Das war ein verdammt guter Querschnitt durch das Genre und ein Fest für die vielen Facetten von Punk-Musik. Oder wie L meinte, ein schönes Klassentreffen. Tatsächlich habe ich nur mit J1 und A gerechnet, die zum letzten Song der ersten Band Dead Pioneers ankamen. Wenige Minuten später lief uns L in die Arme und...

I mentioned this briefly in my race report about this year’s Ironman 70.3 St. George, but for the past few weeks I’ve been swimming in an Endless Pool, since the Teton County Rec Center’s lap pool remains, alas, closed for the foreseeable future. It’s been an effective training tool, but one of the annoying things...

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Read on the website: Algorithms are all the rage in tech. And yet, they are useless unless you use them as black boxes. Better disseminate explanations—they are much more understandable and reproducible.

My well-thumbed copies of three classic web design books: 'Creating Killer Web Sites' by David Siegel (1996-97), 'Taking your Talent to the Web' by Jeffrey Zeldman (2001), and 'Designing Web Usability' by Jakob Nielsen (1999). Like many of the first wave of web designers, Jeffrey Zeldman — who turned 42 in early...

I have known internet archiving initiative by archive.org long ago, I thought they do it all by themselves. Turns out, they do also open contributor to join the archiving efforts– I should have known better that it does indeed require massive collective effortOne thing that caught my interest is about ArchiveTeam...

Last week, I used AI to finally learn the basics of QuickBooks and handle my company’s bookkeeping. AI didn’t just help me finish a chore, it taught me a skill I’d been avoiding for years. When used with intent, the modern AI tools can accelerate your learning in surprising ways.

Metabase is a really nice free software business intelligence tool. It’s quite easy to deploy; they provide a Docker image and all you really need for a production instance is your own database. I use Flux to manage my cluster so I thought it would be nice to utilise image update automation to keep up to date with...

It all started when I first saw a tenkeyless keyboard. Compared to a standard 104-key keyboard, having only 87 keys (an entire 17 keys fewer!) seemed like the next best thing to sliced bread. Since I wasn’t a big user of the numpad, it seemed like a no brainer to reduce desk space, bring my mousing hand a few inches...

A new blog post about a new domain, removing tumblr, and debloating windows and installing Debian Linux on my computer.

Last Sunday, NUE celebrated its 70th anniversary with a huge party featuring a handful of aircraft and specialized vehicles on display, booths, and of course food. Despite the drizzling rain, the place was packed. Though we spent most of our time waiting in line, it was a lot of fun. The highlight for me was seeing...

Just sharing another neat website out there. On Observing Time. The concept is simple, it is just a collection of live camera feeds from around the world. The creator Jon wrote an essay on the concept here

Yall, I've concluded that caring about stuff is really worth it, especially today. Caring about a craft, about a medium that I grew up on and thoroughly enjoy, is weighing on me today. Because we're stuck in late-stage capitalism mode where nobody cares about anything other than extracting money from people, I think...

Lu Chang and Jian Mingshu grew up together, and seemed destined for each other. But when her father tricks Lu Chang into marrying her, Lu Chang rejects Mingshu in a fit of rage. A heart-broken Mingshu releases him. But a few days later, tragedy befalls her when her family is killed by assailants. Jian Mingshu…...

I keep thinking about how AI is changing my life and where I should be cautious. Although I’m not against using AI to improve my life, my hobbies, and my work, I’m hesitant to apply it in some other areas, mostly gathering information and learning. Considering the history, I’m unsure whether we gain an advantage. If...