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I like Kagi's small web initiative to help people find personal sites: https://blog.kagi.com/small-web-updates

The next step could be Montblanc ballpoint pens, but that's a very different level where it comes to money; the writing experience is far beyond that of most ballpoint pens at a su…

There's a wonderfully made two-part podcast documentary about Sly Stone and the Family; the documentary focuses on one song but is really a well-told story about the world around S…

Speaking of which, have you seen the new Bases feature in Obsidian? https://help.obsidian.md/bases Reminiscent of Dataview.

I strongly recommend reading the book 'Semicolon' by Cecelia Watson. My review of the book: https://bookwyrm.social/user/pivic/review/3310502/s/review-o...

Agreed, it's a wonderful film, filled with fun, craziness, and melancholy. Just a week ago, Criterion re-released Withnail & I in 4K: https://awardswatch.com/criterion-collection-m…

I'd remove 'deliberate' from all copy as it reduces faith in the product; it's worse than 'opinionated'…

I believe this type of 'translation' can't help with learning a language unless the person who's reading already knows a lot of idiomatic expressions, grammar, and knows both Engli…

Agreed. The post is less critique than a weird traipse through the author's head. I can't tell why the post ended up on HN; the post doesn't even contain information on how the aut…

I'm a technical writer. Diátaxis is similar to DITA: https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/specs/archSpec/base/infor... On the other hand, systems like these might miss out on what us…

I use this page to create a page with links to all kinds of music providers: https://odesli.co Works per artist, album, or song. Create a login to customise URLs. I'm just a user; …

I can see, use, and download files that have been uploaded by other users. I recommend to document that any file that is uploaded to the system can be used and downloaded by others…

I was going to mention them! Absolutely lovely people and assortment. Bought a great 1980s Pelikan M400 from them. P.s. They're on Murray Street, where Sonic Youth used to have the…

I've reviewed this book and agree with the Apollo Magazine writer: this book is very sloppily edited. There are better books about Kubrick; I recommend: * Taschen books: 'The Stanl…

This sounds like wonderful news to me. Will Standard Notes 'productivity' and/or 'professional' features (as listed on https://standardnotes.com/plans ) be available for free to al…

I only get 'Error: Internal error while processing request.' when I try to run queries. I tested three different repos, same error message appeared for each repo.

I love Mataroa: https://mataroa.blog I jumped from WordPress to Mataroa and I'm also using Jekyll, Hugo, Zola, and Obsidian to blog. There are a lot of great things about Mataroa t…

I went from Pocket Casts to open-sourced AntennaPod, and I highly recommend it. It's available on F-Droid.

I just have to say, after I discovered the ultra-thin and very fountain-pen friendly Tomoe River paper, I've not looked back: https://www.galenleather.com/blogs/news/tomoe-river-pa…

Perhaps a list of bibliography tips? Here's my five cents: https://pivic.blog/blog/technical-writing/

I loved them both buy don't forget SoulSeek!

Mass murder≠serial murder. Serial murder requires three or more murders committed by the same perpetrators with more than a month of time between each murder.

Sweden differs a lot in terms of both the cost of living arrangements and wealth compared with the rest of Europe. I've written about this: * https://pivic.blog/blog/the-swedish-co…

This is one example; there are other examples of frameworks and term lists: https://pivic.blog/blog/technical-writing/#technical-style-g...