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Useful tools, tutorials, and corners of the internet.
Useful references, with a reason to keep each one.
The resource Why it helps Who it is forI 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.
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 ↗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 ↗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.
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.
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 ↗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 ↗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 ↗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 ↗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 ↗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 ↗What each cooking method actually means in heat and minutes, the small mistakes that quietly wreck dinner, and five cheap meals built from a short list of staples.
The reference shelf · Note 8 ↗
