February 20, 2025 Dave Rogers I have a 10th generation Kindle Paperwhite. I've read from it a fair amount, particularly when I was away, because it's so light. But I generally don't care for the experience. It's very slow, and whenever I turn a page I get this annoying flash as the screen goes through this inversion...

An overview of GoToSocial: a fast, lightweight, security-focused server that makes self-hosting on the Fediverse easy

i woke up feeling fine today. it’s friday, and though the world is being sold, and though the anchor never rises, my ship still floats. the moon was exceptionally bright this morning as it rose over the mountain behind me. i’m feeling settled; and less like i’m being pulled in a hundred directions by a hundred...

Some of the outlying settlements around Broken Hill, from an old map This is a rare post about the work I do for a living. Something I generally avoid on my personal blog due to obvious privacy issues and direct commandments from my employer. No secrets or professional reputations are harmed in the following. Since...

Opa, finalmente assisti o filme que tá na boca de todo mundo. Logo nas primeiras cenas é possível perceber o nível de atenção e excelência técnica envolvida na produção. Dá pra entender porque tantas pessoas foram novamente cativadas pela direção do Walter Salles. A direção de arte desse filme é maravilhosa. Desde a...

A mission post by Lieutenant Zola, Lieutenant Weho Lape Sabril Mission - Blow Their Bloody Lobes Off Zola had spent most of the time waiting for the ship to be ready to break port again tinkering in the R&D lab and catching noise shows in San Francisco. Some of the shows were her friend Joel's, others were him...

Llevo un tiempo fijándome en una sensación que estoy experimentando cada vez con más frecuencia (probablamente porque cada vez soy más consciente de ella), y es la sensación de estar solo y desamparado. No me refiero a que me sienta solo o a que me sienta mal en sí, pero sí hay ciertos momentos en los que la...

If you have been sitting under a rock, there is a new browser in town that all the cool kids are switching to, the Zen Browser. Built as a fork of Firefox, Zen promised to add security, privacy, and “Zen” (let’s see about that) to your browsing experience. So, being open to all of these promises, I decided to try it...