Author Archives: Jeremy Zawodny
Interesting Reads and Watches for May 7th, 2021
A collection of stuff that has caught my attention recently: Eating Less Meat won’t save the planet. Here’s why. (YouTube) Blue Ridge Parkway – I had no idea this existed and would like to drive it some Fall How Tech … Continue reading
Interesting Reads and Watches for April 23rd, 2021
Some stuff I’ve come across recently and found interesting some way or another: How Initialized Investor Garry Tan Turned A $300,000 Bet On Coinbase Into A $680 Million ‘Golden Ticket’ (Forbes) That’s quite an investment return! Is The tp-link Omada … Continue reading
Interesting Reads and Watches for April 8th, 2021
Here’s a short collection of interesting things that have crossed my radar: Finding From Particle Research Could Break Known Laws of Physics (NYT) 1 in 3 Covid survivors suffers neurological or mental disorders, study finds (CNBC) Particle mystery deepens, as … Continue reading
Interesting Reads and Watches for March 22nd, 2021
Stuff I’ve found and read or watched recently: Ham and Split Pea Soup Recipe – A Great Soup (AllRecipes) we made this the other night and it came out great. Why use old computers and operating systems?E (HackerNews) which pointed … Continue reading
Dishy (Starlink) Custom Mount on Standing Seam Metal Roof
The new house we’re nearly done building has a shallow pitch standing steam metal roof upon which I needed to mount Dishy for my Starlink backup Internet service. TLDR: I ended up with something like this one. To get started, … Continue reading
Interesting Reads and Watches — I should blog more (again).
It’s been a long time since I used by blog. It’s time to stop being lazy and get back on the wagon. To start, here’s a recurring I might do–post a list of Interesting Things that I’ve read recently. I … Continue reading
Home Depot is a lost cause…
A couple weeks ago I decided to order some new tools for current and upcoming yard work. I decided that a set of devices that all use the same 40V rechargeable batteries was the way to go and, for reasons … Continue reading
Chrome and Firefox Ad Blocking and Privacy Addons
For a while I’ve been using AdBlock Plus and Ghostery in both Chrome and Firefox to reduce the amount of shitty ads I see and also reduce the number of “trackers” that I’m exposed to on various web sites. But … Continue reading
GNU Parallel and Block Size(s)
I’ve been a fan of GNU Parallel for a while but until recently have only used it occasionally. That’s a shame, because it’s often the simplest solution for quickly solving embarrassingly parallel problems. My recent usage of it has centered … Continue reading