21 Aug 2025
There are few sounds as satisfying to me as a lock popping open, especially when it’s a well-machined lock that makes a nice, crisp “chink!” sound as the shackle releases.
This post is some suggestions I gave to a friend of mine who wanted to get started in lock picking. Please consult your local laws to know the ins and outs around the hobby. Nothing here is legal advice. Also, while I do link to a few product pages, I never have and never will take commissions for material on this blog. I am recommending these tools because I like them, and not for any financial gain.
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29 Jul 2024
I take a blend of digital and hand-written notes. It’s a bit of a hodgepodge, but it’s working. I used to lean heavily into full-digital notes, but I started drifting towards a mixture of digital and hand-written notes. Initially it was complicated, but I think I’m converging on a good setup. What I describe here will continue to evolve I am sure, but I am enjoying where it’s currently at.
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1 Aug 2022
This week I created a custom build of the Iosevka font. I’ve used Input Mono for a long time now, and was very happy with it. However, it was missing a few glyphs that I wanted to use. Moreover, I didn’t have a license for the Input font to use on e.g. my blog. Iosevka is stupendously customizable, so I thought I’d see if I could get something close to Input’s styles.
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3 Aug 2021
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
— Erasmus of Rotterdam
Used bookstores are my arch nemesis.
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24 Jan 2019
Marked Man (mm) is a little program I wrote to view Markdown files like UNIX man pages. (Because who wants to leave their terminal just to open a file?)
It uses Pandoc to convert between Markdown and the groff format. As a happy side-effect, this program can read basically anything as a man page: HTML, LaTeX, Word files (seriously), ePub, etc. Anything that Pandoc can read, Marked Man can handle.
Installing
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I’m working on getting this set up with Homebrew. For now, check out my GitHub repository here.
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