digital garden

websites

We run a few websites, each with its own purpose. Here is our directory to our own sites, as well as some other sites we recommend you to consider stopping by.

our sites

Here are some of our sites. Please note that we are always working on new things online, so this list is sure to grow.

Please note - the links on this section point to wiki entries. You can visit the sites directly from their wiki entries. Live links will be kept at the top of each wiki entry.

neighborli, our Fediverse instance built on top of Mastodon.
FOSSphones, our site dedicated to bringing the latest in Linux phone and AOSP news, along with looks at various distributions, hardware projects, and more.
rav3ndust.xyz, the site you're on right now, is rav3ndust's personal blog, wiki, and journal.
Ibara Systems, the website for our small software business.
raven's ridge, the website for our homesteading collective, Raven's Ridge.
glyyph, our forthcoming nostr client.
xvoidsx, our forthcoming git forge.

sites we like

Here are some of our bookmarks. Please note that they are not included in any particular order.

These same links are also located handily at our bookmarks page, for convenience.

permacomputing, an idea based around the idea of resilience in computer hardware, software, and network technologies.
lo-res NWS Radar, a quick-to-load low-resolution radar from the National Weather Service.
Solar Network, an open-source platform for building networks, infrastructure, websites, and other web services on servers powered by renewable energies.
The Neon Kiosk, a virtual kiosk that collects and shows online journals in a hub for easy reading.
The Midnight Pub, a small site where people can gather and make posts, reply to posts, and have their own personal 'sites'. Posts are available to read on the Web and over Gemini.
Wiby, a small, open-source search engine indexing the 'small web' and individual websites.
100r, (aka "Hundred Rabbits"), are a small collective exploring minimal and open-source computing aboard a sailboat.
XXIIVV, the site of Devine Lu Linvega from 100r.
Kokorobot, the site of Rekka Bell from 100r.
Zoe Blade, great blog on hardware, electronic music, operating systems, and autism.
Xe Iaso, technical talks, *nix stuff, philosophy, and fun bits on Tailscale.
Luke Smith, FOSS technical talks, internet freedom, religion, Monero.
Richard Stallman, the founder of GNU. Political notes, notes on free software, random notes.
Free Software Foundation, an organization fighting to get free software in the hands of more people.
Debian, the GNU/Linux operating system that I use. The Debian site has a wiki, blogs and news updates, Planet Debian, helpful information about Debian, and more.
Linux Mint, a user-friendly operating system with editions based on Ubuntu and Debian. One of two distros I recommend to newbies switching over to GNU/Linux everytime.
Ubuntu, another great GNU/Linux distribution - the one that got me my start on free software over a decade ago now. While I use Debian these days, I am still happy to recommend Ubuntu to people, as it is consistently easy to use and tailored for the desktop.
GNU, the Free Software operating system. This site has notes on GNU and GNU tools, notes on free software, distros, philosophy, and more.
LWN, reader-supported site that covers news from within the Linux and free software development communities.
DistroTube, a video series reviewing Linux distributions, covering desktop evironments and window managers, software projects, and more.
j3s.sh, notes on software development, poetry, travel, minimalism, and more.
Sapiens Anonym, Lepht Anonym's blog about biohacking projects, subdermal electronics, and other experiments.
Andreas Kling, a blog from the developer of serenityOS, ladybird, and other exciting FOSS projects.
the singularity is nearer, a blog from George Hotz about technology, AI, and more.
The Software Pagan's Barrow, exploring spiritualism, free software, technology, linguistics, modernity, and more.
Ritual Dust, featuring notes on experimental music, vegan food, folklore, and more.
Phone Losers of America, a group I've kept up with since the early 2000s that makes hilarious prank phone calls. Cactus cactus!
Good News Network, a news website dedicated to sharing only positive and uplifting news stories.
GrimGrains, a site by 100r dedicated to sharing healthy vegan recipes.
Based Cooking, a minimal cooking website with community-submitted recipes sorted by category.
Hot Thai Kitchen, run by Pailin Chongchitnant, is a recipe and video series centering around Thai food.
68k News, a minimal and basic HTML news site for reading breaking news stories from around the world.
Codeberg, an open-source git forge, comfortable alternative to GitHub.
sourcehut, another open-source git forge.
i-mockery, a hilarious site from back in the day featuring community-contributed shorts, editorials, blogs, games, and more.
Ctrl-C Zine, a webzine by the Ctrl-C community celebrating small-web hacker culture.
Project Zero, a security research project within Google that does deep dives and breakdowns into various kinds of exploits.
Nyan's Corner, programming, GNU/Linux, anime, urbanism, gaming, and privacy.
Spirit Forest, a website and video series on backpacking, survivalism, living off-grid, outdoor life, and more.
Proton, a collection of services that offer a private alternative to the Google Workspace suite of apps. These include ProtonMail, Proton Drive, Proton Calendar, Proton Docs, and ProtonVPN.
FilePizza, simple p2p file transfers in your web browser.
MDN Web Docs, the Mozilla Developer Network has a huge library of information about open web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more.
Windy, a great weather application on the web for seeing live radar, lightning strikes, wind speeds, sunrise and sunset times, and more.
Gemini Project explains a bit about the minimal internet protocol, Gemini, some documentation and Gemini-related software, and more.
Debian Packages website, an easy way to search the Debian repositories from anywhere.
Ubuntu Packages website, an easy way to search the Ubuntu package repositories from your favorite web browser.
Nix Packages website, an easy way to search Nix packages from your web browser.
The Tor Project, a non-profit group building online anonymity software.
Project Gutenberg, a library of 70,000+ free eBooks with no DRM.
Atlas Obscura, a guide to the world's hidden wonders.
Learn X in Y, a simple website that does deep dives into a litany of different programming languages.
Shortwave.be, helpful information about shortwave radio broadcast stations and other things related to shortwave radio.
The Math Behind the Magic, a useful introduction to the microprocessor.
collectspace, a hub for outer space news and resources.
cozy computing, a nice write-up on the soulful, "cozy" qualities of home computers.
Disroot, a FOSS platform offering privacy-respecting services such as email, Nextcloud, XMPP, pastebin, search engine, Jitsi video conferencing, git hosting, mumble server, cryptpad, and more.
Hostux, a service similar to Disroot, offering FOSS services such as Peertube, IRC, disposable inboxes, cryptpad, freshRSS, and more.
Bukmark Club, a collection of personal websites from around the internet.
WarmPlace, hosting a collection of great audio-focused software such as Sunvox (the audio software I use to write my music), Pixilang, and more.
Software Foundations is "an introduction to the mathematical underpinnings of reliable software."
ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio.
SpaceWeather, current solar conditions such as solar wind and flares, aurora alerts, information on sunspots, and other stuff.
Zoom Earth, a fantastic website useful for viewing live satellite imagery, use interactive weather maps, explore different layers of weather data, and more. I use it quite frequently.
Radio Garden, a very cool website where you can listen to radio stations from all around the world. Just pick a spot on the globe, and away you go!