Jekyll2026-03-31T12:46:26-04:00https://blog.feistel.party/feed.xmlBlog•Feistel•PartyWaffles from Scratch Recipe by Weight2026-03-29T00:00:00-04:002026-03-29T00:00:00-04:00https://blog.feistel.party/2026/03/29/waffle-recipe-by-weightI like to make a big stack of waffles from scratch and then freeze them for easy breakfasts.Bring back the 4042025-02-27T00:00:00-05:002025-02-27T00:00:00-05:00https://blog.feistel.party/2025/02/27/bring-back-the-404Lately, more sites are choosing to return a 301 where a 404 would have been more appropriate. The unfortunate user who clicks links to pages on these sites finds themselves looking at a page they didn’t expect without any explanation.Nyanners’ oral history of the Family Computer2024-12-10T00:00:00-05:002024-12-10T00:00:00-05:00https://blog.feistel.party/2024/12/10/nyanners-oral-history-of-the-family-computerTwitch streamer and VTuber Nyanners shares some stories from the time of the single shared family computer and early internet.FSF won’t Zoom2024-11-08T00:00:00-05:002024-11-08T00:00:00-05:00https://blog.feistel.party/2024/11/08/fsf-refuses-to-use-zoomSuppose you’re an open source advocate and you’ll be testifying remotely in a court case that could set precedent to improve enforcement of the GPL if successful. You’re conflicted! The case is important, but Zoom is proprietary software!Selected Excerpts from CrowdStrike’s Channel File 291 Technical Root Cause Analysis2024-08-06T00:00:00-04:002024-08-06T00:00:00-04:00https://blog.feistel.party/2024/08/06/selected-excerpts-from-crowdstrikes-channel-file-291-technical-root-cause-analysisThe impression one gets is of a web UI CrowdStrike's threat detection engineers use to enter new regexes which must pass some checks but which are then delivered to customers without full integration testing.Difficulties Encountered Migrating from iOS to Android2024-01-30T00:00:00-05:002024-01-30T00:00:00-05:00https://blog.feistel.party/2024/01/30/difficulties-encountered-migrating-from-ios-to-androidAfter having used iOS exclusively for many years, I kept a log of difficulties I personally encountered while migrating to Android 14.A Years-Long Misunderstanding about Firefox Security in Wikipedia2024-01-20T00:00:00-05:002024-01-20T00:00:00-05:00https://blog.feistel.party/2024/01/20/a-years-long-misunderstanding-about-firefox-security-in-wikipediaThe Security subsection of the Wikipedia page for Firefox begins like this: Firefox allowed for a sandbox security model to manage privileges accorded to JavaScript code, but that feature has since been deprecated. That sounds really scary, but it’s not exactly true. Why should that be the very first thing mentioned, and how long has it been like that?Sitemaps and Meta Tags may Substitute for RSS2022-05-20T00:00:00-04:002022-05-20T00:00:00-04:00https://blog.feistel.party/2022/05/20/sitemaps-and-meta-tags-may-substitute-for-rssDigital publishers today provide machine-readable data to make sure their sites work well with large platforms like Google, Facebook, Slack, and Twitter. Machine-readable data like RSS intended for independent platforms is often omitted, but the information needed to populate a feed is still there in other formats.Really Weird Sponsored Links in Facebook Marketplace2022-04-07T00:00:00-04:002022-04-07T00:00:00-04:00https://blog.feistel.party/2022/04/07/fbm-weirdWhile browsing Facebook Marketplace for local used electronics this weird ad appears again and again.Engagement Bait, Old and New2022-01-31T00:00:00-05:002022-01-31T00:00:00-05:00https://blog.feistel.party/2022/01/31/engagement-bait-old-and-newTwo different platforms and two different approaches to minimum content.