I went back to work on the effort to convert my blogPoster Ruby script to a class-based program

Debian has released a security update for the Evince document viewer https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624

If you look at the Slackware Linux web site, the project appears to be frozen in time. But development continues, and the distro is up to date. If you want a Linux that doesn't use systemd, this is it. http://www.slackware.com/

Customizing mini 4WD racers for high speeds on a small scale - Ars Technica Video. (I did not know in any way that this was a thing. It's like 1960s slot car racing for the 2020s. https://arstechnica.com/video/watch/customizing-mini-4wd-racers-for-high-speeds-on-a-small-scale

The @debian project has released a @firefox ESR security update for Stable (aka Buster). https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4620

Windows 7 bug prevents users from shutting down or rebooting computers | Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-7-bug-prevents-users-from-shutting-down-or-rebooting-computers/

How your laptop ruined your life: Smartphones aren’t the only killers of work-life balance - Amanda Mull/The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/laptops-killed-work-life-balance/606334/

The age of decadence: Cut the drama. The real story of the West in the 21st century is one of stalemate and stagnation. - Ross Douthat/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/sunday/western-society-decadence.html

If you want to code in C/C++ in @netbeans, you can run @coolbeans instead http://openbeans.org/blog/2019/open-source.html

It's great to see @openbeans, the @netbeans distribution, going open source. thanks @emilianbold http://openbeans.org/

@debian is released approximately every two years. That means Debian 11 should go stable about mid-2021. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases

Uses This / Alice Maz is where I learned about @voidlinux https://usesthis.com/interviews/alice.maz/

Void Linux - the strangely overlooked distribution - Andrew Powell/The Linux Rain https://www.thelinuxrain.com/articles/void-linux-the-strangely-overlooked-distribution

Void Linux review: It's a Linux and BSD hybrid - John Paul/It's FOSS https://itsfoss.com/void-linux/

Void Linux: built from scratch for full independence - Jack M. Germain/LinuxInsider https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Void-Linux-Built-From-Scratch-for-Full-Independence-85703.html

DistroWatch review of Void Linux (2018) https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20181217#void

@Void Linux is a rolling distro that uses the runit init system (instead of systemd) and its own xpbs package manager. It is not a fork of anything, say developers. https://voidlinux.org/

Twitter, should tweets end with a period? Just wondering.

If your "job" is cold-calling people on the phone with the intent of selling them things they don't want or need, or outright scamming them, please quit now and do ANYTHING else.

You CAN get a Gibson ES-330-like guitar in the form of Heritage's H-530 https://heritageguitars.com/pages/h-530

If I were in the market for an ES-175, I'd seriously look at Heritage's H-575 https://heritageguitars.com/pages/h-575

Mini projects built with HTML5, CSS & JavaScript. No frameworks or libraries - Brad Traversy https://github.com/bradtraversy/vanillawebprojects

Scrappy start-up Iowa Starting Line is the 'it' read for political insiders - Michael M. Grynbaum/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/business/media/iowa-caucus-media-starting-line.html

Classical music by candlelight in an L.A. church - Malia Wooten/Secret Los Angeles https://secretlosangeles.com/classical-music-by-candlelight-in-a-stunning-la-church

gThumb is my photo-editing app of choice for Linux. It does everything well and handles IPTC caption data in a way that GIMP has promised but never delivered. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gthumb

The history of the Trapper Keeper - Erin McCarthy/Mental Floss https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52726/history-trapper-keeper

Here are some terms to mute on Twitter to clean your timeline up a bit - Ian Coldwater https://gist.github.com/IanColdwater/88b3341a7c4c0cf71c73ac56f9bd36ec

Revolution Pi brings Raspberry Pi into industrial-PC space https://revolution.kunbus.com/revolution-pi-series/

There is a new @debian security update for python-apt https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4609

dev.to, aka @ThePracticalDev, acquires @CodeNewbies. I can't tell if this the way it was supposed to happen. https://dev.to/devteam/special-announcement-from-dev-4oi

What is 'comprehensible input' in language teaching? A Latin teacher blogs about it here. https://todallycomprehensiblelatin.blogspot.com/

Vimwiki: A personal wiki for Vim http://vimwiki.github.io/

Roam: Why I Love It and How I Use It - Nat Eliason https://www.nateliason.com/blog/roam

Two big @debian security updates today: openjdk-11 and chromium https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2020/threads.html

I replaced my @debian Backports 5.2 Linux kernel with 5.4 and then had to replace that with 5.3. The GUI kept freezing. All is well now with the 5.3 kernel.

Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used anyhow - Jay Peters/The Verge (I will miss the Secure Shell ...) https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/15/21067907/google-chrome-apps-end-support-lune-windows-macos-linux

College degrees used to make families wealthier. That’s no longer true - Benjamin Reeves/Worth https://www.worth.com/college-degrees-used-to-make-families-wealthier-thats-no-longer-true/

Running Linux on your smartphone: everything you need to know in 2020 https://tuxphones.com/2020-everything-running-linux-smartphone-guide/

San Diego homeless survival guide - Doreen Traylor https://sandiegohomelesssurvivalguide.blogspot.com/

Why Amsterdam’s canal houses have endured for 300 years - Feargus O'Sullivan/CityLab https://www.citylab.com/design/2020/01/amsterdam-architecture-history-canal-houses-urban-design/604921/

GoatCounter – Simple web statistics. No tracking of personal data. https://www.goatcounter.com/

Free 'Language Learning With Netflix' extension teaches you how to speak Spanish, French, Japanese and more while watching movies https://soranews24.com/2020/01/12/free-language-learning-with-netflix-extension-makes-studying-japanese-almost-too-easy/

Firefox package for OpenBSD 6.6-stable will not receive latest updates due to being too complicated https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20200109141600

I mentioned the Liquorix kernels for Linux today. If speed is your thing, they are very much worth using for @debian or @ubuntu. I have had much success with them, though now I use the Debian @backports kernel. https://liquorix.net/

A @firefox ESR security update for @Debian Stable https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4600

The Ruby Reference https://rubyreferences.github.io/rubyref/

Substack is a way to publish subscription content on the web. You can publish for free, or charge readers a monthly fee. https://substack.com/about?utm_source=menu

Interactive Vim tutorial https://www.openvim.com/

Frameworkless JS https://frameworkless.js.org/

How to start a blog using Hugo - Flavio Copes https://flaviocopes.com/start-blog-with-hugo/

For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity - Adam Belz/StarTribune.com http://www.startribune.com/for-tech-weary-midwest-farmers-40-year-old-tractors-now-a-hot-commodity/566737082/