- mastodon: I’m @davidmarsh on mastodon. I mostly toot links I find interesting, currently it’s mostly space and rpg stuff.
- email: richardmarshall@bingmail.example.com
- blog: If you’re reading this, you’re at my rarely updated blog; rdm.sh.
I type using dvorak, and think a dozenal measurement system has a lot going for it. I’m interested in typefaces and design. I like macs and ubuntu.
My latest interest is collecting RPG books.
I’ve been failing to learn morse for several years.
I love listening to podcasts, here’s my list of podcasts from Overcast
My gpg fingerprint is below, but I rarely encrypt email anymore:
CA6F F79D 6394 0902 65D1 F4FE 4538 F5DD DC8B BE7A
Here’s a list I made years ago of things I like. I still stand by it.
- Movies: 2001, The Shinning, Forbidden Planet, Fight Club, Crouching Tiger, Matrix, Lord of the Rings
- Music: Alternative, Techno, Dance, Triple J, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Johnny Cash
- Books: Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris
podcasts
I used to do two podcasts. Both are on extended hiatus.
The Marsh Cast
This was made with my kids, it’s not currently uploaded to archive.org
The sand.fm podcast
This was made with my wife. You can find the episodes archived here:
A married couple with two boys, have a quick chat about things they find interesting, tech news or politics, or other events that happen in their lives.
about this blog
This blog uses:
- vultr for hosting
- alpine linux for the OS
- lighttpd for serving html
- letsencrypt for certificates
- pandoc to compile markdown to html
If you’re interested in the software that makes this blog, check out powered by.
I’ve also made a style guide to try and keep things consistent, and a test page to see how everything will look.
privacy
There shouldn’t be any cookies or trackers used on this site. Some third party images, links and videos (such as embedded youtube videos) may use them, but I try and avoid this as much as I can. If you find something please let me know via above methods
colours
These are the colours I use, you can see how they look on the test page.
| area | light | dark |
|---|---|---|
| main background | #ffffff | #202124 |
| main text | #212121 | #bdc1c6 |
| title and headings | #205493 | #e8eaed |
| smaller subheadings | #4773aa | #bcc0c3 |
| subtitle and footer | #5b616b | #dddee1 |
| boxes and even rows | #dce4ef | #303134 |
| borders and lines | #5b616b | #dddee1 |
| table hover | #4773aa | #bcc0c3 |
| normal link | #3344dd | #8ab6f5 |
| active link | #bb1122 | #ef7e6f |
| visited link | #884488 | #c48df5 |