Software
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https://someonewhocares.org/hosts
Dan Pollock's well-known hosts file resource offers a regularly updated blocklist that prevents computers from connecting to ad servers, spyware domains, and tracking sites. A practical and long-running community project, it supports multiple formats including IPv6 and legacy Mac systems, with contributions credited from dozens of users worldwide.
https://crlf.link/
Cristi Constantin's personal blog and wiki, where the most prominent content revolves around release announcements for TwoFold, a static site generator or publishing engine. The site documents the project's development history with versioned release posts spanning several years, making it a useful reference for followers of the TwoFold project.
https://ploum.net/
Ploum.net is the bilingual blog of Lionel Dricot, a Belgian writer and open-source advocate who writes extensively about software freedom, the Fediverse, AI, digital sovereignty, and the pitfalls of modern tech monocultures. Posts range from technical topics like Git workflows and command-line philosophy to broader essays on capitalism and education, all written with a distinctive, opinionated voice.
https://tildenic.org/
TildeNIC is a domain name registry for the Tildeverse, letting users claim their own .tilde top-level domain by pointing their DNS to community-provided resolvers. It also supports OpenNIC alternative domains like .geek, .bbs, and .gopher, making it a hub for the alternative internet and tilde community.
https://digitalia.be/software/slimbox
Slimbox is a lightweight 4KB JavaScript clone of the popular Lightbox 2 image viewer script, created by Christophe Beyls using the MooTools framework with jQuery support available in version 2. The page provides full documentation, a demo, API reference, compatibility notes, and a complete changelog dating back to 2006, making it a thorough resource for web developers seeking a compact image overlay solution.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/andrewe/archives/4942979.html
Andrew's Excel Tips is a practical tutorial blog focused on Microsoft Excel formulas and functions, with this entry walking through how to auto-number rows using ADDRESS, INDIRECT, ROW, and COLUMN functions. The clear step-by-step explanations and real-world examples make it a handy reference for spreadsheet users looking to solve common data problems.
https://notes.ghed.in/
Rodrigo Ghedin, a Brazilian tech journalist, shares sharp English-language commentary on consumer technology topics ranging from AI and vibe coding to Android apps and Google Maps controversies. The writing is thoughtful and skeptical, offering a non-hype perspective on the tech industry from the founder of the independent publication Manual do Usuário.
https://aros.sourceforge.io/
AROS Research Operating System is a free, open-source desktop OS designed to be compatible with AmigaOS at the API level while being portable across modern hardware. The site offers downloads, documentation, screenshots, hardware compatibility lists, and developer resources for this community-driven project.
https://joarvarndt.se/
Joar von Arndt's personal blog covers a wide-ranging mix of technology commentary, GNU Emacs evangelism, graphic design, and cultural criticism. Posts range from hands-on explorations of LLMs and Emacs workflows to analyses of industrial policy and TV shows like Pluribus, making it a thoughtful and eclectic read.
https://txt2tags.org/
txt2tags is an open-source document converter created by Aurelio Jargas in 2001 that transforms plain text files with minimal markup into dozens of formats including HTML, LaTeX, DocBook, DokuWiki, and Wikipedia markup. The project site offers full documentation, markup demos, feature lists, downloads, and links to the GitHub repository for both the v2 and v3 maintained versions.