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Random Notes About Tech, Life, Music, and Whatever Else Catches My Eye... Mostly written by me, Robbert Hoeffnagel, with the occasional contribution from Mara, who has her own way of looking at things.

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What If Someone Is Still Home?

Nov 8, 2026

I think Robbert has a little internet ritual he doesn’t quite know what to do with. He told me about it while we were talking about old websites. You know, those places that haven’t changed much in years. Websites that still look like somebody might come back tomorrow, even though tomorrow has been coming and...

Digital understories

I Built Myself a Markdown Browser. Do We Really Need All That HTML?

Nov 7, 2026

What if the web could become a little less complicated? Dave Winer and others have been exploring the idea of a web built around Markdown instead of HTML. I liked the idea enough to build my own Markdown browser. Not one that browses the internet, at least not yet, but one that lets me explore...

Content CreationIndustry & Tech

A Japanese BBS From 1994. On a CD-ROM. How Cool Is That?

Nov 7, 2026

Every now and then, I stumble upon something on the IndieWeb that makes me stop whatever I’m doing and just start reading. This is one of those things. Someone at CD-ROM Journal has written a wonderful post called A Trip to 90s Kansai: Exploring the XD FirstClass Network BBS (https://cdrom.ca/games/2026/05/30/xd.html). It’s about a Japanese bulletin...

Industry & TechTech

I Had No Idea the World of Board Games Was This Big

Nov 6, 2026

A while ago, I wrote about a YouTube documentary featuring a group of British tabletop gamers. These people spent an astonishing amount of time building miniature landscapes, painting tiny figures and creating entire worlds in which they could play their games. I don’t play these games myself, but I loved watching their enthusiasm. Some of...

Content CreationGaming

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