Updated May 18, 2025

Recently I: **am angry at fascists.** I've been thinking: everyone carries a web browser in their pocket. Go make a web page. Web pages are fun. This is my _now_ page. Blog post more info ------------------- * A Landscape of Things To Read (2025-05-13) * On Sensible Shoes (2025-05-13) * 110 Hours of CSS Battle (2025-05-06) * Go listen to some Jill Sobule. (2025-05-02) * On “NSFW” (2025-05-01) * Reboot, Renewal (2025-04-30) * Study Hall Reflections (2025-04-25) Affirmations more info ---------------------- * I have many talents. #affirmation (2025-05-18) * I’m doing my best. #affirmation (2025-05-17) * I am no longer running the show. #affirmation (2025-05-17) * I have a keen interest in my fellow man. #affirmation (2025-05-16) * I am free to feel and express all of my feelings. #affirmation (2025-05-15) * I am rigorously honest with myself. #affirmation (2025-05-14) Comic more info --------------- * (2025-01-24) Mastodon post more info ----------------------- * Next weekend there'll be a Galactic Bonus Homebrew Website Club. Great space to personal website! (Is that a verb? I made it a verb.) https://events.indieweb.org/2025/05/galactic-bonus-homebrew-website-club-FXSfHTDP2Apy #IndieWeb (2025-05-17) * Tuesday! Front End Study Hall! Come learn a thing or two about websites: #HTML & #CSS and the beautiful soup they produce. An #IndieWeb event. https://events.indieweb.org/2025/05/front-end-study-hall-028-FnCziY2O2Fd9 (2025-05-17) * “slapdash” is a useful word. (2025-05-16) * “Painting with the Web” is a terrific wide-ranging talk from @matthiasott at BT which I highly recommend for anyone curious for an overview of what’s terrific about the web in general but HTML and CSS. #WEBDEV #CSS https://youtu.be/1Pq7VqNrtk4 (2025-05-16) * “Safari Mailto to Webmail” #ArtLungLab https://lab.artlung.com/safari-mailto-webmail/ I've been bothered by web page mailto: links not being able to be sent to Gmail for a long time. Today I wrote a bookmarklet to address it. (2025-05-15) * Pa Kent bringing the wisdom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox8ZLF6cGM0 (2025-05-14) Lab more info ------------- * Ventcheck, a Twitter bot (2025-05-16) * Safari Mailto Converter (2025-05-15) * Mid-air footer (2025-03-06) * Gettysburg Address in HTML. Interactive. (2025-02-21) * Spoiler Widget (2025-02-12) Smorgasborg more info --------------------- * Maarva Andor Has A Posse (2025-04-26) * IndieWeb Sickos (2025-04-10) * Guru Meditation (2025-03-15) * This Man Wants To Clean Your Clothes (Velvet Touch Dry Cleaners & Laundry) Pacific Beach, San Diego California (2025-02-23) * Illinois State of the State Address, 2025 by Governor J.B. Pritzker (2025-02-19) CSS Battles more info --------------------- * CSSBattle for MAY 19 (2025) * CSSBattle for MAY 18 (2025) * CSSBattle for MAY 17 (2025) * CSSBattle for MAY 16 (2025) * CSSBattle for MAY 15 (2025) FrESH more info --------------- * Front End Study Hall #028 _in 1 day, 14 hours_ * Front End Study Hall #027 _May 8, 2025_ * Front End Study Hall #026 _Apr 24, 2025_ * Front End Study Hall #025 _Apr 8, 2025_ * Front End Study Hall #024 _Mar 27, 2025_ Likes more info --------------- * Joe Crawford liked: Co-organisers help me make events happen by James (2025-05-19) * Joe Crawford liked: May 2025 IndieWeb Carnival: Small Web Communities by Chris (2025-05-17) * Joe Crawford liked: Seconding the Call to Blog More Often by Justin Vollmer (2025-05-17) * Joe Crawford liked: How a Shredder Brought Me Joy by Ruslan Osipov (2025-05-16) * Joe Crawford liked: Motivation in an Absurd System by Lloyd Atkinson (2025-05-16) * Joe Crawford liked: Down the IndieWeb Rabbit Hole by Helen Dawe (2025-05-15) Bodysurfing ----------- * (2025-05-16) Mixtape more info ----------------- * 2025 PHŌLÖSOPHŶ Toy Robots more info -------------------- * (2025-05-07)

Updated April 9, 2025

Ben Congdon * About * Blog * Projects * A service to generate a podcast from a RSS feed using text-to-speech. * A version of Buffer for Mastodon. * Instapaper * Chrome Extension to add “Add to Instapaper” links to lobste.rs. * Chrome Extension to add “Add to Instapaper” links to feedly. Fitness / Health ---------------- * Self hosted version of MyFitnessPal. Others’ Ideas Pages ------------------- * Jonathan Borichevskiy * Alexey Guzey * Gwern * James McMurray (Updated April 9, 2025 )

Updated May 17, 2025

Here's the list of things that I'm currently doing! What I'm working on ------------------- * Creating more pages on my blog What I’m reading ---------------- * Inclusive Design Patterns by Heydon Pickering What I’m watching ----------------- * To Be Hero X What I’m listening to --------------------- * Nothing yet! What I'm playing ---------------- * Wynncraft * Granblue Fantasy Last updated 2025-05-17. Inspired by Derek Sivers' /now page. If you have your own website, you should make one, too. View the /now garden! Powered by omg.lol

Updated April 12, 2025

Ideas ----- Projects -------- ### Data * A library / review of carbon data for estimates for technology device usage * Social Impact review for the local Climate and Community Hub? \* What questions would need to be asked? \* What metrics would be feasible and/or useful? ### Games * A game about picking up stones from the seashore * A collaboration with a writer to make a writing prompt generator on the Playdate * A pipemania-style game with a twist Vague topics: ------------- * Humility and humanity in technology Society ------- * Invest half of the budget for AI in citizens assemblies instead * Every child to get a skateboard from government at the age of 10 Looking for ----------- * Funding for tracking technology carbon footprint data (see Projects / Data above) - I should try the CAT mini grants * Finding for developing an online archive for community digital assets _Last modified: 2025-04-12 10:46:19_

Updated May 17, 2025

Software, Security, Machine Learning Posts ----- May 17, 2025 ### Compiling OCaml to the TI-84+ CE Calculator Programming May 2, 2025 ### wee: A Tiny Instruction Set Programming May 2, 2025 ### Speedrunning and Modding The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Security Programming May 24, 2023 ### Alma: Computer Assisted Sticker Placing Art Programming May 23, 2023 ### Time Locked Cryptography Art Security May 16, 2023 ### Impossible Code Golf Record via Covert Channel Security Apr 27, 2023 ### Accelerating Lightning Simulation with Neural Networks Machine Learning Mar 3, 2023 ### Breaking a Creativity World Record with a Genetic Algorithm Programming Mar 2, 2023 ### Hacking the Nintendo DSi Browser Security

Updated May 17, 2025

_What I’m up to now-ish_ * Final stretch before I have to pack up and move to Pittsburgh for a year at the end of June—let me know if you’re in Montréal and want to catch up before I leave.

Updated May 18, 2025

**I’m living in Lisbon, Portugal, and spending my time on these things:** * freelance writing, editing, and content strategy * taking an intensive B1/B2 Portuguese course * working on personal creative projects * indoor rock climbing * yoga and meditation * exploring and building community in Lisbon * reading books (usually thought-provoking nonfiction or a psychological thriller) * playing cozy games (currently loving Lingo Legend because it’s fun, relaxing, _and_ helps me learn Portuguese) If my priorities change, I’ll update this page. Last update was **May 18, 2025**. _This page was inspired by Derek Sivers’ **/now page movement**._

Updated May 17, 2025

* May 17, 2025 ### Ben Franklin: The Original Large Language Model * Mar 8, 2025 ### Platon: Rules for Trustful Civic Organizing * Feb 10, 2025 ### The current moment * Jan 4, 2025 ### AI is actually, literally, scientifically already alive * Nov 24, 2024 ### Software Development Best Practices * Apr 24, 2024 ### The AI Agency Narrowing Effect * Oct 29, 2023 ### Eight Commandments for AI: A Consumer's Perspective * Sep 6, 2023 ### Every Software Project is a Startup That Will Probably Fail * Dec 24, 2022 ### I done did it again! * Nov 14, 2022 ### Five Intellectual Horrors of the SBF/EA complex * Dec 25, 2021 ### Have a hacky holiday! * Nov 12, 2021 ### What I want to do * Jan 2, 2021 ### 2019 and 2020 in Review * Dec 1, 2020 ### Rural Gentrification: A Minifesto * Apr 17, 2020 ### Rules of thumb for a 1x developer * Apr 16, 2020 ### Introducing SciTech

Updated May 17, 2025

👋🏽 Hi! I’m Salman Ansari -------------------------- I live my life wearing different hats. These days, I toggle between my roles as a senior full-stack software engineer, author, illustrator, essayist, online course creator, and public speaker. I’ve also been a startup founder & CTO, DJ, and head instructor at a coding bootcamp. ### 📖 Book: Wandering Spirits I wrote and illustrated a book of modern fables. Inspired by books like _The Little Prince_, it’s filled with tales that feed the soul, tug the heart and spark the mind. It’s available worldwide on Amazon and all major book retailers. ### 📝 Essays * The Polymath Playbook — My most popular essay, in which I share my way of life—embracing my inner polymath, and exploring multiple pursuits rather than specializing in a single path. * Listen to Yourself — Build self-awareness & discover your hidden truth. * The Courage to be Disliked — How to stop worrying about what other people think. * Friends over Followers — The true power of the internet is the friends you make along the way. _Visit my blog for more essays_ -> * Writing Guide — Collection of lessons learned from years of writing online. * Bookshelf — Selections of my favorite books of all time. _Visit my digital garden for more notes_. ### 🦊 Newsletter I write the Quick Brown Fox newsletter: A weekly newsletter with essays, comics and fables on creativity, self-awareness, and playful productivity. You can subscribe below, or browse the archives to view all the past editions. This website is a digital garden for my writing—essays, notes, newsletters and more. Writing online has changed my life for the better in so many ways. It has opened new doors, helped me build self-awareness, and fostered new friendships. Most of all, it gives me a channel to discover and express my truest self. If you’re curious to explore the power of writing, be sure to check out my free writing guide. If you have questions or just want to chat sometime, feel free to get in touch—I’d love to hear from you. Thanks for stopping by!

Updated May 17, 2025

My slash page for stray ideas that I want to make/do. * Crossword/word puzzle zines * Crocheted Batsu Miku from the Project Sekai Movie * My personal accounting concepts wiki to organize my thoughts and how I connect various accounting concepts I encounter in my studies. I'm thinking of perhaps using Nutshell to link some concepts together. * Learn Toki Pona * Browser extension for the tab hoarders that sends you to a random open tab Page last updated: May 17, 2025

Updated May 18, 2025

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Updated May 3, 2025

World News 24 * About * Ideas Last updated: 2025-05-03 * announce and share! * lazy load youtube How To Use ---------- You can switch channel by using: * ◀ ▶ (on keyboard) * ←👆→ : one-finger left/right swipe on the player window (on touchscreen) * ⏮ ⏭ (on keyboard or remote control), or * CH▲ CH▼ (on remote control) even in full-screen mode.