990 bookmarks

Links to things I share without comment: tools, articles, whatever else I find interesting. My blog with actual writing is at [Sam's Stuff](https://stuff.interfree.ca)

2026-08-21

1075.

Pushing the Speed-Cost Frontier for Qwen3-TTS

nari-labs.com/blog/qwen3-tts-speed-cost-frontier
1074.

I Just Want to Search | Sid's Blog

www.0xsid.com/blog/just-want-to-search
1073.

Sour Bill: The Issue at Hand and More Issues at Hand by William Atheling, Jr. – Black Gate

www.blackgate.com/2026/08/20/sour-bill-the-issue-at-hand-and-more-issues-at-hand-by-william-atheling-jr
1072.

sheldon-im/unity-accessibility-recon: Bilingual, agent-neutral skills and validators for build-bound source and UI reconnaissance before developing Unity screen-reader accessibility mods.

github.com/sheldon-im/unity-accessibility-recon

Bilingual, agent-neutral skills and validators for build-bound source and UI reconnaissance before developing Unity screen-reader accessibility mods. - sheldon-im/unity-accessibility-recon

1071.

Music theory for programmers

runjs.app/blog/music-theory-for-programmers

I can't play an instrument, so I worked out music theory in JavaScript instead. Twelve notes, scales and chords, derived from scratch with code you can hear.

1070.

Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full

fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html
1069.

Quenzar's Caverns

quenzar.top

2026-08-20

1068.

Let’s Glide, What an AI Guide Does That My Cane Can’t

webfriendlyhelp.com/lets-glide-what-an-ai-guide-does-that-my-cane-cant

When you power up a Glide and it finishes booting, it says two words to you: "Let's glide!" Those two words have been a long time coming for me. As a Founding Glider, I put money dow…

1067.

Hardcore about the IndieWeb ethos - Olly

olly.world/hardcore-about-the-indieweb-ethos

Popular IndieWeb bloggers have been talking about "Hardcore IndieWeb" recently (Neatnik, Brennan). The idea of "hardcore" in this context is doing everything...

1066.

Stop using encrypted email

www.latacora.com/blog/2020/02/19/stop-using-encrypted-email

Stop using encrypted email

2026-08-19

1065.

Fixing a bricked AMD 7040 series Framework 13” laptop with $20 tools

quantum5.ca/2026/08/16/fixing-bricked-amd-7040-series-framework-13-laptop-with-20-tools

My experience fixing my Framework 13” laptop with AMD 7060 series that was bricked due to a failed BIOS update with US$20 worth of tools, instead of replacing the motherboard as suggested by Framework support.

1064.

Dont Steal Mac OS.kext

theapplewiki.com/wiki/Dont_Steal_Mac_OS.kext

Dont Steal Mac OS.kext ("DSMOS") is a kernel extension added in Mac OS X 10.4.4 that prevents the operating system from running on unauthorized Intel hardware. Its...

1063.

djyde/cusdis: lightweight, privacy-friendly alternative to Disqus.

github.com/djyde/cusdis

lightweight, privacy-friendly alternative to Disqus. - djyde/cusdis

1062.

Dobby at the speed of the second book, a harry potter fanfic | FanFiction

www.fanfiction.net/s/14584498/1/Dobby-at-the-speed-of-the-second-book

2026-08-18

1061.

TauriTavern/README.en.md at main · Darkatse/TauriTavern

github.com/Darkatse/TauriTavern/blob/main/README.en.md

The classic Sillytavern, now has been rewritten in Tauri/Rust. - Darkatse/TauriTavern

1060.

HE WHO FIGHTS WITH MONSTERS, Volume One by Travis Deverell (Shirtaloon) – SFFWorld

www.sffworld.com/2026/08/he-who-fights-with-monsters-volume-one-by-travis-deverell-shirtaloon
1059.

DownAccess and Accessible Media Converter: the Downie and Permute of Windows | AppleVis

www.applevis.com/forum/windows/downaccess-accessible-media-converter-downie-permute-windows

2026-08-16

1058.

GitHub - tgeczy/outspoken-nvda: NVDA synthesizer driver for MacinTalk 1984 (Katz & Barton) and MacinTalk 2 (Apple, 1992), running the real 68000 engines under Musashi. MacinTalk 2's ten voices have not been available outside a Macintosh before. Engines not included.

github.com/tgeczy/outspoken-nvda

2026-08-15

1057.

StrAD: A Streaming Method and Benchmark for Audio Description Generation for Long-form Videos

arxiv.org/abs/2608.12549
1056.

DeepSeek's innovative harness treats everything as a plug-in

www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/14/deepseeks-innovative-harness-treats-everything-as-a-plug-in/5288095

2026-08-14

1055.

ClaudeSpeak: Having Claude Code Read Its Replies Through Your Screen Reader

theideaplace.net/claudespeak-having-claude-code-read-its-replies-through-your-screen-reader

I have been doing a lot of development work with Claude Code, and the thing that slowed me down most was not the AI. It was reading the output. In my experience both the Claude desktop app and the …

2026-08-13

1054.

fichub

fichub.polarisocial.xyz

Download fanfiction as EPUB, HTML, MOBI, and PDF. Find recommendations for stories you'll love.

2026-08-12

1053.

Crabsoup

crabsoup.vercel.app

2026-08-11

1052.

Comparing British and American Audio Description of Movies

arxiv.org/abs/2608.09792

2026-08-10

1051.

Why Siri Voices Aren’t Available in Third-Party Apps on iPhone & Mac

speechcentral.net/2026/08/08/why-cant-third-party-apps-use-siri-voices-on-iphone-ipad-and-mac

Siri voices don’t appear in third-party apps on iPhone, iPad or Mac. Learn why Apple restricts them and discover the best alternatives in Speech Central.

2026-08-09

1050.

A shell exclamation mark is not for yelling. Be lazy. | Filip Roséen - refp.se

refp.se/articles/your-shell-and-the-lazy-exclamation-mark

Event designators have been hiding in not-so-plain-sight since the late 1970s — so powerful that forgetting might be part of a massive conspiracy to wear out developer keyboards faster than otherwise.

2026-08-08

1049. 1 like

How Ham Radio Made Silicon Valley

cooperkramer.substack.com/p/how-ham-radio-made-silicon-valley
1048.

How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You? Anything You Type, Burgundy Will Read

www.loweringthebar.net/2026/08/how-many-times-do-i-have-to-tell-you.html

2026-08-06

1047.

AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed

www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/975017/ai-spiralism-chatbot-movement

2026-08-04

1046.

WCAG Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0

www.w3.org/TR/wcag-em-2

This document describes a methodology with a step-by-step process to evaluate how well digital products conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.

1045.

Join the Runa TTS with ReadSpeaker beta

testflight.apple.com/join/bJQ5UpWQ

Available on iOS

2026-08-03

1044.

‎Buzz - chat with your hive App - App Store

apps.apple.com/us/app/buzz-chat-with-your-hive/id6779728271
1043.

‎Text Dungeon: Roguelite App - App Store

apps.apple.com/ca/app/text-dungeon-roguelite/id6759691960
1042.

A cassette recording of the Soviet Fonemophone-4 speech synthesizer, based on the Elektronika-60 computer. : r/Sovietech

www.reddit.com/r/Sovietech/comments/1vdrekk/a_cassette_recording_of_the_soviet_fonemophone4
1041.

A new social me

blog.sturmsucht.de/a-new-social-me

2026-07-31

1040.

Revisiting the Past: Can Pulp Save Science Fiction?

www.typebarmagazine.com/revisiting-the-past-can-pulp-save-science-fiction
1039.

GitHub - zaydea805/term-a11y: Accessible spinners, progress bars, and tables for command line tools, plus a linter that catches screen reader breaking output before it ships.

github.com/zaydea805/term-a11y

2026-07-30

1038.

GitHub - dhlavaty/word-list: Utility for encoding and decoding binary data to different mnemonic sentences.

github.com/dhlavaty/word-list

2026-07-29

1037.

owensong/Inflect-Nano-v2 · Hugging Face

huggingface.co/owensong/Inflect-Nano-v2

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

1036.

‎Radien: Network Toolbox App - App Store

apps.apple.com/us/app/radien-network-toolbox/id6789207545
1035.

The latest Windows 11 update highlights the part of Microsoft I genuinely enjoy covering the most

www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsofts-accessibility-push-remains-the-single-best-part-of-covering-windows-11

From Read Aloud to Voice Access, Microsoft’s accessibility features almost always end up benefiting everyone. Here is why the latest Windows 11 preview build continues that winning streak.

1034.

‎zWord - word puzzle App - App Store

apps.apple.com/us/app/zword-word-puzzle/id6790643465
1033.

Tails, Timelines & Truths.docx

docs.google.com/document/d/1iKDPgf_z_R79p0aFgSKAXk5Vj4oDKITY/edit?pli=1

MLP G5: The Lore, the Lies, and the Legacy Created & presented by Plucky Pizzicato & Lunar Aurora Research & writing by Frosted Daydream Slide 2: About Us Plucky Pizzicato she/her 🏳️‍⚧️ (pre-transition) In the fandom since 2011 Musician, writer Overanalyzer extraordinaire Involved with the G...

2026-07-27

1032.

raphaelvserafim/whatsapp-binary

github.com/raphaelvserafim/whatsapp-binary

Contribute to raphaelvserafim/whatsapp-binary development by creating an account on GitHub.

1031.

cvs-health/ios-swiftui-accessibility-techniques: Demonstrates iOS SwiftUI Accessibility programming techniques using live good and bad examples that can be tested with VoiceOver and other AT. Includes documentation for developers explaining how to code accessible patterns for iOS.

github.com/cvs-health/ios-swiftui-accessibility-techniques

Demonstrates iOS SwiftUI Accessibility programming techniques using live good and bad examples that can be tested with VoiceOver and other AT. Includes documentation for developers explaining how t...

1030.

daiverd/doubletalk-pc

github.com/daiverd/doubletalk-pc

Contribute to daiverd/doubletalk-pc development by creating an account on GitHub.

2026-07-24

1029.

Glowing-Radiant/enhanced-duck: Focus-aware audio ducking modes for NVDA (duck active or inactive applications)

github.com/Glowing-Radiant/enhanced-duck

Focus-aware audio ducking modes for NVDA (duck active or inactive applications) - Glowing-Radiant/enhanced-duck

2026-07-22

1028.

‎Roguelike Text RPG: Descent App - App Store

apps.apple.com/us/app/roguelike-text-rpg-descent/id6755131987

2026-07-21

1027.

How the Carina C2 Solves Meta Ray-Ban's Biggest Flaw

www.geeky-gadgets.com/karina-c2-meta-ray-ban-battery
1026.

I added ActivityPub to this blog

writings.hongminhee.org/2026/07/fedified-blog

I built this blog with Jikji, a static site generator I wrote myself, almost five years ago. Back then I barely knew TypeScript or modern web tooling, and I'd…

1025.

Open Minis — Your Private On-Device AI Agent

openminis.app

2026-07-20

1024.

MeshCore, the new Kid on the LoRa Mesh Block | disk91.com – the IoT blog

www.disk91.com/2026/technology/lora/meshcore-the-new-kid-on-the-lora-mesh-block

2026-07-02

1023.

IS4Code/NexIM: NexIM Chat Server

github.com/IS4Code/NexIM

NexIM Chat Server. Contribute to IS4Code/NexIM development by creating an account on GitHub.

1022.

Releases · nguyenanhduc09/Google-TTS-For-NVDA

github.com/nguyenanhduc09/Google-TTS-For-NVDA/releases

An NVDA screen-reader synthesizer add-on that exposes Google's Chrome WASM text-to-speech voices to NVDA. - nguyenanhduc09/Google-TTS-For-NVDA

1021.

matalvernaz/describarr: Automatically sync AudioVault audio descriptions with Sonarr/Radarr downloads

github.com/matalvernaz/describarr

Automatically sync AudioVault audio descriptions with Sonarr/Radarr downloads - matalvernaz/describarr

2026-06-30

1020.

gitdwarf/DwarvenModeller: Headless, stateless, blind friendly 3D clay modeller

github.com/gitdwarf/DwarvenModeller

Headless, stateless, blind friendly 3D clay modeller - gitdwarf/DwarvenModeller

2026-06-25

1019.

MermaidAccess: Accessible graph viewer

samkacer.github.io/MermaidAccessDemo/guide

2026-06-22

1018.

Hyperblam Docs Home

hyperblam.how

HYPERBLAM lets users create music with HTML via a dependency-free Web Audio API implementation. It enables pedal boards, drum machines and sampled instruments without JavaScript.

2026-06-20

1017.

HapWare - Making Communication Universally Accessible

hapware.com

HapWare - Making Communication Universally Accessible. ALEYE empowers people who are blind, low-vision, or neurodivergent.

1016.

Blind Productions — celebrating blind creators

blind.productions

Blind Productions showcases blind creators through a directory and moderated community forum. Seven new members joined the directory. Nominations require no account, though forum participation needs free registration. Admins review all suggestions before publication.

2026-06-19

1015.

I Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID.

bobdahacker.com/blog/fifa-hack

How I found that anyone could register on FIFA's public Agent Platform, gain access to the Football Data Platform's Streaming Management panel, and get RTMP ingest URLs and stream keys for every live FIFA World Cup 2026 camera feed. I then spent hours calling FIFA, MediaKind, HBS, CISA, and the FBI trying to get someone to pick up the phone.

1014.

The Siren Song of ariaNotify() | CSS-Tricks

css-tricks.com/the-siren-song-of-arianotify

There's a brand new ariaNotify() method — defined by the WAI-ARIA 1.3 Specification — that provides a means of programmatically triggering narration in a screen reader.

2026-06-18

1013.

Simon-Laux/hermes-deltachat-platform: hermes gateway platform for deltachat. With support for documents, voice messages, webxdc mini app generation and even voice calls.

github.com/Simon-Laux/hermes-deltachat-platform

hermes gateway platform for deltachat. With support for documents, voice messages, webxdc mini app generation and even voice calls. - Simon-Laux/hermes-deltachat-platform

1012.

Can gzip be a language model?

nathan.rs/posts/gzip-lm

A while back I wrote about language modeling without neural networks, where I generated Shakespeare with an unbounded n-gram model: no weights, no training, …

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