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Ubergeek Kelly's World- Life, technology, science, rants
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I like to consider myself constructively lazy. I’ll put in a lot of work so I can do less work in the future, particularly if that work is boring and repetitive. Sometimes I’ll put in far too much effort for the possible future savings, but I still do it anyway just because I hate the repetitive stuff.
In this post I’ll touch on several things I’ve done on my blog server to make it theoretically easier to manage. WordPress update automation, WordPress backup automation, and Linux update/upgrade…
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Kedara.eu by Ruben Verweij
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·Ruben Verweij
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Owning media again
This year, one of my aspirations is to rely less on the big streaming services for my entertainment. Why? Well, for one thing, if we give too much power to large corporations by getting overly attached to their services, that leads to monopolies, inequality and ultimately, democratic decline. How’s that for a positive opening?
Finding alternatives is easier said than done, because Tech Morality is Hard, and I would generalise that to “Corporate Morality is Hard”. Namely, keepi…
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Michael Harley (All content)
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If Emily Dickinson had written her poems on her Wordpress blog, her host would have deleted them outright when the bill came due. Instead, her sister found 1,800 poems written on paper and stored in a drawer. Words written on paper take an intentional decision to destroy them whereas words written online usually require an intentional decision to keep them. In this modern blogging age how do we make our writing last?
I do not have any important writing on this blog but I do want my family to hav…