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A random sampling of stuff I've come across this week... A day late this time because we had a Bank Holiday here alongside a heatwave, so who wants to be thinking about AI?--Resource - The AI Resist ListCreated by We & AI, DAIR, the...
Finger from 1971, Gopher from 1991, and Gemini from 2019. These protocols offer decentralized, terminal-based alternatives to the modern web. The small web's is in a renaissance. On the solarpunk philosophy of intentional technology, and...
The best one-liner I’ve ever seen on Bluesky. On the opposite end of the repost-and-likes scale, I savoured this challenge […]
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Heathcliff,...
On Monday morning, I had eight emails each notifying me of a failed rsync attempt. This is one of those messages: Well, that’s a new one to me. This post will eventually show you the solution, and if that’s what you need now, jump to the...
AI can help pastors research, organize, and prepare, but it should not replace prayer, study, conviction, or care for people.
Lou Boxer of NoirCon popped in this image taken at the last NoirCon, October 2025. A more recent look at the late Dennis McMillan. Pic shows Gary Phillips and DMac — you’ll remember Gary as a contributor to the shadow … Continue reading →
The intent we ascribe to a person is the lens through which we view their actions. The same behavior — a blunt comment, a last-minute change, a moment of silence — reads completely differently depending on whether we think the person...
Sometimes the best projects begin with the developer feeling frustrated. For Hans, that frustration was losing saves, manually moving files between devices, and trying to keep an increasingly complicated retro gaming setup organized...
In this week’s issue of The Savvy Diabetic: ViCentra launches smartphone-controlled Kaleido AID patch pump Improving Care for Diabetes-Related Nerve Pain Emergency Readiness for Diabetes and Beyond Balancing Mental Health and Type 1...