Jordan Gloor

To anyone who stumbles across this blog, I want to point you to the new home of my personal blogging: https://jordangloor.com/blog/. There you can subscribe to my RSS feed and find other ways to connect with me and see what I'm doing. The transition was actually a lot of fun, and I learned a lot along the way. You can read my first post outlining some of the process. For now, I'll leave the blog posts here as they were. I like the Listed platform and would recommend it to anyone who wants an e...

I'm always looking for new Linux software that's worth installing. After taking a week off and moving to a new location, I'm back with a few more free and open source recommendations for my fellow Linux fans. I'd been publishing my app picks at How-To Geek since August 2025. I'm no longer writing there, but my Linux software recommendations were my favorite to write, so I'm going to continue journaling about my discoveries here on Listed. I'd like to explore other blog hosting options, but I'll...

Usually when I buy for music I just shop what's physically for sale at a nearby store. The other day though I copped several albums on BandCamp. Here I describe the feeling behind those decisions. Three Lices and a Molly - Maybe we'll hug each other in a past life It's a saturated lo-fi universe out there, but this album latched onto my brain the first time I heard it. There's some "weirdcore" dialog and sampling that to myself a weirdhead felt too distracting. They weren't enough to turn m...

In December 2021 I wrote a guide to monitoring and blocking advertising trackers on Android phones. A few tools are available to do this, but TrackerControl is the one I use. While the app can help you block these trackers, its primary goal, according to the developers, is to make the tracker activity on your Android device visible. TrackerControl lets you export the data on these trackers, and I used that feature to put together some charts with LibreOffice Calc. These charts compare the num...

Videos proliferate on the internet with claims of being educational and informative. They claim to give you deep dives into niche topics, show you alternative perspectives, or brief you on current events. They give you the impression that staying informed and savvy is as simple as opening a video streaming app. "Do your own research" is a frequent exhortation on the internet not uncommonly accompanied by a video recommendation. But can watching a video really be an effective form of research?...