On the blog: So You Need an Image of Random Images… https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/06/collage.html #programming #techtips #linux #blog
How to Build a Low-tech Solar Panel?
George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells. If proven to work, his design could lead to less complex and more sustainable solar panels. ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, World Space Week https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/04/space.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Affair, Part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/02/affair4.html #freeculture #bookclub
90 fun things to do in an elevator: https://www.math.uni-bielefeld.de/~sillke/Twister/fun/elevator-fun90.html
On the blog: Tweets from 09/27 to 10/01 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/10/01/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Infinite Vulcan https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/30/infinite.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On the blog: Where Have All the Emoji Gone? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/29/emoji.html #programming #techtips #unicode #blog
Traffic Jam’s on Highway’s and Roads emerge from users, not highway or roads infrastructure. #sarcasm href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23disinfo”>#disinfo** ⌘ Read more
** How to install Uxn on macOS **
Uxn is an esoteric stack-machine with 32 bit instructions. It exists someplace at the intersection of a GameBoy, 6502 ASM, an Apple II, Forth, RetroForth, the z80, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and“what if Nausicaä from Studio Ghibli’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind used a computer?” It is tiny, unlike most anything else around these days, and, once you wrap your head around it, pretty fun.
I won’t go into how to develop for it … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/27/hiv.html #programming #project #devjournal
🙌 Liked: Paper Computing ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Affair, Part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/25/affair3.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 09/20 to 09/24 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/09/24/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
Peter Saint-Andre: Opinions Weak and Strong
Continuing a thread that I started to explore earlier this year, I’d like to take a closer look at the intensity of opinions. Here as almost everywhere, there is a continuum: we all have opinions we hold strongly and opinions we hold weakly. Not only do the specific contents of these buckets change over time, but in general the intensity of one’s opinions can change over time, too. We’re all familiar with the sophomoric young adult who has strong opinions about everything (yes, I resemb … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Survivor https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/23/survivor.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
🙌 Liked: Single bee is making an immortal clone army thanks to a genetic fluke | Live Science ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Startup, but Not Really Startup https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/22/startup.html #programming #techtips #linux
On the blog: Developer Journal, World Peace Eve https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/20/peace.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Affair, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/18/affair2.html #freeculture #bookclub
Moment in time: “A True Pirate At Work Ripping Off MP3s” http://www.musicinit.com/pirate.html
On the blog: Tweets from 09/13 to 09/17 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/09/17/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
007.00 POST: I’ve decided that I’ll probably post my stream of links and whatevers into another twtxt feed, plus into a html page…
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, More Tribbles, More Troubles https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/16/troubles.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On the blog: Developer Journal, Day of the Programmer https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/13/programmer.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Affair, Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/11/affair1.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 09/06 to 09/10 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/09/10/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Lorelei Signal https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/09/lorelei.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
I’ve deleted several of my other RSS/Atom feeds in my account, so users that follow me here on Micro.blog will no longer see content from my Twtxt feed. Why? Well in truth whilst it’s a great feature honestly, I get next to zero interaction from anyone on Micro.blog. ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, Labor Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/06/labor.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Women Deserve Better Than Roe, Anyway https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/05/roe.html #rant #harm
On the blog: Cataclysm — Dark Days Ahead https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/04/cdda.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 08/30 to 09/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/09/03/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
Obscenities are symptoms of weak minds.
Over the past few years, I made the decision to totally cut obscenities out from my speech. You might actually be able to find recordings of me cursing four or five years ago, but as of now, I really stand by my decision.
Obscenities are the linguistic equivalent of an trashy emaciated person entirely decked in tattoos, smoking cigarettes and wearing a shirt with nudity on it. They’ll defend what they do on the idea that it’s someone “their right,” or “e … ⌘ Read more
Chatcontrol, searching messages for illegal content
On July 6 the EU parliament voted yes to a proposal from the EU\
commission (PDF) on a temporary law to allow services to automatically
search messages for suspicious content with a focus on child
exploitation.
We have quite strict confidentiality laws within EU even when it comes
to electronic communication. Its current basis is the … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, One of Our Planets Is Missing https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/09/02/missing.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On the blog: Developer Journal, Day of the Disappeared https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/30/disappeared.html #programming #project #devjournal
Every Web Browser Absolutely Sucks.
The title explains it all, you don’t even have to read.
There are no good, even passable web browsers. None. Not a single one even comes close.
The weird thing is this: making a good browser should be easy! Among the existing web browsers, you could assemble all the parts necessary for a passable (if not perfect) browser. No one has ever bothered to do this, instead, people assembled 90% good stuff and 10% junk.
Here I will list:
- Featu … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Typhoon, Part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/28/typhoon4.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 08/23 to 08/27 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/08/27/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Yesteryear https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/26/yesteryear.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On the blog: Developer Journal, Black Ribbon Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/23/bribbon.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Typhoon, Part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/21/typhoon3.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 08/16 to 08/20 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/08/20/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Beyond the Farthest Star https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/19/farthest.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On the blog: Developer Journal, Hugo Gernsback’s Birthday https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/16/gernsback.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Age Cohorts, Ruining Things, and Apocalypses https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/15/generations.html #rant #politics
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Typhoon, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/14/typhoon2.html Generations in a Nutshell https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/15/generations.html #rant #politics
Peter Saint-Andre: Meditations on Bach #6: Further Instrumental Considerations
Although the first five of Bach’s suites for unaccompanied cello lie quite naturally on the bass (when tuned in fifths, that is!), the sixth suite in D major (BWV 1012) is a slightly different story because it was originally written for an instrument with five strings, not four. The exact identity of this instrument remains a mystery - some think it was written for a viola de spalla, others for a violoncello piccolo. Whatever the truth of the matter, p … ⌘ Read more