countryside and maybe visit a farm. Camden came up in the search, and the Airbnb...
An online diary of a lady's misadventures in two worlds
Special Edition — Ego TL;DR:What's the difference between my ego in the real world and my ego online? This blog post ...
Special Edition — Colors TL;DR:Purple is my color. This blog post has approximately 301 words and may take 2 minutes ...
Special Edition — Take Two TL;DR:If I had another chance, I would have started this blog earlier. This blog post has ...
A practising self-memoir, recorded as an inconsistent logbook.
NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 17]Day Seventeen Happy Friday, all! I hope you find that writing poetry is a great entry-way in...
NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 16]Day Sixteen Happy sixteenth day of National/Global Poetry Writing month, everyone! Our featu...
NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 15] Day Fifteen Welcome back, all! As of today, we’re halfway through another Na/GloPoWriMo. Ou...
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Train your own pseudo-baby to speak; Make your voice heard; Try our minigames.
Our first update since the transition to Neal.fun! And it's a big one.
We’re excited to share some surprising news — Sandboxels is joining Neal.fun, the home of popular online games such a...
A digital garden exploring web development, the small/indie web, Gemini protocol, book reviews, and personal reflections.
On iOS, it’s possible to use a custom schedule to turn on the night shift (slightly tinted yellow-orange) mode separa...
This would have been a great opportunity to use “The Anthropocene Reviewed, reviewed” if not for the sake of my confo...
Kev Quirk started a personal blog challenge where you answer a few questions and “tag” a few people of your choosing ...
A wide-ranging blog with technical tutorials on Django, Python, and web development alongside travel guides and reflections on life abroad in Germany.
My resolution for 2025 was to make more art, and I had fun keeping it. I took acrylic painting lessons, got into wate...
My resolution for 2025 was to make more art, and I had fun keeping it. I took acrylic painting lessons, got into wate...
Every year, on the first of January, prices change and new laws come into effect. Mostly, life gets a little more exp...
A long-running blog mixing practical programming guides on Django, Node.js, and PostgreSQL with essays on developer careers, productivity, and personal growth.
I can’t believe it’s been over two years since I last published an article here! Time really flies. The crazy part is...
I can’t believe it’s been over two years since I last published an article here! Time really flies. The crazy part is...
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a bit of a personal finance nerd. I’ve been carefully tracking my spending and investin...
An online journal exploring curious and obscure works that have entered the public domain, featuring essays, collections, and cultural commentary on historical art, literature, and media.
An early contribution to drug literature, in which a man came to be fashioned out of wood.
Announcing an exciting new book series!
A modernist adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe. One of the first avant-garde films from America.
A personal blog with posts spanning book and movie reviews, technology projects, and commentary on social and political topics.
As The New York Times’ Jon Caramanica said recently (on a livestream, it should be noted), “The gap between ‘I’m a co...
I listened to the audiobooks for the first two books, highly recommend! I enjoyed them both! I tried to write a short...
But if Mandy was a fairy, why was Mother dead? “You’re not a fairy.” “Why not?” “If you were, you would have saved he...
electronic brain surgery since 2001
Auto-Delete old Mails from GMail My inbox is a mess. While I manage to maintain a somewhat close to “Inbox Zero” at w...
Old Game, New Clothes Back in university in 2003 we had to do a group project. I don't remember which course it was, ...
LAN Overview 2026 The last time that I blogged about my personal LAN setup was more than a decade ago. Meanwhile we m...
Personal blog of a Norwegian technologist writing about privacy-focused technology, web development, and monthly recaps.
Last year I wrote Subscribe via e-mail. I made it possible for people to subscribe to the blog with an e-mail instead...
I must be getting older, because it feels like I just wrote my previous recently-update. I must’ve kept busy this mon...
Lately, there has been a lot of talk about moving away from US-based services, and social media platforms in general....