How do we make being online, better?
You’ve gotta tackle the spam/scam problem, the rest is easier.
the webb blog
Welcome to Paul Anthony Webb’s corner of the ’Net where he’ll regale you with whatever he finds interesting.
Latest posts
The Human Advantage
We’re more powerful than you think, intrepid reader.
What I’d do with a BILLION dollars
Hey Siri, play "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" by Nas and Lauren Hill.
How to migrate from Gel to Disc
The hardest part is getting your data out of Gel in a useable format, the rest is easy (but mind your links on the way in, warning near the end).
Filoli Photoshoot
My favorite professional pics from the shoot (along with my own)
I made a database
Technically it’s a big fancy wrapper around Postgres but that still counts!
uchū pastel
New update!
Sabbatical Retrospective
What I imagine life would be like with F.U. money and no worries
Favorite photos I’ve snapped this month
Enjoy this dump of mostly nature photos
Rap Slop
Stop wasting people’s time
The beauty of creating your own tools
Being the change you wish to see in the world, software-style.
Self-hosting my code with cgit (again)
cgit is basic but it works well…perfect.
Cyberpunk 2077 5th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Cool merch that brings with it some questions about the lore
Hosting a forum in 2026
In a world of platform lock-in, self-hosting communities sounds real good.
How to write CSS
CSS is about structure and design, the code should reflect that.
Fashion Trip to L.A.
Designers! Make it work!
Weaning off GreedCorp™
Building a user-owned future for computing
Neue Email
Why hasn’t something better come along yet?
I hate the word "impossible"
Impossible is not a word, it’s an excuse.
The Reason Why We’ll Never Get Another Bell Labs
Or Xerox PARC, for that matter.
Using Old Tech in the New Age
Don’t call it a comeback
My Favorite Photos of 2025
I take lots of pictures but rarely share them
Planning and implementing the Neue Internet
Accidentally discovering that my disparate ideas have a unified theme
macOS (2025)
Trying to make the best of things
Neutral
Stand for something, you cowards!
Ikigai
Discovering your reason for being
Dap, the Handshake successor
From the ashes like a phoenix
ChronVer — Chronologic Versioning
Versioning for the rest of us
In Defense of "AI"
The hate train looks fun but maybe relax
Introducing Nickel
I just want my own YouTube, but sustainable.
Good Grief
Thanks, I hate it.
Next‑Generation Computing
What does it look like?
Stalwart Email Setup
This is even better than my MiaB setup
Enter the Matrix
When all else fails, DIY!
Spitball with Claude
LLMs are fun for idea validation
Where’s socii?
Social media is decent
Why I won’t touch React
Outside of my $DAYJOB
Year in Review
Where did the time go?!
Remembering my grandma
Rest In Paradise, Claretha
…yay?
Elon Musk mind virus
Voluntary retardation
Farcaster will never scale
Money over everything
Election
WT actual F
A personal renaissance
Nah, imma do my own thing.
manifesto.neue
Build your Neue Internet
…that’s it?
A hard fork in the Handshake community
What a mess
Things I learned from my parents
It’s not all bad
Four years to prove ourselves
What an incredible opportunity
Being Brave: a Handshake retrospective
What a mess