here are my technology preferences…

• search: duckduckgo, startpage, google (use with tor)
• browser: firefox, brave, chrome
• plugins: adblock plus, https everywhere, noscript, adnauseum, trackmenot, privacy badger, u2f support for yubikey
• webdev plugins: webdeveloper toolbar, tamperdata, colorzilla, firebug, fireftp, dustmeselectors, live httpd headers
• hardware: purism, thinkpad, raspberry pi, soekris engineering, pc engines
• email: fastmail
• operating system: debian, arch, qubes (i like qubes a lot, but im terrible at the workflow so i just use debian mostly. its just easier and life’s too short. plus i dont really have the RAM for it on my crappy dell optiplex 3010), tails, android
• video chat: skype (im not happy with skype, but everyone uses it.)
• social media: twitter, mastodon
• messaging: signal, telegram
• web hosting: dreamhost, digitalocean, amazon

henceforth, all organic gardening notes will live here.

im working on the write-up for my raspberry pi home-automation and security system that reflects the values of diy, open-source, and owning your own data. im publishing it unfinished in order to force myself to complete it – so please forgive, the mess!

okay, quick update: these sonoff’s are too dangerous: cut-up extension cords plugged into terminals, AC power, cheap chinese technology. it is too risky. but i found these sonoff s26 smart switches on scargill’s website that do away with the cutting up of the cords, and i’m using those for smart automation instead. i feel safer. i updated my documentation to reflect that.

last updated: 04/07/2019

this is a list of the books i have read in the last few years. all of the books i read prior to 2017 i lost all my notes on so they didnt make the list. theres no fiction on the list either because i read fiction on my ebook reader and i dont keep track of it.

2019:
plants from test tubes: an introduction to micropropagation (2013) by holly scoggins and mark bridgen
teaming with fungi (2017) by jeff lowenfels
click here to kill everybody (2018) by bruce schneier
offensive countermeasures (2015) by john strand and paul asadoorian
teaming with microbes (2010) by wayne lewis and jeff lowenfels
tyranny of experts (2014) by william easterly
grokking bitcoin (2018) by kalle rosenbaum
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everyone should grow microgreens. they are so good for you. AND theyre really cheap and easy to grow.

i reprogrammed a sonoff and documented it. a $5 smart switch that plugs into home-assistant is pretty cool.

i wrote down my notes on bokashi compost.

i documented my brewing process.