gemini://larsthebear.me/ Lars the Bear Lars the Bear lars@larsthebear.me gemini://larsthebear.me/ai.gmi Why I don't really care if web content is AI-generated 2026-06-24T07:25:02+01:00 2026-06-24T07:25:02+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/transylvania_bran_castle.gmi Dispatches from Transylvania (III) : Bran Castle 2026-06-19T15:33:23+01:00 2026-06-19T15:33:23+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/mbook_samples.gmi E-books in MBook format 2026-06-09T11:24:56+01:00 2026-06-09T11:24:56+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/transylvania_bears.gmi Dispatches from Transylvania (II) : bears 2026-06-03T19:48:33+01:00 2026-06-03T19:48:33+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/transylvania_first_impressions.gmi Dispatches from Transylvania (I) : first impressions 2026-06-03T18:15:17+01:00 2026-06-03T18:15:17+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/maps_after_google.gmi Maps after Google -- looking for a navigation app for a de-Googled handset 2026-05-22T12:58:16+01:00 2026-05-22T12:58:16+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/gemtext_paragraphs.gmi The real problem with Gemtext: no paragraphs 2026-05-20T13:17:23+01:00 2026-05-20T13:17:23+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/keplerd.gmi keplerd: a new Java-based server for the Gemini protocol and others 2026-05-18T11:55:33+01:00 2026-05-18T11:55:33+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/trees_fall.gmi Life's a beech: trees sometimes fall -- and they do it in unpredictable ways 2026-05-14T19:53:20+01:00 2026-05-14T19:53:20+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/java_chroot.gmi Running a Java server application in a chroot jail 2026-05-11T08:46:30+01:00 2026-05-11T08:46:30+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/not_all_racists.gmi Despite appearances, British people aren't all racist 2026-05-09T18:29:48+01:00 2026-05-09T18:29:48+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/in_praise_of_http.gmi In praise of HTTP 2026-05-09T08:24:36+01:00 2026-05-09T08:24:36+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/md2gem.gmi Announcing md2gem 0.1 -- a cross-platform, best-effort converter for Markdown to Gemini Gemtext 2026-04-27T17:15:22+01:00 2026-04-27T17:15:22+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/shoplifting.gmi Why British store staff don't apprehend shoplifters 2026-04-24T18:41:20+01:00 2026-04-24T18:41:20+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/steamroller.gmi Self-hosting and steamrollers in the small net 2026-04-21T20:59:44+01:00 2026-04-21T20:59:44+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/apostrophe.gmi Why the grammar snobs have it all wrong about the apostrophe 2026-04-20T10:39:11+01:00 2026-04-20T10:39:11+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/fahrenheit451.gmi Is Fahrenheit 451 becoming relevant again? 2026-04-20T09:49:17+01:00 2026-04-20T09:49:17+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/no_smartphone_2026.gmi Trying to live without a smartphone in 2026 2026-04-19T19:08:53+01:00 2026-04-19T19:08:53+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/av_privacy.gmi Age verification and privacy: let's try to be objective 2026-04-19T18:00:22+01:00 2026-04-19T18:00:22+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/why_i_degoogled.gmi Why I de-Googled 2026-04-19T16:22:36+01:00 2026-04-19T16:22:36+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/caztor.gmi Announcing Caztor 1.0 -- a browser for small-net protocols like Gemini and Gopher 2026-04-19T14:00:47+01:00 2026-04-19T14:00:47+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/capital_letters.gmi Fun with capital letters 2026-04-18T19:12:44+01:00 2026-04-18T19:12:44+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/embarassing_injuries.gmi Embarrassing injuries 2026-04-18T15:32:39+01:00 2026-04-18T15:32:39+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/dogs.gmi Pets or space exploration: which represent the more egregious waste of resources? 2026-04-18T08:18:30+01:00 2026-04-18T08:18:30+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/centralization.gmi Centralization: wasn't there a baby in that bathwater? 2026-04-11T09:10:52+01:00 2026-04-11T09:10:52+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/bookmarks.gmi My Gemini bookmarks 2026-04-10T17:42:16+01:00 2026-04-10T17:42:16+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/moon_rocket.gmi Did somebody just launch a Moon rocket? 2026-04-02T07:54:36+01:00 2026-04-02T07:54:36+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/arguing.gmi Why do even Gemini enthusiasts argue about Gemini? 2026-03-26T08:04:28+00:00 2026-03-26T08:04:28+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/aliens_and_llms.gmi Interstellar communication and LLMs 2026-03-26T13:59:24+00:00 2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/perfect_enemy_good.gmi On letting perfect be the enemy of good in the small net 2026-03-23T11:52:58+00:00 2026-03-23T11:52:58+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/mandatory_smartphone.gmi Mandatory car, mandatory smartphone 2026-03-23T08:00:45+00:00 2026-03-23T08:00:45+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/birdwatching.gmi Birdwatching for fun and no profit 2026-03-18T17:43:18+00:00 2026-03-18T17:43:18+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/graduation_blues.gmi Graduation blues 2026-03-17T10:10:40+00:00 2026-03-17T10:10:40+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/small_web_big.gmi Oh, my -- the small web is big 2026-03-16T14:54:22+00:00 2026-03-16T14:54:22+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/what_goes_around.gmi AI and programming jobs: what goes around, comes around 2026-03-15T19:07:49+00:00 2026-03-15T19:07:49+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/how_the_web_has_changed_2.gmi How the web has changed (II) 2026-03-14T09:33:48+00:00 2026-03-14T09:33:48+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/how_the_web_has_changed_1.gmi How the web has changed (I) 2026-03-13T18:45:43+00:00 2026-03-13T18:45:43+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/phone_anxiety.gmi Phone anxiety 2026-03-12T16:41:22+00:00 2026-03-12T16:41:22+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/shotgun_retina.gmi Does firing a shotgun damage your retina? 2026-03-12T09:51:11+00:00 2026-03-12T09:51:11+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/cassandra.gmi Just call me Cassandra 2026-03-11T08:35:16+00:00 2026-03-11T08:35:16+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/rewild.gmi Woods do not re-wild themselves 2026-03-10T12:46:30+00:00 2026-03-10T12:46:30+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/chainsaw.gmi Why I bought a wood 2026-03-07T17:56:10+00:00 2026-03-07T17:56:10+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/why_a_wood.gmi Some hints on buying and using a chainsaw 2026-03-07T16:42:21+00:00 2026-03-07T16:42:21+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/llms_and_ics.gmi LLMs and integrated circuits 2026-03-05T14:33:39+00:00 2026-03-05T14:33:39+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/good_manners.gmi Goodness and good manners 2026-03-04T14:36:14+00:00 2026-03-04T14:36:14+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/bug_murderer.gmi I am a mass murderer... 2026-03-03T15:28:50+00:00 2026-03-03T15:28:50+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/gemini_vps.gmi Hosting a Gemini capsule on a virtual private server 2026-05-11T08:45:41+01:00 2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/calories.gmi The trouble with Calories 2026-03-02T18:50:27+00:00 2026-03-02T18:50:27+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/cyclemaster.gmi They don’t make ’em like that any more: the Cyclemaster 2026-02-26T14:22:48+00:00 2026-02-26T14:22:48+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/battery_chainsaw.gmi Chainsaws: why I went battery 2026-02-25T15:47:54+00:00 2026-02-25T15:47:54+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/ignoring_problem.gmi Ignoring a small problem eventually leads to a terrible, huge problem 2026-02-25T14:55:29+00:00 2026-02-25T14:55:29+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/retired.gmi Retired a year; still don't know what I want to do for a living 2026-02-25T08:35:21+00:00 2026-02-25T08:35:21+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/js8.gmi Some thoughts on JS8 (amateur radio protocol) 2026-02-25T08:24:58+00:00 2026-02-25T08:24:58+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/statisticsfor.gmi Rant: statistics is actually for something 2026-02-24T17:02:02+00:00 2026-02-24T17:02:02+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/kevskabin.gmi Kev's Kabin: building my garden office 2026-02-24T15:35:11+00:00 2026-02-24T15:35:11+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/subwoofer.gmi Building a monster subwoofer 2026-02-24T12:16:00+00:00 2026-02-24T12:16:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/kendo_terms.gmi A short glossary of terms used in Japanese sword arts 2026-02-24T09:02:11+00:00 2026-02-24T09:02:11+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/back_to_gemini.gmi Back to Gemini 2026-02-23T12:55:52+00:00 2026-02-23T12:55:52+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/nansen_cat.gmi The koan of Nansen and the cat 2026-02-23T12:09:54+00:00 2026-02-23T12:09:54+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/lung.gmi On losing a lung 2026-02-19T10:22:57+00:00 2026-02-19T10:22:57+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/coolme.gmi They don’t make ’em like that any more: Dyson Pure Cool-Me personal air purifier 2026-02-15T11:45:33+00:00 2026-02-15T11:45:33+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/amateurradioterms.gmi Amateur radio terms I wished I'd known 2026-02-14T16:48:27+00:00 2026-02-14T16:48:27+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/not_desktop.gmi Rant: 2026 will not be the ‘Year of Linux on the Desktop’ – and I’m glad 2026-02-12T17:10:56+00:00 2026-02-12T17:10:56+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/voice_snooping.gmi Digital voice assistants vs. privacy in 2026 2026-02-22T18:01:34+00:00 2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/kagi_ddg.gmi Battle of the privacy-focused search engines: Kagi vs. DuckDuckGo 2026-02-22T18:01:09+00:00 2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/textbook.gmi On writing a textbook, and why you shouldn't 2026-02-23T15:59:19+00:00 2026-01-20T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/fairy_lights.gmi They don’t make ’em like that any more: filament fairy lights 2026-01-04T10:07:50+00:00 2026-01-04T10:07:50+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/fingerprinting.gmi The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting 2026-02-22T18:00:28+00:00 2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/vl-1.gmi They don’t make ’em like that any more: the Casio VL-1 pocket synthesizer 2025-12-21T12:06:23+00:00 2025-12-21T12:06:23+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/dx7.gmi They don’t make #em like that any more: the Yamaha DX7 keyboard 2025-12-21T12:03:57+00:00 2025-12-21T12:03:57+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/denshi.gmi They don’t make 'em like that any more: Denshi block electronics kits 2025-12-21T12:01:37+00:00 2025-12-21T12:01:37+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/pixel_xperia.gmi Google Pixel and Sony Xperia handsets for budget de-Googling 2026-04-19T14:10:54+01:00 2025-12-21T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/lineage-vs-package-removal.gmi Custom ROM versus extensive package removal, for de-Googling a Samsung cellphone 2026-04-19T14:08:06+01:00 2025-11-25T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/degoogled-two-years.gmi Two years without Google, et al. -- has it been worth it? 2026-04-18T19:42:57+01:00 2025-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/nokia105.gmi The 2nd-generation Nokia 105: a smarter dumb phone 2026-04-18T21:07:18+01:00 2025-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/canta.gmi De-bloating and de-Googling an Android device using Canta 2026-02-22T17:58:03+00:00 2025-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/samsung-no-more-lineage.gmi No more Lineage OS on Samsung cellphones 2026-04-18T19:42:03+01:00 2025-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/usb-c-headphone-dongles.gmi USB-C headphone dongles: still sucking after all these years 2025-10-14T18:31:25+01:00 2025-10-14T18:31:25+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/playmobil_rc.gmi They don’t make ’em like that any more: Playmobil RC model trains 2025-10-12T09:42:13+01:00 2025-10-12T09:42:13+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/atc110.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: Honda's ATC110 all-terrain cycle 2025-09-30T14:21:51+01:00 2025-09-30T14:21:51+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/failed_cooling.gmi A failed experiment in laptop cooling 2026-04-18T19:50:01+01:00 2025-09-03T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/thinkfan.gmi Using thinkfan for fan control on Lenovo (Linux) laptops 2026-04-18T21:09:33+01:00 2025-08-26T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/cpap.gmi On living with CPAP 2025-07-21T07:51:22+01:00 2025-07-21T07:51:22+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/diylaw.gmi DIY and the law of negligence and occupier's liability 2025-07-21T07:27:17+01:00 2025-07-21T07:27:17+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/ebay_not_free.gmi No, eBay: it isn't "free to sell" 2026-04-19T14:13:42+01:00 2025-07-20T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/fastmail.gmi FastMail – still good value in 2025? 2026-02-22T17:58:22+00:00 2025-07-01T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/woodland-law.gmi English law and small woodlands 2025-06-27T09:52:02+01:00 2025-06-27T09:52:02+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/dtc-700.gmi They don’t make ’em like that any more: Sony DTC-700 audio DAT player/recorder 2025-06-20T16:00:06+01:00 2025-06-20T16:00:06+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/meshtastic.gmi Some thoughts on LoRa-based mesh radio technologies 2025-06-18T16:56:24+01:00 2025-06-18T16:56:24+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/c1.gmi They don’t make 'em like that any more: the BMW C1 2025-05-23T18:42:42+01:00 2025-05-23T18:42:42+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/3dmovies.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: 3D movies 2025-05-20T15:33:08+01:00 2025-05-20T15:33:08+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/chopper.gmi They don’t make 'em like that any more: the Raleigh Chopper 2025-05-20T14:37:15+01:00 2025-05-20T14:37:15+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/its_not_me_its_you.gmi Social media: it’s not me, it’s you 2025-02-21T09:09:34+00:00 2025-02-21T09:09:34+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/open_source_liability.gmi No good deed goes unpunished: can we now be sued over software we give away? 2026-04-18T21:12:33+01:00 2025-02-15T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/style_rules_in_technical_writing.gmi Technical writing: what do we lose, when we write more readably? 2026-04-18T21:15:01+01:00 2025-01-08T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/garmin-degoogled.gmi Using a Garmin fitness watch completely offline -- no accounts, no app 2026-04-18T19:55:54+01:00 2025-01-04T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/usb_psu.gmi A USB power supply with a real on-off switch 2025-01-01T09:23:23+00:00 2025-01-01T09:23:23+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/prs-500.gmi They don’t make 'em like that any more: Sony PRS-500 e-reader 2024-12-09T20:22:08+00:00 2024-12-09T20:22:08+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/switchoff.gmi Why can't we switch things off any more? 2024-12-08T14:57:20+00:00 2024-12-08T14:57:20+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/mx80.gmi They don’t make 'em like that any more: Epson MX-80 dot matrix printer 2024-12-04T19:08:58+00:00 2024-12-04T19:08:58+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/windows_smoking.gmi Rant: Using Windows is like smoking (?) 2024-12-03T15:09:06+00:00 2024-12-03T15:09:06+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/linux_snob.gmi Ten steps to becoming a Linux snob 2026-04-18T21:20:37+01:00 2024-12-03T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/systemd_embedded.gmi Why systemd is a problem for embedded Linux 2026-04-19T14:16:28+01:00 2024-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/gentoo_mx.gmi Gentoo vs. MX Linux on old-ish laptops 2024-10-04T09:50:52+01:00 2024-10-04T09:50:52+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/no_nvme.gmi Fitting an NVMe disk in a computer with no NVMe support 2026-04-19T14:03:48+01:00 2024-09-21T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/linux_offsite_storage.gmi Comparing Dropbox, pCloud, and rsync.net for off-site storage for Linux users 2024-09-09T13:22:39+01:00 2024-09-09T13:22:39+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/headphonejack.gmi They don’t make ’em like that any more: the 3.5mm headphone jack socket 2024-09-05T18:59:30+01:00 2024-09-05T18:59:30+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/install_lineageos.gmi Some notes on installing Lineage OS on modern-ish Samsung Android devices 2026-02-22T18:00:51+00:00 2024-08-01T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/quad-306.gmi They don’t make 'em like that any more: the Quad 306 amplifier 2024-07-28T13:55:27+01:00 2024-07-28T13:55:27+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/rex.gmi They don’t make 'em like that any more: the Xircom REX 6000 PDA 2024-07-17T11:52:12+01:00 2024-07-17T11:52:12+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/gentoo_one_month.gmi One month with Gentoo 2024-07-05T15:21:26+01:00 2024-07-05T15:21:26+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/back_to_alsa.gmi Going back to ALSA in 2024 2026-04-18T19:46:48+01:00 2024-06-30T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/alsa_bitperfect.gmi Can you use ALSA to get 'bit-perfect' audio playback on Linux? 2026-04-18T19:46:39+01:00 2024-06-24T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/wipe_disk.gmi Do you need to wipe that hard drive? And can you? 2026-04-18T21:23:28+01:00 2024-05-20T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/vectrex.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: The Vectrex video game console 2024-04-14T10:41:37+01:00 2024-04-14T10:41:37+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/tpwin.gmi They don’t make ’em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7 2024-02-13T14:17:52+00:00 2024-02-13T14:17:52+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/nuvi300.gmi They don’t make 'em like that any more: Garmin's Nuvi 300 satnav 2024-01-17T08:24:31+00:00 2024-01-17T08:24:31+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/bb_bold.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: Blackberry Bold 9700 2024-01-01T10:58:58+00:00 2024-01-01T10:58:58+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/archos605.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: Archos 605 media player/recorder 2023-11-29T20:53:39+00:00 2023-11-29T20:53:39+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/sliderule.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: the slide rule 2023-10-22T15:53:37+01:00 2023-10-22T15:53:37+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/k1.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: NVIDIA Shield K1 tablet 2023-09-05T08:22:54+01:00 2023-09-05T08:22:54+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/degoogle.gmi What you give up, when you opt out of the surveillance economy 2026-02-22T18:41:16+00:00 2023-08-01T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/d2.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: The Cowon D2 DAB 2023-07-21T09:41:47+01:00 2023-07-21T09:41:47+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/pronto.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: The Philips Pronto remote control 2026-02-16T14:02:03+00:00 2023-07-21T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/collapseos.gmi Is Collapse OS really a practical proposition? 2023-05-18T14:46:04+01:00 2023-05-18T14:46:04+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/darktable.gmi Yet another Darktable/Lightroom comparison 2023-03-15T15:11:48+00:00 2023-03-15T15:11:48+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/vinylrevival.gmi Why is there a vinyl revival? 2022-08-18T11:40:57+01:00 2022-08-18T11:40:57+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/hiresaudio.gmi Is "high resolution" audio really worth the effort? 2022-08-18T11:24:38+01:00 2022-08-18T11:24:38+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/tt-safety.gmi Why your vintage turntable could kill you 2022-08-18T11:23:32+01:00 2022-08-18T11:23:32+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/flatpak.gmi Are Flatpak, et al., saving or drowning the Linux desktop? 2022-08-06T15:40:22+01:00 2022-08-06T15:40:22+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/palmtop.gmi How Microsoft Windows killed the palmtop computer 2026-02-20T09:35:35+00:00 2022-07-01T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/w520.gmi They don't make 'em like that any more: the Lenovo W520 2022-06-01T15:20:36+01:00 2022-06-01T15:20:36+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/dab-power.gmi Why the energy cost or benefit of switching to DAB digital radio is hard to assess 2022-04-01T19:26:00+01:00 2022-04-01T19:26:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/amateurradio.gmi Does it matter if amateur radio dies out? 2021-11-30T21:23:37+00:00 2021-11-30T21:23:37+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/gemini.gmi Can Project Gemini rewind the Web thirty years? 2026-02-23T08:55:55+00:00 2021-08-01T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/cpm40.gmi CP/M forty years on -- what it was, and why it still matters 2021-05-16T11:10:38+01:00 2021-05-16T11:10:38+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/perspective.gmi The myth of perspective compression in photography 2021-03-23T11:33:07+00:00 2021-03-23T11:33:07+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/hyperfocal.gmi Hyperfocal distances and Merklinger's method in landscape photography 2021-03-22T15:50:26+00:00 2021-03-22T15:50:26+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/piracy.gmi Piracy does remove the original 2021-03-22T09:49:48+00:00 2021-03-22T09:49:48+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/breadbot16.gmi BreadBot 16 -- an autonomous, six-wheeled rover based on the Raspberry Pi 2021-03-20T15:08:04+00:00 2021-03-20T15:08:04+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/sleaze.gmi A brief history of sleaze in British politics 2021-03-17T13:53:44+00:00 2021-03-17T13:53:44+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/duck_or_glory.gmi How to build an inexpensive, sturdy plywood boat. Or not. 2021-03-17T12:39:29+00:00 2021-03-17T12:39:29+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/university.gmi Being a university lecturer, and why you shouldn't 2021-03-17T09:57:39+00:00 2021-03-17T09:57:39+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/iaido.gmi Iaido: yoga with menaces 2021-03-16T21:42:58+00:00 2021-03-16T21:42:58+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/karate_myths.gmi Ten karate myths debunked 2021-03-16T21:29:59+00:00 2021-03-16T21:29:59+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/handgunuk.gmi How to legally own a handgun in the UK 2021-03-16T15:25:14+00:00 2021-03-16T15:25:14+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/inverted_v.gmi Modelling the effect of height on a simple inverted-V antenna 2026-02-23T09:01:52+00:00 2019-02-20T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/diyhints.gmi A few DIY hints 2026-02-23T09:04:28+00:00 2016-08-01T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/sanding.gmi Some notes on sanding and varnishing old wooden floors 2026-02-19T15:24:51+00:00 2016-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/rot.gmi A load of old ROT — an exploration of the Rule of Thirds 2026-02-23T08:59:32+00:00 2015-08-01T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/doing_karate.gmi What practising karate is really like 2026-02-23T09:01:02+00:00 2014-06-12T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/the_problem_with_precedent.gmi The problem with precedent 2026-02-24T17:37:57+00:00 2010-05-14T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/crossbow.gmi Bow and crossbow -- power, accuracy, and utility compared 2026-02-23T17:26:37+00:00 2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/the_titles_game.gmi The titles game 2026-02-23T09:05:15+00:00 2009-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/doing_archery.gmi A beginner's guide to archery 2026-02-23T17:23:05+00:00 2007-08-03T00:00:00+01:00 gemini://larsthebear.me/traditional_archery_faq.gmi Traditional archery FAQ 2026-02-23T17:04:12+00:00 2007-08-03T00:00:00+01:00