Eric's Bookmarks

None commercial normal people blogs/sites

• Net by Matt - I really would like to know more about M@ but Ill take what I get.
• Adrian's Blog - Found this while looking for graphviz examples, good guy.
• Vidar Hokstad's site - Hasn't posted since 2016 but hes made some cool projects.
• Raft Tiger Vans - I found these guys off of Craig's List. I have been looking at a million different RVs/Vans and this one really speaks to me.
• Agile 4 Life - Sailors with a tech background or techies with a sailing addiction

• Moondog - American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments.
• Warren Toomey - Found his PhD on Internet Congestion, he's probably forgotten more about networks than I will ever know.

• Weatherstar 4000 - Trust me.
• Net by Matt Port Scanner - I can't say enough cool stuff about this guy.
• Quarter Mile - Good creative writing reads.
• SDF - Public Access UNIX System .. Est. 1987 '' The Super Dimension Fortress is a networked community of free software

authors, teachers, students, researchers, hobbyists, enthusiasts and

the blind.  It is operated as a federally recognized non-profit 501(c)7
and is supported by its members.''
* [[https://www.magiclantern.fm/|Magic Lantern Project]] - free software add-on that runs from the SD/CF card and adds a host of new features to Canon EOS cameras that weren't included from the factory by Canon.
* [[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834|Poetry Foundation]] - All kinds of great poems to listen to while you'd like to think.
* [[https://beta.the-eye.eu/|The Eye]] - non-profit, community driven platform dedicated to the archiving and long-term preservation of any and all digital heritage, obscura and ideas. 

• Milwaukee Record - Guys trying really hard to sell out or have already sold out. I don't know I like their stuff.
• Taylor Town - An invitation to shit on his ideas. I really liked his site just for the presentation level, but the this brief essay nailed how I feel about hosting my wiki/blog.
• USLuck - found this on Mastodon, just fun images and other things.
• HOMESTAR RUNNER - This site is part of my internet history, one of the weekly things that made me look forward to jumping on the internet.

• Hacker News
• Lobsters
• Hackaday

• Create Network Diagrams with Graphviz

• Tmux Cheatsheet
• Learn by Example - Lots of examples of Linux command line, python, and ruby example code.

• Apache eCharts
• SourceHut If you don't want to host your own git repos but still want hosted at least use this.
• Learn Enough - Learn to Code Over 10 Tutorials. I started using this reference for Ruby and Ruby on Rails years ago I still use it to keep up on my skills.
• Ruby One Liners - Awesome 200+ examples mostly in Ruby 3.3.x from what I can tell.

• WaveShare Pi HATs - All kinds of Pi attachments
• AdaFruit - best place online for learning electronics and making the best designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels.
• The PiHut - UK Pi site with tons of bolt-ons.
• RTL-SDR (RTL2832U) - software defined radio news and projects. Also featuring Airspy, HackRF, FCD, SDRplay and more.
• PC Part Picker - Help you build a PC and price it out.

• PyPilot - pypilot was created to offer an autopilot we can all trust and extend and modify to fit our needs.
• OpenPlotter - OpenMarine is to democratize marine technology and free us from dependence on large companies through different open source software and hardware projects.
• Moitessier Hat 2 - Trust me if you liked OpenMarine Project you'll love this.
• Digital Yacht - Lots of good DIY references
• L-36 - Weather and tides, manuals, soft shackles, mast climbing, and more (Look for used Sails)
• Pelagic AutoPilot Heavy Duty Autopilot
• Wind Pilot - Wind powered auto steering
• CPT Autopilot - Simple Autopilot for small-mid sized boats.
• Pi on a boat - Pi on a boat presentation by James Craig 18 march 2016
• Open Plotter on Hughes 38 - Radio, Open Plotter, Wifi, Radar, AIS and Signal Flags
• Raspberry Pi NMEA Multiplexer - kplex is a program for combining and routing NMEA-0183 data to and from multiple sources and destinations
• Hackster.IO - How to Use NMEA-0183 with Raspberry Pi
• Open Chart Plotter Network - Pretty much every reference you will need for Open Source Navigation on your boat.
• Nordkyn Design - Collision Avoidance at Sea AIS Alarm Project.
• Squidd IO - search marinas, yacht harbors, anchorages, yacht clubs and other sailing destinations
• Quark Electric - user friendly products for easy access to Marine and IoT data
• Bareboat Necessities Projects - DIY Hardware and Software for boating

• Inverters R US - Power Inverter - Inverters R Us Corp - Your DC to AC Superstore
• ShopSolarKits - Mini Off-Grid & Backup Solar Power
• The Battery Hookup - Build your own battery packs

• LA Public Library - Instant access to rare and historical collections from Los Angeles Public Library
• Creative Commons Search Portal - Photos, Videos, Music with CC licenses
• https://freesound.org/Free Sounds - a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps
• Library of Congress - An experimental search and browse application to find historic newspaper images by visual similarity (retired 2025)