Brad Enslen

Sep 2018

Like: NewsNow.co.uk > news portal

Like: NewsNow.co.uk > The UK’s #1 news portal Don’t let the “UK” in the tag line fool you, wh...
Sep 2018

Bookmark: Epic Privacy Browser, a secure web browser that protects your privacy | a free VPN privacy browser

via Epic Privacy Browser, a secure chromium-based web browser that protects your privacy and browsing history | a free V...
Sep 2018

Right, time to get to work. 1. Pay bills, 2. paint the board that replaced The Great Rot board (Winter is coming.) 3. Start working on new directory+blog combo. That ought to keep me off the streets. :)

Sep 2018

That first sip of morning coffee tastes even better at 05:00 then at 06:00 or later.

Sep 2018

Upcoming Linux Alternatives to Android and iOS

We are down to just two operating systems for mobile phones (tablets too) Android and iOS. Android is controlled by Goog...
Sep 2018

The Great Rot, above the garage door, has been removed and repaired. Yea!

Sep 2018

What are the Good Independent Unbiased News Websites?

Let me define this: Independent means not controlled by corporate or political masters. Unbiased means they don’t ...
Sep 2018

A carpenter is coming to start fixing The Great Rot. I hope this doesn’t cost too much.

Sep 2018

For Micro Monday I would like to recommend @amit a man with great insights into tech, web, social networks and just about everything.

Sep 2018

Ideas for Websites in Addition to Blogs

This is a follow on of: Let Us Build a New Web, so you might want to start with that. Here I want to talk about expandin...
Sep 2018

Like: Privacy Possum Browser Extension

Privacy Possum makes tracking you less profitable. Like: Privacy Possum. Firefox and Chrome. It’s working on Vival...
Sep 2018

Bookmark: Managed Mastodon Hosting Ridiculously Cheap

Masto.host has fully managed Mastodon hosting starting at 5 Euros a month. Over the long run this is bad news especially...
Sep 2018

Bookmark: Lunascape Orion Triple Browser

Lunascape is the first web browser with 3 rendering engines: Trident (IE), Gecko (FF) and Webkit. This is handy for deve...
Sep 2018

UK, Mojeek, Search Engines and Essential National Infrastructure

The Europeans won’t come out and say it but the fact that Google, the dominant search engine in most of Europe, is...
Sep 2018

Like: Danielx on Whimsy.space by Kicks Condor

Like: Danielx on Whimsey.space, an interview. This. I can’t do this but Kicks Condor can. And this is more of what...
Sep 2018

What is the name of the new cheapest iPhone model? I think it has an X in it. :-)

Sep 2018

Search Engine and Directory List from 2001

Here is an interesting artifact from the Web 1.0 past. A list of known search engines and directories. See the List Sear...
Sep 2018

Watched: Last night I watched newest episode of Inspector Montalbano on Mhz Choice Wonderful. The quality has remained high over the 20 year run of the show.

Sep 2018

I am inclined to think all this SSL stuff is BS for websites that are not selling anything. It is just another thing to raise the bar for entry for independent webmasters. But realistically you have to have it because Google’s Chome will make your site look like it’s dangerous.

Sep 2018

Let Us Build a New Web

@simonwoods made a great point about (re)building the web and search. I’m convinced the best answer to search is w...
Sep 2018

In Reply to: Kicks Condor - Caesar Naples

of being Brad Enslen Source: Kicks Condor - Caesar Naples You know, nobody has ever seen Kicks Condor and Brad Enslen at...
Sep 2018

We need OEM phones running Sailfish OS and ubuntu-touch.io . If it works this puri.sm/shop/libr… will be a good effort. But right now all the OEM phone manufacturers are worried about retribution from Google.

Sep 2018

All this iPhone talk really makes it hit home: we have no choices. It’s either Android loaded with Google spyware and dodgy privacy or Apple “do it our way and stay in our walled garden” iOS. We need more choices. #bringbackwebOS

Sep 2018

I guess new iPhones are being announced today. I hope some of them have a fingerprint scanner at least. Faceprint only is a non-starter for me.

Sep 2018

In Reply to: Manton Reece - The way out

In Reply to: Manton Reece - The way out I think Manton nailed the big picture on this one pretty good. I think we should...