Articles

Turning the Web Into EPUBs

This mini-series is coming to a close! It started with me wanting to read articles on my Kindle but only finding mediocre browser extensions to do the job, so it will now end with a brand new web to EPUB extension by yours truly :3

Keep reading

I have an 88x31 Button Now!

If you were on the internet around the early 2000's, you might remember these little guys—88 by 31 pixel images used for all sorts of things, like linking to your friends or favorite sites, or proudly displaying your interests.

Keep reading

JPEG XL Is Worth It

Today is going to be a short post about JPEG XL. For those who don't know, it's an image format that can do everything PNG, JPEG, and GIF can do, but better, and smaller. And Google wants to kill it.

Keep reading

Jailbreaking My Kindle

With all the EPUB stuff I've been working on lately I wanted to see what jailbreaking my Kindle would offer, particularly a Kindle as old as mine.

Keep reading

The Last Great Kindle

In the 13 years since I got my fourth-generation Kindle, ereaders have gotten some great new features, but they have also sacrificed their greatest advantages to compete with smartphones.

Keep reading

How I Built My Ask Box

After seeing Kett's ask box I wanted to have my own ask box, it seemed pretty fun to recieve and answer questions from friends and mutuals, and as a nerd who likes making stuff myself, this was no exception!

Keep reading

Generating EPUBs for My Blog

I automated generating EPUBs for all my blog posts! At the top right corner there is now a "Read Offline" button that downloads an EPUB that you can sideload on your ereaders.

Keep reading

Making an EPUB Manually

I have a 4th gen Kindle that I want to read web articles on. I tried some web-to-epub converters but they're pretty bad or aren't free, so I want to learn how to do it myself!

Keep reading

Apps I Use (2024)

I came across a post by Abhinav and the apps he uses, and saw there was a whole collection of people writing blog posts about their app defaults, so I wanted to join in the fun :3

Keep reading

YouTube Is Better With RSS

Did you know that every YouTube channel has a secret RSS feed? Did you also know every playlist has its own RSS feed too, and each channel has a secret playlist for just videos, free of shorts and livestreams?

Keep reading

You Should Have a Website, Actually

The internet is great for self-expression, a digital canvas for anyone to talk about anything, share their interests, or just make a really fun and interesting web page to explore. That means you too!

Keep reading

Type Erasure Is Stupid

This is going to be a bit of a technical rant about something most programmers won't have the misfortune of dealing with: type erasure. A two-decade old solution to generics for Java that should have been shelved long ago. Java devs claim it is "necessary"—it's bullshit.

Keep reading

2024 Retrospective

Writing this now, I realized that this marks the first quarter of the 21st century, and I think that's pretty cool. Is this something else other people noticed as well? It didn't seem like to me that this was at the top of anyone's mind with all the doom and gloom of current world events, and I don't blame them, what a year huh?

But this blog isn't the place for that! Instead, I want to share with you my best and worst moments of yesteryear.

Keep reading

The Making of Buildpiles

I like the idea of Drawpiles; you collaboratively draw on a shared canvas with your friends and have a great time doodling together, sometimes letting your drawings interact with each other!

But for some people when there is an apparent skill gap, Drawpiles presents a ripe opportunity to compare yourself, which can lead to you not feeling very good about yourself. I'm one of those people >_<

Keep reading

How I Built My Blog

When I opened up the text editor to start making my website, I had two choices: stick with what I'm familiar with and use plain HTML and CSS, or learn something new. I chose the path less travelled by.

Keep reading

Why I Want To Blog

As a kid I was enchanted with the idea of blogging so I created many blogs about different topics growing up. Today none of them exist, so what made me want to start another blog?

Keep reading