Internet Discoveries between 19 January and 26 January

  • How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain
  • The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again
  • CBA to trial myGov verification proof-of-concept
  • Escape the walled garden and algorithm black boxes with RSS feeds
  • Stratoshark
  • No screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense, just a power button and a USB port.

Interesting details

How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain - I work from home everyday, I am susceptible to eye strain, eye pain, and dizziness. Having a working environment that’s as easy on my eyes as possible is of critical importance.

The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again - How surveillance capitalism and DRM turned home tech from friend to foe. For a while—in the ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000s—it felt like nerds were making the world a better place. Now, it feels like the most successful tech companies are making it worse.

CBA to trial myGov verification proof-of-concept - The Commonwealth Bank is piloting the use of myGov to verify customers’ identities through a program led by Services Australia. Known as trust exchange – or TEx –, the pilot allows trial participants to use the myGov app to scan a QR code at one of the bank’s Canberra branches.

Escape the walled garden and algorithm black boxes with RSS feeds - With most online platforms, it’s becoming more and more difficult to view a feed of content that is not generated by an algorithm whose purpose it is to keep you engaged.

Stratoshark - Stratoshark lets you explore and analyze applications at the system call level using a mature, proven interface based on Wireshark. Created for the community by Sysdig. Stratoshark lets you explore and investigate the application-level behavior of your systems.

No screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense, just a power button and a USB port. - The Steam Deck has been a game changer for travel, but I found myself leaving it behind more often than not, as it wouldn’t fit in my backpack, took up a huge amount of carry-on space, and was a hassle to bring down from the overhead compartment when I wanted to use it.

All this was saved to my GetPocket over the week