In which I dump a bunch of cool stuff I’ve found via my random browsing, the fediverse, or things people have sent to me.
- Inside .git – what lives inside the .git folder, anyway? Courtesy of Julia Evans.
- PancakesCon – I heard about this last year but it got lost in the shuffle. 100% virtual cybersecurity / hacking conference, geared towards students and young professionals. Spearheaded by Lesley Carhart.
- Comes with MP3s – “an electic, playlist-free radio show made by people who love to discover and share new music” – good enough for me
- FreeTaxUSA – do your taxes without getting gouged by TurboTax prices. I used it for the first time this year and it is just as easy, if not easier in some ways, than the TurboTax walkthrough method. (#1 reason I love it is it doesn’t have all the fake ‘Calculating’ screens that TurboTax does to make you think there are some crazy calculations going on behind the scenes)
- PlugData.org – A visual programming environment built on top of Pure-Data. Can be used stand alone, or as a plugin for your DAW!
- Eavesdrop.fm – remember last.fm? Well, here is a way to do it via your Plex server, and integrate your scrobbles to Listenbrainz (part of the “Musicbrainz” family of projects).
- Less than reputable retailers are using AI to create product listings on Amazon. “I Cannot Fulfill This Request It Goes Against OpenAI Use Policy”
- Books:
- “Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations” by Micah F Lee (read for free via his website)
- The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr – looked interesting, this is in my “to buy / to read” pile
- Chord Chemistry by Ted Green – I’ll need to buy this one day when I feel like picking my guitar back up.
- Currently reading “The Redemption of Time” by Baoshu.
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