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https://kilkakon.com/shimeji
Kilkakon hosts his personal fork of Shimeji-ee, an open source Java desktop pet application that lets tiny animated characters roam around your Windows screen. The site offers downloads, new character packs drawn by artists worldwide, tutorials, and source code for this charming little utility.
https://support.moonpoint.com/os/windows/software/remote-control/rdp/rdp-registry.php
MoonPoint Support offers a detailed technical walkthrough for enabling Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) on a Windows XP system entirely from the command line, using registry commands over an SSH session. The guide is practical and scenario-driven, covering netstat checks, reg commands, firewall configuration, and adding users to the Remote Desktop Users group.
https://robey.lag.net/2010/06/21/mensch-font.html
Robey's blog post documents the creation of 'Mensch', a custom monospace coding font derived from Apple's Menlo and the DejaVu/Bitstream Vera lineage, with carefully considered tweaks to glyphs like the zero, ampersand, and lowercase L. The post offers a free download of the font along with a detailed explanation of each design decision, making it a gem for developers who care deeply about their coding environment typography.
https://pax.remotes.club/
Alex's minimalist personal page documents a beginner's journey learning text editors like Vim and Nano, written in a charming, stream-of-consciousness style. The site is tiny but endearing, capturing the small victories of learning basic terminal commands at a cafe.
https://permacomputing.net/
The Permacomputing wiki explores a community-driven concept centered on resilience, regenerativity, and sustainability in computing, drawing inspiration from permaculture philosophy. Visitors will find principles, technical assessments, project listings, and a library of texts examining the environmental and societal costs of modern computational culture from an anti-capitalist, ecological perspective.
http://pchell.com/support/editrunmrulistentries.shtml
PC Hell, run by Mark Hasting, offers detailed Windows troubleshooting guides including this tutorial on selectively deleting individual entries from the Run Command MRU (Most Recently Used) list via the Windows Registry. The site provides step-by-step instructions, screenshots, and even a downloadable VBScript utility called EditRunMRUList to make the process easier for everyday users.
https://neocitiestools.neocities.org/
Neocities Tools, created by Patrick G, offers a suite of command-line utilities for managing Neocities websites, including tools to copy, delete, list, and batch-upload files via shell scripts and Windows executables. The collection covers both Windows and Linux platforms, making it a practical resource for developers who prefer working outside the browser-based Neocities interface.
http://chinachannel.hk/
China Channel is a Firefox add-on that routes your browser traffic through a Chinese proxy, letting users outside China experience the Great Firewall's censorship firsthand. The site provides the download and explains how the plugin works, along with background information on China's internet censorship apparatus and the scale of its enforcement.
https://mindprod.com/products.html
Roedy Green of Canadian Mind Products offers a master index of free, open-source downloadable Java utilities, all released under a non-military public domain license with well-commented source code. Visitors can browse dozens of tools ranging from file validators to icon utilities, with links to documentation, source repositories, and zip downloads.
https://hypercritical.co/
John Siracusa's Hypercritical is a long-running tech commentary blog focused on Apple, macOS, and software criticism, featuring deep analytical essays that pull no punches. Siracusa also develops and showcases his own Mac apps here, including Hyperspace, a disk utility tool described as his riskiest creation.