How self-tracking became self-incrimination

I’ve been toying with the idea of a building a modern office around 8 and 16 bit microcomputers from the 1980s and early 90s. This is an idea that I dig up every few months and play with for a few hours before discarding it because it’s impractical and expensive. This is a description of my current version of this idea, and how it would work in practice.

Me viene una idea a la cabeza que quiero desarrollar. Como escribí en la entrada anterior, soy brújula al principio. Creo una carpeta en...

Long Live Webpages over the past couple of weeks, i've been pleasantly surprised at discourse popping up on my feeds, surrounding creating your own blog, mak...

What's the most important tech skill for every user?

When I started working in tech in the early 2010s I began running in to idea guys.

Cuando murió mi Nook a finales de 2022 estuve barajando qué otras opciones tenía y me terminé decidiendo por un Kobo Clara 2E, que tenía básicamente todo lo que quería yo: era táctil, tenía luz en la pantalla (que es una maravilla para leer de noche si se pone flojita …

My wife and I recently discovered a bum gun in one of our bathrooms at home. It gave me quite the shock!

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“An exquisite peace obtains: a drowsy, golden peace, flowing honey-sweet over my dwelling, soaking it, dripping like music from the walls… A peace for gods; a divine emptiness.”

Why do I blog? Because I like to write. That's my spontaneous answer. And it's true—but far from the whole truth. It became obvious when I chose to wri...

"I fear that, faced with the current shit show in the tech world, going back is the only sane way to survive."

Apple's iPadOS 26 update was undoubtedly a significant upgrade for iPad power users. I've heard from a few people surprised that this update wasn't enough to get me to fully embrace the iPad again. Similarly, Federico Viticci’s interview with Craig Federighi have led some to believe the touch-capable Mac

A pesar de estar elogiando los feeds RSS... resulta que este blog no ofrece uno.

A principios de siglo yo también caí en la fiebre 2.0 que decía que, si entre todos etiquetábamos contenido de forma colaborativa, la mandanga buena acabaría subiendo a la superficie. Dicho y hecho, me hice una cuenta en el ahora difunto del.icio.us y empecé a guardar mis …

https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/keep-it-really-simple-stupid/#read-receipts-are-you-kidding-me-seriously-fuck-that-noise [Cory Doctorow]Cory Doctorow discusses how he reads writers like Molly White: "This conduit is anti-lock-in, it works for nearly the whole internet. It is surveillance-resistant,

My experience on the web has been one of dualities.

“I don’t have anything of value.” I hear that a lot when I give tips about fire and burglary protection. When a customer said it recently, his girlfriend didn’t miss a beat: “You have me.” Touché. It was a joke, but also a truth. We take so much for granted: Family Friends Home Health Freedom We often only notice the value when it’s gone. But we don’t have to wait for that.

Microsoft's involvement in IBM's OS/2 project ended before v2.0 was released.

John Voorhees writing about Arc’s latest escapades in MacStories Weekly: Issue 408 It’s that intermediate layer that makes me suspicious of Arc’s motives. The company is starting to feel like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a browser with an interesting, playful design on the surface and

Hay que abandonar todo aquello que cristalizó en X, que fue potenciado en X, y que es el material con el que se construye la peor experiencia política que llevamos vivida en el siglo XXI