Parimal Félix Satyal is a designer and occasional writer interested in aviation, cultural exchange, languages, science, computers, the open web and the European Union. Neustadt.fr is his personal website with his writing, music and links. https://neustadt.fr/ Public domain under the CC0 1.0 Universal license. Sun, 12 Nov 2023 20:50:00 CET Most websites today are built like commercial products by professionals and marketers, optimised to draw the largest audience, generate engagement and 'convert'. But there is also a smaller, less-visible web designed by regular people to simply to share their interests and hobbies with the world. A web that is unpolished, often quirky but also creative and informative. https://neustadt.fr/essays/the-small-web/ https://neustadt.fr/essays/the-small-web/ 25 May 2020 00:00:00 +0100 We're quietly replacing an open web that connects and empowers with one that restricts and commoditizes people. We need to stop it. https://neustadt.fr/essays/against-a-user-hostile-web/ https://neustadt.fr/essays/against-a-user-hostile-web/ Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:00:00 EST An earlier version of Neustadt.fr was built with Metalsmith, a node.js-based static site generator. In this tutorial, I show you how you can build your own Metalsmith blog from scratch. https://neustadt.fr/essays/crafting-a-simple-blog-with-metalsmith/ https://neustadt.fr/essays/crafting-a-simple-blog-with-metalsmith/ Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0100 I had been somewhat obsessed with Germany for the past year or so but there, on a small street off Könnerlitzstraße in the backdrop of loud, bright fireworks and sekt-induced mirth, it was absolutely clear: I had to learn German. https://neustadt.fr/essays/teaching-myself-german/ https://neustadt.fr/essays/teaching-myself-german/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0100 Impressions and highlights from the 32nd Chaos Communication Congress, the biggest non-commercial, community-run hacker conference in the world. https://neustadt.fr/essays/32c3/ https://neustadt.fr/essays/32c3/ Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0100 Metal bands aren't afraid to tackle serious topics in their lyrics. Here, we look at metal songs that deal with concepts in theoretical physics and cosmology. https://neustadt.fr/essays/physics-in-metal/ https://neustadt.fr/essays/physics-in-metal/ Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100 At Long Last began as a haiku but just kept on going. I'm not entirely sure where the dark overtones come from, nor the Siren theme. It's not like I often think about sea-dwelling homicidal nymphs. https://neustadt.fr/essays/island-at-long-last/ https://neustadt.fr/essays/island-at-long-last/ Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0100 Description https://neustadt.fr/essays/china-one-nation-how-many-languages/ https://neustadt.fr/essays/china-one-nation-how-many-languages/ Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 I grew up with the web of the 90s and early 2000s. With Geocities, FTP, Microsoft FrontPage, Netscape Navigator, CuteFTP, Winamp, Napster and personal websites. I often get nostalgic about all that. If you do too, you might enjoy this collection of things from that era. https://neustadt.fr/retro-stuff/ https://neustadt.fr/retro-stuff/ Tue, 12 May 2020 00:00:00 +0100