Air Fryer Cheat Sheet
Temperatures and times for fresh and frozen food in the air fryer, a few quick meal combos, and the four habits that matter more than any number on the dial.
The reference shelf · Note 4 ↗Worth bookmarking
Resources & Recommendations.
Useful tools, tutorials, and corners of the internet.
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Useful references, with a reason to keep each one.
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An Off Switch for One Device: The Ways to Cut the Internet Per Gadget
I want to turn the internet off for one tablet or one console with a tap, without touching anything else in the house. These are the ways to do it, from the router's own app to a DNS filter.
Art and Drawing References: A Palette, a Type Pairing and a Folder of One-Page Tutorials
The small art reference kit I keep, a five-color palette with hex codes, a two-font pairing, and a folder of one-page drawing tutorials, plus how I use each one.
The reference shelf · Note 2 ↗
The Dev Toolbox for a WordPress Build
What I set up before writing a line of theme or plugin code: a local copy, the debug switches, WP-CLI's scaffolding and a profiler. Condensed from a very long page of old notes.
The WordPress toolbox · Note 5 ↗
Turning Ubuntu Server Into a Light XFCE Desktop
How to put a lightweight XFCE desktop on a machine that started life as Ubuntu Server, which package to pick, how to make it boot to the desktop, and how to give it a dark theme from the command line.
Roku Developer Mode, and Playing Your Own Files Off a USB Drive
Two Roku tricks that often get lumped together: developer mode for sideloading your own channel, and Roku Media Player for watching files off a USB drive. How each one works, and which one you actually need.
Picking One Android Handheld for Emulation and Movies
One device for PS2 emulation and my own movie files, smaller than a Steam Deck, with a microSD slot. The shortlist, the detour into phones, and where I'm leaning.
Games and gear · Note 4 ↗
Picking a CMS for a Static Blog in 2026
I know WordPress inside and out, and I still didn't use it for this site. What I compared, and why I landed on Sveltia CMS.
Building this notebook · Note 2 ↗
DVD, Blu-ray and Game Case Cover Dimensions, Plus Where to Find Covers
The cover sizes I use for printing replacement inserts for DVD, Blu-ray, PlayStation, Xbox, Wii, GameCube, Switch, PSP and DS cases, with printing tips and the sites I go to for cover art.
The reference shelf · Note 3 ↗
A First Linux Desktop: Ubuntu Server, XFCE and the Fun Terminal Stuff
How I'd turn a bare Ubuntu Server install into a light XFCE desktop for someone learning computers, with the silly terminal programs that make the command line fun and a sensible order to learn it in.
Games and gear · Note 13 ↗
An AI Tools Directory: Video, Voice, Images, Writing and SEO
My running list of AI tools for video, speech, images, writing and SEO, merged into one de-duplicated directory with a line on what each one does.
The reference shelf · Note 1 ↗
Sizing Up a $250 Used Gaming PC
How I worked out whether a used RX 570 and Ryzen 3 gaming PC was worth $250, what it can actually run, and the checks and questions I'd use on any used PC listing.
Games and gear · Note 12 ↗