Finding interesting articles.
Sometimes, I like to read bigger publications like The Atlantic, The New Yorker or something from my own country. I also like to read articles from the so-called small web – sites like these. I find them using Marginalia, Kagi Small Web, and through other means. The small web are small websites run by people, not corporations. With the goal of sharing stuff, not generating profits.
Further reading: small web posts about the small web.
Saving said articles to Reeder (closed source, paid, indie).
Reading them, I barely do. There currently are 599 items in my reading list. Hmmm.
Pirating.
I download the movies and TV shows I want to see. I am subscribed to one streaming service, and I’m not going to subscribe to more. Immoral? Possibly. I do not care, frankly.
Freemediaheckyeah (open source) provides some great guides to get started. Things I like to use:
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Anna's Archive for ebooks, and their initiative SciDB for accessing research papers (open source).
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A site called 1337x.to for downloading TV shows.
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A site called yts.mx for downloading movies.
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Transmission for downloading torrents (open source).
Please note: this might not be legal in your country. It’s important to protect yourself when doing these things. A non-exhaustive list of ways to do so:
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People like to use a VPN to protect themselves from ‘copyright trolls’ when downloading torrents. That works, but I personally use mobile data. I have an unlimited data plan. CGNAT (sharing IP addresses with hundreds of other customers of the provider) + the fact that in my country, the ISP is not required to keep logs on my activity, gives me enough peace of mind. This, though, is very specific to my situation and might not be a good idea for you. DYOR!
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Use an ad blocker. These sites often contain malicious ads, which is why I didn't hyperlink two of them. Best case: Desktop. Safari (closed source) with Adguard (open source) or Wipr 2 (closed source, paid, indie), or Firefox (open source) with Ublock Origin (open source).
Visit my favorite news site mindlessly throughout the day.
I really should stop doing this.
Starting up random projects, that I abandon soon after.
I don’t plan to do that with this blog, however. I’ll publish when I feel like it and just leave it be when I don’t.