~midnight-cinders all posts from midnight-cinders.com https://midnight-cinders.com/ Hugo 0.152.2 en-US 2026-03-06 00:00:00 +0000 media lists https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/media-lists/ 2026-03-06 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/media-lists/ collection of articles, books, movies, music & more which i either want to or have enjoyed (or loathed) foss projects collection https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/neat-foss-projects/ 2026-03-06 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/neat-foss-projects/ list of (neat || useful) software with links to the code repositories books list https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/books-list/ 2026-03-06 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/books-list/ which i hope/intend to read along with some that i have & my thoughts about them articles list https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/articles-list/ 2026-03-06 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/articles-list/ which i found interesting enough to want to share but which i didn't have enough thoughts on to warrant writing about library update #0 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/library-update-0/ 2026-03-05 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/library-update-0/ new baubles have been acquired synchronously send files of any size securely with magic wormhole https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/synchronously-send-files-securely-with-magic-wormhole/ 2026-02-28 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/synchronously-send-files-securely-with-magic-wormhole/ fun and convenient for small files but also an amazing solution for massive files the union has no plan https://midnight-cinders.com/news/the-union-has-no-plan/ 2026-02-27 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/news/the-union-has-no-plan/ republicans are out of momentum but democrats are not seizing the moment stay informed with rss https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/stay-informed-with-rss/ 2026-02-27 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/stay-informed-with-rss/ build your own personal feed of sources you care about a hundred smiles https://midnight-cinders.com/art/a-hundred-smiles/ 2026-02-26 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/art/a-hundred-smiles/ each one a treasure are you protecting your ssn [for usians] https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/are-you-protecting-your-ssn/ 2026-02-19 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/are-you-protecting-your-ssn/ if your credit is not frozen you are vulnerable harper - a grammar linter that respects your privacy https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/harper-a-local-grammar-linter/ 2026-02-18 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/harper-a-local-grammar-linter/ i don't miss grammarly at all home https://midnight-cinders.com/art/home/ 2026-02-17 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/art/home/ last year's leaves wait for me why i moved away from discord to matrix https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/why-i-moved-away-from-discord-to-matrix/ 2026-02-16 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/why-i-moved-away-from-discord-to-matrix/ the least worst alternative at the moment you can single-handedly & meaningfully attenuate phantom traffic jams https://midnight-cinders.com/opinion/you-can-meaningfully-attenuate-phantom-traffic-jams/ 2026-01-14 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/opinion/you-can-meaningfully-attenuate-phantom-traffic-jams/ it isn't even difficult - help spread the word! what the copenhagen interpretation of ethics misses https://midnight-cinders.com/opinion/what-the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics-misses/ 2026-01-13 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/opinion/what-the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics-misses/ actually exploitation /isn't/ moral my keyboard trajectory https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/my-keyboard-trajectory/ 2026-01-09 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/my-keyboard-trajectory/ also known as why you should use an (open-source) split keyboard how to change the spellcheck color in libreoffice https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/how-to-change-the-spellcheck-color-in-libreoffice/ 2026-01-06 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/how-to-change-the-spellcheck-color-in-libreoffice/ if you use dark-mode, the default red can be hard to see remove url tracking when you share links https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/remove-url-tracking-when-you-share-links/ 2026-01-05 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/remove-url-tracking-when-you-share-links/ don't help mass-surveil yourself and your friends hot water urns are amazing https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/hot-water-urn/ 2026-01-04 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/hot-water-urn/ always having hot, potable water might be a luxury you haven't considered waiting to brush your teeth https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/waiting-to-brush-your-teeth/ 2026-01-03 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/waiting-to-brush-your-teeth/ it has come to my attention that there are people out here brushing their teeth right after eating cat auto-feeders are amazing https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/cat-auto-feeder/ 2026-01-02 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/cat-auto-feeder/ if you can comfortably afford one, you should really get one trump's first vetoes https://midnight-cinders.com/news/trumps-first-vetoes/ 2026-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/news/trumps-first-vetoes/ trump feeling the need to use his veto feels like an indication of a turning point seagate sucks https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/seagate-sucks/ 2025-12-31 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/seagate-sucks/ they seemingly do not have /any/ customer support wikipedia collection https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/wikipedia/ 2025-12-29 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/wikipedia/ interesting wikipedia entries security basics for normal people https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/security-basics-for-normies/ 2025-12-22 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/security-basics-for-normies/ safety & privacy can be overwhelming - what should you do? file backup best practices https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/file-backup-best-practices/ 2025-12-21 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/file-backup-best-practices/ don't wait until you wish you had one don't get scammed https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/dont-get-scammed/ 2025-12-21 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/dont-get-scammed/ it is both easier and harder than you think what makes a password strong https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/what-makes-a-password-strong/ 2025-12-19 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/what-makes-a-password-strong/ secretly also known as "you should be using a password manager" how to rollback a full system upgrade on arch https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/how-to-rollback-a-full-system-upgrade-on-arch/ 2025-12-12 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/how-to-rollback-a-full-system-upgrade-on-arch/ for when your system breaks and you want to cry did you get a discord checkpoint this year? (2025) https://midnight-cinders.com/news/discord-checkpoint/ 2025-12-04 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/news/discord-checkpoint/ don't trust your phone https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/dont-trust-your-phone/ 2025-12-02 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/dont-trust-your-phone/ you probably don't realize how bad the situation is which linux distro should you pick https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/which-linux-distro-should-you-pick/ 2025-11-30 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/which-linux-distro-should-you-pick/ yet another perspective (but my opinions are the best, obvs) the software i use and why https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/the-tools-i-use-and-why/ 2025-11-29 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/the-tools-i-use-and-why/ the list of software, services, and websites i use & the reasoning for my choices why i like (some) paid services https://midnight-cinders.com/opinion/why-i-like-some-paid-services/ 2025-11-28 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/opinion/why-i-like-some-paid-services/ FOSS is best but when it isn't sustainable, paid is better than 'corporate' encrypting email with pgp keys and thunderbird https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/encrypting-email-with-pgp-keys-and-thunderbird/ 2025-11-26 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/tech/encrypting-email-with-pgp-keys-and-thunderbird/ opinionated guide for getting started using pgp for email the library is open https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/the-library-is-open/ 2025-11-24 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/personal/the-library-is-open/ link library https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/link-library/ 2025-11-24 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/baubles/link-library/ collection of useful online tools, resources, & references a handful of lost love https://midnight-cinders.com/art/a-handful-of-lost-love/ 2022-09-02 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/art/a-handful-of-lost-love/ i would have known you the door reads "exit only" https://midnight-cinders.com/art/the-door-reads-exit-only/ 2021-08-28 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/art/the-door-reads-exit-only/ back to the old rules don’t empty houses ring? https://midnight-cinders.com/art/dont-empty-houses-ring/ 2020-12-05 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/art/dont-empty-houses-ring/ a home become a house years ago https://midnight-cinders.com/art/years-ago/ 2019-11-10 00:00:00 +0000 https://midnight-cinders.com/art/years-ago/ i remember your smiling face