February 2026
Command-line hacking: a really simple console music player (Feb 2026)Select a directory from a list, and play all the music files in that directory. How difficult can that be?
Categories: Linux, command-line hacking
This site is now webmention-aware (Feb 2026)This site now supports webmention, so you can notify me easily if you respond to one of my posts on your own site or blog.
Categories: degoogling
The Gemini Protocol in 2026: growing, but still not setting the Internet aflame (Feb 2026)The Gemini protocol has been around for over five years, but the world-wide web remains broken. This articles reviews what's changed for the better over the last five years -- and what hasn't.
Categories: general computing, retrocomputing
Rant: 2026 will not be the 'Year of Linux on the Desktop' -- and I'm glad (Feb 2026)Why are we complaining about the smallness of the proportion of desktop computers that run Linux -- perhaps we should be celebrating instead?
Categories: Linux
Battle of the privacy-focused search engines: Kagi vs. DuckDuckGo (Feb 2026)Kagi and DuckDuckGo both provide reasonable alternatives to Google's and Microsoft's search services, without compromising your privacy. How different are they?
Categories: degoogling
Digital voice assistants vs. privacy in 2026 (Feb 2026)What's going on with digital voice assistants? Are they really snooping on us all the time?
Categories: degoogling
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