2023-05
o what a time to be alive..
- highlights from the month of May 2023
- including but not limited to:
- what I’ve been listening to
- what I’ve watched
- what I’ve read
- what I’ve worked on
- links of interest
- including but not limited to:
- current interests:
- wayland + hyprland test drive
- the last of the cool, windy days
- self-improvement
- listening:
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Eavesdropping on Pando, one of the largest trees in the world : NPR
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NTS Guide To: US Shoegaze 1992-2000 7th April 2023 | Listen on NTS
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CRANES - cranes (2008) - really liking “Worlds” and “Wires”
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podcasts:
- Omnibus: Magic Alex, Dueling Scars + The Gimli Glider
- Podular Modcast: Mark Weidenbaum
- The Homelab Show: Network Traffic Monitoring & Filtering + SYSTEMD Explained
- 99% Invisible: Craptions + For a Dollar and a Dream
- Cyber: Apple II and How the Computer Became Personal
- Privacy Security & OSINT: The Argument for a Stock Browser
- Linux Unplugged: Ep. 509 - The Next Gen Desktop
- Twenty Thousand Hertz: Songbugs
- Security Now: Location Tracker Behavior - Deep Dive
- reading:
- There’s more than one way to write an IP address
- Intel OEM Private Key Leak: A Blow to UEFI Secure Boot Security
- Passkeys: A loss of user control?
- Felix Häcker: Ikea chair turns off computer monitor - mastodon thread
- The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South | Smithsonian Magazine
- Using computers more freely and safely
- watching:
- The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)
- Evil Dead Rise (2023)
- Don’t Be A Sucker (1947)
- Drawings of My BF (2022)
- Children of the Corn (1984)
- Great Impractical Ideas in Computer Science: PowerPoint Programming
- Malum (2023)
- A dazzling slice-by-slice exploration of wood exposes hidden patterns and hues
- M3GAN (2022)
- projects:
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completed:
- Spare room renovation
- thrift store drop-off
- 2010 Macbook Pro Repair -> linux install
- office cleanup
- Old dell laptop -> diy all-in-one
- arcolinux + hyprland test drive
- PiZeroW setup
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current:
- major workshop cleanup
- Schwinn Continental -> gravel bike
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future:
- PiZeroW -> thermal print server
- Suzuki F-200 restoration
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research
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- misc…
- 2023-05-12 Fortune: “You will find an outlet for your creative genius and accomplish a great deal.”
- quote of the month: from telly, the company offering 500,000 free tv’s that feature a second screen that constantly shows ads “You have the right to opt-out of sharing your Viewing and Activity Data, but unfortunately, that means you will no longer have access to the Services (and must return the television).”
- Google’s new “inactive account” policy won’t delete years of YouTube videos | Ars Technica
- “In outback Australia, there are dishes pointing to the nearest cell phone tower with a stand to place your mobile phone to get the best signal. Much cheaper than a tower for very low traffic areas.”
- recommended: