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Cyberpunk Librarian
Author: Daniel Messer
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Join Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, as he talks about ideas, trends, and cool stuff for technologically minded librarians who are high tech and low budget!
74 Episodes
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Episode 67 leads right into episode 68 as Dan takes on the theory and practice of underground librarianship, anarchivism, and shadow librarianship.
Links
No right to information at public libraries, 5th Circuit rules from UPI.com.
Man burns 100 library books; residents donate 1,000 more to local libraries from News 5 Cleveland.
Florida Department of Education releases list of over 700 banned books in K-12 schools from Central Florida Public Media.
Multi-level barrage of US book bans is ‘unprecedented’, says PEN America from The Guardian.
RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies from The Guardian.
M*A*S*H War is war, Hell is Hell from Season 05, Episode 20.
Idaho HB 710
Legislation of Concern in 2025 from EveryLibrary.
Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act from Wikipedia.
Signal - Encrypted messaging.
Bookshop.org - New and used books from independent shops.
Anna's Archive - The open source search engine for shadow libraries.
Z-Library - One of the world's largest eBook libraries.
FMHY - The largest collection of free stuff on the internet!
VPN Ratings from PC Magazine
PirateBox - A great little project for a SBC.
Project Bookmark - A portable file-sharing system built on NodeMCU ESP8266 that creates a wireless access point and serves a web interface for accessing digital documents and hosting discussions.
Ubuntu Tutorials - Including all kinds of ways to install Linux on older hardware.
https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/ - The source of the ten kilogram shoe box.
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials?q=bootable+usb - Ubuntu install tutorials
Music
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Coma by Natural Causes
Cares for the Waves by Mesmerists
Failures of Infinity by Nihilore
Ignorance is Bliss by Minds Eye
Spines Entwined by The Polish Ambassador
Ritual Revival by The Polish Ambassador
Sounds & Images
Multiple Tornado Alarms from Freesound
Featured image by Jude Robinett
Also...
Check out The L0WL1F3 Podcast and Neon Dystopia! If you like this podcast, you're gonna love L0WL1F3! And if you love cyberpunk culture, Neon Dystopia is your next stop after this one!
Libraries are in danger and Dan is angry. There have been more books banned in the last two years than ever before. Censorship and attacks on libraries are both on the rise, but we can fight back. We can rise above.
Links
Henry Rollins on anger
L0WL1F3 Podcast
s4e17 L0WL1F3 x Cyberpunk Librarian “404 Books Not Found”
Wordpress.org just belongs to me
WP Engine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to WordPress resources
WordPress saga escalates as WP Engine plugin forcibly forked and legal letters fly
Publii - The most intuitive CMS for static sites.
Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 58 – Static, Not Stagnant
Noah Garfinkel on Twitter
Pastor holds bonfire to burn to ‘witchcraft’ books like ‘Twilight’
Sinclair’s Soldiers in Trump’s War on Media
EveryLibrary
EveryLibrary Institute
Unite Against Book Bans
Pen America on Book Bans
Libraries for the People
Beautiful, free web templates from HTML5Up
Texas county criticized after Indigenous history book re-classified into fiction section
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs
Music
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Ecken und Kanten by Blackberry
Spines Entwined by The Polish Ambassador
Re:peated by Aldous Ichnite
Cyclesomatic by Aldous Ichnite
Day Tripper by Nine Lives
You can have it your way, on your hardware, with software you prefer. Your little free Cyberpunk Librarian gets into the philosophies and basics of self-hosting!
Links
Are You Keeping Up with the Commodore?
Generating X - From video games to television to movies and events, Generating X offers insights on the times – the times being from the late 70s to the mid 90s.
Commodore 64
BBS: The Documentary - A documentary series on the history of Bulletin Board Systems
WWIV - Also known as "World War IV," this is the BBS software that powered my own board and many others in the Yakima area. It's still out there, still under development, and still used!
Telnet BBS Guide - The reports of the death of BBSes have been greatly exaggerated.
A historical area code 509 BBS list - Yakima and Spokane, WA
The Forgotten World of BBS Door Games - From PC Magazine
Cyberpunk Episode 50 - Workplace Ambience - Turn on, tune in, and chill out as Dan takes you on a trip through the sounds of ambient and space music!
Zotero - A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research.
ArchiveBox - A powerful, self-hosted internet archiving solution to collect, save, and view websites offline.
YunoHost - YunoHost is an operating system aiming to simplify server administration and therefore democratize self-hosting while making sure it stays reliable, secure, ethical and lightweight.
The YunoHost App Catalogue - Lots and lots.
Cory Doctorow - Craphound - Using git via Flashback.
WordPress - The open source publishing platform of choice for millions of websites worldwide—from creators and small businesses to enterprises.
GitLab - The most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform.
Nextcloud - Open source content collaboration platform for tens of millions of users at thousands of organizations across the globe.
Radio Free Elsewhere - Something different, somewhere else.
Radio Free Elsewhere - The playlists.
Publii - With Publii, the most intuitive static site CMS, you can create a beautiful, safe, and privacy-friendly website quickly and easily; perfect for anyone who wants a fast, secure website in a flash.
Cyberpunk Librarian - Episode 58 - Static, Not Stagnant - An episode where we discuss Publii.
SearXNG - Privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine.
Shaarli - Bookmark sharing, link blogging. The personal, minimalist, super fast, database-free, bookmarking service.
Cyberpunk Librarian - Episode 02 - Oh Shaarli, You're All Alone - The Cyberpunk Librarian returns to talk about a bookmark aggregator that can be yours and yours alone. It’s simple to use, easy to install, so why not share with Shaarli?
PrivateBin - Formerly Zerobin. PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data.
Music
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Interstellar by Mindseye
Leave the Atmosphere by Mindseye
Vim and Vinagarette Remastered by Triple5 Here
Atoll by Modern Monster
Disperse by Ketsa
Arcade by Artur Aravidi
Star Gazer by Artur Aravidi
Au Bord de la Fontaine by Le Vent du Nord
It's a full episode follow up and we're gonna talk about a free and open source library project that Dan is building with his own three hands!
Links
The L0WL1F3 Podcast - Dystopia? Check. Every episode is either about some fresh new hell that was probably predicted in a cyberpunk story, or some topic that could be viewed through a cyberpunk lens. Produced in affiliation with neondystopia.com
Episodes of The L0WL1F3 Podcast I appeared on include:
22_L0WL1F3_&_CYBERPUNK_LIBRARIAN_super_mario_bros_the_motion_picture.mov_part_one
23_L0WL1F3_&_CYBERPUNK_LIBRARIAN_super_mario_bros_the_motion_picture.mov_part_two
32_L0WL1F3_cybersnitch_demos_OPAD_battle-librarian.sql
s3e6 L0WL1F3 "metropolis"
s3e10 L0WL1F3 "the s****horpe problem"
s3e18 L0WL1F3 feat. Cyberpunk Librarian "The OrangeBoy/PatronPoint Affair"
LibraryThing - A free, library-quality catalog to track reading progress or your whole library.
Calibre - The one stop solution for all your eBook needs.
Beautifying Calibre - It's absolutely possible.
SQLPro for SQLite - A simple, powerful SQLite manager for macOS.
DB Browser for SQLite - An excellent cross platform app for managing SQLite databases.
Infopump, the Cyberpunk catalogue - A work in progress.
Infopump GitLab repo - Infopump's repository.
Music
Ryo Miyashita - Bellydance at Ebisu
Psychadelik Pedestrian - Cosmos (Universal Mix)
Sro - Speaker Set
Kevin Bryce - Scattered Mandalas
Fignomo - Adult Horizon
Fignomo - Blue Lola
Uncan - Wave of the Synth
Goodies
Check out my shop on RedBubble! Ya know, if you want to.
The Cyberpunk Librarian is back! Again! I think? Anyway, Dan finally got some time to make podcasts again so welcome back to the high tech, low budget world of Cyberpunk Librarian! As things go, Dan's been busy working on a lot of library tech goodies, and that makes for an extra geeky episode. Grab a beverage and join us for a little catching up.
Music
Kalumet - First Wave (Immortal Sun Remix)
Floating Mind - Oser Minimal
Insanity Circle - En Camino
4t Thieves - Daytime Astronomy
TNKS - Mechanical Bike
Protuberance - Crying Warrior
Links
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Bob McGrath - One of These Things
AutoHotkey - The Swiss Army Knife of Windows scripting
ClearPatronFines - GitLab repo
Stooge - GitLab repo
Tom Scott - The Art of the Bodge
Useful Polaris SQL - GitLab repo
IUG Polaris SQL Clearinghouse - Lots of queries!
Bricks Without Clay: Demystifying PolarisTransactions - My eBook about working with the PolarisTransactions database. Free and available in multiple formats.
Koha SQL Reports Library
Fathom - Create persistent links to your Polaris PowerPAC - Website and GitLab repo
AM 800 - WRTH - A paranormal broadcast from the depths of nowhere
Cause for Calamity - A podcast about The Legend of Calamity Jane
Hyperlinked History - A multifaceted journey through time
Intragalactic Librarian - High adventure in deep space... with librarians
Generating X - The signs of my times
Holy crap! The Cyberpunk Librarian is back with a new episode about his favourite operating system that’s not actually an operating system. But then again, it may as well be, because that’s what he’s using most of time. Join Dan as he walks you through Firefox, how to use it better and more efficiently, how to make it pretty, and how to save a six figure number of images.
Links
Min - A minimalist web browser.
Qutebrowser - A keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI
Firefox theme page
Firefox Theme - Matrix_Purple ANIMATED
Firefox Theme - Neon
Firefox Theme - Black Rain (Animated)
Chrome Web Store - Themes
Winamp Skin Museum - Ooooooooo preeeeetty!
The Commodore 64 - One of the most popular computers ever.
Mouse 1351 - For the Commodore 64
GEOS - The Graphical Environment Operating System. An 8-bit wonderment of a GUI operating system for the Commodore 64.
All the Firefox keyboard shortcuts!
Mitch Murder music videos
Notion - Notes and so much more. I've tried and tried to find something that works better for me, but I always keep coming back.
Cyberpunk Librarian - Episode 02 - Oh Shaarli You're All Alone
Eagle - Collect, search and organize your images for projects and tasks.
Cybersylvanian - My Tumblr site. Images of cyberpunk, anime, retro, classic celebrities, angels, comic art, and lots more.
Firefox Extension - Bypass Paywalls (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - ColorZilla - (Chromium based alternative)
Firefox Extension - Downie - (This was pulled from the Chrome Web Store because it downloads YouTube videos. More info.)
Firefox Extension - Download Images from Tabs - (Chromium based alternative)
Firefox Extension - DownThemAll! - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - Eagle - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - Facebook Container - (Not available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - Fireshot - (Chromium based alternative)
Firefox Extension - Humble Bundle Downloader - (Not available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - img2tab - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - JSONView - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - Notification Sound - (Not available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - Notion Web Clipper - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - OneTab - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - Save In... - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - Save to Notion - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - Shaarli - (Chromium based alternative)
Firefox Extension - Tab Counter Plus - (Chromium based alternative)
Firefox Extension - To Google Translate - (Chromium based alternative)
Firefox Extension - Tumblr Post - (Chromium based alternative)
Firefox Extension - uBlock Origin - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Firefox Extension - Web Developer - (Available for Chromium based browsers)
Music
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Airflow by Bio Unit
Scape from Reality by Code Therapy
From the Ocean by Lampé
Boardwalk by Holizna
Memories of Thailand by Risey
Build your own Netflix with free, open source software and the Cyberpunk Librarian. Join Dan for part three of the cyberpunk community library series and learn how to set up your own media streaming server!
Screenshots
Support & Charity
Donate to Tornado Recovery Efforts in Kentucky - On the night and early morning of December 11 & 12, 2021; multiple tornadoes rolled through Kentucky leaving a path of destruction miles long. Mayfield, KY was almost destroyed and Bowling Green, KY was badly damaged. If you can help out, the United Way of Southern Kentucky is accepting donations for relief and recovery. All donations will remain local to the Southern Kentucky area.
Support Jellyfin! - Seriously, this is great software. Please consider supporting the developers and contributing towards the future of a fantastic open source software project.
Links
L0WL1F3 Podcast - Come quietly or there will be... trouble. The best cyberpunk podcast on the feeds!
Podnutz - Tech Podcast Network, home of DoorToDoorGeek
Jellyfin - Open source media streaming and management
Jellyfin - GitHub repo
Jellyfin - Clients and software
Infuse 7 - An AppleTV client with JellyFin support
Jellyfin - Naming conventions for movies. See the sidebar for other naming formats.
Plex - Media streaming, sharing, and management
Ampache - A web based audio/video streaming application and file manager
HandBrake - Convert videos to MP4.
NameChanger and bulk renaming utilities like it - Because you may find yourself needing to rename a lot of files, these bulk renaming utilities will make your life easier.
Music & Sound Effects
Kite Fly High by Adeline Yeo (HP)
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Finally Free by Linn Friberg
Drop by Metre
Nanophage by Tri-Tachyon
The Waning Moon by Anima
Cue Scratch - From Freesound.org.
You thought it was done. You thought it was over. But it's not over, and nothing is ever done. The Cyberpunk Librarian and the L0WL1F3 Podcast are back for part two of their descent into madness - a deep dive into Super Mario Bros: The Motion Picture.
Note
This one is tagged explicit for a reason. If you’re normally listening to the show with kids… you may want to wait on this one until the kiddos have gone to bed.
Links
Super Mario Bros: The Motion PictureThe L0WL1F3 PodcastNeon Dystopia – The home of the L0WL1F3s. LOWL1F35? Look, it’s where the podcast is based.Super Mario Bros: The Motion Picture: The Movie Archive
Join me for a special crossover episode with the L0WL1F3 gang from the LOWL1F3 Podcast! We dive into a forgotten piece of cyberpunk media, so forgotten that some people don't even realize it's cyberpunk. So get your red coveralls, strap on your stompers, and grab your toolbelt. This is part one of a deep dive into Super Mario Bros: The Motion Picture.
Note
This one is tagged explicit for a reason. If you're normally listening to the show with kids... you may want to wait on this one until the kiddos have gone to bed.
Links
Super Mario Bros: The Motion PictureThe L0WL1F3 PodcastNeon Dystopia - The home of the L0WL1F3s. LOWL1F35? Look, it's where the podcast is based.Super Mario Bros: The Motion Picture: The Movie Archive
You're a librarian for a small community and someone hands you an SSD. Opening it up you discover three folders named eBooks, Magazines, and Comics. Total file count: 6,271. You nod, fire up some software, and tell your community "Yeah, I can make this work."
Links
Calibre - The best eBook management systemCalibre - Supported formatsKovid Goyal - The primary developer of CalibreKomga - Your next digital comic and magazine management systemComics metadata from Comic VineComics metadata from The League of Comic GeeksBandes dessinées metadata from BubbleBandes dessinées metadata from BedethequeManga metadata from KitsuManga metadata from MyAnimeListA list of digital comic reading software
Screenshots
Music
All tracks by Smooth Genestar from the album Music for Sleepless Cities.
Downtempo Gangstas and Time ThievesBars & HookersTokyo CodesSleepless in Reykjavik
Opening track - Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Sounds
SFX_Magazine - FreesoundMagazine.wav - Freesound
Your community, your library. Whether you’ve got a small group of friends, or a small town, the Cyberpunk Librarian has the solutions for your ILS problems! Join Dan for an introduction to a fantastic, easy to use ILS that’ll make your library life easier without breaking your budget!
Links
The Shane Company - Advertising slogan: You have a friend in the diamond businesshttps://cyberpunklibrarian.com/blog/theres-gotta-be-someone-better.html - A blog post I wrote about why Dewey sucksBISAC - Book Industry Standards and Communications cataloguing system. Human readable subject headings and classifications.UNIX Philosophy - One damn thing at a timeTinyCat - The best ILS solution for regular peopleTinyCat Pricing - While TinyCat isn't free, it's incredibly affordableHandheld USB Barcode Scanner - $14.99 at the time I composed these notes.WoneNice USB Laser Barcode Scanner Wired - $20.99 at the time I composed these notes.Tanglewood Hill OPAC - My personal library at Tanglewood Hill. Have a look around!Make your own barcodes using this spreadsheet! But first, you'll need to install this font.
Music
A New Life by NapzNot Found by DaizySunken Streets by SroSlow Vibing by KetsaLight Year by AnitekBellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Whether you’re disconnecting out of necessity or choice, you don’t have to shut down when you go offline! Join the Cyberpunk Librarian for tips, tricks, and tactics for working and keeping yourself entertained when the lights go out and/or your phone says “Searching for signal.”
Listen via Video
YouTubePeerTube
Mind Map
Links
Entertainment - Audio
Apple MusicSpotify
Entertainment - News
Internet ArchiveThe Magazine Rack - Tonnes of magazines freely available for download from the Internet. Archive!The Computer Magazine ArchivesGaming and Gamer Magazine ArchivesStarlog Magazine ArchiveZZap!64 Magazine ArchivePocketWallabagZinio
Entertainment - Reading
Amazon KindleAudibleComixology
Entertainment - Video
CrunchyRollHuluNetflixPrime Video
Library Apps
Check your local library to see if any of these services are available to you! All libraries are different and some will have access to different services, with different collections. All of these apps are available on iOS and Android.
Axis360 - An eBook service for public libraries.cloudLibrary - Downloadable eBooks for public libraries.ComicsPlus - A comic book and graphic novel service for libraries.Flipster - Digital magazines and newspapers services for libraries.Freading - Downloadable eBooks for public libraries. Usually offers a more esoteric collection than the other eBook services.Freegal - Download, and keep, MP3 every single week. Streaming music is also available, depending on your library's options.Hoopla - The service with almost everything. Read eBooks and comics, listen to music and audiobooks, watch movies and TV.Kanopy - Indie movies, award winning documentaries, The Great Courses, and more.OverDrive (aka Libby) - OverDrive is the service and Libby is their app. OverDrive is the biggest service in downloadable eBooks and eAudio in the North American public library space.RBDigital - A little bit of everything. eBooks, eAudiobooks, digital magazines.
Software
Ampps - Easily set up a MariaDB, Apache, and PHP development environment on your Mac, Windows, or Linux. Then install various programmes using Softaculous.Calibre - Your eBooks, organised, converted, and managed your way. 100% cross platform.Chunky - My preferred comic book reader for iPadOS.Dark Noise - Soothing sounds for your ears. Available on iOS and iPadOS.GoodNotes - Handwritten notebooks done right in the digital world. The first big reason to own an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil.GoodReader - Excellent PDF reader for iOS and iPadOS.iA Writer - An excellent and affordable Markdown editor.Joplin - Ditch Evernote and discover something better, and simpler, than Notion. Joplin is a cross platform and available iOS, iPadOS, and Android.MindNode - Mind mapping software for iPad, iOS, and macOS. See below for an example of how I organised this show using MindMap.Procreate - Drawing, sketching, and painting on the iPad Pro. This is the second big reason to own an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil.Typora - The best Markdown editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux.Visual Studio Code - My preferred code editor. Oddly enough, even though it's made by Microsoft, it's totally cross platform for Windows, macOS, and Linux.VLC - One of the best video apps in the world. Free, open source, cross platform, and will play damn near anything you throw at it.
Everything else
CGP Grey - Dead man's/Detained man's switch. (Specific part of the video.)Cortex - The origin of the terms Greycation and Hurleyday.Publii - Version 0.36 released with a new spell check, and a whole lot of other new features!
Music
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo MiyashitaCall Your Grandma by BodysurferWants to Know by Bodysurfer17-17 by BodysurferJax-Trax by BodysurferTears In My Heart by Psychadelik Pedestrian
Oh my god, he's back! After over a year of craziness and massive life changes, the Cyberpunk Librarian is back!
Join Dan in this comeback episode where he helps you get acquainted with static site generators and introduces you to the one he prefers!
YouTube
Listen to the show on YouTube.
Links
Tanglewood Hill - Check out my personal blog, powered by Publii!Energy Hogs: Can World’s Huge Data Centers Be Made More Efficient?The Internet Cloud Has a Dirty SecretStooge - A little programme that clears fines on patron accounts by automating Polaris Leap.Jekyll - Probably the most popular static site generator.Hexo - A static site generator powered by Node.js.Hugo - Likely the fastest static site generator. Powered by Go.Publii - My static site generator of choice. Beautiful, easy to use, and it makes blogging a joy rather than a job.Publii Marketplace - Lovely, free themes for Publii along with a few paid options.If you're interested in other static site generating options, check out this article from CreativeBloq.Typora - My favourite Markdown editor.
Music and Sound
Radio Interference/Static - from FreesoundEpsilon by Auditive EscapeFluvial Aspen by Auditive EscapeYurtifale by Auditive EscapeBellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Are you tired of paying for content? Do you have four or five services you subscribe to for music, eBooks, or movies? Maybe even more than five? Feeling a bit burned out pitting one service over another? Well Dan has just the thing for you: Free digital content from your public library! Release yourself from all (or at least some) of those services, and check out what's on offer from your local library! You'll be amazed how you can download eBooks, listen to music and audiobooks, watch movies, and more... and all you pay is the price of your library card!
YouTube
Listen to the show on YouTube.
Links
Audiobooks
OverDrive - Audiobooks, eBooks, and moreRBDigital - Audiobooks, eBooks, magazines, comics, and moreHoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and more
eBooks
OverDrive - Audiobooks, eBooks, and moreHoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and moreFreading - eBooks outside the Times... the New York Times.Freading Help
Magazines & Comics
RBDigital - Audiobooks, eBooks, magazines, comics, and moreHoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and moreMagazine Rack - The Magazine Rack at the Internet Archive. Tonnes of classic magazines.
Movies, TV, & Video
Hoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and moreKanopy - A fantastic collection of indie, arthouse, classic, and documentary film
Music
Freegal - Download and stream music, free and legallyHoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and more
Music
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo MiyashitaElektro Attitude by ChuzausenWhen the Rain Comes by saQi (featuring Cheraki)Falling Under Water by saQi (featuring Marya Stark)Bunker by MeterOcean Hotel by UncanWeirder by Drake Stafford
The Cyberpunk Librarian is back and he’s talking about software… His own software! Join Dan for a look at The FOSSiL Projects and discover what he’s been working on for the past couple of months! And hey, maybe there’s something in the Projects that can help make your library life just a little easier!
YouTube
Listen to this episode on YouTube.
Links
iAWriter – My writing app of choice on the iPad.
The FOSSiL Projects – Free and Open Source Solutions in Libraries. The primary website for information about the projects.
FOSSiL Projects on GitLab – The FOSSiL Projects repos on GitLab.
CargoCult Demo – Try this thing for yourself!
PHP – Write some code, find some frustrations.
Python – A better brand of misery.
MariaDB – It’s MySQL, without Oracle.
Ubuntu MATE – It’s so… green!
WordPress – Sure, there are other CMS solutions, but this is the one I like.
GitLab – Host your code in an versioning system that’s 100% open source.
Download GitLab – Host your code in your own hosted versioning system.
GOGS – Simple, easy to use, git style versioning system. Works pretty much everywhere.
VirtualBox – Run virtual Linux servers using open source virtualization software. It’s VMware, with Oracle.
Music
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Catching Rays by Psychadelik Pedestrian
Fluid Dreams by Daniel Birch
Edge of the Wastelands by Tri-Tachyon
Overcast by fascinating earthbound objects
Stinger music is pulled from Andreas Theme by Kevin MacLeod
Music from the Cyberpunk Librarian podcasts
Sounds
56k Modem from Freesound.org
Holy crap! Cyberpunk Librarian is back! On this episode, Dan talks about the projects that have been holding up the show and what’s going on in his life. It’s a conversation over coffee with your friendly neighbourhood Cyberpunk Librarian!
YouTube
Listen to the show on YouTube.
Links
Blogging
Blog post: Blogging, RSS, and Social Network Failure
Blog post: Taking Notes — A New Approach to the Shows
Blog post: Organizationally Stacked
Facebook Is a Garbage Fire
The Oatmeal – Reaching People on the Internet
GeekWire – ‘The Oatmeal’ creator rips Facebook in comic — and Facebook asks if he wants to ‘boost’ the post
RSS Readers
QuiteRSS — Free, open source RSS reader for Linux, Windows, and macOS
Reeder and Unread – Inexpensive RSS readers for iOS
Reeder — Inexpensive RSS reader for macOS
Flym and Read – RSS readers for Android
Brief – A free, open source RSS reader for Firefox – WebExtensions and Firefox 56+ compatible
FeedBin and Feedly – RSS readers on the web – Premium, but inexpensive services that sync across devices
Ambient and Space Music
Download Dan’s music for free from SoundCloud
Buy Dan’s music on BandCamp
Organisation
Kanban – Wikipedia
Ōno Taiichi – Creator of kanban
Trello – A freemium kanban system for tracking projects.
Projects – A public Trello board so you can see what Dan is doing these days
Python Projects
Polaris ILS – My particular ILS of choice
Koha ILS – My favourite free and open source ILS solution
3M SIP Protocol – Guaranteed to cure your insomnia
DR. RID – Check it out on GitHub
Reddit Enhancement Suite – Make Reddit better.
BBS
BBS – A fantastic documentary from Jason Scott, the archivist behind textfiles.com
Watch the BBS documentary series on YouTube
Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It – A fantastic podcast about technology, history, people, and getting out of debt
Mystic BBS – A pretty sweet BBS package for macOS, Windows, and Linux
SynchroNet – A pretty sweet BBS package for Windows and Linux
WWIV – A classic bit of BBS kit that I ran back in my teenage years
VirtualBox – Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows and runs virtual machines with ease
SyncTerm – An excellent terminal emulator that invokes the old days of dial up
Qodem – A clone of the classic Qmodem terminal emulator
Music
Stinger music is pulled from Andreas Theme by Kevin MacLeod
Star Drift by Daniel Messer
Optimus L’Chaim by Daniel Messer
Sounds
Fast Forward
Join Dan for a special episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where he looks at what it is to be human in an increasingly technological world, and within the world of one of the greatest novels in the cyberpunk genre!
YouTube
Listen to the show on YouTube.
Links
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep on WorldCat and Amazon
Episode 50 – Spirit in the Framework
Hatsune Miku
Blade Runner – Trailer
Blade Runner 2049 – Trailer
Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It – A new podcast from that guy at textfiles.com.
Music
The Beat Goes On by Flex Vector
Dancer in the Dark by Flex Vector
The Killbots are Coming by Flex Vector
Gray Matter by Flex Vector
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Sounds
Steady Rain in the City at Freesound.org
Sometimes it’s far harder than it should be to find that academic paper or research article. Papers and journals are locked behind paywalls, paywalls that don’t matter to your patrons. So let Dan help you break the walls down, and get those articles you and your patrons need!
YouTube
Listen to the show on YouTube.
Links
Google Scholar – Start here whenever you’re looking for a scholarly article.
Unpaywall – For Firefox and Chrome. Looks for legal access to scholarly articles.
DOAJ – The Directory of Open Access Journals. Almost 10,000 journals an over 2.5 million articles.
Arxiv – Pronounced “Archive,” this is a massive ePrint server from the Cornell University Library. You’ll find open access to over 1.3 million articles on a variety of subjects.
Sci-Hub – Open access to scientific and academic research.
Library Genesis – Over 2 million eBooks, magazines, and articles.
Sci-Hub Links for Chrome – Turn those DOIs and Pubmed links into Sci-Hub links.
IBT – Two-thirds of the world’s academic papers are now on Sci-Hub
r/Scholar – The scholarly article subreddit.
Music
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Work by Ketsa
wander with me by Ketsa
Sentimental by Sro
After a way–to-long hiatus due to some bad craziness with moving, promotions, and upgrades… The Cyberpunk Librarian is back! Join Dan as he shares his tools and techniques for downloading massive amounts of, well… everything!
YouTube
Listen to this episode on YouTube.
Links
WordPress.org – My CMS of choice
Seriously Simple Podcasting -Podcasting with WordPress
Zapier – A Zap to add images to Dropbox by liking them on Tumblr
Save File To – Manage your downloads (For Firefox)
Image-Toolbar – Save images to the right place the first time (For Chrome)
DownThemAll – Gimme it! It’s mine! (For Firefox)
Bulk Image Downloader – Get all the images! (For Chrome)
Multi File Downloader – Get all the things! (For Chrome)
The developer of DownThemAll gives his non-candy-coated opinion about the move to WebExtensions.
youtube-dl – It downloads videos so damn well!
Homebrew – It’s like apt for Mac and it’s pretty awesome
Knightwise episode KW807 – In which Knightwise covers youtube-dl in depth
A killer script to do incremental downloads of YouTube channels, from u/serendib on reddit.
wget – Because sometimes you need an entire website
Wget: A Noob’s Guide – Learn the basics of wget in minutes!
r/DataHoarder on reddit – A subreddit for those with a multi-terabyte obsession
r/OpenDirectories on reddit – “I found this lying around…”
phpBB – The BBS isn’t dead, it’s just available via HTTP.
Music
Unprovoked Attack by Psychadelik Pedestrian
Within Attraction by Yanni – Buy it on Amazon or listen on Spotify
Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
Druids March by Psychadelik Pedestrian
Pacific by Psychadelik Pedestrian
Nocturnia by Psychadelik Pedestrian
Sounds
56k Modem.mp3
Rimshot Joke Funny
Just a quick update from Dan on why he’s been radio silent for a while, what’s going on, and no the show isn’t dead!
is this over?