The Smartphone Scams
The smartphone scams. Android won’t let you uninstall any of the core Google apps. So they are all still there hog...Aw, Come on Let Us Track You, Sucka.
I got an email from my auto insurance agent, saying I can get a discount by letting the insurance company put a GPS trac...I saw a Chrysler K-car today. It was boxy, smaller than most mid-sized cars these days but has more interior room, has head room, is reliable and affordable in it’s day. Um, why can’t anyone make a car like that today?
Like: Forget the new iPhones, Apple's best product is now privacy
Like: Forget the new iPhones, Apple’s best product is now privacy I have to admit, from a privacy angle you...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...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...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. :)
That first sip of morning coffee tastes even better at 05:00 then at 06:00 or later.
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...The Great Rot, above the garage door, has been removed and repaired. Yea!
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 ...A carpenter is coming to start fixing The Great Rot. I hope this doesn’t cost too much.
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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...Like: Privacy Possum Browser Extension
Privacy Possum makes tracking you less profitable. Like: Privacy Possum. Firefox and Chrome. It’s working on Vival...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...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...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...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...What is the name of the new cheapest iPhone model? I think it has an X in it. :-)
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...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.
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.