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Scott Knight writes about tech, business, and life on his blog. Enjoys homelab projects and keeping analog alive.

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The author is simplifying their online presence, prioritizing long-form reading, and sharing personal updates about life changes and home renovation.
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The text emphasizes the importance of being present in the moment and living life with depth and consciousness, rather than getting lost in the details of tasks and obligations. It highlights the idea that true freedom comes from ...
The author shares a tip on how to prevent a Mac from sleeping using the caffeinate command in Terminal in macOS. The command can be used to prevent sleeping indefinitely, for a specific time, or until a specific process or command...
The text discusses the importance of good typography for personal websites and blogs, emphasizing its impact on readability, user experience, and credibility. It provides core principles for good web typography, including font cho...
The author reflects on the accomplishments and shortcomings of the year 2024, emphasizing the need for flexibility in goal-setting and suggesting the adoption of a thematic approach for guiding actions. The post concludes with ant...
The blog post is a review of the book 'Markham's Brotherhood: The Rosicrucian Manifestos in Modern English' by Steven E. Markham. The reviewer appreciates the balance between accessibility and fidelity to the original texts, as we...
The author reflects on the difference between goals and objectives, emphasizing that goals are long-term purposes while objectives are achievements along the way. Despite not meeting a specific posting objective, the author consid...

0Homelab Update

2024-04-27

The author repurposed a cheap Lenovo Thinkcentre as a general lab server to locally host open-source applications, running Ubuntu Server LTS with Docker and Portainer. Future plans include trying out new apps and adding a NAS to t...
The blog post discusses the '6-to-1' grocery shopping method, which involves buying 6 vegetables, 5 fruits, 4 proteins, 3 starches, 2 sauces, and 1 treat/snack to prevent overspending and prioritize healthier ingredients.
The author, Scott Knight, discusses his passion for analog technology, specifically vintage typewriters. He highlights the joy of using typewriters for various purposes and mentions Joe Van Cleave's YouTube channel as a valuable r...
The author discusses the experience of being targeted by predatory junk mail and door-knocking salespeople after buying a new home, and provides resources to protect oneself from such scams.

0First One Down

2024-02-17

The author shares his accomplishment of purchasing a new home and the financial discipline required to achieve it. He looks forward to the next step in his investing career.

0Ozymandias

2024-01-05

The blog post discusses the classic poem Ozymandias by Percy Shelley, focusing on the themes of human mortality, the transient nature of power, and the importance of meaningful actions. It emphasizes the value of human connection ...

024 in '24

2024-01-03

The author shares a list of 24 goals and projects he aims to tackle in 2024, including reading more, buying a house, traveling to new places, learning new skills, and improving his health and well-being. He also plans to challenge...

0Happy Holidays

2023-12-27

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0Once

2023-12-01

The blog post discusses the shift from owning software to renting it through subscription-based models, highlighting the drawbacks of the current system and the potential benefits of returning to ownership. The author praises the ...
The blog post discusses how to create custom terminal commands in MacOS to quickly run automation scripts. It provides step-by-step instructions on creating a file for custom commands, adding commands, setting up file permissions,...
The blog post discusses the process of automating tasks in daily life to save time. It outlines steps such as choosing what to automate, recording the steps, identifying pain points, choosing a platform, creating the automation sc...
The author discusses their love for automation and how they use tools like IFTTT, Zapier, and Python to automate various tasks in their personal and professional life. They share examples of automations they have set up, such as e...

0Burning CDs in 2023

2023-10-22

The author discusses his experience digitizing old media for his family and turning it into a local business. He talks about the challenges of burning audio onto CDs in 2023 due to the decline of CD technology.
The blog post emphasizes the importance of having a website for establishing online presence, professional credibility, controlling brand image, global reach, showcasing offerings, enhancing communication and engagement, and being...