I visited your site using Firefox on desktop on an IPS 1920x1080 monitor. I like the overall aesthetic and primary font choice. Site is easy to navigate and posts are well-presented and easy to read. A few minor suggestions:
- The date, visitor count, and post snippet text on the homepage should be higher contrast.
- Write descriptions/choosing excerpts home page snippets instead of just using the start of the article.
- The email entry box on the home page is too wide. I think it would look better if it was shorter and centered or moved into the head menu.
- I would reduce the spacing after headers and add small left and right margins in articles.
- I personally recommend enabling RSS/ATOM feeds, but I assume you thought about that already.
- I would look into adding a search box as you write more posts.
(I am the author of the article) You are correct that he wasn't clean early in his career. He admitted to first using a banned substance in 1993, which was the year he won the World Championship, and I recall the 2012 investigation had testimony of his using drugs on Motorola in 1994. I also don't think there's any convincing evidence he actually lost much weight in 98 when he had his first high GT finish at the Vuelta. There are probably many possible reasons for how he transformed into a grand tour contender in 1998 -- from "dialing it in" to completely changing the strategy, but I haven't seen any agreed upon theory.
I didn't think of projectors because I don't have a good set-up for it, but that's another great option along side dumb TVs, TVs that work without internet, and monitors/digital signage. Starting with a mini PC or something similar unlocks plenty of good options for avoiding all of the smart TV issues.
Also you don't even need an extremely dedicated space these days. Laser projectors like https://www.epson.com.au/LS12000B/ give better image than some TVs... without closing the curtains during the day. (Based on my older model, I assume they only got better)
I do a version of this approach. I have a 2018 model TCL TV that I do not give access to the internet (this one works without any issue, but I don't know if that is true of newer models). My TV is right next to my desktop computer, but in order to reduce noise and power, I bought a cheap Beelink mini PC and set it up with Fedora-GNOME and Kodi. Works very well for simple purposes and can easily handle light games. There are plenty of other (possibly better) solutions to this effect such as SBCs, spare laptops, or more capable mini PCs to handle some newer games. I would prefer using a computer instead of the Smart TV OS even without all of the concerns listed in the original post.
I would also humbly recommend my own writing project, link in my profile if you're interested
I also recommend looking at Morss.it (https://morss.it/) if there is a site you want to subscribe to without a feed. It generally works very well (RSS Bridge and RSS Hub serve the same purpose if you want to self-host).
It is a static site feed aggregator primarily designed to go with GitHub Pages. I host one to aggregate my own writing on different sites. I think it may fit your use case because your Osmosfeed site itself outputs a single Atom feed. So, for example, if I have an Osmosfeed site that aggregates feeds 1, 2, and 3, the Osmosfeed site has a single feed which will include the three individual feeds. Mine has about 10-12 feeds and it has worked perfectly thus far with no issues. Not sure if it would have problems at higher numbers.
I started NLJ back in 2020. It is built with WordPress (hosted on Hetzner VPS and managed with Cloudron). I have published more than 800 articles and 350 short-form posts (almost all posts by me, but my friend has published 30something articles). I write about whatever interests me (I tell myself this means there is something for everyone). Common topics include, but are not limited to, tech (digital ownership, open source software, feeds, and my learning Linux), history (usually American or Roman), old books and poems, anime, visual novels (mainly English translations of freeware NScripter/KiriKiri novels), photos from my walks, fictional dialogues, and occasional commentary about life in NYC.
I am testing out Memos (https://github.com/usememos/memos) for short-form notes and microblog-style posts, but very much a side project next to NLJ. Neat little tool.
- The date, visitor count, and post snippet text on the homepage should be higher contrast.
- Write descriptions/choosing excerpts home page snippets instead of just using the start of the article.
- The email entry box on the home page is too wide. I think it would look better if it was shorter and centered or moved into the head menu.
- I would reduce the spacing after headers and add small left and right margins in articles.
- I personally recommend enabling RSS/ATOM feeds, but I assume you thought about that already.
- I would look into adding a search box as you write more posts.