defanor's homepage

Here I write about the things I learn, use, do, and think of. The page about me includes contact information.

Notes

There is the index of notes. Most recently modified ones:

Issue tracking systems

An overview and some thoughts on BTSes (2015-08 to 2025-12, 1181 words)

Debian 11 (to 12) workstation

Debian 11 to 12 workstation maintenance (2021-08 to 2025-12, 3289 words)

Food

Reasonably healthy, quick, and easy to cook meals (2021-05 to 2025-12, 6311 words)

Simpler server setup

Basic setup of DNS, WWW, mail, XMPP, IRC services (2024-08 to 2025-12, 3441 words)

Another blocked website

A timeline of Internet censorship and mass surveillance in Russia (2016-08 to 2025-12, 1237 words)

C alternatives

Programming languages that can be used in place of C (2023-11 to 2025-11, 638 words)

Physical exercises

Casual workouts at home (2023-03 to 2025-11, 2655 words)

Computer hardware

Personal notes on computer hardware (2019-04 to 2025-10, 3198 words)

Projects

My recent hobby projects are available from my GitHub page, my Codeberg page, or my tildegit page.

Blog

There is the index of blog posts, and I have a separate Mastodon microblog. Below are the most recent blog entries.

• 2025-12-26-isolation-aoc-short-books.txt
• 2025-11-30-kant-and-pistol-squats.txt
• 2025-11-11-mill-hume-handstand-blackout.txt
• 2025-10-12-machiavelli-and-descartes.txt
• 2025-09-20-politics-and-security-theater.txt
• 2025-08-20-hobbes-locke-llms-exercises.txt
• 2025-07-16-kropotkin-hobbes-xmpp.txt
• 2025-06-22-more-philosophy-works.txt

Links

There are many interesting things around, and I am trying to collect them: it is both for me, to keep them around, and for others who may be interested.