What the hell is a Linux?

blue linden explains stuff about Linux in a way you can understand as she installs what is supposedly one of the most complicated versions of it.

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blue linden

17 Jun 2024 · 19 min read

This Week on Bluenet

This week on Bluenet #1

"My laptop runs an operating system called NixOS. So do nearly all of my servers [...] What if you could ls into a sort-by and echo your mom?? Also written in Rust."

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blue linden

15 Jun 2024 · 3 min read

Tips

On Processes: The full lesson

Hi. We’re [High school name censored for privacy], and this is our second year here at the Media Championships. I’m blue linden, web manager and tech lead at

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blue linden

21 Oct 2023 · 9 min read

Stories

e-hallcracked: how I disabled a digital hall pass for 10,000 students

Heard of e-hallpass? It's the next generation of hall passes. It was also surprisingly insecure.

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blue linden

15 Jul 2023 · 15 min read

Stories

Here's a short story I wrote in fourth grade!

This post was published on April Fools' Day 2023. The original title was 'My new project will stun you...' and has since been changed because I feel

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blue linden

1 Apr 2023 · 61 min read

Opinion

Why ChatGPT won't replace work

I personally find it hilarious that us Americans only started losing our collective minds when automation came for white-collar jobs. Every day I see someone saying "ChatGPT will replace

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blue linden

28 Mar 2023 · 5 min read

Hall Pass

Hall Pass 2: Eccentric Poodle Poo

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blue linden

28 Mar 2023 · 1 min read

Opinion

On Software As A Service

When someone signs up for a service like Squarespace or Wix, the product they're paying for isn't the website itself, it is the privilege of using tools built by these corporations to build whatever they want.

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blue linden

21 Jan 2023 · 2 min read

Star Signage

Deafeningly visually loud

This post is the first part of a multi-part series on signage and attention-grabbing design. Signage is hard. Posters are an extension of signage. As a designer, I see a

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blue linden

23 Dec 2022 · 3 min read

Hall Pass

Hall Pass #1: Of friends, I have all but none.

Hall Pass is my semi-weekly newsletter where I combine a bunch of smaller topics into a larger post in between higher-effort articles. Topic One: Cooler design! I now own a

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blue linden

10 Dec 2022 · 3 min read

Opinion

You're not silencing bigotry in the right way.

Disclaimer: Anything in the "Opinions" category is not representative of the opinions of the student journalism organization that I currently represent unless explicitly otherwise stated. Everyone knows bigotry

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blue linden

26 Nov 2022 · 5 min read

My blog is better than yours.

Hey! I recently moved here from Google Sites / Blogger. I wanted to develop my own blogging and website personality, free from the limits of Google products. This website is hosted

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blue linden

14 Nov 2022 · 1 min read