Getting multiple library cards mean expanding my access to even more e-book collections, that I can borrow.

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...

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

This is a post about running your own streaming media server, and why you might want to do that. I will discuss some surface-level strategies for how you might go about it, and how you might source media to fill it with, but this is not a step-by-step guide. It’s a “why to”, rather than a “how to” So hop in, and let’s talk about streaming media in 2025, and what you can do to take back control.

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

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 …

Cuando hablo en el blog de "objetos con una intencionalidad" quizá un equipo de música sea el ejemplo más representativo. Particularmente si no está conectado a un servicio de música en streaming.

Sometimes I get asked by newcomers how one can become a developer like me - specifically, with a job and career like mine.

“You hope everything doesn’t “move to the web”? Wake the hell up! It’s already happened!”

Una frase de The Minimalists en el cuaderno de citas en tinta.

My thoughts, my feelings, my perceptions

El título de la entrada de hoy no deja mucho lugar a la imaginación. Durante el puente volví a verme algunos vídeos sobre "Commonplace Bo...

Some iconic scrollbars recreated as faithfully as possible.

Hi All! 🤗 For the summer holidays, my family and I went to France. On our way to the Atlantic Ocean, we shortly stopped in Chartres, a lovely town southwest...

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 …

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.

On Mastodon, Katherine (side note: whose work on poetic programming is incredibly inspiring) asked: