wk38/2021

Links 20 - 26 Sept

• Let's Encrypt's Root Certificate is expiring! (scotthelme.co.uk) - the root cert for one of the biggest internet service providers is expiring soon
• If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (tttthis.com)
• Concrete clickbait: next time you share a spomenik photo, think about what it means (calvertjournal.com) - some of the backstory of huge concrete monuments that were mostly built through Tito's time in charge of Yugoslavia
• four eight-foot-long handwriting robots (archive.is / twitter.com/aarondfrancis) - big robotic arms to 'hand-write' letters
• Microsoft Ruined Passwords, Now Aims for a Passwordless Future (puri.sm)
• A Tribute to Iohan Gueorguiev (1988-2021) (bikepacking.com) - tribute to inspirational bikepacker Iohan Gueorguiev. His website is also great and still up
• The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever used (pluralistic.net) - laptop with modular swappable ports and a promise to allow upgrades. If the chassis can last it does seem kind of great, especially if able to upgrade motheboard/cpu combo a few years down the line
• 20 Reasons To Quit Social Media - 20 good reasons to quit, I'm mostly not on social media anymore, I don't think the benefits are quite as good as this blog suggests, but then I do waste my time on YouTube now instead of Facebook/Instagram. Also Facebook surely wouldn't have been a hit if they launched with their current product, it's much easier to not use now that it's just terrible 'Suggested Posts'