About the Author
I'm Stephan, a Linux user with a passion for open-source, UI/UX design, and exploring what makes fiction work.
In my spare time, I focus on (and write about):
- Programming (mainly in Python and Rust)
- Retrocomputing (mostly DOS but, as of January 2023, I also own a machine running Mac OS 9.2)
- Reading and Reviewing Fiction
- The odd bit of UI/UX design or literary theory
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Popular Posts
- Resources for Reverse-Engineering 16-bit Applications
- Recommended Battlestar Galactica “Earth-contact” fics
- Learning Materials for getting into C programming for MS-DOS/PC-DOS/DR-DOS/FreeDOS
- Fanfiction – A Quick Overview of The Whole Pureblood Pretense Series
- Home-made tamper-evident security seals for kids and adults alike
- Useful Info On Win16-Targeting Compilers… And a List of DOS/Win16 Resources
- Getting Your Cheap Chinese USB Foot Pedal Doing Useful Things on Linux
- Recommended “More-Than-Human Shinji” Evangelion fics
- Learning Materials for getting into Windows 3.1 programming
- GUI Error Handler for PyQt 5.x
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Using Twig with Fat-Free Framework: Why and How
Having used Fat-Free Framework 2.x for a little while now, I’m still generally quite happy with it… aside from one thing. The built-in templating engine’s syntax doesn’t offer many advantages over raw PHP, it’s more verbose in certain common cases, … Continue reading
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Setting Custom Game Icons in Desura
I just discovered Desura’s Linux client and, given the opportunity to have a DRM-free package repository system for my Humble Bundle games, I jumped at the chance. Of course, I still wanted to keep all my games together in one … Continue reading
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My Sites: Now 100% Google-free (FeedBurner excepted)
I’ve been meaning to minimize Google’s ability to track me and my visitors for quite a while now, but this post about Google+ which I stumbled across recently came as an appropriately timed reminder. I’d like to announce that every … Continue reading
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WordPress: Flushing Spam Comments Quickly
While I love a well-configured copy of Spam Karma 2 as an effortless way to keep my blog free of spam, it doesn’t seem to have a way to automatically purge/expire comments after they sit in the spam bin for a … Continue reading
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Open-Source Licensing For The Lay Programmer
When trying to get a new project off the ground, there’s no doubt that community is important, but from all the stuff I’ve run across, one of the least understood and most important aspects of doing so seems to be … Continue reading
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Second-Tier Cartoon Classics and The Effects of Perspective
I just discovered something rather interesting about the cartoons I and those of my generation grew up with. If you ask us about companies, everyone can probably name the top-tier ones: Disney, Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera… and deservedly so. Walt … Continue reading
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A Few New Projects Up on GitHub
Over the last few days, I’ve been trying to clean out a bunch of old TODO notes. One of the more procrastinated ones has been to tidy up as many of my in-progress projects as possible and get them up … Continue reading
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