Links

Here’s some links to things I use, like or made.

• Software
  • Desktop
  • Server
  • Mobile
  • Snaps
• Podcasts
• YouTube
  • Retro Tech
  • Modern Tech
  • Politics & News
    • US
    • UK
  • Culture
  • Urban Exploration
  • Camping & Travel
  • Linux
  • Documentary
  • Hardware Repair
  • Hate Watching

This page will grow over time as I remember to put stuff here.

Software

Desktop

Software I like to use on my laptops and desktops.

• Ubuntu: Linux for human beings.
• Sublime Text: My favourite cross-platform code editor.
• Sublime Merge: I dislike Git. This makes Git tolerable for my brain.
• Microsoft Edge: A web browser I use.

Server

I run stuff on a server or Pi at home or on a remote server somewhere.

• Ubuntu: Linux for server beings.
• The Lounge: Web based IRC client.
• FR24: I share data about planes flying over my house with FlightRadar.
• ADS-B One: I also send data about planes flying overhead to this community-run service.
• get-iplayer: Download TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer.
• Discourse: Great web forum software.
• Mastodon: I run this on Ubuntu Social.
• Plex: Where I store interesting audio & video files.
• Borg: I use Borg on most machines to backup files to a central location.

Mobile

Stuff I run on a phone. I have a ton of applications installed on my phone, and these are just a few notable items .

• Street Complete: Friendly interface to fix Open Street Map issues.
• Be My Eyes: Help people with restricted vision to see the world around them.
• FluffyChat: Client for Matrix chat.
• Ice Cubes: Mastodon client for iOS.
• ISS Spotter: Find out when the International Space Station flies over.

Snaps

A selection of software I’ve packaged up as a snap to make it easier to install.

• Azimuth: A metroidvania with vector graphics
• b2: BBC Micro Emulator
• ClassiCube: Minecraft classic-like game, optimised for potatoes.
• Defold: Game development platform.
• Dog: A command-line DNS client.
• DOSBox-Staging: Open Source PC/MS-DOS emulator
• fab-agon-emulator: Agon Light, Agon Light 2, Agon Console8 Emulator
• iamb: A command-line Matrix client.
• Libation: A tool to liberate your audio books from Amazon’s Audible.
• Mindustry: A sandbox tower defense (sic) game.
• Pencil: Sketching and GUI prototyping/wireframing tool.
• Pioneer: A space adventure game set in the Milky Way galaxy at the turn of the 31st century.
• Spot: GTK Spotify client.
• Telegram Asahi: Telegram desktop app, compiled for aarch64, optimised for Asahi Linux.
• Toot: Command-line Mastodon client
• Twine: A tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.
• X16emu: Emulator for the Commander X16 computer.

Some of which need work!

• Bombsquad: Needs updating - libc errors due to conflicts between upstream binary build and what’s in the snap
• Bandwhich: Needs debugging
• emoj: Needs updating, build fails
• git-repo: Needs updating
• hdrview: Build fails due to something missing at bitbucket
• KeeperRL: Build fails - theoradec missing
• ncspot: Needs updating, 1.0 crashes due to permissions missing on proc mountinfo
• spek: Needs updating to core24, as required libavcodec59
• vokoscreenng: Needs updating to core22, but Qt 6.2.4 - > needs Qt 6.5
• warpinator: Needs updating, doesn’t actually work yet
• zzt: Broken audio (alsa, ugh)

Some are private, for some reason.

• synSpades - abandoned upstream
• ephemeral - abandoned upstream

Podcasts

I listen to a bunch of podcasts. I have curated this list, which changes frequently. My actual subscription list is much longer, but there’s a lot I almost never listen to.

They’re roughly sorted in order of personal preference.

• Linux Matters: Ok, I’m on this one. But I do listen!
• When It Hits The Fan: Fascinating PR stories.
• The Rest is Entertainment: Insights on the entertainment industry.
• Accidental Tech Podcast: Three mac fanboys talk tech.
• More or Less: Revealing the truth behind numbers in the media.
• Newscast
• Robot or Not: Fun short form podcast with John from ATP.
• The Briefing Room
• The Infinite Monkey Cage: Science and Comedy blended well.
• Things Fell Apart: Interesting and depressing stories about how society is changing.
• The News Agents
• For the Many: Iain and Jackie discuss politics and sometimes nun jokes.
• The Rest is Politics
• The Talk Show
• 538 Politics: US politics.
• The Today Podcast
• Ubuntu Security Podcast: Regular updates from the Canonical security team.
• Under the Radar
• Unfiltered
• Upgrade
• The Rest is History
• All In The Mind
• Any Questions / Any Answers
• Ask The Hosts: Questions from the Late Night Linux audience.
• 2.5 Admins: Two nerds and a presenter evangelise about BSD and ZFS mostly.
• Bad Voltage: Some of my friends, talking for an hour.
• Cross Question
• Full Disclosure
• Late Night Linux
• Linux After Dark
• Americast
• The News Agents USA

YouTube

Channels run by individuals or organisations where I may enjoy some content.

Retro Tech

• TechMoan: Arrived for the dashcam reviews, stayed for the weird tape decks.
• Noel’s Retro Lab: Wonderfully relaxed 8-bit computer stuff.
• Adrian’s Digital Basement: Retro repairs.
• Usagi Electric: Using and fixing computers older than me.
• Curious Marc: Repairing very old stuff.
• BBC Archive: Posts delightful BBC tech clips from the past.
• RMC: Runs ‘The Cave’
• TechTablets: Tech review channel. Not just tablets.
• Tech Tangents: Old computers and weird peripherals.

Modern Tech

• Theo: Interesting developer perspectives.
• MKBHD: Anything which isn’t a phone review is usually good.

Politics / News

I’m a left-leaning centrist Dad.

US

• Some More News: Fun and depressing in equal measure.
• David Pakman Show
• Brian Tyler Cohen

UK

• PoliticsJOE

Culture

• Internet Today: US slanted weird, entertainment, tech and politics news.

Urban Exploration

• Beno: Someone with a healthy obsession with lifts.
• IKS Exploration: Beardy man who goes outside.

Camping & Travel

• Kent Survival: Beautifully made, mostly rain-sodden, UK camping.
• Camping with Steve: Chilled stealth, car and DIY camping in Canada.
• The Tim Traveller: Mini travel documentaries about strange places and modes of transport.
• Quiet Nerd: Very chilled camping, with some DIY madness.

Motoring

• CarWow: I love their reviews of cars I will never buy.
• Aging Wheels: Weird and wonderful motor vehicles.

Linux

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Hardware Repair

• My Mate Vince: Lovely watching his skills improve over time.
• Big Clive: Not technically repair, more destruction.
• NorthridgeFix: Bit grumpy at times.

Documentary

• Green Dot Aviation: Plane crash analysis.
• LEMMiNO: Very well produced documentaries.
• Ahoy: Gaming related documentaries.
• hbomberguy: Set aside a couple of hours, you’ll need them

Hate Watching

A group of channels that grind my gears, but my brain likes to watch them (sometimes). I should probably unsubscribe from these.

• Ashley Neal: Driving instructor who is patronisingly often wrong.
• CyclingMikey: That guy who catches people on their phone while driving.
• Computer Clan: Used to make fun retro tech videos, now mostly predictable scam videos.
• Karl Jobst: Used to have fun speedrun videos, now mostly hyped legal arguments.

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