From 3ea061ce4341be76ea2b9007080efae6106d222e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: andrew Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 19:08:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] [12/12/23] Adding missing words --- _posts/blog/2023-12-10-weeklinks-002.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_posts/blog/2023-12-10-weeklinks-002.md b/_posts/blog/2023-12-10-weeklinks-002.md index 960c340..c8a64d3 100644 --- a/_posts/blog/2023-12-10-weeklinks-002.md +++ b/_posts/blog/2023-12-10-weeklinks-002.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Hello again. Lots more interesting stuff this week, so I'll jump right in. - [A tool for easily dithering images](https://seleb.github.io/ordered-dither-maker/), very cool. -- I learned this week about the [Rockbox project](https://www.rockbox.org/), which is custom software for mp3 players (inlcuding iPods!). [Here](https://mastodon.social/@bagder/111538350617290554) from Daniel Stenberg about how the iPod was "rockboxed". +- I learned this week about the [Rockbox project](https://www.rockbox.org/), which is custom software for mp3 players (inlcuding iPods!). [Here is a thread](https://mastodon.social/@bagder/111538350617290554) from Daniel Stenberg about how the iPod was "rockboxed". - I was too quick to use "mammoth" earlier. For the final link today, [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDp3cB5fHXQ) is a ***mammoth*** deep dive into the problem of plagiarism on YouTube. Some incredible stuff in here, and it is very interesting throughout, despite being almost 4 (four) hours long. From f25656971c7f8862ba1d455d2ed4be39872ada1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: andrew Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 20:56:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] [18/12/23] New blog post - Weeklinks 003 --- _posts/blog/2023-12-18-Weeklinks-003.md | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/blog/2023-12-18-Weeklinks-003.md diff --git a/_posts/blog/2023-12-18-Weeklinks-003.md b/_posts/blog/2023-12-18-Weeklinks-003.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..75a120c --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/blog/2023-12-18-Weeklinks-003.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +title: Weeklinks 003 - Bryan, Cory and Mickey +category: blog +layout: post +--- + +I've been pretty busy this week, so a little shorter than usual (although I still found plenty of time for some [Cory Doctorow](https://pluralistic.net/). + +- First up, with no exaggeration, the [Greatest Blog Post of All Time (so far)](https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/). This is a full and thorough breakdown of the inner workings of a mechanical watch; something I had a vague interest in before this, but am now fully and whole-heartedly invested in. The content alone is enough to get me to recommend it, but it is paired with countless interactive animations and diagrams, which take this thing to another level. And that's before you realise that they were all written, *by hand*, in OpenGL. Amazing stuff. + +- Next up, something amazing in a different way: [the Perseverance rover has now been active for 1000 days!](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67700437) + +- Apologies for the YouTube link: [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQfJi7rjuEk) we have a great talk from Bryan Cantrill about so-called "AI doomers", who genuinely believe that Chat-GPT is going to kill us all. Bryan breaks down this idea and why we should take it seriously, as well as repudiating some of the main "doomer" talking points (but in like, a fun way). + +- [This man](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/17/i-never-thought-i-would-get-this-far-london-man-runs-365-marathons-in-365-days) has just completed 365 marathons in 365 days. An absolutely incredible achievement, and I hope he breaks the record. It is all for charity and he seems like a good guy. + +Last up, a couple of links from Cory Doctorow (I told you I'd been reading him!): + +- ["If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"](https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/). This is a great breakdown of the problems that now seems to be present in every software medium: the idea that you don't own your games/music/films, you are merely renting them. + +- [It all started with a mouse.](https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/15/mouse-liberation-front/) On January 1st 2024, Steamboat Willie (the first Mickey Mouse cartoon) *finally* enters the public domain. As Cory talks about, it is high time that Disney contributes back to the public domain space after benefitting from it for so long. I can't wait for all the legally-prtoecte memes. + +And that's all for this week. + +Thanks for reading!
+A. From 360e2cfcf8fb1922817ab5ab6f98b099e2205f03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: andrew Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:16:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] [18/12/23] Renaming Weeklinks to weeklinks --- .../{2023-12-18-Weeklinks-003.md => 2023-12-18-weeklinks-003.md} | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename _posts/blog/{2023-12-18-Weeklinks-003.md => 2023-12-18-weeklinks-003.md} (100%) diff --git a/_posts/blog/2023-12-18-Weeklinks-003.md b/_posts/blog/2023-12-18-weeklinks-003.md similarity index 100% rename from _posts/blog/2023-12-18-Weeklinks-003.md rename to _posts/blog/2023-12-18-weeklinks-003.md From 2c248bf9fed23682634686e60cc99be6a18955d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: andrew Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:33:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] [19/12/23] Adding missing `data-do-not-track` to umami --- _layouts/default.html | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html index da78ea3..2fb045b 100644 --- a/_layouts/default.html +++ b/_layouts/default.html @@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ Andrew Conlin's blog - + @@ -27,4 +32,4 @@ - \ No newline at end of file +