Part of Fan Zeng's Cao Cao Riding, watercolor and ink on paper scroll.

way to boshan

Being an avid podcast listener for a decade has the consequence of pushing them into the background and not paying much attention to the content. Fortunately, this time I was in an exploratory mood and came across a conversation with Tamás Sajó that triggered something. ...

February 1, 2023 · 3 min · István Urbán
Photo by Marcin Simonides on Unsplash.

quarter of debloat

Sometimes I feel the itch to clean up certain aspects of my life. I’m not a die-hard purist or minimalist, but this itch has become unbearable over the past few months, so I decided to do something about it. There is no better time to do so than at the beginning of a new year. So here is the list of things I want to tackle. ...

January 13, 2023 · 3 min · István Urbán
Photo by Kreative Kwame on Unsplash.

after the snap

A month has passed since my last post and we have conveniently slipped into 2023. With the New Year New Me approaching, I can make a fresh start with some reservations. I think it’s bullshit, but I’m in better mental shape to change things. ...

January 3, 2023 · 3 min · István Urbán
Photo by Kenrick Mills on Unsplash.

marginal success

Recently I received a notification from my hosting provider that the annual payment is due on December 20th. This got me thinking, so here is the deal. ...

November 29, 2022 · 2 min · István Urbán
Version 7 of Unix for the PDP-11, running on the SIMH PDP-11 simulator. The contents of '/etc', including configuration files, binary executables, and more.

init

In the past – about 20 years ago – I had a personal website hosted on UltraWEB’s free service. It was a place where I could tinker with things I learned in computer science class and express my thoughts in an unrestricted, yet structured way. ...

February 20, 2022 · 1 min · István Urbán