10 bookmarks for 2023-10-13

743.

XXIIVV — solresol

wiki.xxiivv.com/site/solresol.html

A good overview of Solresol.

742.

The format=flowed FAQ (Joe Clark)

joeclark.org/ffaq.html

Overcoming limitations of text email.

741.

Is HTML-formatted e-mail still bad netiquette?

ask.metafilter.com/159162/Is-HTMLformatted-email-still-bad-netiquette

2010-era discussion. They generally agree it's a bad netiquette. Here in 2020-era I agree.

740.

Inbox Zero - Björn Wärmedal

warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-02-19-inbox-zero.html

Now I use my inbox as a to do list of sorts. Emails are only there as long as they're relevant. Confirmation of a table reservation at a restaurant? It's at most relevant until the date of the booking has past. Archive it.

739.

Reconsidering My Response to the Corporate Capture of Our Email System

cheapskatesguide.org/articles/email-corporate-capture.html

A recent article has prompted me to rethink my position on self-hosted email as being a lost cause. I may be coming to a different conclusion than its author.

A response to 738.

738.

After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won.

cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-twenty-three-years-i-have-thrown-in-the-towel-the-oligopoly-has-won.html

You cannot set up a home email server.

You cannot set it up on a VPS.

You cannot set it up on your own datacenter.

737.

forlater.email — email-based bookmarking

forlater.email

an email-based bookmarking service

730.

Text editor design for e-ink displays

canonical.org/~kragen/eink-design

Good considerations. Did I tell you I want to have a eink cyberdeck?

728.

Propositions as Filenames, Builds as Proofs: The Essence of Make - Bob Atkey

bentnib.org/posts/2015-04-17-propositions-as-filenames-essence-of-make.html

Make is logic.

727.

Pushing it back - Charlie's Diary

www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2023/09/pushing-it-back.html

Civilization leaves very few traces detectable centuries later. What if there were advanced civilizations that we didn't know of? Whale civilizations?