I'm Bobby Hiltz

and this is my personal blog. Welcome!

I'm an English teacher that occasionally writes about different subjects that interest me (technology, education, games, guides).

Blog Posts

Date Title
2025-04-13 Restart - This post talks about starting over.
2025-03-16 Way over yonder in the low-key - A response to the IndieWeb Carnival for the month of March 2025. The theme of this short post is self-expression. In it I talk about staying in my zone and signaling that to others.
2025-03-07 Teacher, it's too difficult - How to check readability of articles for use in a classroom setting with Python, and the importance of adding tools to your teaching toolkit
2025-02-27 Woe are we who put put our eggs in Silicon Valley - A blog post in which I talk about quitting big tech and finding alternatives while trying to avoid misinformation
2025-02-09 Dillo Web Browser - Dillo, a fast and lightweight browser, really is more than meets the eye. This post talks about installing and using Dillo.
2025-01-27 Indefensible - The most influential people in the world, who also happen to be the richest, have chosen to side with hate. We do not need to join them.
2025-01-22 Blog Questions Challenge 2025 - This blog post answers several questions related to blogging. At the end, I nominate someone else to continue this game of tag.
2024-11-15 O BlackBerry, Where Art thou? - A nostalgic blog post about BlackBerry phones and how much easier it seemed to deal with emails and work-related tasks.
2024-11-07 Radiant Silvergun - A blog post reviewing, commenting, and praising the classic 1998 shmup Radiant Silvergun.
2024-10-27 Review: Kaze and the Wild Masks - A positive review of the sidescrolling video game Kaze and the Wild Masks.
2024-10-19 IndieWeb Carnival: multilingualism in a global Web - A response to the October IndieWeb Carnival, the author talks about French Immersion and their personal and professional life.
2024-10-15 My Beef with Voice Messages - A blog post complaining about the use of voice messages when.
2024-09-29 Who's a good boy? A Puppy Linux Mini-Review - A rather positive review and comment on using the Puppy Linux operating system in the workplace.
2024-06-22 Vulgar; Popular - A ranting blog post about self-help books and their presence and prominence in bookstores.
2024-06-06 Look both ways - A short story about Generative Artificial Intelligence using the metaphor of a traffic jam

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