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Roll your own static blog analytics

Static blogs are easy to serve, but so many of the free options have no analytics whatsoever. This post talks about how to serve your own blog from a container with live updating analytics

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Linux on the AMD ThinkPad Z13 G2

Now that AMD’s Zen 4 CPUs landed in lots of laptops, I picked up a ThinkPad Z13 G2 with an AMD Ryzen CPU. Did I put Linux on it? Of course I did. 🐧

ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 1 Review

One of the smallest ThinkPads delivers one of the best experiences I’ve had on a laptop. 💻

Backlight control with i3

Adjust the LED backlight on your laptop quickly in i3 on Linux. 💡

Review: Lenovo X1 Carbon 3rd generation and Linux

After a boatload of challenges with what I thought would be my favorite Linux laptop, the Dell XPS 13 9343, I decided to take the plunge on a new Lenovo X1 Carbon (3rd gen). My late-2013 MacBook Pro Retina (MacbookPro11,1) had plenty of quirks when running Linux and I was eager to find a better platform. ...