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Think globally, microblog locally
Thu, 16 Jan 2020

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/

Tue, 14 Jan 2020

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

Mon, 13 Jan 2020

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/

Fri, 10 Jan 2020

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

Thu, 09 Jan 2020

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

Wed, 08 Jan 2020

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

Tue, 07 Jan 2020

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/

Mon, 30 Dec 2019

Ancient Greek textbooks roundup - Ryan Baumann (aka @ryanfb) https://ryanfb.github.io/etc/2018/03/02/ancient_greek_textbooks_roundup.html

Resources for reading Homeric Greek - Ryan Baumann (aka @ryanfb) https://ryanfb.github.io/etc/2019/02/25/resources_for_reading_homeric_greek.html

Tue, 24 Dec 2019

My business card runs Linux - George Hilliard https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-card-runs-linux/

Fri, 20 Dec 2019

This page is designed to last: a manifesto for preserving content on the Web - Jeff Huang https://jeffhuang.com/designed_to_last/

Tue, 17 Dec 2019

When you hit esc and forget you're not in Vim, and you lose your changes in a web form

I don't know how to package software for Windows, Mac or Linux, but it's a vital skill that I'd like to learn

Dear open-source programmer or maintainer: If I write a tweet that is critical of your project's packaging or functionality, I'm not asking you for tech support. And I'm really not crazy about you complaining that I'm asking for something that I'm not.

There have been two recent @debian security updates: Ruby and Thunderbird https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4586 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4585

Tue, 10 Dec 2019

Preserve This Podcast: An Andrew W. Mellon grant-funded project hosted by the Metropolitan New York Library Council to help podcasters protect their work against the threats of digital decay http://preservethispodcast.org/

Security update: @debian is updating @firefox https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4580

Mon, 09 Dec 2019

20 VPS providers to shut down on Monday, giving customers two days to save their data - Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/20-vps-providers-to-shut-down-on-monday-giving-customers-two-days-to-save-their-data/

Verizon kills email accounts of archivists trying to save Yahoo Groups history - Liam Tung/ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/verizon-kills-email-accounts-of-archivists-trying-to-save-yahoo-groups-history/

Apple's new monster ,000 Mac Pro is about to ship - Daphne Leprince-Ringuet/ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/apples-new-monster-6000-mac-pro-is-about-to-ship/

Wed, 04 Dec 2019

Alex Bartsch — Covers 2: Retracing more record sleeves around the world http://www.alexbartsch.com/more-covers