Building a New Laptop from Framework
I work as a teacher helping adults become developers. I do this at a few different schools as a consultant periodically during the work year. This year, I will have a lot…
The end of privacy-enhancing browser plugins?
The Internet is a dangerous place. Some companies are spying on you and, want to get as much of your private information as possible. What are your interests? What sites are you…
What if your HTTPS traffic was not secure?
During the last few years, our internet has become more private and secure with encrypted traffic using SSL certificates. A certificate is used by the webserver to prove its authenticity on that…
Ship30for30 a challenge to become a better digital writer
A week ago I joined up for the Ship30for30 digital writing course. I have been writing and creating content for the internet for years. But I never really felt that I was any good…
How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens
How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens is a book packed with information. The reason I found it was that I started to read up on how my new text editor,…
Drive by Daniel Pink
Drive was a book that I started to read a long time ago. But for whatever reason I got sidetracked and it got left untouched on my bedside table. I did not…
How I used ffmpeg to create time-laps videos on my Mac
I have always been stunned by the beautiful time-laps videos of clouds slowly rolling by on a beautiful blue sky. Or why not a building project slowly taking form by having hours…
The SELF journal – a review
A couple of years ago I came across a special notebook. It is not a notebook of the normal fashion but more a combination of a notebook and a calendar. The reason…
The Pomodoro Technique
Pomodoro means Tomato in Italian. The Pomodoro Technique is a way to eat raw tomatoes without getting tomato juice and seeds on your checks… no, just kidding. The Pomodoro Technique is a…
What is Mastodon
“Mastodon is a free and open-source self-hosted social networking service. It allows anyone to host their own server node in the network, and its various separately operated user bases are federated across…
Getting Emacs and Spacemacs on the Mac
Since I started to use Linux many many years ago, I have been exposed to many different text editors. In the beginning I used Midnight Commander (mc) and the built-in editor of…