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Episode Synopsis
Holy crap! Cyberpunk Librarian is back! On this episode, Dan talks about the projects that have been holding up the show and what’s going on in his life. It’s a conversation over coffee with your friendly neighbourhood Cyberpunk Librarian!
YouTube
Listen to the show on YouTube.
Links
Blogging
Blog post: Blogging, RSS, and Social Network Failure
Blog post: Taking Notes — A New Approach to the Shows
Blog post: Organizationally Stacked
Facebook Is a Garbage Fire
The Oatmeal – Reaching People on the Internet
GeekWire – ‘The Oatmeal’ creator rips Facebook in comic — and Facebook asks if he wants to ‘boost’ the post
RSS Readers
QuiteRSS — Free, open source RSS reader for Linux, Windows, and macOS
Reeder and Unread – Inexpensive RSS readers for iOS
Reeder — Inexpensive RSS reader for macOS
Flym and Read – RSS readers for Android
Brief – A free, open source RSS reader for Firefox – WebExtensions and Firefox 56+ compatible
FeedBin and Feedly – RSS readers on the web – Premium, but inexpensive services that sync across devices
Ambient and Space Music
Download Dan’s music for free from SoundCloud
Buy Dan’s music on BandCamp
Organisation
Kanban – Wikipedia
Ōno Taiichi – Creator of kanban
Trello – A freemium kanban system for tracking projects.
Projects – A public Trello board so you can see what Dan is doing these days
Python Projects
Polaris ILS – My particular ILS of choice
Koha ILS – My favourite free and open source ILS solution
3M SIP Protocol – Guaranteed to cure your insomnia
DR. RID – Check it out on GitHub
Reddit Enhancement Suite – Make Reddit better.
BBS
BBS – A fantastic documentary from Jason Scott, the archivist behind textfiles.com
Watch the BBS documentary series on YouTube
Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It – A fantastic podcast about technology, history, people, and getting out of debt
Mystic BBS – A pretty sweet BBS package for macOS, Windows, and Linux
SynchroNet – A pretty sweet BBS package for Windows and Linux
WWIV – A classic bit of BBS kit that I ran back in my teenage years
VirtualBox – Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows and runs virtual machines with ease
SyncTerm – An excellent terminal emulator that invokes the old days of dial up
Qodem – A clone of the classic Qmodem terminal emulator
Music
Stinger music is pulled from Andreas Theme by Kevin MacLeod
Star Drift by Daniel Messer
Optimus L’Chaim by Daniel Messer
Sounds
Fast Forward
YouTube
Listen to the show on YouTube.
Links
Blogging
Blog post: Blogging, RSS, and Social Network Failure
Blog post: Taking Notes — A New Approach to the Shows
Blog post: Organizationally Stacked
Facebook Is a Garbage Fire
The Oatmeal – Reaching People on the Internet
GeekWire – ‘The Oatmeal’ creator rips Facebook in comic — and Facebook asks if he wants to ‘boost’ the post
RSS Readers
QuiteRSS — Free, open source RSS reader for Linux, Windows, and macOS
Reeder and Unread – Inexpensive RSS readers for iOS
Reeder — Inexpensive RSS reader for macOS
Flym and Read – RSS readers for Android
Brief – A free, open source RSS reader for Firefox – WebExtensions and Firefox 56+ compatible
FeedBin and Feedly – RSS readers on the web – Premium, but inexpensive services that sync across devices
Ambient and Space Music
Download Dan’s music for free from SoundCloud
Buy Dan’s music on BandCamp
Organisation
Kanban – Wikipedia
Ōno Taiichi – Creator of kanban
Trello – A freemium kanban system for tracking projects.
Projects – A public Trello board so you can see what Dan is doing these days
Python Projects
Polaris ILS – My particular ILS of choice
Koha ILS – My favourite free and open source ILS solution
3M SIP Protocol – Guaranteed to cure your insomnia
DR. RID – Check it out on GitHub
Reddit Enhancement Suite – Make Reddit better.
BBS
BBS – A fantastic documentary from Jason Scott, the archivist behind textfiles.com
Watch the BBS documentary series on YouTube
Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It – A fantastic podcast about technology, history, people, and getting out of debt
Mystic BBS – A pretty sweet BBS package for macOS, Windows, and Linux
SynchroNet – A pretty sweet BBS package for Windows and Linux
WWIV – A classic bit of BBS kit that I ran back in my teenage years
VirtualBox – Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows and runs virtual machines with ease
SyncTerm – An excellent terminal emulator that invokes the old days of dial up
Qodem – A clone of the classic Qmodem terminal emulator
Music
Stinger music is pulled from Andreas Theme by Kevin MacLeod
Star Drift by Daniel Messer
Optimus L’Chaim by Daniel Messer
Sounds
Fast Forward
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