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Dec 1, 2022

Lightweight Markup: AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, and Markdown Compared

A lightweight markup language is a form of markup — text whose formatting appears as inline annotations — designed to be lightweight. While some markup languages such as HTML, LaTeX, XML, and others can be difficult or unpleasant to read, lightweight markup languages are designed to be easy to read…

Writing

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Lightweight Markup: AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, and Markdown Compared
Lightweight Markup: AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, and Markdown Compared
Writing

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Nov 27, 2022

The Affair

I was just hanging up the phone when she walked in. I’d been talking to my tail-light guy. Someone had smashed my tail light. She walked right in, didn’t even knock. Must have read the sign on the door that said “walk right in.” “You Hellman?” she said. “Who’s asking?” …

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The Affair
The Affair

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Nov 16, 2022

The Lazy Way to Update Static HTML

So you have a website. How charmingly antique. I have one too! And you’re using static HTML instead of a CSS—good for you! Much harder to hack, or so I’ve been led to believe. Maybe you’ve built a whole site with a theme. Maybe you’re using a static site generator…

Markdown

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The Lazy Way to Update Static HTML
The Lazy Way to Update Static HTML
Markdown

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Apr 7, 2022

I Tried Going Linux-Only—Here’s How It Went

I’m pretty comfortable with macOS, Windows, and Linux, switching between them as needed. I mostly use macOS at work, and my personal laptop is usually a dual-boot Windows/Linux machine. But when I recently bought a Framework laptop, I had the choice not to pay for Windows. Could I do it…

Linux

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I Tried Going Linux-Only—Here’s How It Went
I Tried Going Linux-Only—Here’s How It Went
Linux

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Mar 25, 2022

3 Pigments You Shouldn’t Use (and One You Should)

If you’ve taken up watercolors, you’re surely familiar with the popular colors of today: the Cadmium Reds and Yellows; Hooker Green, Sap Green, and Viridian; Cobalt, Cerulean, Prussian Blue, and Ultramarine. There are a few colors you don’t hear much about anymore. Why don’t people use them? Green Bice (above) Also called Verditer…

Art

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3 Pigments You Shouldn’t Use (and One You Should)
3 Pigments You Shouldn’t Use (and One You Should)
Art

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Mar 23, 2022

How I Fulfill Your Order

Here at Attempted Not Known, we pride ourselves on personally crafting quality comic/objects. But what actually happens when your order reaches our massive business campus? A mega-corporation I ain’t. Everything I make is by hand, and it’s complicated.

Comics

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How I Fulfill Your Order
How I Fulfill Your Order
Comics

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·Mar 21, 2022

Keep Your Notes in Git the Easy Way

If you take a lot of notes, you probably already have a system. Maybe you use Notion or Confluence; maybe you’re bullet journaling; maybe you’re a Zettelkasten fan. You might already use something like Dropbox or OneNote to sync your notes across devices. These are great, but if you’re sharing…

Git

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Keep Your Notes in Git the Easy Way
Keep Your Notes in Git the Easy Way
Git

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Mar 19, 2022

Bringing an Antique Watercolor Kit Back to Life

My dad gave me a bunch of his old art stuff. One item was this antique Winsor and Newton watercolor box, probably from the 1960s. I’ve been getting into watercolor painting recently, and thought it would be interesting to bring this kit back to life. …

Watercolor

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Bringing an Antique Watercolor Kit Back to Life
Bringing an Antique Watercolor Kit Back to Life
Watercolor

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Feb 26, 2022

I Played Fortnite Nonviolently—Here’s How It Went

I’ve been playing Fortnite Battle Royale. It’s a video game in which 100 players run around an island shooting each other until only one player survives. …

Fortnite

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I Played Fortnite Nonviolently—Here’s How It Went
I Played Fortnite Nonviolently—Here’s How It Went
Fortnite

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Feb 24, 2022

Markdown Showdown: Two Great Note-Taking Tools

If you aren’t using Markdown to take notes, you’re missing out. Because Markdown uses text symbols to indicate formatting, you don’t have to use menus or complicated shortcuts to format your text. That makes it possible to take beautiful notes very quickly. There are many Markdown editors, including some specifically…

Notes

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Markdown Showdown: Two Great Note-Taking Tools
Markdown Showdown: Two Great Note-Taking Tools
Notes

3 min read

Peter Conrad

Peter Conrad

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Peter Conrad is a writer and artist with a penchant for grammar and a knack for the technical. See his latest at patreon.com/stymied or vidriocafe.com

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