How ironic that now I know exactly how to make a good blogging-oriented SSG but don't need one anymore. Oh well, the time will come again. Tags: internet, programming, updates 2022-07-02 09:35+03:00
Turns out my new journal page is already very popular just a couple of days after coming online. Best decision ever.On a related note, I got around to mentioning this linklog on my homepage. Let's see if anyone notices. Tags: internet, updates 2022-07-01 09:40+03:00
Owner of itch.io accuses newly launched alternative w3itch.io of theft As well as copying another site's UI, w3itch.io is apparently selling games without their creators' consent. Funny how anything related to crypto seems to involve art theft. Tags: internet, games, business 2022-06-30
Some people talk about digital gardens, linklogs and personal wikis. About how to bring back the Geocities-era web without the baggage. Other people instead speak of profiles, feeds and mentions. Choose wisely. Tags: internet, updates 2022-05-25 11:20+03:00
A modern web payment login process This is spot-on. Remember when pundits used to promise a future of online payments so seamless as to make brick-and-mortar stores obsolete? Tags: internet, business, programming 2022-05-16
How proprietary social-medias are shaping the future of Pepper&Carrot Tags: comics, internet 2022-03-30
Why does Google get internationalization wrong? I guess it’s “Advanced” to speak something other than English Tags: internet, language 2022-03-04
That One Time Furries Saved a Library Tags: internet, books, religion, sexuality, culture, law, politics 2022-02-09
Survey Says Developers Are Definitely Not Interested In Crypto Or NFTs 'How this hasn’t been identified as a pyramid scheme is beyond me' Oh, but it has been. Tags: internet, games, business 2022-01-24
Why I Broke Up with Firefox Mozilla’s decision to allow people to donate to them in cryptocurrency really turned me off. Tags: internet, business, environment 2022-01-24
Netflix Lost $50 Billion in Value Overnight Wall Street is freaking out about the streaming giant’s growth prospects Tags: internet, movies, business 2022-01-21
DSA: EU Parliament Vote Ensures a Free Internet, But a Final Regulation Must Add Stronger Privacy Protections Tags: europe, internet, law 2022-01-20
Media Websites: 70% of the Carbon Footprint Caused by Ads and Stats Tags: internet, environment 2022-01-17
Remembering Aaron Swartz, who died on this day, a victim of the copyright system Tags: internet, law 2022-01-11
UN Human Rights Committee Criticizes Germany’s NetzDG for Letting Social Media Platforms Police Online Speech Then again, this is Germany we're talking about. You know, where anyone who publishes one word online has to display their name and address for everyone to see. In other words, to self-doxx. Welcome to European democracy. Tags: germany, internet, law 2021-11-23
Come to think of it, microformats are invisible metadata (exactly what they claim not to be), and putting them inline only makes them harder to extract, not to mention a mess. Tags: internet, updates 2021-11-08 08:21+02:00
Black cosplayers are tired of being told who they can and can’t portray Tags: internet, media, representation 2021-10-22
Social media companies kept banning pictures of ‘explicit’ art. So, Vienna museums will now post on OnlyFans. Tags: internet, art, sexuality 2021-10-20
https://b2evolution.net/ Turns out b2evolution is now a complete social networking app, and looks really nice. Large, but clear and easy to figure out. Edit: also fast. Too bad it's basically abandoned. Tags: internet, updates 2021-08-17 11:40+03:00
Just completed my periodic survey of the flat-file CMS market. FlatPress is a decent option I missed so far. Kind of dusty and creaky, but usable. Bludit is still unbeatable. Tags: internet, updates 2021-08-17 09:55+03:00
Anti vax movement: Russian trolls fueled anti-vaccination debate in U.S. by spreading misinformation on Twitter, study finds Tags: america, health, politics, internet 2019-05-21
This Man Bought a Far-Right Group’s Domain and Made a Furry Dating Site Tags: internet, culture, politics 2019-01-31
Sorry, publishing that information is illegal in France – even more so if you publish it electronically Tags: france, internet, law 2013-02-28
The School-Less Revolution: Free Online Courses Being Considered For College Credit Tags: internet, education 2012-11-14