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  the Slurptop: an industrial style home made laptop that runs from COTS power-tool batteries https://slurpburgers.com/slurpbuilds/the-slurptop/ <- this thing is lovely. I want one.

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  Raspberry Pi Desktop proves old PCs aren't past it https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/24/raspberry-pi-desktop-proves-old-pcs-arent-past-it/5304676 Debian 13-based refresh runs comfortably on veteran ThinkPads, without making installation a hobby <- by me on #TheRegister

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  RT @GaryMarcus “There’s an old joke that if building architecture and construction practices were like software architecture and construction, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization. Looks like the woodpecker is here for the software.”

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  "Unsung" Deeper dive: Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs https://unsung.aresluna.org/deeper-dive-keyboard-differences-between-windows-and-macs/ <- 38 years after I touched my first Mac, this still occasionally throws me

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  NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/13/netbsd-may-have-found-a-new-role-the-ai-free-foss-os/5302818 Increasing awareness and adoption, followed by increasing donations <- by me on #TheRegister

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  FOSS dev builds a BASIC compiler using LLVM https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/25/foss-dev-builds-a-basic-compiler-using-llvm/5262171 Not just any old BASIC, either: OS-9’s BASIC09 <- by me on #TheRegister

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  This is a modern motherfucking website. And it’s still fucking perfect. https://modernmotherfuckingwebsite.dreamstation.systems/

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  What's in a (road) name? https://www.capeandislands.org/in-this-place/2022-09-13/whats-in-a-road-name « Over the years I’ve casually pursued a hobby of investigating unusual or enigmatic Cape Cod street names, especially names that turn out to signify something quite different than what they seem to suggest. »

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  7 vintage Linux features I want back – and why they still matter https://www.zdnet.com/tech/linux-features-i-miss/ If you've been around Linux long enough, you probably have certain features you wish would have never gone away. These are Jack Wallen's

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  No Sloptober https://no-sloptober.com/ « This October we challenge you to abstain from LLM based tools entirely. Think of this as a fast for your mind! This is not a judgement of others, but a personal challenge to you. » <- I mean, why not? I do it anyway, every month…

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  Thoughts return to forbidden RAM upgrades as Raspberry Pi OS gets fresh lick of paint https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/09/23/thoughts-return-to-forbidden-ram-upgrades-as-raspberry-pi-os-gets-fresh-lick-of-paint/5298600 New dock and app launcher arrive while soaring memory prices revive scrutiny of a two-year-old firmware restriction <- by me on #TheRegister

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  A thought prompted by my earlier post: Decades ago there was a brief trend for Javascript email sigs that, as a protest against people using HTML for email, automatically closed their email client. Instead of a request not to email me slop, suggestions please for a prompt I can include that would remove my address or something like that. https://social.vivaldi.net/@lproven/117319495193707341

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  I have noticed a disturbing trend for LLM-bot-slop emails recently. They typically cite a totally irrelevant article, plug some product (natch), have no signature or company or anything. They usually come from %IndianName%@gmail (but occasionally %PolishName%). This week, I have added a line to my email signature: *DO NOT SEND ME AI OUTPUT. CAN'T WRITE ENGLISH? SEND THE PROMPT.* If your pitch is slop, I am not writing about it even if it's a free weakly-godslike AGI which runs on an o...

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  Don't use AI to write Writing requires thinking, don't let an AI do the thinking for you. https://paulbakker.io/writing/no-ai-for-writing/ <- author uses them for coding; hasn't made cognitive next step yet…

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  IBM i (OS/400) The Database Operating System https://osadmins.com/en/ibm-i-os-400-the-database-operating-system/ <- too enthusiastic, but an good deep-dive into the computing industry's single most radical shipping commercial OS

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  Everybody's Lost Their Minds https://www.netmeister.org/blog/everybodys-lost-their-minds.html «You know there are 2 ways for AI to achieve superhuman intelligence, right? … The brain worms have been spreading, & it looks increasingly like everybody's lost their goddamn minds already.»

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  Thoughts on the Future of Web Browsers https://sarahjamielewis.com/log/2026/future-of-web-browsers.html <- on trying to build a clean hard-fork of Firefox ESR that removes all the AI and all the user-hostile features. The open FOSS web really needs all the Firefox forks to get on board & help with this.

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  Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders. https://www.quantamagazine.org/ctenophores-arent-just-beautiful-theyre-biological-wonders-20260916/ Comb jellies are helping answer fundamental questions in biology, from how the earliest nervous systems evolved to how bioluminescence works. <- the most fascinating animals of all

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  RT @northstardoll

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  Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/19/firefox-156-arrives-with-a-forest-of-forks-in-its-wake/5297194 From Waterfox to LibreWolf and Pale Moon, there's a browser for almost every Mozilla dissenter <- by me on #theregister -- note, this is really about the alternatives, not the Mozilla products, which get about 1 paragraph each.

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  RE: https://xoxo.zone/@davidcelis/117287518491382866 Nice find here. I've got the editors to update my recent article on Omarchy sponsorship. 😁

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  Omarchy gains $18.5M in backing, fresh converts – and fierce critics https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/17/omarchy-gains-185m-in-backing-fresh-converts-and-fierce-critics/5296780 DHH's Arch-based desktop becomes the latest front in FOSS's culture wars ← by me on #TheRegister

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  How to make Xfce look like almost any desktop you want https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/13/how-to-make-xfce-look-like-almost-any-desktop-you-want/5295775 Panel Profiles handles the heavy lifting, once you've installed the plugins it expects <- by me on #TheRegister

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  RT @brianoneill.bsky.social Honestly, if this somehow wrecks Mar-a-Lago a lot of long-held beliefs I have about the afterlife will be hastily reconsidered.

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  help wanted https://lake.computer/blog/help-wanted/ « I am very sorry that the software that I created & put online for free, without any warranty, explicit or implied, has not met your expectations. You are entitled to a full refund. I have taken the liberty to initiate it. You should already have it. »

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  Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years (and working with a decades-old C codebase) https://changelog.complete.org/archives/44456-celebrating-45-years-of-kermit-with-the-first-new-c-kermit-release-in-15-years-and-working-with-a-decades-old-c-codebase