Jared Newman

Tech journo, newsletter publisher, sometimes musician, fast food enthusiast

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2024-10-10 19:29:54

Softaculous feels like it could be so much bigger than it is (which I suspect for a lot of folks is a glorified WordPress installer). I just installed a self-hosted RSS reader on my existing website with like two clicks, no Docker, no command line mumbo jumbo.
Imagine that for photos, file backups, documents etc.

2024-10-09 16:22:12

Convince me to sign up for omg dot lol https://jarednewman.com/blog/2024/10/09/omg-lol/

2024-09-19 16:17:08

Lifetime Plex Passes are on sale this week. Neat way to record from an over-the-air antenna if you have the requisite hardware - https://www.techhive.com/article/583212/plex-dvr-review.html

2024-09-18 23:00:46

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@npub1w9a…04m0 SHIP IT

2024-09-12 13:55:06

The best time to start breaking up pay TV bundles was a few years ago. The second-best time is now. https://www.techhive.com/article/2455264/tv-industry-response-to-cord-cutting-has-finally-backfired.html
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2024-09-12 13:55:06

2024-08-26 16:31:07

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@npub1m0v…du9y The Pixel watches do it.

2024-08-26 15:31:12

My smartwatch observed a spike in stress or excitement levels 10 minutes ago and wants me to log my mood but there's no option that really corresponds with "suddenly realized I forgot to take my oatmeal off the stovetop"

2024-07-27 14:25:02

Says a lot about Substack that when a publication refers people to your non-Substack site/newsletter, the UTM referrer code just says "substack" and nothing about the originating publication/writer.

2024-07-03 14:04:16

Back to using Vivaldi. Here's a theme that looks like Netscape Navigator.
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2024-06-24 15:41:07

Facebook has successfully created a cyberpunk dystopia but without any of the metaverse VR stuff that was supposed to go with it https://www.404media.co/has-facebook-stopped-trying/
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2024-05-27 19:28:25

As long as we're disenshittifying Google, a reminder that ad blockers work wonders. Pictured: uBlock Origin disabled vs. enabled.
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2024-05-25 21:05:09

My father-in-law had a never-opened, 48-year-old GE radio in his garage. No pairing, no logins, no setup. It just works.
https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/112/503/757/605/119/697/original/40b47c4e41be65cb.jpg

2024-05-14 15:54:08

You know what's cool about Mastodon? When someone posts a link, it's just ... the link. Like the real actual URL and not some inscrutable shortened junk that mainly exists to track you and/or throttle competing social networks

2024-02-27 17:09:41

Finally decided to revive these from my bin of old LCD handhelds. Just needed new batteries, and have replacement watch bands on the way. According to eBay they are now the most expensive watches I own.
(To my wife's dismay, I'm planning to wear them.)
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2024-02-23 20:13:51

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@npub1n8c…g5kj The news filter is like the only thing that Google is still useful for.

2023-08-17 12:45:18

The latest round of lazy “streaming costs add up!” takes are as wrong as they’ve always been: https://www.techhive.com/article/2033468/streaming-still-saves-you-money.html

2023-08-16 20:48:31

The TV world is discovering, as @npub1z60…d0y7 wrote about software a decade ago, that piracy is preservation: https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/what-if-the-only-way-to-protect-films
(Benj's story - https://www.technologizer.com/2012/01/23/why-history-needs-software-piracy )

2023-08-08 17:34:32

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2023-07-06 14:30:27

So ... everyone who's signing up for Threads now instead of waiting for ActivityPub support: What are you going to do with all those Threads followers you built up in the meantime? Plead with them to re-follow your Mastodon account? Abandon them? Port them to a fresh Mastodon account and abandon your followers here?