# started (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 928 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover started. Page: Feed: --- ## [Solo Zomboid!](https://dartegnian.com/calendar/2026/08/22) _2026-08-22 · Dartegnian's Mood Calendar_ Mood: Above Average I finally reached AR 55 in Genshin! Finally, I could play with most of my friends and it was quite a slog to get here, but I'm glad I finally got here after 4-or-so years of playing the game on and off. I talked to someone for a bit while they were having their event, but we didn't talk about anything much and I passed out to get some proper rest. When I woke up, I decided on… ## [A small collection of prints](https://aubreysambor.com/miniprints/) _2026-08-22 · Aubrey Sambor_ Another short post today, a picture of miniprints from Inciardi Prints vending machines in Boston. I particularly love the lobster print (I'm Massachusetts born and raised so of course I love lobster) and the print of the Charles, because I've kayaked on the Charles around that exact spot! I have more prints but haven't taken a picture of them all just yet. ## [(untitled)](https://taonaw.com/2026/08/21/microsoft-vent-outlook-on-mac.html) _2026-08-21 · The Art Of Not Asking Why_ Microsoft vent #213: Outlook on Mac has shortcomings compared to the web version. Searching on the web client defaults to "all folders," and on a Mac to the current folder. Can't change it either. So you forget. The result is this Outlook gaslighting. I know I wrote that email! I just can't find it! ## [lowkey almost died for a battery](https://dartegnian.com/calendar/2026/08/21) _2026-08-21 · Dartegnian's Mood Calendar_ Mood: Above Average Significant Location: SM Sta Mesa Today was pretty interesting. Thankfully it was a holiday so I could stay up all night today and I did just that and mostly talked and chatted with someone throughout the whole evening. We didn't really get into a call, so I just spent some of the time checking out my iPhone Air case and noticed a crack on it. They opened up to making a… ## [The Last 20%](https://vpetersson.com/2026/08/21/the-last-20-percent/) _2026-08-21 · Viktor's Tech Musings & Security Paranoia_ The other day my friend Chris pinged me on a Twitter thread . Todd Dailey was making the case that digital signage is a huge industry selling bad products with high subscription fees, and that with a $40 e-ink ESP32 board you could just go build your own conference room signage with AI. Fair point. I'd add that the security posture across the industry is pretty terrible too. ## [I don't use mainstream social media...](https://aubreysambor.com/i-dont-use-mainstream-social-media/) _2026-08-21 · Aubrey Sambor_ ...and I feel weird about it sometimes. I deleted my Facebook account (for, like, the third or fourth time) a couple years ago, deleted my Twitter account, have never even watched anything on Tiktok, and while I still have an Instagram account, I don't use it and don't have the app on my phone. I'm 100% happy with my choices and am super happy with Mastodon as essentially the only social media I… ## [(untitled)](https://www.nicksimson.com//notes/2026-08-20-baseball-in-art-and-poetry.html) _2026-08-20 · Posts and notes from Nick Simson_ ZieherSmith gallery has a great looking baseball-themed show up called Augie Garrido or Gonfalons for the Grand Old Game . If you can’t get to Nashville before the end of September you can view all the works online and read Scott Zieher’s essay Aleatory Notes Celebrating the Baseball in Art and Poetry (PDF). We might be aware of the many peculiar binaries and quirks of baseball— the only game… ## [(untitled)](https://www.nicksimson.com//notes/2026-08-20-baseball-in-art-and-poetry.html) _2026-08-20 · Posts and notes from Nick Simson_ ZieherSmith gallery has a great looking baseball-themed show up called Augie Garrido or Gonfalons for the Grand Old Game . If you can’t get to Nashville before the end of September you can view all the works online and read Scott Zieher’s essay Aleatory Notes Celebrating the Baseball in Art and Poetry (PDF). We might be aware of the many peculiar binaries and quirks of baseball— the only game… ## [Tackling a Redesign Can Be Difficult](https://kpwags.com/posts/2026/tackling-a-redesign-can-be-difficult/) _2026-08-20 · Keith Wagner_ So I'm currently working on redesigning my personal site. So far, I think the hardest part is integrating all the little things I've built into my site over the course of the 13 years I've been building and writing on it. I'll give a simple example. If you go back to my early reading logs ( like this one ), you'll notice I have what I called in-depth pieces at the top. Eventually, they got… ## [(untitled)](https://taonaw.com/2026/08/20/last-evening-and-today-added.html) _2026-08-20 · The Art Of Not Asking Why_ Last evening and today, added a few more elements to the site's CSS: Keyboard keystrokes now stand out more with a small drop-shadow effect and the code font Red arrow (same color as footnotes indicators) points to external links ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wriD7i3z9j1o) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Well-deserved break tbh](https://dartegnian.com/calendar/2026/08/20) _2026-08-20 · Dartegnian's Mood Calendar_ Mood: Good Today started with me trying to wake someone up and then talking to them about this guy she's entertaining and playing with. It's really strange but I guess that's the chapter of life they're in and I kept reminding myself that I know how to handle this when shit goes sideways. I couldn't sleep because I keep thinking of something and I was kind of sad myself, in way. I did reveal to… ## [New York, New York](https://aubreysambor.com/new-york-new-york/) _2026-08-20 · Aubrey Sambor_ Short post today because I haven't had time to write anything, so here's a picture of the New York City skyline from a hotel in New Jersey back in 2024. Such a good view. I'll be back tomorrow with a longer post! ## [(untitled)](https://taonaw.com/2026/08/19/a-few-days-ago-after.html) _2026-08-19 · The Art Of Not Asking Why_ A few days ago, after getting annoyed that Apple Mail doesn't have a normal Zoom-in function (Magnifier isn't what I consider normal), I downloaded Thunderbird for my personal/blog emails. I'm impressed. I remember it being a mess. It's still… cluttered, but in a way I can follow. ## [(untitled)](https://taonaw.com/2026/08/19/scrolled-through-bluesky-and-mastodon.html) _2026-08-19 · The Art Of Not Asking Why_ Scrolled through BlueSky and Mastodon without my filters. The hate, the anger, the hostility… How can people stand it? When did we become so poisonous to each other? Yeesh ## [Tinker (2008)](https://theworksofegan.net/posts/2026-08-19-tinker/) _2026-08-19 · The Works of Egan_ Michael Klamerus over at The Virtual Moose has issued a blog challenge, which he's allowed to do because it's his birthday (happy birthday, Michael), challenging everyone to write about an obscure game. I'm taking this as a sign to finally pull the trigger on writing about Tinker, a game I love and have wanted to write about for years. Tinker, also known as Microsoft Tinker, was a game that… ## [If I Ain't Got You, You, You](https://dartegnian.com/calendar/2026/08/19) _2026-08-19 · Dartegnian's Mood Calendar_ Mood: Good Today started with me trying to wake up someone. I had a feeling that they had slept through their alarms and I just had this feeling to wake them up. They were able to wake up and they told me this weird dream that they had, which just made me feel a bit alienated, but whatever. I was able to sleep and I woke up just in time in the morning. I got my raincoat on and it actually wasn't… ## [My first Mac... 33 years later!](https://vladcampos.com/en/blog/2026-08-19-0940-my-first-mac-33-years-later.html) _2026-08-19 · Vladimir Campos (EN)_ Back in 1992, my dad bought a Macintosh IIsi to learn and master a new technology that was becoming an increasingly big part of his daily work: the computer. Since he was already living in the United States at the time, it wasn't until a trip in 1993... ## [WIP Wednesday: Still going strong!](https://aubreysambor.com/wip-wednesday-still-going-strong/) _2026-08-19 · Aubrey Sambor_ Welcome to Work in Progress (WIP) Wednesday, where I post progress on my crafty endeavors! I want to get back to tracking my knitting, spinning, cross-stitch, or whatever I'm making at the moment, so I'll be writing about it every Wednesday. This will be a short post due to the fact that this update isn't the most interesting, but I'm still trucking along on my Lillesol sweater . I'm still on the… ## [You Got Faster. Your Company Didn’t.](https://kpwags.com/notes/you-got-faster-your-company-didnt/) _2026-08-18 · Keith Wagner_ By the way, it’s not just documents… I’m also seeing the same pattern in pull requests, automated tests, and even decisions. We’re going faster by passing the slow part (the reading, the actual understanding) to whoever comes next . A Ponzi scheme? Don’t get me wrong: by all means, do use AI. I do too, and I’m (probably) not going back. The thing is: the model is giving you many hours back, so… ## [Enhancing with CSS Grid Lanes](https://kpwags.com/notes/enhancing-with-css-grid-lanes/) _2026-08-18 · Keith Wagner_ CSS Grid Lanes has started to ship in browsers. It’s in Safari and behind a flag in Chrome and Edge. It enables masonry layouts, where items get packed together in the most efficient way possible. Unsurprisingly, I’m a fan of a layout tool where the browser does all the hard work. It very much aligns with the idea of declarative design ; you specify the boundary conditions, and then browser does… ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8PDavEpM4U4f) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS AI](https://kpwags.com/posts/2026/not-everything-needs-ai/) _2026-08-18 · Keith Wagner_ Unless you've been living under a rock, it seems like just about every application you download or use no matter what operating system or device you're using is wedging AI into them. Why can't it just stop? I know AI is the craze right now. Companies want to differentiate themselves from the competition. One email application says "Hey! We'll check your email to make sure it comes off as… ## [#3034 "Fiddler's Elbow Wildfire Sunset"](https://philchadwickart.blogspot.com/2026/08/3034-fiddlers-elbow-wildfire-sunset.html) _2026-08-18 · The Art of Phil Chadwick · Phil Chadwick's Art_ #3034 "Fiddler's Elbow Wildfire Sunset" 24 X 20 (inches) Oils on canvas. Started at 9:00 am Saturday, August 1st, 2026 Fiddler's Elbow is the sharp turn between the Short and Long Reaches of Red Horse Lake. The images used to depict the unique character of Red Horse Lake in the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) brochures all feature the Short Reach. Our home is even visible at Jim Day… ## [(untitled)](https://taonaw.com/2026/08/18/made-a-couple-of-more.html) _2026-08-18 · The Art Of Not Asking Why_ Made a couple of more tweaks to the CSS. Dove deeper this time, used Claude to help me figure out how to get to these elements in the CSS: footnotes' anchor (the super-text number) and the arrow leading back to the original post. Looks as intended now. Also changed the buttons in the navigation tab to stand out more and be readable when hovering over them. The colors balances nicely on both themes… ## [Back to Normal? Question Mark?](https://dartegnian.com/calendar/2026/08/18) _2026-08-18 · Dartegnian's Mood Calendar_ Mood: Good Things started out pretty chill today, I was somehow in a call with someone and we were just talking about random stuff, especially about their work. It was pretty nice to have them initiate a call this time in the morning, and we kept on call and stayed for a bit until they got overwhelmed with things, which I was sure were just other people. They did have a bit of break and shared a… ## [#3039 "Hazel-eyed Daisy"](https://philchadwickart.blogspot.com/2026/08/3039-hazel-eyed-daisy.html) _2026-08-18 · The Art of Phil Chadwick · Phil Chadwick's Art_ #3039 "Hazel-eyed Daisy" 8 X 10 (inches) oil on canvas. Started 10:00 am Sunday, August 16th, 2026 I thought I would spend another hour or so with the clump of brown-eyed susans featured in #3038 "Singleton August Bouquet". Every painting will be different, even if the subject is the same. A " hazel-eyed daisy " poetically describes the classic ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Technically,… ## [#3038 "Singleton August Bouquet"](https://philchadwickart.blogspot.com/2026/08/3038-singleton-august-bouquet.html) _2026-08-18 · The Art of Phil Chadwick · Phil Chadwick's Art_ #3038 "Singleton August Bouquet" 10 X 8 (inches) oil on canvas. Started 10:30 am Thursday, August 13th, 2026 We had been admiring this clump of brown-eyed susans on the marble ridge all summer. August was starting to cool off. I needed to loosen up en plein air. The sun still got hot, but there was no smoke in the air. Even so, I had to add some finishing highlights in the studio where I could… ## [#3037 "Wildfire Skies at Singleton"](https://philchadwickart.blogspot.com/2026/08/3037-wildfire-skies-at-singleton.html) _2026-08-18 · The Art of Phil Chadwick · Phil Chadwick's Art_ #3037 "Wildfire Skies at Singleton" 14 X 11 (inches) Oils on canvas. Started at 10:30 am Monday, August 10th, 2026 My friend John Verburg took this image after an afternoon of swimming in the beautiful, deep waters of Red Horse Lake. This picture was taken just ten minutes after John composed the inspiration for #3034 "Fiddler's Elbow Wildfire Sunset" just downstream at the entrance to Long Reach.… ## [3036 "Eastern Towhee Thicket"](https://philchadwickart.blogspot.com/2026/08/3036eastern-towhee-thicket.html) _2026-08-18 · The Art of Phil Chadwick · Phil Chadwick's Art_ 3036 "Eastern Towhee Thicket" 10 X 12 (inches) Oils on canvas. Started at 10:30 am Friday, August 7th, 2026 My friend John Verburg provided an inspiring image of this Eastern Towhee. We enjoy quite a few of them at Singleton. Many details of the Eastern Towhee's natural history still remain poorly known. The towhee spends much of its time near or on the ground in dense habitats. Tough places for… ## [#3035 "Indigo Blues"](https://philchadwickart.blogspot.com/2026/08/3035-indigo-blues.html) _2026-08-18 · The Art of Phil Chadwick · Phil Chadwick's Art_ #3035 "Indigo Blues" 12 X 10 (inches) Oils on canvas. Started at 9 am on Monday, August 3rd, 2026 Indigo buntings are a favourite songbird of the Singleton Sanctuary. The small, brilliant and very colourful bird prefers brushy areas along forest edges. We have lots of those at Singleton! This little male indigo was quietly enjoying the sunlight. Like most other " blue coloured " birds, including… ## [GitOps with Flux on my k3s cluster](https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2026/gitops-with-flux-on-my-k3s-cluster/) _2026-08-18 · funkysi1701@gmail.com (funkysi1701) · Funky Si's Blog_ I already knew how to put things on a Kubernetes cluster. Helm packages the YAML. kubectl apply makes it exist. cert-manager mints the certificates. What I did not have was a boring answer to “what happens next week, when I have forgotten which laptop I ran that from?” GitOps is that answer, at least for platform on my homelab. In practice, GitOps means keeping the desired cluster state in git and… ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lAmvELEIWzVL) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [Reading Maps](https://soeren.one/2026/reading-maps/) _2026-08-18 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Thank you, Manual , for bringing this to my attention. Many stories unfold over long journeys. This map shows them. Given the recent hype about Odyssee - I used this map to check how Odysseus came home. Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch, please reply to this post via email . ## [Reading Maps](https://soeren.one/2026/reading-maps/) _2026-08-18 · Home on Søren's Blog_ Thank you, Manual , for bringing this to my attention. Many stories unfold over long journeys. This map shows them. Given the recent hype about Odyssee - I used this map to check how Odysseus came home. Thank you for subscribing to this RSS feed. https://soeren.one/ is søren 's personal blog. If you want to get in touch, please reply to this post via email . ## [Beers in Asheville](https://aubreysambor.com/beers-in-asheville/) _2026-08-18 · Aubrey Sambor_ A little over a month ago I traveled to Asheville, North Carolina for a conference. I flew in a couple days before the conference began, and I spent an afternoon checking out a couple breweries I hadn't tried. I enjoyed these two breweries in particular and would totally visit them both again! I first traveled to the Green Man Brewery after reading some great reviews. I ended up ordering a pint of… ## [Beers in Asheville](https://aubreysambor.com/beers-in-asheville/) _2026-08-18 · Aubrey Sambor_ A little over a month ago I traveled to Asheville, North Carolina for a conference. I flew in a couple days before the conference began, and I spent an afternoon checking out a couple breweries I hadn't tried. I enjoyed these two breweries in particular and would totally visit them both again! I first traveled to the Green Man Brewery after reading some great reviews. I ended up ordering a pint of… ## [Modern, Stable APIs for Your Nextcloud Application](https://carlschwan.eu/2026/08/18/modern-stable-apis-for-your-nextcloud-application/) _2026-08-18 · Carl Schwan_ Nextcloud provides a large public PHP interface to developers to use for building their application. It is commonly called OCP . Some of big components of OCP are the HTTP stack with IRequest , Response and Controller to handle requests, the IQueryBuilder / IDBConnection to query the database and many feature oriented components and utilities. Outside of OCP , applications can also use a lot of… ## [Steve Yegge Deleted the Wrong Thing](https://julien.danjou.info/blog/steve-yegge-deleted-the-wrong-thing/) _2026-08-18 · jd:/dev/blog_ Yegge's agents write 250 commits a day, so he stopped gating main. The math is right. But he didn't delete the merge queue, he deleted the one thing that makes a fix cheap. ## [Reading Log - August 17, 2026 (#185)](https://kpwags.com/reading-log/185/) _2026-08-17 · Keith Wagner_ This week it's some thoughts on AI, a cool look at the shape of the Milky Way Galaxy, what seems to be a false apology from Flock, and more. Technology The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech - Brian Phillips Privacy Flock CEO: ‘We got this one wrong’ - Lauren Feiner The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts - Jason Koebler AI We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It… ## [(untitled)](https://www.nicksimson.com//notes/2026-08-17-likes-webmaster.html) _2026-08-17 · Posts and notes from Nick Simson_ Likes WEBMASTER@ a manifesto for everyone by Brennan Kenneth Brown . The idea that one person cannot master all aspects of the web, as the webmaster was once known to, is demonstrably false. Be optimistic about your capabilities and the willingness of others to help you. Be skeptical of anybody who attempts to divide or gatekeep, proclaiming the mandated use or superiority of a specific tool or… ## [(untitled)](https://www.nicksimson.com//notes/2026-08-17-likes-webmaster.html) _2026-08-17 · Posts and notes from Nick Simson_ Likes WEBMASTER@ a manifesto for everyone by Brennan Kenneth Brown . The idea that one person cannot master all aspects of the web, as the webmaster was once known to, is demonstrably false. Be optimistic about your capabilities and the willingness of others to help you. Be skeptical of anybody who attempts to divide or gatekeep, proclaiming the mandated use or superiority of a specific tool or… ## [And there (won't) be sun, sun, sun](https://dartegnian.com/calendar/2026/08/17) _2026-08-17 · Dartegnian's Mood Calendar_ Mood: Below Average I honestly don't know what to feel today. I got someone to tell me about what they're doing and that it's all taken care of, and they know what to do with the guy. But it's just really strange that they're planning other stuff with him and it didn't make sense to me. I tried to talk to someone and open up but they seemed like they didn't care or were just preoccupied with other… ## [Comfy Chair & Self Care](https://pfy.ch/weekly/2026/33.html) _2026-08-17 · Pfy.ch_ Another week :3c I finally caved and bought myself a new chair. It was a bit expensive, but we managed to get them $500 off! 1 Only a few more items until my entire desk setup is complete !! Just waiting for the new desk mat to arrive from SecretLab, and then it'll be all done! Otherwise, like usual the week was pretty low-key. We went for a yummy dinner with a few friends after going shopping on… ## [RSI and Emacs: When Your Pinky Says Enough is Enough](https://taonaw.com/2026/08/16/rsi-and-emacs-when-your.html) _2026-08-17 · The Art Of Not Asking Why_ I've been doing so much Emacs writing lately, so I guess it's time I get my Emacs pinky (which is a form of RSI ). I made a quick reference to it three days ago and got a lot of responses. What happened? I started to feel a strain last week, but at first I didn't think much about it. Sometimes my pinky rests awkwardly on the keyboard because I'm used to using the Caps Lock key, but it's usually a… ## [My 2027 planner: Hobonichi or Travelers Notebook?](https://aubreysambor.com/next-years-planner-hobonichi-or-travelers/) _2026-08-17 · Aubrey Sambor_ For the past 6 years, I've been using Hobonichi planners to keep my personal life organized. I started by using an A6 Techo as my planner in 2021 and 2022, and switched to a Hobonichi Weeks starting in 2023. I love my Weeks, but I'm considering making a change for 2027. I don't remember when I first heard about Traveler's Notebooks . I remember seeing them in stationery stores I've gone to but I… ## [Way less fountain pens in rotation](https://stationery.pizza/2026/08/17/way-less-fountain-pens-in-rotation) _2026-08-17 · Stationery🍕_ I’ve been cleaning and putting away a lot of pens as they run out of ink lately. Now I’m at a point I think is a good place. My three metal Kaweco Sports pens Lamy 2000 Pilot Custom 823 TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR FC Pocket 66 ## [Book Notes for Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance](https://kpwags.com/books/cindy-cohn-privacys-defender/) _2026-08-17 · Keith Wagner_ This book is a memoir of sorts of Cindy Cohn who was a lawyer for, and then eventually the executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The book is divided into three parts talking about some of the biggest cases, she and the EFF dealt with over the last 30 years or so. One of the biggest themes of the book was how she and the EFF fought to protect our privacy on the internet.… ## [bleets | August 16, 2026](https://cyberbuffalo.party/bleets/2026-08-16t150430/) _2026-08-16 · CyberBuffalo Industries_ I'm trying to finish those stupid DK Bananza Challenges that Nintendo added to the Switch 2 and I'd like to write up my feelings about them. I'm torn between just adding an update to the entry in games , or starting a new entry in 2026. Part of the reason that I'm having a hard time is because the way the Games List organizes is by year started. I have toyed with sorting through them differently… ## [I have acquired my dream 3DS](https://theworksofegan.net/posts/2026-08-16-new-3ds/) _2026-08-16 · The Works of Egan_ In November of 2015, Nintendo announced a Black Friday deal at Target (and possibly also Walmart?) stores in the US: Special edition black and white Super Mario-themed New Nintendo 3DS systems for $99. The cheapest (to my knowledge) a 3DS had ever been listed for. They were ::New:: 3DS systems, which meant they could run Super Nintendo virtual console games, a big draw for me. And they were… ## [(untitled)](https://taonaw.com/2026/08/16/they-seem-to-have-integrated.html) _2026-08-16 · The Art Of Not Asking Why_ They seem to have integrated co-pilot into Word, and this is one place I appreciate having AI. I hate Word. I don't want to think in Word. I want to just say, “here is my org mode file, you go ahead and turn this into a Word doc.” Hit enter. Minimize. Leave me alone. Done. ## [Week 33 of 2026](https://declanbyrd.co.uk/journal/2026/week33/) _2026-08-16 · Declan Byrd's Personal Site_ Two basketball sessions this week, and I gave myself plenty of time to warm up before each one. Not that warming up made any difference to my jump shot. I seemed to go through streaks of makes and misses, where there were more misses than makes. Frustrating when for large proportion of those shots I'd been left wide-open. I had some new noise cancelling headphones and earbuds arrive this week.… ## [(untitled)](https://garden.travisbriggs.com/_gemini/link-suggestions/) _2026-08-16 · Digital Garden of Travis Briggs_ Garden Link Suggestions Garden Link Suggestions Sort: most suggestions Sort: slug A–Z Sort: title A–Z Hide nodes with no suggestions Pick a node from the sidebar.