About

Feel free to browse around and you’ll have a pretty good idea of what this is about. I write about retro computing, music, various programming languages, personal projects and general stuff that crosses my mind. Cinephiliac. I use older computer hardware and I am a firm believer in computer (and not only) minimalism. I’m a recreational programmer, as Terry Davis used to say, or a dork with a keyboard.

My website is a playground for ideas, a place to aggregate personal logs, a compendium of knowledge and useful resources, and a fun place of the Internet. This website is my own digital garden, it grows as I grow, it will die with me, and only stands for what I stand for. I started this website in 2015.

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PGP key

Download my public key.
The key’s fingerprint is 4ED4 000C 9038 2C23 D417 8CB9 EC61 D381 F273 5495.
The key should expire on June 2, 2027.

Communication

Send me an e-mail.

/* Let's do this in JavaScript because everybody knows JS. */
const domain = "riseup.net";
let email = "sizeofcat" + '@' + domain;
/* Yes, that's my email address. */

Maybe you like the terminal more.

$ printf "%s@%s.%s\n" sizeofcat riseup net

Not a JavaScript coder and/or can’t figure it out? Click here.

Where?

• http://sizeof.cat no TLS, older computers.
• https://sizeof.cat with TLS, newer computers.
• ricochet:2ixbsqq5hrhnqemanezh4baa2kr36gvaeo4oe6f5lakzv5vq34bm3cad on Ricochet.

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Images

All images are compressed to lossless quality with metadata removed, if you place them on your website please make no changes to the actual images. You should download and serve the images from your server (for security reasons) instead of hot-linking, but use them however you see fit.

The URL is <PROTOCOL>://<DOMAIN>/img/sizeofcat-<SIZE_X>x<SIZE_Y>-<BACKGROUND_COLOR>.<IMAGE_FORMAT>. So, for a standard small banner image size (88x31) JPEG, you will always find it at the URL http://sizeof.cat/img/sizeofcat-88x31-black.jpg.

GIF (240x60) with black or white background

<a title="sizeof(cat)" href="../index.html"><img src="../img/sizeofcat-240x60-black.gif" alt="sizeof(cat)" /></a>	<a title="sizeof(cat)" href="../index.html"><img src="../img/sizeofcat-240x60-white.gif" alt="sizeof(cat)" /></a>

JPEG or PNG (240x60) with black or white background

<a title="sizeof(cat)" href="../index.html"><img src="../img/sizeofcat-240x60-black.jpg" alt="sizeof(cat)" /></a>	<a title="sizeof(cat)" href="../index.html"><img src="../img/sizeofcat-240x60-white.jpg" alt="sizeof(cat)" /></a>

JPEG or PNG (88x31) with black or white background

<a title="sizeof(cat)" href="../index.html"><img src="../img/sizeofcat-88x31-black.jpg" alt="sizeof(cat)" /></a>	<a title="sizeof(cat)" href="../index.html"><img src="../img/sizeofcat-88x31-white.jpg" alt="sizeof(cat)" /></a>

PNG (240x60) with transparent background and black or white text

<a title="sizeof(cat)" href="../index.html"><img src="../img/sizeofcat-240x60-transparent-black.png" alt="sizeof(cat)" /></a>	<a title="sizeof(cat)" href="../index.html"><img src="../img/sizeofcat-240x60-transparent-white.png" alt="sizeof(cat)" /></a>

SVG (vector, can be resized to anything)

<a title="sizeof(cat)" href="../index.html"><img src="../img/sizeofcat.svg" alt="sizeof(cat)" /></a>