Ebook Readers in DebianEbook Readers in Debian
Laptop For a while I’ve been using Calibre 8.5.0+ds-1+deb13u1 in Debian/Trixie running KDE for reading ebooks on my laptop, it generally works well and has a large font size. The[...]
Communication and Hostile AIsCommunication and Hostile AIs
We seem to be entering an “AI” apocalypse of sorts, they aren’t going to kill us or even take our jobs. What they are doing is destroying the Internet commons[...]
The Death of TwitterThe Death of Twitter
At the end of last year I uninstalled the Twitter app on my phone. In the past Twitter used to be very useful for providing feedback to large organisations. I[...]
The Difference Between Email and Instant MessagingThe Difference Between Email and Instant Messaging
Introduction With various forms of IM becoming so prevalent and a lot of communication that used to be via email happening via IM I’ve been thinking about the differences between[...]
Links March 2026Links March 2026
Krebs has an interesting article about the Kimwolf botnet which uses residential proxy relay services [1]. cory Doctorow wrote an insightful blog post about code being a liability not an[...]
Links February 2026Links February 2026
Charles Stross has a good theory of why “AI” is being pushed on corporations, really we need to just replace CEOs with LLMs [1]. This disturbing and amusing article describes[...]
Furilabs FLX1sFurilabs FLX1s
The Aim I have just got a Furilabs FLX1s [1] which is a phone running a modified version of Debian. I want to have a phone that runs all apps[...]
Terminal Emulator SecurityTerminal Emulator Security
I just read this informative article on ANSI terminal security [1]. The author has written a tool named vt-houdini for testing for these issues [2]. They used to host an[...]
LEAF ZE1 After 6 MonthsLEAF ZE1 After 6 Months
About 6 months ago I got a Nissan LEAF ZE1 (2019 model) [1]. Generally it’s going well and I’m happy with most things about it. One issue is that as[...]
Phone Charging Speeds With Debian/TrixiePhone Charging Speeds With Debian/Trixie
One of the problems I encountered with the PinePhone Pro (PPP) when I tried using it as a daily driver [1] was the charge speed, both slow charging and a[...]