Friday, May 29, 2020

Off-Page SEO: The Definitive Guide

https://backlinko.com/off-page-seo-guide
In-depth and current. 

How to Write Anything

https://forge.medium.com/how-to-write-anything-ad2a62c122f6
Meta-post with links to advice articles on different types of writing.

Meet the new Digital Photo Frame App

https://www.digitalphotoframeapp.com/
Instead of dedicated photo frames, upcycle an older device. 

30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/05/30-singular-films-watch-quarantine/611956/
The edgy side of cinema

Post your startup Curated list of places to post your startup

https://postyourstartup.com/
Pretty straightforward

Breathtaking Animations In 3 Clicks With The World’s Easiest Full-Auto Video Animation Software!

https://offers.viddyoze.com/
Another easy video creator. Effects look pretty good. 

Saturday, May 23, 2020

FAST, SECURE, AND RELIABLE VIRTUAL SERVERS

https://buyvm.net/
Really cheap virtual servers. 

The Moment I Finally Got Public Key Encryption: The Inverse Mod

https://medium.com/asecuritysite-when-bob-met-alice/the-moment-i-finally-got-public-key-encryption-the-inverse-mod-e1d82caa151b
The key to PKI

How To Build a Professional Livestreaming Setup at Home For $500 — $2,000.

https://medium.com/@ischafer/how-to-build-a-professional-livestreaming-setup-at-home-for-500-2-000-924133175e86
More praise for the Sony mirrorless cameras. Canon should wake up. 

30 Lessons After 30 Million SEO Visitors

https://neilpatel.com/blog/seo-visitors/
stuff to sweat and stuff not to

4 Steps to Communicate Anything Clearly, According to a Scientist Who Teaches Quantum Physics to Kids

https://medium.com/inc./4-steps-to-communicate-anything-clearly-according-to-a-scientist-who-teaches-quantum-physics-to-a60fafcbd0e7
understand your audience, stick to the topics, be clear, be passionate. 

How to Skyrocket Your Creative Growth

https://medium.com/personal-growth/how-to-skyrocket-your-creative-growth-d14e2a05a7c7
make it and get it out there

NASA's Citizen Science

https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscience
NASA's citizen science projects. Wish there were more. 

Puzzlemaster

https://www.puzzlemaster.ca/
fun puzzles from easy to mindbending

Raspberry Pi HAT offers up to 40W class D amp

https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-hat-offers-up-to-40w-class-d-amp/
beyond the DAC

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem

https://www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-solves-decades-old-conway-knot-problem-20200519/
Pretty deep intro to knot theory

The Five Levels of Remote Work — and why you’re probably at Level 2

https://medium.com/swlh/the-five-levels-of-remote-work-and-why-youre-probably-at-level-2-ccaf05a25b9c
Yeah, it's more than slack & zoom. 

rdiff-backup Reverse differential backup tool, over a network or locally.

https://rdiff-backup.net/
uses rsync under the hood?

Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/daryl-bem-proved-esp-is-real
Is it real, or is the method messed up?

Introducing Facebook Shops: Helping Small Businesses Sell Online

https://about.fb.com/news/2020/05/introducing-facebook-shops/
How sophisticated will it become?

Artificial

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8723662/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
First interactive web video driven by... Twitch

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Solar System and Beyond Poster Set

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/925/solar-system-and-beyond-poster-set/
Hi-res NASA images

ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/zfs-versus-raid-eight-ironwolf-disks-two-filesystems-one-winner/
Yeah, zfs comes out waaaay ahead in most cases

Solar’s Future is Insanely Cheap (2020)

https://rameznaam.com/2020/05/14/solars-future-is-insanely-cheap-2020/
Solar's way ahead of the curve.

DECK JOIST SIZING AND SPACING

https://www.decks.com/how-to/41/deck-joist-sizing-and-spacing
Deck joist spacing

The Best Content Marketing Managers Use These 10 Essential Marketing Tactics

https://medium.com/@jaysondemers/the-best-content-marketing-managers-use-these-10-essential-marketing-tactics-74dbab37c176
Research first, and it's more than just words

Sunday, May 17, 2020

The Top 8 Weather APIs for 2020

https://www.climacell.co/blog/top-8-weather-apis-for-2020/
Just when I thought free weather APIs were dying out. 

The OpenFlexure Project

https://openflexure.org/
The OpenFlexure project makes high precision mechanical positioning available to anyone with a 3D printer - for use in microscopes, micromanipulators, and more.

This 3D printable “laboratory-grade” open-source microscope will set you back $18

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/this-3d-printable-laboratory-grade-open-source-microscope-will-set-you-back-18-171749/
We'll see about the optics. 

Why So Many People Are Unhappy in Retirement

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/05/what-the-heros-journey-teaches-about-happy-retirement/611194/
Don't stumble at the finish line. Let go. 

Security Tools! Curated list of security tools for Hackers & Builders!

https://tools.tldr.run/
Nice card layout

Terraform Crash Course

https://www.thecloud.coach/terraform-crash-course
free, fast-pased

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Two Book Startups Compete Where Amazon Won’t

https://onezero.medium.com/two-new-book-startups-compete-where-amazon-wont-a0aa23dd8fa9
Local bookstores are struggling. Here's a couple of side-hustles that can help. 

300 Unsolicited #SEO Tips

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/200-unsolicited-seo-tips-mark-williams-cook/?twittercache
Short and sweet tips. 

Awesome AWS Workshops

https://awesome-aws-workshops.com/
Just like it says

Hogwarts Digital Escape Room

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflNxNM0jzbZJjUqOcXkwhGTfii4CM_CA3kCxImbY8c3AABEA/viewform?fbzx=9123655460349539105
Interesting twist on the escape room format

The Moment I Finally Got Public Key Encryption: The Inverse Mod

https://medium.com/asecuritysite-when-bob-met-alice/the-moment-i-finally-got-public-key-encryption-the-inverse-mod-e1d82caa151b
Walkthrough the math

AES67 wishlist

https://gist.github.com/njh/c9196c465ea33ae9f97db782870464ef
The discussion is a good jumping-off point for AES67

How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing”

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-love-legendary-zen-buddhist-teacher-thich-nhat-hanh-on-mastering-the-art-of-interbeing
It's not about you. 

SSH Tips & Tricks

https://smallstep.com/blog/ssh-tricks-and-tips/
Not the usual suspects. Here we do 2fa, stuck sessions, etc. 

The Cost of Javascript Frameworks

https://timkadlec.com/remembers/2020-04-21-the-cost-of-javascript-frameworks/?ref=devawesome.io
Another JavaScript framework benchmark. 

Why You Should Never Send Your CV via Gmail

https://medium.com/swlh/why-you-should-never-send-your-cv-via-gmail-b4fddd35fb3e
Gmail's being too smart for its users' good.