This is a massive (ca. 600 lines) reverse-chronological list of websites I found interesting. It's kinda rough but at least it's portable and vaguely searchable. # lightweight OpenStreetMap client https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mepo # discovered it through Enron Hubbard's ShellPhone project https://oblique.systems/dev/shellphone # iPhone A12-A13 bootloader exploit # jailbreaking's back on the menu!!! https://ps.tc/pages/blog-usbliter8.html # love letter to Void Linux # if I decide to leave the Debian ecosystem I'll probably go with this or Gentoo https://srazkvt.codeberg.page/posts/2025-02-26-a-love-letter-to-void-linux.html # handheld keyboard https://www.solder.party/keeb/ # Response to cryptocurrency puffpiece https://www.mollywhite.net/annotations/latecomers-guide-to-crypto/ # Books on cryptocurrency # not financially invested in any of them, # but I find the hype and fraud morbidly interesting https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/07/22/summer-reading-for-the-cryptocurrency-skeptic-pt-1/ # Collaborative Encyclopedia on computer stuff https://floppy.cd-rom.net/start # CSS Gaming https://devmount.medium.com/8-games-to-learn-css-the-fun-way-9b0b8b581d91 # Unofficial Gentoo Installation Guide https://gardenhouse.pinkro.se/docs/config-guide.html # Doom Coin: post-apocalypse short story https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/08/29/doom-coin/ # review of "A Programmer's Guide to Common Lisp" # https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/reading-a-programmers-guide-to-common-lisp # SIM slot as keyboard connector https://wetdry.world/@robot/116433551546966243 # Advanced Mastodon and Akkoma Frontend https://mammudeck.com/ # Loss32 Progress Log # basically Wine as a desktop environment https://social.noyu.me/@hikari/statuses/01KDTFSX0EA9DAJCK961ZK3CAG # protoboard handheld keyboard https://www.instructables.com/Pocket-ZX-Handheld-ZX-Spectrum/ # Continuation of Nokia's Debian offshoot https://maemo-leste.github.io/ https://nlnet.nl/project/MaemoLeste/ # lightweight Fediverse client for web browsers https://codeberg.org/adele/smolfedi # Open Hardware e-ink mp3 player thingy https://hackaday.io/project/192688-the-open-book # RP2040 ("pi pico") Gamepads https://gp2040-ce.info/ # DIY-adjacent USB thumb keyboard https://www.tindie.com/products/bobricius/mini-piqwerty-usb-wired-mechanical-thumb-keyboard/ https://hackaday.io/project/175405-mini-piqwerty-usb-keyboard-ii # Dust2 developer vs email worms https://www.johnsto.co.uk/blog/blackholing-my-email/ # absolute state of the Microsoft Azure team https://isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion # Minimalistic Debian Install Script https://gitlab.com/tripcodeq7/tripcodes-auto-ricing-debian-script # Tracking of AI generated code https://aidirtylist.info/repositories/1/ # software projects that don't use LLMs https://starlightnet.work/posts/the-no-ai-list.html # Wikipedia Frontend # (articles slightly outdated) https://encyclopedia.marginalia.nu/ # "Phony Comforts of AI Optimism" https://www.wheresyoured.at/optimistic-cowardice/ # Microsoft Corporate Culture, "Growth Mindset" # basically telling their employees to make endless confessions # that must be aided by copilot https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-cult-of-microsoft/ # minimalist ephemeral Debian (but not in the Antix sense) https://www.bashcore.org/ # Gentoo Install Script # need to decrypt disk remotely https://gitlab.com/oz123/gains # lightweight INIT system for Unixlikes https://github.com/leahneukirchen/nitro # P2P software for Commoners (video, downloaded) https://tv.lumbung.space/w/nzuB248U2LQA1LCn7vYmER # Proposal for a new Linux system folder layout https://blog.ofstars.red/posts/filesystem-layout-ng/#the-vendor-user-split # Haiku Hardware Support https://github.com/konrad1977/haiku-computer-list # ARMv7 Chromebook https://blog.ctms.me/posts/2026-03-07-asus-chromebook-c100p-postmarketos-guide/ # Opinions on vibecoding # author views practicing on existing codebases considered a far better way of learning (this is how I learned) https://fun.dersco.re/weblog/2026/01/25/on-using-large-language-models-for-programming/ # guy claiming that "I imagine horses became freer after the automobile" https://www.404media.co/whats-the-point-of-school-when-ai-can-do-your-homework/ # christian response to the hippie movement # Bluntest word to come from Christianity, other than Bibleman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_movement # Extremely Minimalist programming language https://esoteric.codes/blog/a-programming-language-with-only-one-command-and # Quick way of installing Windows 98 # all the patches and drivers included https://github.com/oerg866/win98-quickinstall # The (dire) State of Bootloader Unlocking # very interesting read, includes many vendors that I didn't know made phones (i.e CAT the dumptruck company) https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame https://codeberg.org/zenfyr/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame # Norwegian consumer rights advocacy group sending an open letter against enshittification https://www.forbrukerradet.no/news-in-english/digital-products-and-services-are-getting-worse-but-the-trend-can-be-reversed/ # the slow death of the power user https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/ # Reverse-engineering the Windows Me kernel https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/15479/disassembling-windows-io-sys # Node-based Bash scripting # still vow to read the Pure Bash Bible (seems to be fancy tricks) https://github.com/Lluciocc/Vish # FOSS Collective focused on the common man https://modal.cx/blog/ # C-Suites buying tech products on bad judgement https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/brainwash-an-executive-today # Windows 1.0 repack containing a bunch of programs # # Available as bootdisk https://crustywindo.ws/Windows_1.01_Darklord_Edition # Some LineageOS offshoot # Android 11 for Nexus 7 # still have to find a Custom ROM for the Tab S2 https://crdroid.net/downloads # Transmasculine fella on Italian Brainrot # and it's ties to Italian fascism, # past and present https://thehmm.nl/bombardiro-bodies-masculinity-fascism-marinetti-and-a-millennial-transmasc-in-the-age-of-italian-brainrot/ # Windows Server 2025 on Laptop # Details the caveats of running Server Windows as a home OS # Conclusion is that it's more usable on desktops and laptops # than it was in previous versions https://fekir.info/post/windows-server-on-a-laptop/ # Dreamcast Memory Card as modern handheld console # Probably just an ESP32 https://8bitmods.com/vmupro-handheld-visual-memory-card-for-dreamcast-classic-white/ # "View Source Code"-button https://codeberg.org/blinry/view-source-button # Alternate Windows GUI https://cairoshell.com/ # Various projects guidelines on LLM-generated contributions https://github.com/melissawm/open-source-ai-contribution-policies # Is it really FOSS? https://isitreallyfoss.com/ # Terms of Service (aka EULA) agreements simplified https://tosdr.org/en # WWW Design Template # Backbone of the Leiji Matsumoto fansite I made # as my secondary school graduation project https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_rwd_intro.asp # Perils of LLM Generated Passwords # the facts of this text made my head hurt # especially the LLM-related jargon https://www.irregular.com/publications/vibe-password-generation # Free (as in beer) Windows # open-source activator software https://massgrave.dev/ # Reverend on the nature of the new testament Gospels # Author has preference for the Common English Bible because it's readable and faithful # personally find curmudgeony 1600s english of the King James Bible to be kinda engrossing https://catecheticconverter.com/deeper-than-fact-on-fiction-and-truth-in-scripture # Diffusion of (AI) Responsibility https://ratfactor.com/tech-nope2 # Diffusion of Responsiblilty https://tante.cc/2026/02/14/diffusion-of-responsibility/ # Body Dysphoria in the tech world https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/carbon_dysphoria # Dissection of Sam Altman # and the actions that lead him to OpenAI https://www.wheresyoured.at/false-prophet/ # prevent LexisNexis-associated websites (i.e Ebay) from scanning ports https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/port-authority/ # Firefox Privacy Addons # skip cookie notices https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ # never bothered with this one https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adnauseam/ # Distro-independent Linux https://bedrocklinux.org/introduction.html # Search engine from Sweden # Discovered while reading the response to Bing delisting Neocities # Biased towards indie websites https://about.marginalia-search.com/ # Minimalist version of NetBSD, a moderately popular Unixlike # sadly seems to be a server thing more than anything else https://ostechnix.com/build-10mb-netbsd-vms-boot-10ms-smolbsd/ # IRC: Internet Relay Chat https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/IRC/Guide https://libera.chat/guides/basics # Permacomputing # I vibe more with the "my 2005 Thinkpad doesn't need to be replaced, let's make leaner software"-ethos, but the "smashing the patriarchy with my solar powered datacenter powered by broken laptops" stuff absolutely has it's place https://codeberg.org/Vojkruco/Cooperative_Development_Guidelines https://brewing.permacomputing.net/ # USB adaptations of thinkpad keyboards https://www.instructables.com/A-Better-ThinkPad-USB-Keyboard-Adapter/ https://gitlab.com/XenGi/tpwkbd https://github.com/lowJ/tp-keyboard https://redlib.frontendfriendly.xyz/r/thinkpad/comments/11e28rq/thinkpad_external_keyboard_usbqmk_adapter_board/ # Doctorow's post-American internet, part 2 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/inside-nvidias-10-year-effort-to-make-the-shield-tv-the-most-updated-android-device-ever/ # Palantir https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/01/07/palantir-kill-communists/ # Ed Zitron interview https://web.archive.org/web/20251029140249/https://www.wired.com/story/ai-pr-ed-zitron-profile/ # Neofetch and KISS Linux developer's farming career https://dylan.gr/1768295794 # KISS Linux, 7 years later) # haven't tried it https://dylan.gr/1768551512 # Reflection on "criti-hype": advertising disguies as critical op-eds # The Social Dilemma is mentioned: # EFF supported a movie that's all about social media's capacity to manipulate people # and yet stuffs the Rohignya Massacres into a footnote near the climax # and focuses most of it's runtime on a fictional story about some guy getting radicalized by Extreme Centrists https://peoples-things.ghost.io/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype/ # speaking of the Rohingya thing, also here's an article about # Facebook dominating the Burmese internet, Buddhism, racial strife https://erinkissane.com/meta-in-myanmar-full-series # OpenAI's dangerously shit browser (to quote Ed Zitron) # I thought Atlas would just be Chrome with a ChatGPT widget and even more spyware # but it also defaults to making bogus summary webpages https://www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/atlas-anti-web-browser/ # Funky Blog https://www.fromjason.xyz/ # Alternatives to LLM hype https://betterwithout.ai # cost-to-benefit equation of LLMs likened to the training of garden moles # very strong on the idea of GenAI being a circus trick masquerading as the greatest thing since sliced bread https://disintermedia.net.nz/invasion-of-the-mole-trainers/ # Amazon.com's impact on sellers https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/19/a-band-apart/ # Cory Doctorow's post-American internet, part 2) https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa # Google Pixel 9 exploits https://projectzero.google/2026/01/pixel-0-click-part-1.html # Superhot VR's cutscenes removed by developer https://blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/05/14/superhot-vrs-story-was-removed-what/?ref=PosterMastodon # People making fun of AI boosters https://awful.systems/post/4099363/7102022 # AI and Copyright https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-recall-copyright-books # Teacher testing an exam https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html # One of the bigger crises in Euro politics https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ # selfhosting for noobs https://casaos.zimaspace.com/ # AI https://alextheward.com/posts/that-gen-ai-post/ # Reflections on tech bubbles https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/ # IEM Earphones https://www.scandinavianphoto.se/ljud/horlurar/in-ear-horlurar/ie-100-pro-clear-1050741 # mini ITX boards that support Coreboot https://www.asrockind.com/en-gb/IMB-1222 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-ASRock-B75M-ITX # Christian Linux blogger https://rldane.space/ # Linux Journalist https://thelibre.news/author/niccolove/ https://nicco.love/ # Omarchy exposed as amateurish junk distro https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/a-word-on-omarchy/#summary # Hardened version of Fedora Atomic https://secureblue.dev/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trjZnrv2Pqw # FOSS Voice Assistant stuff # my dad was curious about building a FOSS alternative https://github.com/openVoiceOS https://media.ccc.de/v/camp2023-57012-building_a_cloud_free_digital_voice_assistant_with_foss https://rhasspy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ # may be useful for the kitchen's music and radio https://github.com/Manawyrm/AnotterKiosk # FOSS minecraft clone, very survival-centric https://veloren.net/ # wise furry cryptographer https://soatok.blog/2024/11/15/what-to-use-instead-of-pgp/ # Biggest Doom collection on Debian https://debian.drdteam.org/ Installing on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or Debian 12 and newer Simply download the drdteam-amd64.sources or drdteam-arm64.sources file to /etc/apt/sources.list.d: $ sudo wget -P /etc/apt/sources.list.d https://debian.drdteam.org/drdteam-$(dpkg --print-architecture).sources $ sudo apt update Packages available acc doomseeker doomseeker-chocolatedoom doomseeker-odamex doomseeker-turok2ex doomseeker-zandronum doomseeker-zandronumq ecwolf eternity-engine gzdoom gzdoom1 gzdoom-legacy libwadseeker2 libwadseeker-dev lzdoom odamex qzdoom slade usdc zandronum zandronum-client (x86 only) zandronum-pk3 zandronum-server zdoom # XBOX games on XBOX 360 https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox_360:Original_Xbox_Games_Compatibility_List # Jaguar Land Rover security breach https://doublepulsar.com/the-elephant-in-the-biz-outsourcing-of-critical-it-and-cybersecurity-functions-risks-uk-economic-96205e0585bf # Various CCC Talks (URLs more-or-less speak for themselves) # Virtualization, Unikernels, Firewalls, OCAML language [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/bob2021-a-firewall-for-your-radical-network-schirmer [] https://media.ccc.de/v/3850-the-art-of-the-linux-desktop [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8131-dieselgate_a_year_later # artist who messes with old machines from East Germany [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9288-deconstructing_a_socialist_lawnmower [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_-_6297_-_en_-_saal_6_-_201412301600_-_virtual_machine_introspection_-_tamas_k_lengyel_-_thomas_kittel [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12326-you_ve_just_been_fucked_by_psyops [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/30C3_-_5445_-_en_-_saal_6_-_201312292145_-_virtually_impossible_the_reality_of_virtualization_security_-_gal_diskin [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10893-high-assurance_crypto_software [] https://media.ccc.de/v/xdc2021-41-hostile_multi_tenancy_on_a_single_commodity_gpu_can_it_be_secure [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/ASG2017-129-the_iot_botnet_wars_linux_devices_and_the_absence_of_basic_security_hardening [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/gpn21-78-build-go-appliances-for-the-raspberry-pi-using-gokrazy- [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/gpn23-118-my-2025-linux-go-self-hosting-stack # excentric GoLang programmer, LLMs used relatively responsibly [X] https://media.ccc.de/v/gpn21-80-go-go-golems-computers-should-compute # FOSS Voice Assistant https://media.ccc.de/v/camp2023-57012-building_a_cloud_free_digital_voice_assistant_with_foss # BIOS code on UEFI-only systems https://github.com/FlyGoat/csmwrap # Linux (userland?) for DOS https://github.com/haileys/doslinux # Javascript/Typescript gaming on MS-DOS https://jimb.ly/2025/09/23/qauntumpulse-from-steam-to-floppy/ # DirectDraw for Windows 3.1 # Doesn't seem to be very active # bigger chance of someone porting Wine to DOS https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=92274 # Facebook dominating the Burmese internet, Buddhism, racial strife https://erinkissane.com/meta-in-myanmar-full-series # "The Hype is the Product": Silicon Valley's flagrant monopolism https://rys.io/en/180.html # Polish cybersecurity researcher declares Telegram a Russian honeypot https://rys.io/en/179.html # Blog of the guy who uncovered a Polish train maker's DRM scheme https://q3k.org/lanai.html # DIY Portable Electronics https://hackaday.io/project/187584-modular-ots-cyberdeck-creation-kit # external GPU on old laptops, silly but geniunely useful # easily one of my favorite technology blogs: very wide range of topics https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2024/07/03/thinkpad-t430-egpu # one of the most informative "Linux on cheap hardware that sucked when new"-articles I've read https://cyrneko.eu/things-ive-learned-having-a-shitty-laptop_5hy1kwhvql.html # Free Software collective focused on improving the current ecosystem https://modal.cx/blog/what-is-modal/ # Some tech Blog https://overengineer.dev/ # Linux customization tools, LiveCD centric # no idea if they still work or if the tooling is too old https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/how-build-custom-linux-live-environments https://penguins-eggs.net/ https://gitlab.com/jcstaudt/debian-live # Universal Blue (the thing that powers ) is arguably a customization tool # but last I checked https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/setting-up-a-custom-image/232 # puppy linux with some extras https://easyos.org/ # Cryptocurrency crimes/corruption https://cryptadamus.substack.com/ # think it was a project to track fraud moguls or something https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/about/ # musings on financial privacy https://www.citationneeded.news/tornado-cash/ # Big Bill Hell's Software License https://lifning.info/BBHL # Catholic Church on New Age movements # I prefer the Protestants and Orthodox personally # From what I've read about the Gnostics they are both a natural extension of the early Christian faith and concept of heaven, yet extremely heretical regarding the role of God https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/interelg/documents/rc_pc_interelg_doc_20030203_new-age_en.html # Means of Control https://www.zeropartydata.es/p/byron-taus-means-of-control-is-our # Keyboard dock for phone https://hackaday.io/project/203116-pixel-3-xl-nethunter-c-deck # 6th-7th gen Optiplex 3050 can be upgraded to 8th gen through BIOS and CPU pin modifications https://libreboot.org/news/libreboot20241206.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/coffee-lake-cpu-kaby-lake-skylake-mod # components that may come in handy for a "cyberdeck" build https://www.av-cables.se/el-artiklar/stromforsorjning/dator-laddare/dell-datorladdare/dell-barbar-datoradapter-4-5-x-3-0-dc-mm-till-usb-c-hona https://tygverket.se/produkt/kardborreband-med-klister-flera-bredder/ https://www.kjell.com/se/produkter/hem-fritid/kabelhantering/kardborreband/sjalvhaftande-kardborreband-2-cm-x-50-cm-p40090 # Chromeboxes and other ex-Enterprise PCs https://www.ggsp.se/datorer/stationaer/?order=product.price.asc# # Google Pixels with 3.5mm jacks https://www.gsmarena.com/google-phones-f-107-14.php # Reddit frontend https://redlib.tiekoetter.com # Programming guides for Luanti/Minetest https://docs.luanti.org/for-creators/creating-mods/ https://api.luanti.org/ # HackerSpaces and MakerSpaces https://hackaday.io/hackerspace/27555-syntax-society https://hackaday.io/hackerspace/160119-makerspace-linkping https://hackaday.io/hackerspace/831-chalmers-robotics https://lindholmensmakerspace.com/ # Mobile OSes https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.html https://ipadlinux.org/ # GrapheneOS Guide https://マリウス.com/google-pixel-9-released-the-best-time-to-upgrade-to-the-pixel-8-and-grapheneos/ # Kodi Tutorials https://kodi.wiki/view/Video_extras https://kodi.wiki/view/Naming_video_files/Movies https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files#Parsing_nfo https://kodi.wiki/view/Video_versions # Quorum Programming Language https://quorumlanguage.com/ # Wine/Proton stuff # (Lutris the Flatpak worked well enough, even with the insistence on isolating every app, but these might be interesting) https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus https://github.com/DavidoTek/ProtonUp-Qt https://github.com/Faugus/faugus-launcher # ITX Case that looks appealing # (was looking to build an ITX PC with keyboard storage and built in display/speakers) #(too big for my tastes, but I can see myself using the disk mounts to attach speakers) https://www.inet.se/produkt/6905594/chieftec-pro-cube-mini#specifikationer Bredd 260 mm Djup 356 mm Höjd 195 mm Vikt 3,79 kg # Floppy Drive Emulators from off the shelf parts https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/01/24/floppy-disk-archiver-and-emulator-prototype-is-in/ https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Floppy https://github.com/rocketcrane/Pi-Floppy # Lamentations on cryptocurrency and LLMs https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/ # MacOS control panel https://aresluna.org/frame-of-preference/