Blogs tagged "variety"

Chuck Carroll's RSS Feed

Chuck Carroll's RSS Feed: A place where I complain about technology or dive into quasi-philsophical subjects.

• Converting FLACs to Opus Aug 11, 2026

  I have music collection of over 12,000 tracks. I prefer to actually own my music (ie digital files) and being able to...

• Why We Believe in the Preposterous Aug 08, 2026

  We all have that friend or family member that believes in the most ludicrous things, convinced of a conspiracy that d...

• How to Pass the CCNA Jul 26, 2026

  One of the most challenging things about the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) exam isn't subnetting, spanning...

Sam's Ramblings

I post here sometimes. I post whatever I feel like talking about, which is never consistent. Keyoxide: openpgp4fpr:31ec437b458e29b42f7644094d8b07c18f31acbd

• 27 Club Sep 09, 2026
• Metro Chronicles V Aug 05, 2026
• wait May 06, 2026

The Linkfest

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 ...

• Linkfest #48: The MouthPad, "Volitional Reconsumption", and The Genetics of Giant Pumpkins Aug 29, 2026

  Hello there! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, in which I slowly and patiently di...

• Linkfest #47: A Decoy Font, "Reverse Minesweeper", and A Plant That Dies If You Look At Your Phone Aug 02, 2026

  Hello there! Time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, in which I exhaustively read the entire...

• Linkfest #46: "Curse Tablets", a Robot Cellist, and Why Geologists Always Die In Movies Jun 25, 2026

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• Pizza Time Jul 31, 2026

  Unfinished; posting anyway. Pizza and 2+1 offers go together like Apache Airflow and data engineering: Nobody knows w...

• Tech Interview: Aftertaste Feb 25, 2026

  Interviews take a lot of energy. In general but this one in particular. And getting through it also deserves a little...

• Yelling at Matrix Multiplication Feb 15, 2026

  commit ba5eddeadbeefc0ffeeda7ac1a55b00b1e5fafff Author: Anonymous Colleague Date: Fri Jan 23 11:23:42 2026 +0000 Yel...

Noahie's Blog

Welcome! This is where you can find my most up-to-date writings.

• Serendipitously Stupid Sep 04, 2026

  Yeah, I'm stupid—serendipitously stupid. Oh, life's rigged? Okay then, just be so stupid that you come out on top; th...

• Arrogant Ineptitude Sep 03, 2026

  Fuck self-redemption. I can't do this shit alone. I hate this world, but I love the people in it enough to stick arou...

• Drifting Sep 02, 2026

  This morning has so far been going well, but almost too well. I've been feeling more manic these last few days, which...

The Autodidacts

Exploring the universe from the inside out

• Older than the dog Sep 05, 2026

  How wise do our mentors need to be?

• Ode to Metadata Sep 01, 2026

  Make your projects 4-dimensional

• How to fit Qwen3.8-27B into 16GB of VRAM and run it on a single RTX 3080 card: the best quantizations and Llama.cpp flags I've found Aug 23, 2026

  TL;DR: UD-IQ3_XXS with KV cache quantization

Sam Patterson's Blog

Thoughts on software development, AI, and technology

• Informed versus Uninformed AI Skeptics Mar 27, 2025

  In Which I Describe why some AI Skeptics need to Experiment

• No Longer 98.6 - How Human Body Temperature has Changed Mar 24, 2025

  In Which I Learn that our Body Temperature is Lower than Commonly Believed

• Can Coding LLMs only Increase Complexity? Mar 21, 2025

  In Which I Vent my Frustrations about Using LLMs for Coding

Stranger Than Usual

• Wenn die AfD „Remigration“ sagt, meint sie „ethnische Säuberung“ Sep 12, 2026

  Die AfD kann noch so oft vorgeben, dass das nicht der Fall ist, sie gewinnt Wahlen damit, dass ihre Wähler das so ver...

• Antiquiertes HTML Sep 11, 2026

  Ich habe einen Blogpost gefunden, in dem HTML-Gebilde zu sehen sind, die man heute nicht mehr so sieht, bzw. die nich...

• Rant: Java und Spring Sep 10, 2026

  Java ist keine schöne Programmiersprache, aber das Spring-Framework macht es um Größenordnungen schlimmer.

Adventures in Open Source Software

Recent content on Adventures in Open Source Software

• 25 Years of Professional Open Source Sep 10, 2026

  I forget when I was first introduced to open source. Back when I got my first computer in 1978, most of the software ...

• Passbolt Password Server Sep 01, 2026

  For $REASONS I decided to cancel my 1Password subscription. It renewed in February so I have time to get comfortable ...

• Galera Clustering and MariaDB Server Aug 04, 2026

  Today marks the start of my fourth week at Percona and these few weeks have been, well, exciting to say the least. I ...

Thejesh GN

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.

• Why Garmin Forerunner 965? Sep 12, 2026

  I have been looking for a full-fledged smartwatch for a while now. I have a Pebble and a BangleJS; I use them all the...

• Weekly Notes 37/2026 Sep 11, 2026

  It’s been a hectic week. I had quite a bit of work both at work and at home. I’m still lagging on my home TODO list. ...

• Loading Indian Maps on a Garmin Forerunner 965 Sep 05, 2026

  The primary reason I bought this watch was the ability to display and navigate using proper offline maps. Garmin does...

Saeed Esmaili

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.

• Save an audio file into your Spotify account via CLI May 25, 2026

  I have added several long conversational youtube videos into a playlist, hoping I’ll come back to the them some day, ...

• Treat your morning ritual like an opening chess move Mar 16, 2026

  I quite liked this metaphoric view of the morning ritual from Herbert Lui: A good morning ritual needs to be flexible...

• Taming Claude Code: Taking Back Control Feb 18, 2026

  I started using Claude Code in July last year. I was a Cursor user looking for something better, and I was skeptical ...

Daryl Sun's Journal

An online diary of a lady's misadventures in two worlds

• Special Edition — Ego Oct 31, 2025

  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 Aug 31, 2025

  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 Jun 07, 2025

  Special Edition — Take Two TL;DR:If I had another chance, I would have started this blog earlier. This blog post has ...

Chronicles of Miss Miseria

A practising self-memoir, recorded as an inconsistent logbook.

• september 8th-10th. somewhere in a managerial chat window, i escaped Sep 10, 2026

  08th September. 9:10 am.i woke up earlier than usual today morning. why? did i fall asleep early last night without c...

• september 7th. 1:40 AM - 4:05AM. sunday night - monday morning. Sep 06, 2026

  september 7th. 1:40 AM - 4:05AM. sunday night - monday morning.i try to write and fail. i set in my mind to start a b...

• The Skin Breaks As The Closet Keeps Acquiring Closets Aug 17, 2026

  August 17, 2026, 14:00 PM.The last entry ended abruptly. Not artistically abruptly, no matter how much I try to poeti...

R74n Newsletter

Be notified when Sandboxels and other R74n projects are updated, along with ramblings from the developer!

• Sandboxels v1.15: Update of the Century Jul 14, 2026

  Highly anticipated features such as Undo/Redo, Copy/Paste, and more are now in the game!

• Wordslop: Try the new categorical puzzle game! May 25, 2026

  R74n's latest minigame - a unique take on the word game genre - is out now!

• GenTown Update: Astronomy, Zoology, Onomatology! Apr 28, 2026

  Residents can now discover neighboring planets, moons, plants, animals, and more!

~hedy

A digital garden exploring web development, the small/indie web, Gemini protocol, book reviews, and personal reflections.

• Separating dark mode and night shift on a Mac Jan 21, 2025

  On iOS, it’s possible to use a custom schedule to turn on the night shift (slightly tinted yellow-orange) mode separa...

• 📚 The Anthropocene Reviewed Jan 11, 2025

  This would have been a great opportunity to use “The Anthropocene Reviewed, reviewed” if not for the sake of my confo...

• Blog questions challenge Jan 06, 2025

  Kev Quirk started a personal blog challenge where you answer a few questions and “tag” a few people of your choosing ...

Nicolas Bouliane's blog posts

A wide-ranging blog with technical tutorials on Django, Python, and web development alongside travel guides and reflections on life abroad in Germany.

• A Buttondown review Aug 31, 2026

  I have used Buttondown for almost a year now for All About Berlin’s newsletter. I could not find reviews for Buttondo...

• How to (properly) apply for an apartment viewing Aug 26, 2026

  I am subletting my apartment. These are the mistakes people make when they contact me about my listing. Kleinanzeigen...

• A forum for All About Berlin Aug 08, 2026

  Immigrants need a space to discuss the challenges of settling in Germany. Those discussions should happen in public, ...

Randall Degges

A long-running blog mixing practical programming guides on Django, Node.js, and PostgreSQL with essays on developer careers, productivity, and personal growth.

• I'm Writing Again Aug 03, 2024

  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'm Writing Again Aug 03, 2024

  I can’t believe it’s been over two years since I last published an article here! Time really flies. The crazy part is...

• Real Estate vs Stocks Apr 04, 2022

  As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a bit of a personal finance nerd. I’ve been carefully tracking my spending and investin...

The Public Domain Review

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.

• Metamorphosis: Transformations in the Early Modern Flap Book (early 19th century) Sep 10, 2026

  By manipulating paper flaps, the child could turn Adam into Eve into a mermaid, a lion into a griffin into an eagle —...

• The Ties that Bind: Central Asian Ikat (ca. 19th century) Sep 08, 2026

  Vibrant textiles from the dazzling Timurid metropolis of Bukhara.

• Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge Jul 29, 2026

  Centuries before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in *The Matrix*, medieval scholars found a shortcut to years of diffi...

Let’s get Person-al

A personal blog with posts spanning book and movie reviews, technology projects, and commentary on social and political topics.

• 🌰 great big beautiful life - a book review May 18, 2026

  Note: this review contains spoilers What Worked the themes the curse of fame, the complicity of the public in that cu...

• 🌱 an LLM models our worst behavior May 11, 2026

  “Focus on the work, not your attachment to it.”

• 🌰 yumi and the nightmare painter - a book review May 04, 2026

  Note: This review contains spoilers What Worked Brandon Sanderson is known for his inventive world building and this ...

splitbrain.org - blog

electronic brain surgery since 2001

• My new favorite Terminal Aug 10, 2026

  My new favorite Terminal I have been using the XFCE terminal for decades now and it has always been good enough. Howe...

• Home Assistant Transplant Jul 11, 2026

  Home Assistant Transplant I have been running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 4 for about five years now. A short wh...

• Retractable Cable USB-C Chargers (65W PD) Jul 04, 2026

  Retractable Cable USB-C Chargers (65W PD) Like all my other modern electronics, my Framework Laptop1) charges via USB...