Applications and a status page
The server’s whitelist has a real front door now: a form that asks the questions worth asking and emails me a link to approve or turn down. There’s also a status page showing which of my…
<em>Blowing Up</em>, Just to Blow Up
Recently I began the process of moving all of my GitHub repositories to Codeberg. I am far from the only person making this move in 2026; if anything, I'm well behind the curve. However, I did want…
My updated thoughts on Zola – version 0.23
I really feel like writing some words about my experience managing this website after Zola release 0.23 and the next steps from here. This blog is mostly going to be a critique of Zola static site…
Using Forester to turn Foundations of CS into interactive evergreen lectures
I've heard good feedback from my undergrad students about how Jon Sterling publishes his 1A Discrete Maths lectures in a structured online form using his own Forester tool . As my sabbatical comes to…
The things we lost
Exploring how the internet never lived up to its promise of open information
Exams Back to Back
This kinda perfectly summarizes my exam time - non exam time situation. You might be wondering how I know that you're awesome! Because I know you read this via RSS.
Thoughts about “working together”
Today, Dave Winer talks about “working together”, and how he wants to work with other people. The bug in this statement is that Dave Winer deletes things from sites he provides for others…
Moviebuff
Moviebuff is a Django application originally written by retiolus that was released last August. I’m not sure how I originally came across it, but I remember it being demonstrated on Mastodon.…
Digitised Street Directories
New AI directed OCR has meant we have 3 new digitised Street directories. These were previously too indistinct to read cleanly. They are: Pikes 1917Pages 1890Kelly’s 1911 The post Digitised…
Reddit DMCA anticircumvention decision strengthens the value of structured data licensing
Plaintiff Reddit sued defendants SerpApi and Perplexity AI over alleged efforts to bypass technological measures restricting automated access to Reddit-related content appearing in Google search…
August 2026 Galaxie Blog Update
Over the last four months, I haven't been blogging; instead, I've been developing new features for Galaxie Blog.
When a disabled submit button becomes a dead end
Manually typing passwords is a burden and is slowly being abstracted or going away. Disabled buttons for sign up, login, password resets are often a lazy solution with giant possibility to block…
The Kraken Busters 82
<< First | <Prev | Next > << First | <Prev | Next > Two last quick things! If you’re enjoying these strips, please consider helping to spread the word!…
How to Win a Web Forum
I drew the cartoon above from a photograph that turned twenty years old last month. That’s Erika on the left, and next to Erika is Stephen’s bride Erin,…
soundcloud share
Hello readers. Just signed up for SoundCloud. I am now recording and posting audio of me reading my blog posts. I have already embedded about six recordings here on Bear. Not all of my posts will…
Which Data Repository Should You Use?
The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After February 19 all projects will become read-only, and…
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