I am a late comer when it comes to Brandon Sanderson. The only book of his that I’ve read from start to finish is Tress of the Emerald Sea. That was a great book, and it sparked my interest enough to try to really get into Sanderson’s work. But if you know anything about Brandon Sanderson, you’ll know that there are...

When I need to update content of this very Tinble-based blog, I usually do that via SSH. It's a simple solution that works, but it does have drawbacks. Firstly, there is no backup: I edit original files, so if something goes wrong, my work might be gone for good. Secondly, working via an SSH connection can be very...

It isn't easy to run Linux well on ten-year-old laptops -- Linux distribution maintainers no longer see this as a worthwhile endeavour. In this article I compare Gentoo and MX Linux as potential solutions to this problem.

Hi and welcome back to Tiny Sparks! If you are a regular visitor of my website, you might have noticed that my posting frequency has gone down quite a bit these past few weeks. The reason is pretty simply a lack of time. As I’ve already talked about in my last newsletter, I am now also a part-time student at...

community event, ^, Manorhamilton, Ireland A community art event at ^ led by Shane Finan where visitors created small boats and placed their grief in them. These will form part of a ritual later this year organised by ^ members. The boats are made from the leaves of yellow flag iris based on a traditional Scottish...

Questo gioco mi ha spremuto il cuore. Sì, messa così sembra l'introduzione di una canzone indie da quattro soldi, ma è la prima cosa che mi andava di scrivere...

I watched a couple videos from the Google I/O '24 on YouTube and had a blast. In this blog post, I would like to highlight some of the features that I learned about. The new features Size container queries What's it for: Used to apply styles to an element based on the size of the element's container Why I care: Can...

Short public service announcement: Today is Bandcamp Friday—a Covid-born measure turned fan favorite: For every song or album you buy on the plaform, Bandcamp waives their revenue share and passes 100% of the funds to artists and labels. So dust off that wishlist of yours, and consider transfering some of the...