Welcome!

Hi, I’m Jake (jbauer), a person who probably spends too much time in front of a computer, though I’ve been trying to remedy that. I’m into tea, coffee, reading, writing, gardening, recreational programming, simple and sustainable tech, low-power computing, analog technologies, and more. Also apparently now bicycle stuff.

Have a look at my values and beliefs if you want to know more, my projects to see what I’m working on, or my digital garden to view my personal wiki. I also edit the Linux Lads Podcast, a roughly fortnightly podcast about Linux and Open Source Software.

Currently Reading: Death’s End by Cixin Liu
Currently Investigating: Lua, Odin, Zig, Computing Environments

Blog

I blog mostly about technology and computing. I also took part in #100DaysToOffload in 2020. Here are a few of my favourites:

• OpenBSD on the Dell XPS 13 9380
• Free Software is an Abject Failure
• Why IRC is Still Good in $CURRENT_YEAR
• Why Email is the Best Discussion Platform
• Choosing a Self-Hosted Git Service
• Paying for Software
• The Joys of Old Tech
• A Month-and-a-Half of Self-Hosted Email
• Are TODO Applications a Waste of Time?

About This Site

This is a static website generated from Markdown using lowdown with my POSIX shell-based static site generator sbs. It’s designed to be lightweight, accessible, and privacy-respecting. It was featured on 10kbclub.com (before it shut down) and is a part of the XXIIVV Webring and the Fediring webring.

Contact

Feel free to send me an email at jbauer@paritybit.ca.

I can also be found in these other places online:

• jbauer on Bandcamp
• jbauer on deskto.ps
• jbauer on HackTheBox
• jbauer on Codeberg
• jbauer on SourceHut
• JakeMBauer on GitHub
• @jbauer@merveilles.town on the Fediverse
• jbauer on the OFTC, Libera Chat, Esper.net, and Tilde Chat IRC networks

If you see someone with the username “jbauer” or any variation of that elsewhere, it’s probably not me!