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I choose not to engage in proprietary newletter programs, but do read a lot via RSS. Here are some that I consider insightful and/or interesting, above average quality, have limited or no commercialization/monetization, and have a chance of being interesting to someone else: OldHouseGuy Blog: https://www.oldhouseguy.com/ Has great taste regarding old buildings Syonyk/Sevarg/Russell Graves: https://www.sevarg.net/ Some combination of /homesteading/off-grid/tech passion/tech skepticism/ The Long Now Blog - makes me think different things Early Retirement Now - in depth financial writings regarding saving money more than the common person. Tynan.com - eclectic person Hugo Landau: https://www.devever.net/~hl/ - Thoughtful insights on tech and adjacent topics. Casey Handmer - Crazy dreams about space and carbon scripting.com - Old guy shouting at clouds, old-school Internet guy building stuff. I just read it for variety.

Yes, I actually do use my kerosene lamp when I go into my (shed) at night. It also helps heat the shed in the winter, which is when it's mostly likely to be dark when I want to do some work in my shed. Here's a nice resource where you can read more about kerosene lamps! https://www.sevarg.net/2022/10/09/keropunk-part-1-kerosene-lanterns/ (not my website, but great for learning about kerosene lamps)

This guy just went to federal prison on a 25-year sentence: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Syonyk https://www.idoc.idaho.gov/content/prisons/resident-client-search/deta… Some of his blog posts in the past several months also highlight the dismal state of prison tech, which I suppose is on-point for this thread: https://www.sevarg.net/

https://www.sevarg.net/2023/12/30/more-flip-phone-sonim-xp3-plus/ has some sample images from mine - it's an 8MP camera. Not amazing, but also not a 2MP potato.

I'm partial to https://www.sevarg.net myself; it's not me but he may be interested.

Are you sure that your "fully adjustable" bulb is giving you the spectrum you think it is? Syonyk's posted a few RGB bulb reviews recently, and they tend to have a lot more blue light than you'd think. And if you use the RGB functions, they tend to get REALLY spiky instead of having a smooth emissions curve. https://www.sevarg.net/2023/04/08/ecosmart-smart-bulb-review/ + https://www.sevarg.net/2023/03/11/philips-smart-wifi-bulbs/ + https://www.sevarg.net/2023/02/26/feit-electric-wifi-rgb-bulb/

I came across this article on HN recently: https://www.sevarg.net/2023/02/11/how-your-leds-are-killing-you/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34902429 After reading it, I realized that having overhead led lights in our home were possibly contributing to my worsening sleep and general tiredness over the past few years. Granted, we used 4100k lights which are much bluer than 2700k. We swapped all our leds back to incandescents and halogens (which were a bit tricky to find, but not impossible). Anecdotally, I've been sleeping so much better since, finally feeling well rested and far less stressed. I just feel a tremendous amount of relief after not sleeping well for years. Also, while we had leds, I had to replace a surprising number of them for burnout/failure, and also experienced flickering, dimming issues, buzzing and more.

Somewhat related: if you, like me, are battling with this social media addiction, Backlash against the Predatory Smartphone and Social Media might also be an interesting read. https://www.sevarg.net/2018/09/23/peak-smartphone-backlash-against-pre…

Alternative operating systems like Asahi Linux are apparently not far enough along to give you anything meaningful, but here are some benchmarks of Linux virtualized under QEMU: “vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly fast” https://www.sevarg.net/2021/01/09/arm-mac-mini-and-boinc/

The answer depends on exactly what you want. Here is a guy doing a solar shed/office with a similar power envelope as you are: https://www.sevarg.net/2016/05/15/solar-shed-part-1-overview/

Possibly Relevant (if not for the OP, for others): Why a Typical Home Solar System Does not Work when the Grid is Down, https://www.sevarg.net/2018/05/20/why-typical-home-solar-setup-does-no… Past HN Discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17659294

r/solarpunk r/permaculture https://100r.co/site/off_the_grid.html https://solarpunks.net/ https://medium.com/solarpunks/solarpunk-a-reference-guide-8bcf18871965 http://viznut.fi/texts-en/permacomputing.html http://viznut.fi/texts-en/permacomputing_update_2021.html https://www.sevarg.net/2020/05/23/on-working-from-home-and-joys-of-she…