Improving Early Kindles
I will never let it rest.
A guide wrapper about how to bring old Kindles, such as the Kindle Keyboard, as well as the Kindle 4, and Kindle 5 up to speed a bit to be usable in the modern era. Covering screensaver hacks, improved font handling, and more comprehensive customisablity with KOReader.
https://vale.rocks/posts/improving-early-kindles
Firehose
I kinda miss the days when sites would get complete redesigns pretty much annually. It kept the web feeling fresh and cutting edge.
I suppose it was simpler to do everything over when all it took was a bit of hacking away with HTML and CSS.
Usually it’s infuriating, but sometimes it can be fun to write CSS within the constraints of existing, untouchable HTML.
Does Flexbox still feel really new to anyone else?
It is like my concept of ‘new CSS things’ just broke at some point.
An Inventory of Lexical Loves
A wonderous wealth of words.
A collection of my favourite words (as defined by their extreme specificity, enjoyment to say, and overall zaniness) presented with definitions and in some cases their etymologies and my justification for inclusion.
https://vale.rocks/posts/an-inventory-of-lexical-loves
Ever met someone who hates melted cheese? No? Exactly!
Somehow I reckon’ we could harness this power to achieve world peace.
I thought selling body parts was illegal, but apparently ARM stock is at an all-time high…
No wonder my battery life has been terrible lately. I’ve had the full Revolt Chat stack running Dockerised in the background for the past half week…
A fuzzy little plant growing in the garden.
A wet rock showing a variety of colours.
The Flow State
The hypnotic trance of productivity.
A description and look at the productive trance that is the flow state (AKA zen state). An attempt at capturing in words the essence of complete cognitive immersion and the enthralling rush it brings.
https://vale.rocks/posts/the-flow-state
Sometimes I’m just too lazy to use the shortcuts and automation that’d make things quicker and less labour intensive.
Reminder that you can chuck document.designMode = "on"; in your browser console, and it’ll let you directly edit the text of the current page.
I was thinking about the other future today. The one where Microsoft didn’t get done for having a monopoly, and we all searched the web using Bing via Internet Explorer.
Just spent 5 minutes on CodePen wondering why my CSS wasn’t working.
postion: absolute
Hurrr
It’s fortunate my 3D printer is so slow. I can’t fathom the amount of crap my house would be filled with if it was any faster.
I misinput a value in one of my recent articles, so it stated the post was revised in February rather than January.
Out of the thousands of viewers, only one person caught it and pointed this out to me.
It is so important to get fresh eyes on things and to seek feedback.
Remember: For every person who reports an issue, there are likely dozens or hundreds (or even thousands) who noticed but stayed quiet.
https://pointersgonewild.com/2019/11/02/they-might-never-tell-you-its-broken/
A bee on a pink flower.
A ladybird sitting on a plant.
A purple flower attached to a plant.
My photos just hit 50K views on Unsplash! Gotta be happy with that!
I wish there was a way to git diff life so I could see what has happened between yesterday and today.
Bad AI-generated images are a guaranteed way to cheapen your content and drive away users. Creating high-quality visual content is essential for engaging your audience. Take the time to make something good, or don’t bother at all. Quality matters.
I put together a new photography page on my site. It contains photos I have taken. You will now click the below link and view these photos. You will enjoy the experience.
Just posting this here for no specific reason at all.
In the same vein as ‘Is it better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all?’ I propose:
Is it better to make something and have it scraped for an AI or to have never made anything at all?
My links page has been going really well!
- My analytics show consistent visits, which indicates to me that people are coming back to check out more cool sites.
- I’ve been enjoying exploring all my bookmarks and archives to add to it.
- People are checking out cool, unique websites.
Implantation of My xG3v2 Bio-magnet
The procedure of me getting an xG3v2 bio-magnet from Dangerous Things implanted in my hand via injection.
My Experience Biohacking
I'm pretty much a cyborg now.
My experience getting an xG3 bio-magnet implanted in my hand. Covering the implantation, healing, and my newfound abilities.
https://vale.rocks/posts/my-experience-biohacking
Were you all just gonna let me keep on living without telling me about the rch unit?
This is so insanely useful for one specific thing I ended up fixing with JS the other day.