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Definitely my Mastodon server---there's a lot of discussion on the Fediverse, and I've had nothing but enjoyment from it. Also, I have a long list of blogs in m

Definitely my Mastodon server---there's a lot of discussion on the Fediverse, and I've had nothing but enjoyment from it. Also, I have a long list of blogs in my RSS reader that qualify as "small corners." I could share some if you're interested!

baldgeek 2y ago
would love to see some of the blogs you follow.
- Ethan_Barry 2y ago
  You got it! By approximate category and in no particular order: ## MISCELLANEOUS - [Low Tech Magazine](https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com), a solar-powered website showcasing the amazing low-tech things you can do with a little ingenuity, - [Stephen Wolfram's Blog](https://writings.stephenwolfram.com https://writings.stephenwolfram.com) on math, compsci, and everything else, - [Cool Macrophotography](https://www.barrywebbimages.co.uk/Images/Macro/Slime-Moulds-Myxomycetes https://www.barrywebbimages.co.uk/Images/Macro/Slime-Moulds-...) for amazing pictures of tiny things (WARNING: Time Sink!), ## COMPUTER SCIENCE - [While-True-Do](https://blog.while-true-do.io https://blog.while-true-do.io) has lots of stuff on Linux administration and self-hosting, - [Backend Banter](https://www.backendbanter.fm https://www.backendbanter.fm) for a great podcast on backend development, - [Two Wrongs](https://two-wrongs.com https://two-wrongs.com) for statistics and functional programming, - [Math ∩ Programming](https://www.jeremykun.com/ https://www.jeremykun.com/) where math and programming intersect! Written by a Googler... - [Paul Bourke's site](https://paulbourke.net/ https://paulbourke.net/) where you can get happily lost exploring old pages on every topic CS touches, - [Jason Punyon's blog](https://jasonpunyon.com https://jasonpunyon.com) for some fun algorithms and things, - [Yossi Kreinin's blog](https://yosefk.com/blog https://yosefk.com/blog) for C, Python, and plenty of non-technical topics, - [Adrian Sampson's academic blog](https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~asampson/blog https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~asampson/blog) for an academic's perspective, - [Cool polyhedra viewer project](https://georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html https://georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html) if you like geometry, - [Another academic blog on CS](https://11011110.github.io/blog https://11011110.github.io/blog) from a prof at UCal Irvine, - [A Linux & Rust blog](https://harald.hoyer.xyz https://harald.hoyer.xyz) which has a lot of older content, but isn't very active now, - [Matt Palmer's blog](https://hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog https://hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog) is pretty neat. More varied CS topics... - [Austin Henley's blog](https://austinhenley.com/blog.html https://austinhenley.com/blog.html) stays pretty active, and it's a former MS researcher writing it, - [Jack Vanlightly's blog](https://jack-vanlightly.com/ https://jack-vanlightly.com/) on system architecture and data processing, - [Computational Complexity blog](https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org) written jointly by academics, - [Matt Might's blog](https://matt.might.net/articles https://matt.might.net/articles) which covers everything related to CS and academia, - [Dr. Brian Callahan's blog](https://briancallahan.net/blog/archive.html https://briancallahan.net/blog/archive.html) mostly dealing with UNIX and C compilation, - [The Dictionary of Data Structures & Algorithms](https://xlinux.nist.gov/dads https://xlinux.nist.gov/dads) from NIST (very old website), - [Red Tomato's blog](https://tech.aufomm.com https://tech.aufomm.com) on Linux server administration, ## ART & TYPOGRAPHY - [Typographica](https://typographica.org https://typographica.org) for typeface design news (check out their creator's other projects as well...) - [Minimal Gallery](https://minimal.gallery https://minimal.gallery) showcases great user-submitted minimal web designs, - [Letterform Archive](https://letterformarchive.org https://letterformarchive.org) in San Francisco, for collections and tidbits on pieces of typographic history. That's about it for now...
  - makk 2y ago
    Wow! Thank you!

baldgeek 2y ago

would love to see some of the blogs you follow.

Ethan_Barry 2y ago
You got it! By approximate category and in no particular order: ## MISCELLANEOUS - [Low Tech Magazine](https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com), a solar-powered website showcasing the amazing low-tech things you can do with a little ingenuity, - [Stephen Wolfram's Blog](https://writings.stephenwolfram.com https://writings.stephenwolfram.com) on math, compsci, and everything else, - [Cool Macrophotography](https://www.barrywebbimages.co.uk/Images/Macro/Slime-Moulds-Myxomycetes https://www.barrywebbimages.co.uk/Images/Macro/Slime-Moulds-...) for amazing pictures of tiny things (WARNING: Time Sink!), ## COMPUTER SCIENCE - [While-True-Do](https://blog.while-true-do.io https://blog.while-true-do.io) has lots of stuff on Linux administration and self-hosting, - [Backend Banter](https://www.backendbanter.fm https://www.backendbanter.fm) for a great podcast on backend development, - [Two Wrongs](https://two-wrongs.com https://two-wrongs.com) for statistics and functional programming, - [Math ∩ Programming](https://www.jeremykun.com/ https://www.jeremykun.com/) where math and programming intersect! Written by a Googler... - [Paul Bourke's site](https://paulbourke.net/ https://paulbourke.net/) where you can get happily lost exploring old pages on every topic CS touches, - [Jason Punyon's blog](https://jasonpunyon.com https://jasonpunyon.com) for some fun algorithms and things, - [Yossi Kreinin's blog](https://yosefk.com/blog https://yosefk.com/blog) for C, Python, and plenty of non-technical topics, - [Adrian Sampson's academic blog](https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~asampson/blog https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~asampson/blog) for an academic's perspective, - [Cool polyhedra viewer project](https://georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html https://georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html) if you like geometry, - [Another academic blog on CS](https://11011110.github.io/blog https://11011110.github.io/blog) from a prof at UCal Irvine, - [A Linux & Rust blog](https://harald.hoyer.xyz https://harald.hoyer.xyz) which has a lot of older content, but isn't very active now, - [Matt Palmer's blog](https://hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog https://hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog) is pretty neat. More varied CS topics... - [Austin Henley's blog](https://austinhenley.com/blog.html https://austinhenley.com/blog.html) stays pretty active, and it's a former MS researcher writing it, - [Jack Vanlightly's blog](https://jack-vanlightly.com/ https://jack-vanlightly.com/) on system architecture and data processing, - [Computational Complexity blog](https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org) written jointly by academics, - [Matt Might's blog](https://matt.might.net/articles https://matt.might.net/articles) which covers everything related to CS and academia, - [Dr. Brian Callahan's blog](https://briancallahan.net/blog/archive.html https://briancallahan.net/blog/archive.html) mostly dealing with UNIX and C compilation, - [The Dictionary of Data Structures & Algorithms](https://xlinux.nist.gov/dads https://xlinux.nist.gov/dads) from NIST (very old website), - [Red Tomato's blog](https://tech.aufomm.com https://tech.aufomm.com) on Linux server administration, ## ART & TYPOGRAPHY - [Typographica](https://typographica.org https://typographica.org) for typeface design news (check out their creator's other projects as well...) - [Minimal Gallery](https://minimal.gallery https://minimal.gallery) showcases great user-submitted minimal web designs, - [Letterform Archive](https://letterformarchive.org https://letterformarchive.org) in San Francisco, for collections and tidbits on pieces of typographic history. That's about it for now...
- makk 2y ago
  Wow! Thank you!