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• Fighting for our web

  https://www.citationneeded.news/fighting-for-our-web/ [www.citationneeded.news]

  via ols 2024-10-25 20:34:32 (permalink)

  tags: web

• Rethinking On-call

  https://hotpot.works/blog/rethinking-on-call [hotpot.works]

  via ols 2024-10-19 07:03:50 (permalink)

  tags: on call

• Technology Usage Manifesto

  https://ellie.clifford.lol/documents/technology-usage-manifesto.html [ellie.clifford.lol]

  via ols 2024-10-17 16:00:20 (permalink)

  tags: opinion manifesto

• Rules Aren't Knots

  https://knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2024/10/rules-arent-knots.html [knightattheopera.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2024-10-07 10:17:41 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• Ted Benson

  https://edwardbenson.com/2024/10/google-ai-thinks-i-left-gatorade-on-the-moon [edwardbenson.com]

  via ols 2024-10-07 07:20:09 (permalink)

  tags: ai

• Neurodivergence and accountability in free software

  https://drewdevault.com/2024/09/25/2024-09-25-Neurodivergence-and-accountability-in-free-software.html [drewdevault.com]

  via ols 2024-10-01 10:17:06 (permalink)

  tags: opinion stallman rms

• Tailwind CSS WYSIWYG Text Editor - Flowbite

  https://dev.to/themesberg/open-source-wysiwyg-text-editor-component-built-with-tailwind-css-and-flowbite-5a0 [dev.to]

  via ols 2024-09-30 18:31:36 (permalink)

  tags: ui

• The Case for Whimsy

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2d9rw9RwyE [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2024-09-25 13:48:40 (permalink)

  tags: talk video

• Kebab vs Cake organization - Alex Ewerlöf Notes

  https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/kebab-vs-cake [blog.alexewerlof.com]

  via ols 2024-09-25 13:47:52 (permalink)

  tags: tag later

• Tossed Salads And Scrumbled Eggs — Ludicity

  https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/tossed-salads-and-scrumbled-eggs/ [ludic.mataroa.blog]

  via ols 2024-09-25 13:47:34 (permalink)

  tags: tag later

• My Homelab Setup

  https://arslan.io/2024/09/10/my-homelab-setup/ [arslan.io]

  via ols 2024-09-25 13:47:21 (permalink)

  tags: tag later

• My Homelab Setup

  https://arslan.io/2024/09/10/my-homelab-setup/ [arslan.io]

  via ols 2024-09-25 13:46:49 (permalink)

  tags: homelab

• What I tell people new to on-call | nicole@web

  https://ntietz.com/blog/what-i-tell-people-new-to-oncall/ [ntietz.com]

  via ols 2024-09-25 12:39:56 (permalink)

  tags: on call behaviour

  Heroism isn’t your job, triage is

• The kind of websites I like | Lobsters

  https://lobste.rs/s/d1n9k6/kind_websites_i_like [lobste.rs]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:55:04 (permalink)

  tags: opinion

• My simple 16 step system for adding comments to my static site built with Astro

  https://rachsmith.com/static-blog-comments/ [rachsmith.com]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:54:02 (permalink)

  tags: comments

• Guidelines for a smolweb

  https://smolweb.org/guidelines.html [smolweb.org]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:53:14 (permalink)

  tags: smolweb opinion

• What's inside the QR code menu at this cafe? - by peabee

  https://web.archive.org/web/20240923091701/https://peabee.substack.com/p/whats-inside-the-qr-code-menu-at [web.archive.org]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:52:24 (permalink)

  tags: security archive

• Stop Designing Your Web Application for Millions of Users When You Don’t Even Have 100

  https://www.darrenhorrocks.co.uk/stop-designing-web-applications-for-millions/ [www.darrenhorrocks.co.uk]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:52:08 (permalink)

  tags: web dev

• XXIIVV — about

  https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/about.html [wiki.xxiivv.com]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:51:54 (permalink)

  tags: wiki

• I Wish I Didn't Miss the '90s-00s Internet

  https://rohan.ga/blog/early-internet/ [rohan.ga]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:37:46 (permalink)

  tags: nostalgia smolweb

• Documenting Dance Keeping Score

  https://adafrobinson.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/keeping-score/ [adafrobinson.wordpress.com]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:37:11 (permalink)

  tags: dance

• Songs and Sagas - Axes and Runes Role-Playing

  https://songsandsagas.farirpgs.com/ [songsandsagas.farirpgs.com]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:36:46 (permalink)

  tags: rpg osr

• Installation | Docmost - Documentation

  https://docmost.com/docs/installation/ [docmost.com]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:36:18 (permalink)

  tags: self-hosting

• Knightmare A DevOps Cautionary Tale

  https://dougseven.com/2014/04/17/knightmare-a-devops-cautionary-tale/ [dougseven.com]

  via ols 2024-09-25 10:26:58 (permalink)

  tags: devops

• A gentle guide to self-hosting your software

  https://knhash.in/gentle-guide-to-self-hosting/ [knhash.in]

  via ols 2024-09-24 13:08:54 (permalink)

  tags: self-hosting

• A literary history of fake texts in Apple's marketing materials

  https://maxread.substack.com/p/a-literary-history-of-fake-texts?triedRedirect=true [maxread.substack.com]

  via ols 2024-09-24 12:16:24 (permalink)

  tags: ios snark

• GrimGrains — beer bread

  https://grimgrains.com/site/beer_bread.html [grimgrains.com]

  via ols 2024-09-24 10:36:20 (permalink)

  tags: cooking

• Pub Crusade

  https://rowanrookanddecard.com/?download_file=142916 [rowanrookanddecard.com]

  via ols 2024-09-24 10:18:45 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• The boiling frog of digital freedom

  https://gazoche.xyz/posts/boiling-frog/ [gazoche.xyz]

  via ols 2024-09-24 09:49:09 (permalink)

  tags: freedom opinion speculation

• The Most Awesome Word List You Have Ever Seen

  https://fluent-forever.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/The-Most-Awesome-Word-List-English-Free.pdf [fluent-forever.com]

  via ols 2024-09-24 09:48:10 (permalink)

  tags: language

• ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech—No Matter How Awful It Is.

  https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/isps-should-not-police-online-speech-no-matter-how-awful-it [www.eff.org]

  via ols 2024-09-24 09:43:20 (permalink)

  tags: eff opinion

  regardless of good intentions, Hurricane’s role as a Tier 1 ISP means that their interference is a dangerous step

• Slack's Migration to a Cellular Architecture - Slack Engineering

  https://slack.engineering/slacks-migration-to-a-cellular-architecture/ [slack.engineering]

  via ols 2024-09-24 09:39:07 (permalink)

  tags: architecture

  All services are present in all AZs, but each service only communicates with services within its AZ. Failure of a system within one AZ is contained within that AZ, and we may dynamically route traffic away to avoid those failures simply by redirecting at the frontend

• Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

  https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2023/08/web-scraping-for-me-but-not-for-thee-guest-blog-post.htm [blog.ericgoldman.org]

  via ols 2024-09-24 09:35:46 (permalink)

  tags: web opinion

  most of the data on the Internet isn’t easily protectible as intellectual property by those who might have an incentive to protect it

• Mac Settings That ACTUALLY Make A Difference

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kft9Y33oc2I [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2024-09-24 09:31:49 (permalink)

  tags: video macos productivity

• N O D E

  https://n-o-d-e.net/zine/ [n-o-d-e.net]

  via ols 2024-08-20 09:41:04 (permalink)

  tags: zine hardware decentralisation federation

• So you want to compete with or replace open source

  https://drewdevault.com/2024/07/16/2024-07-16-So-you-want-to-compete-with-FOSS.html [drewdevault.com]

  via ols 2024-08-20 09:36:56 (permalink)

  tags: open source

  While open source was proven to be incredibly profitable and profoundly useful for the software industry as a whole, the economics of making open source work for one business are much different

• Working title (insurance)

  https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/working-title-insurance/ [www.bitsaboutmoney.com]

  via ols 2024-08-20 09:35:57 (permalink)

  tags: economy essay

• Mycorrhiza Wiki

  https://mycorrhiza.wiki/ [mycorrhiza.wiki]

  via ols 2024-06-19 18:08:22 (permalink)

  tags: wiki

• bouncepaw's links

  https://links.bouncepaw.com/ [links.bouncepaw.com]

  via ols 2024-06-11 12:28:03 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration

• Some mistakes I made as a new manager

  https://www.benkuhn.net/newmgr/ [www.benkuhn.net]

  via ols 2024-06-05 15:39:43 (permalink)

  tags: management leadership

• If all humans died, when would the last light go out?

  https://youtu.be/8fADp43wJwU?si=q8pf3k9qFY2zzpKD [youtu.be]

  via ols 2024-06-01 18:17:51 (permalink)

  tags: science

• Perry Wang — Product Designer

  https://www.perryw.ca/ [www.perryw.ca]

  via ols 2024-05-28 10:00:49 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration design

• Perry Wang — Product Designer

  https://www.perryw.ca/ [www.perryw.ca]

  via ols 2024-05-28 10:00:43 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration design

• Ethan Chng Design

  https://www.ethanchng.com/ [www.ethanchng.com]

  via ols 2024-05-28 10:00:32 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration design

• Joseph Zhang – Interaction designer

  https://www.josephz.me/ [www.josephz.me]

  via ols 2024-05-28 10:00:09 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration design

• Loket Design

  https://loket.design/ [loket.design]

  via ols 2024-05-24 10:30:33 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration design

• The Last Brand - Unforgettable Branding

  https://www.thelastbrand.co.uk/?_sm_pdc=1&_sm_rid=Nw56w7V2J3k07kqPt00V6sj3n7q52fw7kk6WsVF [www.thelastbrand.co.uk]

  via ols 2024-05-24 10:30:20 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration design

• Austin Beer | Freelance UX Lead

  https://www.austinbeer.org/ [www.austinbeer.org]

  via ols 2024-05-24 10:30:10 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration design

• Raymond Stone | Product Designer and Filmmaker

  http://raymondstone.com/ [raymondstone.com]

  via ols 2024-05-24 10:29:57 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration design

• Lyon web agency Custom and personalized website creation.

  https://akaru.fr/en [akaru.fr]

  via ols 2024-05-24 09:57:59 (permalink)

  tags: design inspiration

• Old links page

  https://ols.wtf/links.html [ols.wtf]

  by ols 2024-05-21 22:57:25 (permalink)

  tags: links archived

• JWT Explained

  https://dev.to/manav-1011/jwt-explained-19o6 [dev.to]

  via ols 2024-05-16 18:33:24 (permalink)

  tags: jwt

• The Great Flattening

  https://stratechery.com/2024/the-great-flattening/ [stratechery.com]

  via ols 2024-05-14 07:05:38 (permalink)

  tags: ipad philosophy

• No, I don't want to fill out your contact form - Adam Jones's Blog

  https://adamjones.me/blog/dont-use-contact-forms/ [adamjones.me]

  via ols 2024-05-12 11:10:09 (permalink)

  tags: rant behaviour

• guac

  https://guac.sh/ [guac.sh]

  via ols 2024-05-12 11:09:28 (permalink)

  tags: open source security

• A love letter to bicycle maintenance and repair

  https://tegowerk.eu/posts/bicycle-repair/ [tegowerk.eu]

  via ols 2024-05-12 11:08:46 (permalink)

  tags: cycling sustainability

  a wonderfully simple device that is nonetheless the single most energy-efficient mode of transportation humanity has come up with

• Improvements

  /s/wUspSc []

  via ols 2024-05-12 11:03:11 (permalink)

  tags: improvements

• Who pays you? And why?

  https://www.moderndescartes.com/essays/who_pays_you [www.moderndescartes.com]

  via ols 2024-05-12 11:02:28 (permalink)

  tags: career philosophy

  The cynic would say they’re getting paid because clueless business people are buying into unsubstantiated hype. And honestly, the cynic is right

• Quantifying your reliance on Open Source software (State of Open Con version) · Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer

  https://www.jvt.me/posts/2024/02/06/dmd-talk-sooc/ [www.jvt.me]

  via ols 2024-05-12 11:00:45 (permalink)

  tags: open source security

• Alistair Smith

  https://alistair.sh/ [alistair.sh]

  via ols 2024-05-12 10:59:31 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration

• 『 0x61 』- /var/log

  https://x61.ar/log/2024/05/06052024135732-openbsd_desktop.html [x61.ar]

  via ols 2024-05-12 10:58:39 (permalink)

  tags: Openbsd desktop evangelism

  I saw a lot of people following tutorials on “OpenBSD Desktops” that changed a lot of flags totally blindly without any real test or comparison after/before

• The Promise and Peril of JSON logging

  https://scribe.rip/@oakley349/the-promise-and-peril-of-json-logging-ec2d1f47cee7 [scribe.rip]

  via ols 2024-05-12 10:10:43 (permalink)

  tags: json logs

• Magic Link Testing

  https://auth.leaversmith.com/ [auth.leaversmith.com]

  by ols 2024-05-11 12:41:46 (permalink)

  tags: auth projects orgy

• Your Voice Assistant Doesn’t Have To Be Cloudy

  https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/your-voice-assistant-doesnt-have-to-be-cloudy/ [hackaday.com]

  via ols 2024-03-21 12:40:05 (permalink)

  tags: voice assistant self-hosted

• The Politics of Fantasy Maps

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O4dWMXqNrE [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2024-01-15 15:18:25 (permalink)

  tags: rpg worldbuilding video

• What you REALLY Need Behind Your DM Screen!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zJTStrhGI0 [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2024-01-15 13:06:58 (permalink)

  tags: rpg dm screen

• Cairn for a Long Term Campaign? (IS IT POSSIBLE?)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO9c1guOXxs [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2024-01-15 12:12:18 (permalink)

  tags: rpg cairn video

• Mythic Bastionland - TTRPG Character Creation and Hexcrawling

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaaa-4dezsI [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2024-01-15 12:11:59 (permalink)

  tags: rpg bastionland

• How I Run the Table

  https://knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2023/06/how-i-run-table.html [knightattheopera.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2024-01-15 12:10:15 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• SPORTS HORSE 3.1

  https://dozensanddragons.neocities.org/44 [dozensanddragons.neocities.org]

  via ols 2024-01-15 12:09:44 (permalink)

  tags: rpg horse

• Easy mass combat system.

  https://slugsandsilver.blogspot.com/2020/08/easy-mass-combat-system.html [slugsandsilver.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2024-01-15 12:08:49 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• Racheek

  https://ols.wtf/rpgs/racheek/docs/ [ols.wtf]

  by ols 2023-09-11 10:28:31 (permalink)

  tags: rpg racheek srd

• Racheek Character Generator

  https://ols.wtf/rpgs/racheek/gen [ols.wtf]

  by ols 2023-09-11 10:28:03 (permalink)

  tags: rpg racheek

• XR guide on police and prison | Informed Dissent

  https://informeddissent.info/policeandprison [informeddissent.info]

  via ols 2023-09-11 10:27:39 (permalink)

  tags: xr dissent police legal

• Phosphor Icons

  https://phosphoricons.com/ [phosphoricons.com]

  via ols 2023-08-31 14:54:12 (permalink)

  tags: icons

• Slack's Migration to a Cellular Architecture - Slack Engineering

  https://slack.engineering/slacks-migration-to-a-cellular-architecture/ [slack.engineering]

  via ols 2023-08-27 13:16:43 (permalink)

  tags: resilience engineering

• E-ink is so Retropunk

  https://rmkit.dev/eink-is-so-retropunk/ [rmkit.dev]

  via ols 2023-08-27 13:16:09 (permalink)

  tags: eink

  An e-ink device is a hacker’s dream - or at least, this hacker’s dream. They are a return to the magical feeling of computers of the 80s and 90s. It’s a world where Windows and Mac OS X never existed and we don’t have to suffer with abstractions on top of abstractions. It’s DOS for the 2020s. It’s graphing calculators for grown-ups.

• Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

  https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/08/why-i-gave-up-on-the-ipad-only-dream/ [sixcolors.com]

  via ols 2023-08-27 13:15:04 (permalink)

  tags: ipad

• Cyberdecks

  https://blog.rfox.eu/en/Hardware/Cyberdecks.html [blog.rfox.eu]

  via ols 2023-08-27 13:13:22 (permalink)

  tags: cyberdeck

  Deck or CyberDeck is this mobile computer first imagined by William Gibson in Neuromancer and later slightly extended and redefined by the Shadowrun as well as other (Cyberpunk 2020, GURPS Cyberpunk) role-play games, card games (Netrunner) and novels

• Free Public WiFi

  https://computer.rip/2023-07-29-Free-Public-WiFi.html [computer.rip]

  via ols 2023-08-27 13:12:19 (permalink)

  tags: wifi

• IPv6 Is A Disaster (but we can fix it)

  https://matduggan.com/ipv6-is-a-disaster-and-its-our-fault/ [matduggan.com]

  via ols 2023-08-27 13:10:40 (permalink)

  tags: ipv6

• IRC is the Only Viable Chat Protocol

  https://koshka.love/babel/irc-forever.html [koshka.love]

  via ols 2023-08-27 13:07:52 (permalink)

  tags: irc opinion

• We need to tell people ChatGPT will lie to them, not debate linguistics

  https://simonwillison.net/2023/Apr/7/chatgpt-lies/ [simonwillison.net]

  via ols 2023-08-27 13:05:51 (permalink)

  tags: chatgpt ai

  We accidentally invented computers that can lie to us and we can’t figure out how to make them stop

• The Source of Readability

  https://loup-vaillant.fr/articles/source-of-readability [loup-vaillant.fr]

  via ols 2023-08-27 13:04:15 (permalink)

  tags: programming philosophy

  To efficiently grow and maintain programs, code that is read together should be written together.

• At this company, we are family

  https://pboyd.io/posts/at-company-we-are-family/ [pboyd.io]

  via ols 2023-08-05 14:35:08 (permalink)

  tags: satire work

• Splitting the Web

  https://ploum.net/2023-08-01-splitting-the-web.html [ploum.net]

  via ols 2023-08-05 14:09:02 (permalink)

  tags: web small web

• Why did the TwitterMigration fail?

  https://blog.bloonface.com/2023/06/12/why-did-the-twittermigration-fail/ [blog.bloonface.com]

  via ols 2023-07-02 20:57:16 (permalink)

  tags: fediverse

• How to make fancy road trip maps with R and OpenStreetMap | Andrew Heiss

  https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2023/06/01/geocoding-routing-openstreetmap-r/ [www.andrewheiss.com]

  via ols 2023-06-03 09:47:30 (permalink)

  tags: r maps

• Modding Age of Empires II with a Sprite-Diffuser – ENGINE

  https://www.engine.study/blog/modding-age-of-empires-ii-with-a-sprite-diffuser/ [www.engine.study]

  via ols 2023-05-22 11:41:14 (permalink)

  tags: ai tech

• Hex map generator

  https://tamas-rabel.github.io/hex_world_generator/hex_world_generator.html [tamas-rabel.github.io]

  via ols 2023-05-06 15:34:40 (permalink)

  tags: rpg resource hex

• Maze Rats PDF

  https://i.4pcdn.org/tg/1498133843927.pdf [i.4pcdn.org]

  via ols 2023-05-05 10:03:41 (permalink)

  tags: rpg reference

• B/X Monk

  https://alchemistnocturne.blogspot.com/2023/04/bx-monk.html [alchemistnocturne.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2023-05-05 09:42:01 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• What to learn

  https://danluu.com/learn-what/ [danluu.com]

  via ols 2023-05-05 09:41:46 (permalink)

  tags: advice

• Some mistakes I made as a new manager

  https://www.benkuhn.net/newmgr/ [www.benkuhn.net]

  via ols 2023-05-05 09:41:33 (permalink)

  tags: advice

• Harvard CS50 – Full Computer Science University Course

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mAITcNt710 [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2023-05-05 09:40:47 (permalink)

  tags: cs learning

• Welcome to the Garden! - paritybit.ca

  https://www.paritybit.ca/garden/ [www.paritybit.ca]

  via ols 2023-04-07 07:39:41 (permalink)

  tags: digital garden notes wiki

• Field Recording - Ritual dust

  https://ritualdust.com/music/field-recording/ [ritualdust.com]

  via ols 2023-03-04 17:46:11 (permalink)

  tags: audio mobile

• What It’s Like to be Near-Sighted

  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_byg9wwNCnc?feature=share [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2023-03-04 11:01:12 (permalink)

  tags: youtube

• Secure the Border and Build the Wall

  https://venam.nixers.net/blog/unix/2023/02/28/access_control.html [venam.nixers.net]

  via ols 2023-03-01 08:31:30 (permalink)

  tags: unix security

• Convergent Storytelling in Elf Games 3 Maps, Hexes, and Regions, oh my!

  https://weirdelfgames.com/2020/05/01/convergent-storytelling-in-elf-games-3-maps-hexes-and-regions-oh-my/ [weirdelfgames.com]

  via ols 2023-02-26 09:52:01 (permalink)

  tags: rpg hexcrawl

• Bing “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”

  https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/ [simonwillison.net]

  via ols 2023-02-16 15:48:31 (permalink)

  tags: ai fail bing microsoft

• On Money

  http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2010/03/on-money.html [deltasdnd.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2023-02-15 20:52:31 (permalink)

  tags: rpg money mechanics

• Write your Campaign in Just One Evening!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZ2ESz1w-Q [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2023-02-08 17:44:44 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• D&D HexCrawls! How To Do Exploration RIGHT!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTgXHbAx758 [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2023-02-08 17:44:28 (permalink)

  tags: rpg reference hexcrawl

• What you REALLY Need Behind Your DM Screen!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zJTStrhGI0 [www.youtube.com]

  via ols 2023-02-06 12:39:08 (permalink)

  tags: rpg gm screen

• chainmail.pdf

  https://i.4pcdn.org/tg/1377070286261.pdf [i.4pcdn.org]

  via ols 2023-02-01 14:46:15 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• Programatically generate gorgeous social media images in Go by Mat Ryer - PACE.

  https://pace.dev/blog/2020/03/02/dynamically-generate-social-images-in-golang-by-mat-ryer.html [pace.dev]

  via ols 2023-02-01 11:33:59 (permalink)

  tags: go

• OSR-Style Challenges "Rulings Not Rules" is Insufficient

  https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2016/02/osr-style-challenges-rulings-not-rules.html [goblinpunch.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:48:38 (permalink)

  tags: dnd

• An RPG Lexicon

  http://rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com/p/an-rpg-lexicon.html [rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:47:47 (permalink)

  tags: rpg reference

• Free Kriegsspiel Worlds, Not Rules, Etc.

  https://d66kobolds.blogspot.com/2020/09/free-kriegsspiel-worlds-not-rules-etc.html [d66kobolds.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:45:24 (permalink)

  tags: rpg fkr

• The Invisible Rulebooks

  http://rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-invisible-rulebooks.html [rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:44:22 (permalink)

  tags: rpg fkr

• Less Rules To Do More

  https://aboleth-overlords.com/2020/08/29/less-rules-to-do-more/ [aboleth-overlords.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:44:10 (permalink)

  tags: rpg fkr

• Minimalist Gaming Doesn't Exist!

  http://pitsperilous.blogspot.com/2016/04/minimalist-gaming-doesnt-exist.html [pitsperilous.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:43:52 (permalink)

  tags: rpg fkr

• Table-Centric Design

  http://yak-hack.blogspot.com/2019/11/table-centric-design.html [yak-hack.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:43:32 (permalink)

  tags: rpg fkr

• Behind The Screen

  https://rpggeek.com/thread/3012057/behind-screen-91-how-be-good-gm-if-you-are-new [rpggeek.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:43:06 (permalink)

  tags: rpg advice

• Sources of D&D

  http://www.hahnlibrary.net/rpgs/sources.html [www.hahnlibrary.net]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:42:44 (permalink)

  tags: rpg dnd reference

  The D&D game is an amalgamation of many literary sources, from recent fantasy fiction to ancient mythology. Since understanding how these elements were intended to work, or how to best build on or alter them may sometimes require knowledge of their original context, a listing in one place of such influences could be a great help.

• Bonus Episodes — Errant Adventures

  https://www.errantadventurespod.com/bonusepisodes [www.errantadventurespod.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:41:09 (permalink)

  tags: rpg audio

• Advancement in Classic D&D

  https://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2023/01/advancement-in-classic-d.html [deltasdnd.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:40:07 (permalink)

  tags: rpg dnd

  We frequently marvel at how sketchy the advice was in Original D&D

• time

  https://marzka.cafe/time/ [marzka.cafe]

  via ols 2023-02-01 08:33:50 (permalink)

  tags: time

  like many other people who spend a lot of time online, i have friends beyond the stricture of proximity. this makes timezones and trying to remember everyone’s individual utc offset a bit of a pain

• ImageWand privacyfirst image conversion experiment with Golang & WASM

  https://brunoluiz.net/blog/2022/aug/imagewand-privacy-first-image-conversion-experiment-with-golang-and-wasm/ [brunoluiz.net]

  via ols 2022-11-09 10:18:29 (permalink)

  tags: wasm go privacy

  What if there was some website to convert images locally, without requiring a server? What if the technology for that already exists?

• Other Crews

  https://benignbrownbeast.blogspot.com/2022/09/other-crews.html [benignbrownbeast.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2022-09-28 09:40:00 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• Nymphs in your Area!

  https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2022/09/nymphs-in-your-area.html [traversefantasy.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2022-09-28 09:39:32 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• Minimalism vs. Complexity

  https://methodsetmadness.blogspot.com/2022/09/why-i-like-minimalism-complexity-is.html [methodsetmadness.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2022-09-28 09:39:07 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• RPG Linguistics

  https://benignbrownbeast.blogspot.com/2022/09/rpg-linguistics.html [benignbrownbeast.blogspot.com]

  via ols 2022-09-28 09:38:22 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• Im Looking For My People, Not More People

  https://grumpywizard.home.blog/2022/09/22/more-vs-better/ [grumpywizard.home.blog]

  via ols 2022-09-28 09:38:00 (permalink)

  tags: rpg

• A nonexhaustive list of my favorite things about working at companies with a culture of writing

  https://founder-fodder.ghost.io/writing-cultures-win/ [founder-fodder.ghost.io]

  via ols 2022-02-21 09:39:41 (permalink)

  tags: practice writing

  Writing is democratic. anyone with an insight or idea can write it down regardless of status or access. And, anyone can read it, regardless of status or access.

• Mended Drum Jigsaw

  https://www.discworldemporium.com/games-toys/556-the-mended-drum-jigsaw-puzzle [www.discworldemporium.com]

  via ols 2022-02-18 14:00:18 (permalink)

  tags: discworld

• The Merry Mushmen

  https://www.themerrymushmen.com/ [www.themerrymushmen.com]

  via ols 2022-02-15 11:11:38 (permalink)

  tags: rpg blog

• Reactions to OD&D

  https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/2603/roleplaying-games/reactions-to-odd [thealexandrian.net]

  via ols 2022-02-15 11:11:10 (permalink)

  tags: read later rpg

• A reckless guide to OpenBSD

  https://www.exoticsilicon.com/jay/reckless_guide_to_openbsd [www.exoticsilicon.com]

  via ols 2022-02-15 11:10:33 (permalink)

  tags: openbsd series

• Cocktail party ideas

  https://danluu.com/cocktail-ideas/ [danluu.com]

  via ols 2022-02-15 11:10:04 (permalink)

  tags: read later

• Reasons to avoid Javascript CDNs

  https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/why-not-javascript-cdn [blog.wesleyac.com]

  via ols 2021-12-10 15:42:53 (permalink)

  tags: security programming

  [I]f you’re using a CDN for any reason other than laziness, it’s likely not a good reason.

• Zeroday in ubiquitous Log4j tool poses a grave threat to the Internet

  https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/12/minecraft-and-other-apps-face-serious-threat-from-new-code-execution-bug/ [arstechnica.com]

  via ols 2021-12-10 08:51:41 (permalink)

  tags: security

• Every message was copied to the police the inside story of the most daring surveillance sting in history

  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/11/inside-story-most-daring-surveillance-sting-in-history [www.theguardian.com]

  via ols 2021-12-09 17:41:54 (permalink)

  tags: tech opsec

  Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using it for criminal means: it was run by the police

• What desktop Linux needs to succeed in the mainstream

  https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/05/What-desktop-Linux-needs.html [drewdevault.com]

  via ols 2021-12-09 10:18:03 (permalink)

  tags: linux advocacy

  [W]e have failed to build an operating system for people who are not like us.

• Racheek Documentation

  https://ols.wtf/racheek-docs/ [ols.wtf]

  by ols 2021-12-09 09:51:26 (permalink)

  tags: rpg gaming creations

• How to Pronounce "th" in English

  https://lmcnulty.gitlab.io/blog/english-th/ [lmcnulty.gitlab.io]

  via ols 2021-12-09 09:48:26 (permalink)

  tags: language

• Integrating Openring to a Blog

  https://nixing.mx/posts/integrating-openring-into-a-blog.html [nixing.mx]

  via ols 2021-12-09 09:31:11 (permalink)

  tags: small web

  Openring [is] a decentralized alternative to a very good idea [webring.com]. Openring makes it easier for people to find others’ work on similar areas of interest.

• Why I Live in IRC

  https://aaronparecki.com/2015/08/29/8/why-i-live-in-irc [aaronparecki.com]

  via ols 2021-12-09 07:58:01 (permalink)

  tags: irc community automation

  I have created filters from various sources that send notifications to various IRC channels about things I am interested in.

• How the worklife balance of one IT guy threw the NYC subway system into chaos

  https://mashable.com/article/mta-it-department-miguel [mashable.com]

  via ols 2021-12-09 07:56:37 (permalink)

  tags: incident response

  the one man capable of rebooting the vending system had a truly admirable work-life balance: Miguel was not answering his phone during his Friday night commute home […] three hours north

• Solarpunk, Climate Change and the New Thinkable

  https://www.mangalmedia.net/english/solarpunk-climate-change-and-the-new-thinkable [www.mangalmedia.net]

  via ols 2021-12-09 07:54:47 (permalink)

  tags: solarpunk climate change

  Solarpunk sits at the intersection of possible positive futures and likely negative ones. It is a recognition of humanity’s wide-ranging damage upon the natural world and inevitably, upon itself.

• Barbarian Prince

  https://dozensanddragons.neocities.org/15.html [dozensanddragons.neocities.org]

  via ols 2021-12-08 18:59:06 (permalink)

  tags: rpg solo gaming

• Steel Reserve

  https://github.com/chrisman/skookums-and-dragons/wiki/steel-reserve [github.com]

  via ols 2021-12-08 18:56:35 (permalink)

  tags: dungeons and dragons gaming play by post rpg

• The standard salvaged computing platform

  gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/the-standard-salvaged-computing-platform.gmi [gemini.circumlunar.space]

  via ols 2021-12-08 15:13:33 (permalink)

  tags: sustainability lowtech

• Spotify Codes

  https://boonepeter.github.io/posts/spotify-codes-part-2/ [boonepeter.github.io]

  via ols 2021-12-08 15:08:45 (permalink)

  tags: reverse engineering encoding

• inks

  https://inks.tedunangst.com/ [inks.tedunangst.com]

  via ols 2021-12-08 12:46 (permalink)

  tags: inspiration

• ~ols/mudliag

  https://git.sr.ht/~ols/mudliag [git.sr.ht]

  by ols 2021-03-05 00:00 (permalink)

  tags: source code programming meta