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One of the great things about web pages is that they are long-lived and mutable . There's no need to aim for perfection on the first draft: A page can continue to be improved for years after its original publication. However, this mutability comes at a cost: DO NOT POWER [IT] DOWN!! — The first web server. Servers are just computers: If they ever break or are turned off, the web site vanishes off the internet. h-n {color: #F27; font-family: monospace;} h-v {color: #B8F; font-family: monosp...

In principle, a static site generator is a good idea: They automatically populate your homepage, index pages and RSS feeds, making it impossible to forget anything. Unlike a CMS like Wordpress, they don't add runtime cost or security vulnerabilities: They run once to generate your site and are never exposed to the internet. However, they all put weird restrictions on how you structure your site: Nearly all of them require you to write in Markdown , which is common, but poorly specified and diffi...

I recently wrote an essay on why you should set up a personal website rather then using social media. Doing so lets you own your space on the internet, customize it and free your readers from constant advertising and algorithmic feeds designed to keep you stuck doomscrolling all day. Despite how much time we spend using it , creating something for the intenet is seen as arcane wizardy by most people. This is a fairly accessable guide to getting started. You'll need a text editor (any will do) an...

0.55 arcseconds/pixel. Image is 27' wide. North is right (mirrored). Color: 27 minutes (319 * 4 seconds) through thin clouds Equipment: C9.25, 0.63 reducer, ASI533 MC (IMX533 sensor), EQ6-R mount. Resolution: 5 arcsec FWHM I just can't seem to take a good picture of this region. This one has: Messed up backfocus and collimation Bad seeing, made worse by looking over the roof of my house Every *single* 5-second frame was ruined by clouds. I coudn't see Polaris so mount alignment was done based on...

W riting something down forces you to fully understand it. When the idea is on paper, you can see all the missing assumptions and leaps in logic. It's common to start writing, do some research and find out that your original point was wrong . This is a good thing. You are now less wrong then you were before, and have something you can share so that we can all be less wrong. Even if you don't learn anything new in the process , we don't find our interests and hobbies by magic: We read about them ...