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October 2025 #
It's not sideloading and it never was
Brent Simmons, Why NetNewsWire Is Not a Web App:
All software is precarious
Over the last couple years, I replaced my Mac-only applications with alternatives that are available for both Mac and Linux. The first and biggest switch was using Firefox, and I’m really satisfied with it. I felt like Mozilla’s history in creating a browser for Linux meant I should just jump into whatever Mozilla was offering, including the bookmarking and read-later service Pocket.
September 2025 #
A New Minimalism
In my 20’s, the only tech I owned was an iMac computer, Nexus 5 smartphone, Nintendo Wii, and a TV set. I had this setup in part because I was broke and moving around a lot, but I was also a minimalist.
July 2025 #
Future Garbage
It was The Great Raspberry Pi Shortage of 2021, and also a global pandemic that claimed the lives of millions of people. Busying myself with trivial things, I made a retro video game system out of a Raspberry Pi 4. It was so much fun that I wanted to buy another one, but any available Raspberry Pi was being flipped for many times the retail price.
May 2025 #
My New Seven Year Old Laptop
I bought a laptop on Craigslist because I wanted an inexpensive entry into trying Linux. I’m weaning myself off of the planned obsolescence of consumer technology. And I’m preparing for a future where all of my computers are second-hand.
March 2025 #
Giving Up The Dream
I spent most of the last 15 years trying and failing to be an independent mobile application developer.
February 2025 #
Light Phone 2, my favorite tech thing of 2024
I have an annual tradition where I make a list of all of my favorite things from the past year. This year the headlining tech thing is the Light Phone 2.
November 2024 #
It's not my civic duty to be famous
A thread that emerged from the post-election analysis is about how much the election was influenced by, well, influencers.
Make it yourself book from NODE
NODE is a creator (or a group?) that publishes interesting technology projects and supporting ideas on their N-O-D-E YouTube channel and website. What makes NODE interesting, beyond any individual project or video, is the ethos behind their work. In the zine Node VOL 02: Manifesting Reality, manifesting reality refers to a decentralized community using readily available technology to build the future that they want to see. It’s a critique of commercial technology, but presented with an optimistic and empowering tone, rather than complaining about any particular company or product.
October 2024 #
Internet Brain
I followed a series of YouTube recommendations that lead me into literal hell. Unfortunately, I don’t have the option to click away when these rabbit-holes seep into the real world.
August 2024 #
My GameCentre
I made the perfect retro video game system. It plays all the games I want, even as recent as Gamecube and Wii games. What I love most about it is that I completed anything at all.