20 random bookmarks
Bookmarks and whatnot. Закладки и всякое.
2025-09-07
Statistical Literacy
entropicthoughts.com/statistical-literacy2025-04-29
The kerning on the pope's tomb is a travesty
www.fastcompany.com/91324550/kerning-on-pope-francis-tomb-is-a-travestyThe internet is up in arms about Pope Francis's tomb, and it's all because of lettering.
2025-02-01
The Experiences Of A Non-technical Emacs User | Irreal
irreal.org/blog?p=12755Of course they use Org mode.
2024-12-22
Short URLs: why and how | Derek Sivers
sive.rs/suInstead of:
yoursite.com/blog/2022/05/08/short-urls-why-and-how.html
… consider just:yoursite.com/short
2024-12-13
2024-12-13 Archiving homepages
alexschroeder.ch/view/2024-12-13-archiving-homepages2024-09-21
KDE Eco – Handbook
eco.kde.org/handbookApplying The Blue Angel Criteria To Free Software
2024-04-26
Soft delete
grishaev.me/soft-delete2024-01-18
OLD COMPUTER RESCUE - X201
www.triapul.cz/automa/old-computer-rescue-x201Another thinkpad post for my collection.
2024-01-02
Web CGI programs aren't particularly slow these days
utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/CGINotSlow2023-12-16
The Social Consumer
denshi.org/blog/the-social-consumer/the-social-consumer2023-11-12
meow5
ratfactor.com/repos/meow5A stack-based pure inlining concatenative programming language written in NASM assembly
2023-10-22
Uiua
www.uiua.orgA stack-based array programming language
2023-10-12
Carbon Dating HTML @ marginalia.nu
www.marginalia.nu/log/66-carbon-dating2023-09-24
Map of GitHub
anvaka.github.io/map-of-github2023-08-03
Lua notes
sebsite.pw/w/lua.htmlThe author talks about Lua designs and features they have mixed opinions about but always finds a reason to justify them.
Every time I read anything about Lua, I want to find a use for it.
2023-06-05
RE: Does a Blog Need to Integrate? | starbreaker.org
starbreaker.org/blog/re-does-blog-need-to-integrate/index.htmlNo, not really, for
blogs with RSS/Atom/JSON feeds are already interoperable
2023-05-09
OpenBSD is fantastic
unixsheikh.com/articles/openbsd-is-fantastic.htmlI have been using OpenBSD, a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based Unix-like operating system, both professionally and privately since about 2004, and today I'm going to share some of my experiences.
2023-05-07
SQLite the only database you will ever need in most cases
unixsheikh.com/articles/sqlite-the-only-database-you-will-ever-need-in-most-cases.htmlThis is true.
2023-01-28
Trainleave
github.com/akuktin/trainleaveImplementation of Unicode for Uxn
2023-01-20
Fun with text user interfaces
felix.plesoianu.ro/blog/tui-fun.htmlThe venerable Dialog utility (based on ncurses, and maintained by the same person for the past couple of decades) is one option: a small program that can handle a variety of common interactions like choosing a file to open, or entering dates, while looking good and being easy enough to use.
The utility is as at https://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.html.