Geek
Where punk meets computers: free software, home recording, DIY distribution, the early punk web, and tools that let bands and scenes run things themselves.
How to Scan and Archive Zines and Flyers
A practical guide to scanning zines and flyers: resolution, file formats, OCR, metadata, and uploading to the Internet Archive. Keep your punk ephemera alive.
Bandcamp for DIY bands and labels: a practical guide
How DIY punk bands and labels can use Bandcamp: setting up, pricing, Bandcamp Fridays, physical merch, and alternatives when you need them.
Mastodon and the fediverse for punk scenes: a practical guide
Why punk scenes are leaving big platforms for Mastodon and the fediverse, and how to set up an account or your own instance. Practical, DIY, no jargon.
The Jargon File: hacker slang and DIY punk parallels
The Jargon File, or New Hacker's Dictionary, is a lexicon of early hacker slang. We look at its origins, its maintainers and its DIY ethos.
How to record a punk demo at home cheaply
A practical guide to recording a punk demo at home on a budget: audio interfaces, SM57 mics, free DAWs, drum recording and mixing basics.
Linux for Musicians: Is It Worth It for a DIY Band?
A practical guide to making music on Linux with Ardour, Audacity, PipeWire and Ubuntu Studio. Is it worth it for a DIY band? We weigh the pros and cons.
Punk and free software: the DIY ethics of GNU and the GPL
How punk's DIY ethos connects to GNU, the GPL and copyleft, why early punk websites ran on Linux, and what free software still offers DIY scenes today.
Punk on the early web: webrings, guestbooks and homemade HTML
How punk scenes used the early web, 1995–2008: webrings, guestbooks, alt.punk on Usenet, IRC, MP3 folders and hand-coded band pages.
How to make and host a simple band website yourself
A practical guide to building a band website with static site generators, free hosting and a cheap domain – plus what to actually put on it.