Syonyk's blog covers computing, ARM hardware, off-grid living, kerosene lamps, phones, and opinions on the tech industry.
HN commenters list it among insightful, non-commercial RSS blogs, and link it for flip phone camera samples and kerosene lamp posts.
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.
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.
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/
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/details/161762
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/
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-shed/