Helo. I’m Alex Spezowka — a technologist and hacker who works and lives internationally.

By day I’m a freelance operations consultant; before that, I built and managed infrastructure that still serve millions of people a year, and have also worked as a sommelier, CADD designer, line cook, shoe shine boy, radio DJ, baker, and journalist. I have a great love of the world and people in it and try to share that here, as best I can, on this blog.

I write about technology, independence, philosophy, and love, on no fixed schedule. Welcome.

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Blogging, Updates


I stopped updating this blog after two posts for a couple reasons: I enjoyed setting up the website more then I did writing for it - I created the perfect blog in terms of reading it (personally, you may debate this), but paid no attention to how I was going to write for it, and editing Markdown...
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The Bedroom Speaker Conundrum


I would like to have speakers in my bedroom. Currently, my receiver has two bookshelf speakers that are loud enough for the whole common area of our apartment, but it would be nice to listen to quieter music while I’m reading in bed. This post is to outline the two main solutions I’ve...
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The ListenBrainz Widget


A big feature I wanted on this blog was the ability for people to see what music I was listening to right now; and you can see the finished results on the header of this page. This blog is written in Hugo, which means unlike traditional blog engines, it renders the pages server-side, flat file - no...
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Utilizing IRC & DCC As a Filesharing Medium


The concept of Filesharing (and digital piracy) has been around since before even the basic days of the internet - where floppy disks, and, even earlier, rolls of punch-paper, were shared at swap meets. The Internet, as it is always keen to do, revolutionized filesharing in a big way. Bulletin Board...
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