I’m getting married pretty soon, and I figured it’d be fun to make my own rings. I’d seen a Nile Red video where he made purple gold, and the process seemed simple enough: Make a mold, pour some mol…| geoff.greer.fm
I recently purchased a Mazda Miata. This car is interesting because instead of running on electricity, it is powered by a combustible liquid called gasoline. The vehicle has an engine that mixes the…| geoff.greer.fm
Imagine a world in which the police needed a warrant to dust for latent fingerprints. That is, after a crime is discovered or reported, the police have to go to a judge and demonstrate probable caus…| geoff.greer.fm
Scott Alexander is an amazing writer. He is also one of the nicest and most charitable people I have encountered. And the New York Times has endangered his safety & his livelihood for no good reason.| geoff.greer.fm
Richard Stallman has had a rough month. This article is a decent summary of the events. In short: Stallman made some technically-correct-but-utterly-tactless comments on a private mailing list, most…| geoff.greer.fm
I've slowly drifted away from using Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. When I occasionally revisit them, I am astounded by how insane many of the comments seem.| geoff.greer.fm
A couple years ago, I used an old Thinkpad while my MacBook was being repaired. I enjoyed the experience so much that I ended up getting a Thinkpad X62 (an X61 chassis with modern internals). Last S…| geoff.greer.fm
"Every vertical pixel used for the UI bar signifies a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." — Fakey Fakerson| geoff.greer.fm
If you wrote your own systemd unit to lock your laptop on suspend, you might want to double-check its behavior. The top two Google results for “systemd lock laptop on suspend” both provide examples …| geoff.greer.fm
There’s been a lot of debate about free speech lately, and I’ve noticed that people on both sides often misunderstand why it’s a good idea. It’s commonly assumed that freedom of speech is about the …| geoff.greer.fm
A useful way to recognize status quo bias is to ask, “What things wouldn’t be allowed if they were introduced today?” Here are some examples.| geoff.greer.fm
Back in January, I used an old Thinkpad while my 12” Macbook was being repaired. I found myself really enjoying some aspects of it. This nudged me down a path that ended with me modding a frankenpad…| geoff.greer.fm
On lower-DPI displays, I like to use bitmap fonts in my terminals and text editors. As the title foreshadows, Gnome was hostile to my preference.| geoff.greer.fm
Software rots. That is: Adapting mature software to new circumstances tends to take more time and effort than writing new software from scratch. Software people don't like to admit this, but open so…| geoff.greer.fm
What’s the oldest laptop you could reasonably do your job with? 3 years old? 5 years? 10? And if asked the same question 10 years ago, would your number be higher or lower? Thanks to a failing batte…| geoff.greer.fm
A few days ago, Andrew Gallant (AKA BurntSushi) released ripgrep, a search tool similar to to ag. To coincide with the initial release, Gallant wrote a blog post comparing various search tools. In i…| geoff.greer.fm
When setting up a new computer, one of the first things I do is disable cursor blinking in the terminal. For the past decade, the Gnome team has worked diligently to make this as hard as possible.| geoff.greer.fm
Back in June, I read Robin Hanson’s book: Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth. I found it fascinating. Two months later, the book’s ideas still pop into my mind daily. Nothing …| geoff.greer.fm
I recently rode the Idaho Hot Springs loop with my dad & my uncle. In nine days, we traveled 510 miles and climbed 37,000 feet. It was rather enjoyable.| geoff.greer.fm
When talking about near-future technologies, much of the discussion surrounds stuff like self-driving cars and CRISPR. Rarely do people notice the more modest things that are both closer to fruition…| geoff.greer.fm