David Edgar's website

πŸ”– UUIDv7 in 24 languages

I recently needed to use UUIDv5 in c# and was shocked to find it isn't in the framework.

πŸ”– MicroMac

Never not here for an article on somebody creating a retro computer with a raspberry pi or similar

πŸ”– Why you need a "WTF Notebook"

Notes on one method of note taking

πŸ”– S3 is files, but not a filesystem

Good explainer on S3 and how different it is to a traditional (read: unix-inspired) file system.

πŸ”– Why you need a "WTF Notebook"

Notes on one method of note taking

πŸ”– How I Use Obsidian II

Notes on how one person uses Obsidian

πŸ”– How I Use Obsidian

Notes on how one person uses Obsidian

πŸ”– How to do Lunges for String Hips & Legs

A guide, with demo videos, on various lunge moves

πŸ”– Never write yourself off!

Man reflects on his journey from being quite unfit in his middle-age to a much healthier state in his 60s.

πŸ”– The muscle miracle: can I build enough in my 60s to make it to 100

Article on building muscle mass, starting from nothing* when older. Obviously relevant to me.

πŸ”– Blogmarks - Github

A bookmarking tool

πŸ”– Betula

An activitypub supporting, self-hosted and single-user link blog or bookmarking tool

πŸ”– Nelson's linkblog

Some notes on a linkblog. Not sure if open source

πŸ”– Blogmarks - Github

A single-user bookmarking web app. Uncertain if ActivityPub enabled.

πŸ”– Postmarks

A single-user ActivityPub supporting bookmarks system.

πŸ”– Fractal Geometry

πŸ”– From the Circle to Epicycles (Part 1) - An animated introduction to Fourier Series

πŸ”– How to get the most out of slow cooking with this foolproof braised meat method

Some useful advice on slow cooking red meat

πŸ”– Git repo for ArchiveBox

A tool that archives urls locally. I am hoping it can replace my ersatz archiver, which really just creates PDFs. ArchiveBox doesn't handle html "books" out of the book, it only archives the table of contents. But it may be possible to use wget arguments to get it to go deeper.

πŸ”– The empty brain

β€œ Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer”

I have no idea how much of this is accurate, whether its depiction of the prevailing theory of mind and consciousness is correct or its counter-theory. Interesting starting point though for something I feel is important to, if not actually understand, at least have some knowledge of.

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