Category: Featured

Vivaldi for Android thoughts

Choosing the right Android browser for has always been about which browser keeps it the most simple, so in that case my daily driver has always been Cromite, and just normal good ol' Firefox for extensions. But Vivaldi…

By chemistrelapse

Open Street Map Goals for 2025

A few years ago I started working to make my town, Glenrothes, more visible on the Open Street Map. Mostly it was just roads and land use imported from public data, though a few people had added in some housing areas,…

By lonm

Go is not suitable for desktop GUI apps

I’ve started playing around with Go to list files and do some file actions. It worked great; the code was done quickly, but it only had a console output. That’s when I started looking at GUI toolkits to create a file…

By cwansart

Season's Greetings!

So just a short little post to wish all my readers in Vivaldi Land a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope the holiday season is everything you want it to be, and you find peace and love with your family,…

By travellinbob

First Entry

Every day I become more and more impressed with Vivaldi as a community-first company. They have made it so easy to engage with the community and have provided many ways of doing so. I was very surprised to see that they…

By awsomesawce

What's Bandcamp?

Earlier this year, one of my favorite bands left their label, recorded a new album, and released it as a digital download from their own website. The hour it was due out, I headed to their site, and after several…

By David Blue

Which Character would you like me to draw?

Below is a poll which will decide which character I will draw next. Keep in mind all characters on this list will eventually be done.…

By enadasa

Using Machine Learning to Map

I've recently been working to add more details to my local area on the Open Street Map. To do this, I've been using a service called 'Rapid', which uses machine learning to offer some assistance which can help speed…

By lonm

Dwarf 2 telescope and rediscovering Astronomy

My degree's are in Astronomy, and I have been fascinated by the sky since I could look up. In the early 2000's I bought a 10" newtonian (Orion Optics!) and although it did work incredibly well, the sheer size and bulk…

By desdinova

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

I would not dare to encapsulate my thoughts on Jane Eyre or any other creation of Charlotte Brontë, since I neither have the adequate education nor the expertise to do so, however, I shall simply ruminate upon the…

By Lopamudra Kalipada Bandyopadhyay-Chattopadhyay

The Review of Trespass

The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes is a great read. It dives into what land and property really are, and how our society is shaped by it. The book tells the story from an English perspective, and though I live in…

By lonm

Soil

Human health ultimately comes down to the soil. I've read that there is more life under the soil than above it in terms of mass. But today's soil is nothing more than a dead "growing medium". It physically anchors the…

By paul1149