"We have trend pieces about platforms used for writing; posts that aggregate other posts; news stories about things people say and do online; novels, poems, and memoirs that would not exist without having germinated on the internet.

But the literary qualities of online writing remain mostly invisible. [...] until the moment it becomes a book."

The literary world holds online writing at arm’s length. Maybe it shouldn't. A somewhat old but great read:

https://longreads.com/2023/10/24/30-years-internet-online-writing/

#writing #blog

@ajlewis2 Since we’re confessing, I also have boosts turned off.

As much as I enjoy it here, I think less is more when it comes to social feeds. I like that I can visit once every so often, be all caught up in five minutes and not feel the need to look up my social for hours or days at a time.

My main impression of people who use dark mode: the light modes on their websites are usually broken in some way.

Please test both, to anyone doing any sort of web design.

@irgndsondepp @srgower @82mhz @jake4480 a full GB of RAM? What a beast! 😂 In all seriousness, I’d be interested to know how you get on

@srgower @irgndsondepp @82mhz @jake4480 I would add something here but I think the non Mike’s have it covered 😅

@ajlewis2 thanks, Anita!

So, I went ahead and turned the Eee PC into a writer deck with a little help from #debian And I'm pretty happy with the results:

https://mikegrindle.com/posts/writer-deck

#linux #retrocomputing #writing

@82mhz I've hear other people say the same. I haven't found it to be an issue yet, but we'll see when I try writing something long-form on there.

@82mhz Had to be done. It's one of the most fun sites I've seen in a while. Very accessible for that kind of site too.

Since people seemed interested, here's a little blog post for a little computer:

https://mikegrindle.com/posts/eee

#retrocomputing #linux #netbook

Say what you will about 90s #fantasy #books, but the cover art sure did go hard:

New blog post:

Linkdump No 58
http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/06/linkdump-no-58/

#blogging #blog #linkdump

@82mhz great linkdump as always and good find with Simone.computer, that site is ridiculously fun. Love all the little Easter eggs on there

@mr_daemon It's amazing what you can still do with these little potatoes with the right software (and a little external memory).

@bammerlaan Funny enough, I'm using an Acer Aspire 1 right now, but it's one of the later laptop versions. Specs wise it's trash (though a behemoth compared to a netbook) and couldn't run windows 10, let alone 11. But I got it for free and stuck Peppermint linux on it and now I use it daily.

@uo This one has a 7" screen I believe, and comes with 'Xandros' Linux installed.

@bammerlaan Well, I've really fancied something like a portable 'writer deck' for a while now, but they're so pricey. So my plan was to stick linux and vim on the cheapest, smallest netbook I could find. And I found this for £20...

@oht well I was thinking of taking it on my twenty-year old digicam but the phone had to do 😄

New little addition to the household...

It's an Eee PC and it's kind of adorable:

#retrocomputing #netbook #linux

@closingtags the waywardweb is a good one if you have a blog roll or links page: https://waywardweb.org/join