General interest blogs covering a mix of topics
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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.
Lots of driving today. Fuck driving, man, seriously. I had another medical appointment today for my SSDI benefits app...
It seems that we've been bitten by a certain bug, one that takes any sense of meaning and truth and tries to reject i...
Things have been low stress, which I attribute to more frequently taking my Olanzapine. I've been on pretty much all ...
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
Die deutsche Android-Entwickler-Doku übersetzt „add menu“ etwas eigenwillig.
Die Bundesregierung hat einen Gesetztesentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung beschlossen. Here we go again.
Jemand hat sich die Domain „deleteduser.com“ registriert und kriegt jetzt haufenweise Emails, die an gelöschte Nutzer...
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
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...
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...
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.
Thanks for your patience, everyone. It took a lot of work to process this year’s applications. There were lots of goo...
#30DaysOfDXing is where I am trying to receive various radio wave transmissions and listen to them using either my Ra...
It feels like a long, tiring week because it’s been a busy one, or most probably because of getting back to regular l...
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...
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 22] Day Twenty-Two Happy Wednesday, everybody, and welcome back for Day 22 of Na/GloPoWriMo. Ou...
NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 21] Day Twenty Wow! Three weeks down, and just a week and some change left to go in this year’s...
NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 19]Day Twenty Hello, everyone, and welcome back for Day Twenty of Na/GloPoWriMo. We’re heading ...
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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 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 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 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.
What allowed occultism to blossom in the United States at the turn of the 20th century? Linotype machines, cheap pulp...
Lantern slide of man battling bug.
An early contribution to drug literature, in which a man came to be fashioned out of wood.
A personal blog with posts spanning book and movie reviews, technology projects, and commentary on social and political topics.
Note: this review contains spoilers.
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...
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...