The Weekly Sniff 003

This is the weekly sniff. A roundup of links (linkdump) from the optimistically last week but more likely last month.

Yup more likely the last month lol. Working 2.5 jobs so everything is flying. We moved apartments its to small but we are only here for a year. Coffee has been solid lately !

Best in show

Everything I Use

Everything I use for computers, writing, gaming, audio, photography, self-hosting, health, and everyday carry.

overkill.wtf

Bookmarks clean-up

I can’t move on unless I post these bookmarks

Jottings from AnaAna Rodrigues

- Its super hard to keep these up to date. I struggle with my Techreccs. Kudos to Kevin and Ana.

Small web finds

If You See a Dragonfly

After Cocoa’s passing, we started noticing dragonflies everywhere. Maybe they’re her way of saying hello.

Notes by JCProbably

Cocoas passing has hit me super hard. Jedda's posts about him make me tear up. I hope Cocoa and Honey are hanging together.

Playing Stardew Valley

Playing Stardew Valley as another little way to bring Cocoa home and keep her living on.

Notes by JCProbably

I have been feeling the same way while playing through Tales of Vesperia with Repede.

Defending my own brain against enshittification

If you haven’t had Belvita breakfast cookies, you have probably had Biscoff cookies, which are similar. These are a classic airline snack. You’ve probably ha…

Mr. Market

Keeping to the theme of the site XD! Great read!

Tech sucks: You have to vote with your wallet, or nothing will change - 82MHz

82MHz

Yup yup yup!

Tools and systems

Why I made a DeGoogle directory

I turned an archived Google alternatives list into a searchable directory I can actually maintain and use.

mgx

Thank you Mighil. Also great doggo profile pic!

Loose links

Sample Roesting — Scott Rao

In this post, I’d like to dive into our sample roasting system at Prodigal.  Why do we sample roast? If you want to cup samples before purchasing green coffee, you have two choices: ask suppliers for roasted samples, or roast samples yourself. Many suppliers are willing to send roaste

Scott RaoScott Rao

How Sample roasting works, from one of the best roasters in the world!

Rubenerd: I’m a heat-pump dryer convert: they’re amazing

They make laundries more pleasant, they use less power, they’re great.

RubenerdRuben Schade

Enjoyed this post. Must be in my midlife crisis.

I’m excited for Intel after testing the XPS 13

Shortly after Apple launched the budget MacBook Neo, Dell announced their response, a new low-end XPS 13. Matching the Neo’s current pricing, it starts at $699, or $599 with an educational discount. That discount is currently set to expire on November 2, and with the current component pricing insanity, I’d be surprised if we don’t see a price increase on both laptops by next year. I ran the XPS 13 through my gauntlet of benchmarks, and published a review on my YouTube channel:

Jeff Geerling

Will be a crazy good homelab cpu in about 5 years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1vhe64r/a_cool_guide_to_mens_pant_and_shirt_colour/ - I have a really awesome book that takes care of this but cool either way.

Notes to myself at the age of 29

This year, I will be 30, and this is a note to myself before turning 30. I can start today. I can start after 41. I can start at the end of this month. I…

dostoynikov

Trying to keep these in mind!

This is day 36 of #100DaysToOffload