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I've only used it for a few weeks, however I've quickly come to love Void Linux. Void meets all the criteria I especially value when evaluating a desktop Linux distro for my personal use: Built and led by a community and built from...
I tell you how my morning walk was that the air smelled exceptionally sweet and the old man from that one house was out walking his cat again I tell you how I can't decide which future scares me the most so I keep spinning, dizzy in the...
My blog maintenance/inspiration template has gone through a couple of changes since I first created it, and while I mentioned the new list recently, I didn’t really explain what the different items are. Why not expand on it? I’m a...
Another kind donation from James of Lakeside, California – thanks again! A day of being productive awaits me. Eggs are done, dragging the kids to the thrift store, doing reviews early… Good stuff – gettin’ ‘er done. This one translates...
We have two of these on our roofs at the moment! ❤️ Last week was focused on trying (and mostly failing) to beat the heat as we struggled with this European heatwave. 🥵 🚂 Interrailing is very soon now. Suitcases are taken out of the...
Finished reading: Lead by Kylie Scott 📚
I’ve traveled to Graz to for once *not* speak at the Frontend Graz meetup, and instead be a regular attendee who can simply enjoy the show. By the way, this was the tenth edition, because we include the times when it was still called...
I saw this sticker on a car on my walk today, and it gave me a little joy. So maybe it can give you some joy too. This is the kind of sticker I can get behind.
There are two big conversations popping around the political universe these days. Both seem to miss not only the larger point, but the stakes. The first is how the Democratic Party is trying to still figure out what it wants to be in the...
Hey, hello. Don’t you know there’s a World Cup on? Here are this month’s book cover selections… As If by Isabel Waidner; design by Na Kim (FSG Originals / June 2026) The cover of the UK edition, published by Hamish Hamilton back in...
I’m currently making a few last changes to the third book in this series and trying to find an agent who will handle them. If you have middle-graders who would be interested in reading them and giving me feedback, please give me a shout....
This comic was originally funded by members of my Patreon, to whom I am endlessly grateful. If you like it and want to see more, why not become a member yourself? The post Greebo Chapter 3: Truq’s Fury appeared first on Other Strangeness...
As I was finishing off my newsletter the other day I heard that Om died. It didn’t fit at all with the themes in that edition but I had to say something regardless, he played a role in my life at different times and in different ways,...
Shane MacDonald at The Catholic University of America’s Archivist’s Nook has a post called Title-Pages Through Time – A History of One Page: When opening a book, typically the first page one encounters is the title page – a separate page...