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This is a hugely extended version of Will Harris' "An oral history of Airplane". It goes through the pre-history of the project, how it eventually got made, and the aftermath. In many ways, it is like an old-fashioned DVD extra. The whole book consists of snippets of interviews with…
We went to the mall during the weekend, and if there’s one thing that malls have, is phone case kiosks. Small shops selling peripherals and cases for popular Apple and Samsung devices,and not much else—at least that’s what I always assumed.
When heading elsewhere, my mom suddently had the desire…
I spend a lot of time thinking about the open web. We talk about it a lot. But I'm not sure it exists, at least not in the way it's often described. Embedded within the underlying architecture of the web is an ideal of openness. One can publish anything and…
I know I share posts from Corey very regularly, but it’s because I’ve been working with him in various ways for over a decade, and the things he suggests are often techniques I’ve used productively for a long time. This is another great…
Problem: I've received a PDF which has a large "watermark" obscuring every page.
Investigating: Opening the PDF in LibreOffice Draw allowed me to see that the watermark was a separate image floating above the others.
Manual Solution: Hit page down, select image, delete, repeat 500 times. BORING!
Further Investigating: Using …
Thanks to Karsten.Decimal on Discord for suggesting this idea, along with a proof-of-concept.
If you've ever wanted to show people how organised you are, now you can -- with an official 'Powered by Johnny.Decimal' badge!
Full-res versions are available to download here. Don't save the…
I almost lost a bunch of data this week. Here's how my backups saved me (just), and what I've changed.
Warning: thinking about backups can make you sleepy. But if you care about your data, you need to pay attention. There's a…
I use analytics on this site primarily to see where referral traffic comes from. It's not necessary, but it satisfies my curiosity. One of the most interesting referrals I've received was from Wikipedia.
House Oversight Democrats have published a Web3 is Going Great-style “Trump Family Digital Grift” counter.
This goes with their recent staff report, “Professionalized Corruption: How Donald Trump is abusing power and accepting digital kickbacks from foreign and criminal interests to cash in on the presidency like never before
Great background on why Coinbase sank the crypto bill they’d just spent months lobbying for, and the fundamental conflict between the banking lobby and the crypto lobby when it comes to stablecoin interest.
A fleshed out story, one you just might want to read.
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Sophie builds fun things out of HTML, CSS & JavaScript, and writes blog posts about tech and mental health.
a blog by Michał "rysiek" Woźniak
cmdr-nova's personal blog and home on the indie-web.
Maker of web things, Lego builder, sometimes blogger, sporadic pizzaiolo, fortnightly podcaster. Cat dad and human dad.
I'm a software developer in Camarillo, California. I write about software development, technology and music.