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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

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  Don't be a meat proxy https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-03/

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  SAVE JODRELL BANK – Protect a national treasure of science, heritage & inspiration https://c.org/fCZVFS2YYj Reverse funding cuts that would end 80Y of world-leading UK science. Home to the iconic Lovell Telescope, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, & the heart of UK radio astronomy – faces losing all its core annual funding of £2.8 million. Unless this decision is reversed or new funding is secured, all scientific work will end on 1 April 2028, and this historic site could close forever.

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  The Strongest El Niño Ever https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-strongest-el-nino-ever#footnote-anchor-1 With all the July runs in, dynamical models give a ~90% chance of a record-setting event <- much bigger than 1877-1878. That killed ~50 million people.

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  Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/24/dev-accidentally-commits-copilot-binary-to-freebsd-ports-repo/5278458 Git is aptly named: it isn’t easy – but there are alternatives <- by me on #TheRegister

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  Gribnif: Classic Atari ST/TT/Falcon Software https://gribnif.github.io/ « The source code to NeoDesk, Geneva and several other titles is now available on GitHub. »

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  Anti-AI open source has an enemy in common, but almost nothing else https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/25/anti-ai-open-source-has-an-enemy-in-common-but-almost-nothing-else/5278275 Building bot-free alternatives may require lefties, libertarians, and culture warriors to share code <- my last on #TheRegister for a few weeks -- but I anticipate some fisticuffs over this one...