I was a bit distracted last Friday, so it is another double week today. I truly enjoy the Bookoverflow podcast. Some of the books I know already, and find the different perspectives interesting. Some of the other books I do plan to read now. For something entirely different: The Orkneyinga Saga and Fed podcasts. ...
This week, I can recommend the long read about the Stream Deck, the one about books, and the discovery about a 55 year old bug in a game. Last week, my automation for these failed, so you have to endure twice as many links today. I also said that I wouldn't post depressing news any more. I am sorry, but the climate crisis and pollution made me do it, so it is your fault really. ...
Good news for the environment. I enjoyed reading the PySkyWiFi hack! This happens when engineers are bored. EngineeringJust Use Postgres for Everything - I have opinions … PySkyWiFi: completely free, unbelievably stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights - how many programmers have thought about hacking the Wi-Fi in planes? All of them! Microservices [YouTube] - funny, also use better names for your stuff! ...
This week I have been enjoying the audio archive of The Famous Computer Cafe, a radio show from the eighties with many famous guests of the home computer area. There are definitely some parallels to the present. The X Windows history is also great. Today's post does contain plenty of throwbacks. ...
Clearing up my backlog again! A lot of fun stuff in the random section. I did enjoy the podcast about getting or not getting into Berghain, and the one about the Stereophonic play. The ongoing research into the XZ backdoor also continues to be interesting. Leadership Seven Conversation Hacks - some of this is harder, when working remote. ...