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I am just getting used to a blog revival in 2024 but already the Gopher revival is upon us according to Hackaday… oh my…
I see @jsonbecker has done a pull request to hide excluded categories as a feature in the Tiny Theme feed. So I guess I’ll just wait that one out instead of wrangling in code myself.
This is just a small test to work with a custom theme to hide specific categories of posts on my homepage and perhaps the RSS-feed. Small steps…
I like what Amit states here:
Start with titleless posts as the base, making them first-class citizens. Stitch the design around that. And then add support for titles. People latched on to the microblogging phenomenon of Twitter and Facebook because they made posting interfaces frictionless
Well… let’s not forget the network effect of those silo’s and how their Like and Tweet buttons showed up overnight in the blogosphere like the zombie fungus in “The Last of Us”…
I am delighted with my new Midori A6 blank notebook. To celebrate Midori MD’s 15th anniversary, they invited Lindsay Arakawa to get creative with the notebook cover. The text she created is embossed on the cover. I wanted to try the brand of notebooks and this is a great start to see how they feel, write and perform.
See Lindsay’s other work on her website and Instagram
Tree and gifts are ready. Food is almost. Happy Festivus all.
One thing I plan to do today is configure this script to export 10+ years of Day One posts in Obsidian. I will not stop using Day One, far from it, but I am very curious to see what sort of connections I can make from within Obsidian with those private messages.
Update: This script might be more to my liking. I can better change the template and I love how it helps me import the thousands of photos I have in Day One.
Very happy to see that Bluesky now supports RSS for profiles. It would be great to be able to follow Bluesky profiles within your own Fediverse account (Mastodon, micro.blog, etc.), but I see this as a positive step. I am excited for 2024 and hope to see increased interoperability between platforms in daily use. I am still optimistic about it.
This was quite the week with highs and lows. But now work is done for 2023. I look forward to 10 days off with the family. We focus on doing not too much. We all need to recharge. Let body and mind come to rest.
I did two interviews today for upcoming articles for one of our clients. To be honest, it was quite draining emotionally. The last interview, we touched upon some personal stories regarding current global conflicts. The interviewee had some tough decisions to make and it touched me. I am curious to see what story comes out of it when I start writing tomorrow.
Sending out Christmas cards today. I still love this tradition. Thinking of unique messages and wishes for each receiver.
Maybe I don’t understand enough of ActivityPub but why can I find Adam Mosseri’s Threads account (www.threads.net/@mosseri/ or @mosseri@threads.net) on Mastodon but not on Micro.blog?
Edit: When I search for just “mosseri” in Gluon I can find his account…weird…I would expect I’d have to search for a full handle.
This morning I was interviewed by a graduate student from the University of Applied Science Utrecht. Topic: The Fediverse and journalism. We talked at length about the way the Fediverse works with protocols instead of platforms, how journalists and newsorgs could work with and benefit from instances, and what some downsides of the Fediverse are to me. She was well-informed on the subject as well, so it was nice to have an equal conversation without me having to explain too much about what the Fediverse is.
We lost Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues. Fortunately, we still have his wonderful music. And it’s absolutely fantastic to see how his funeral went about. The dancing while Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill Perform “Fairytale of New York”. This is how it should be, always.
It is that time of year again. When December comes around it is time for the battle of battles. The avoidance of the hymn that lures us into dreams of a snowy Christmas. Only to crudely wake up on a grey and rainy first Christmas day. Well, at least in the Netherlands for the last couple of years. It is time for the annual Whamageddon event!
I love the sound of satisfying puzzles in the morning…
Wordle 899 2/6
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Well… I have to be honest, it’s very cool to see my Stuck on Repeat album list on the Staff Picks at Album Whale. I know I don’t have a really outspoken and contemporary taste in music. I am kinda stuck on repeat for the last 20 years or so musically speaking. But then again, I think that’s a thing of every generation.
Don’t forget to check out the other projects of Good Enough, who make Album Whale. Or give them a follow on the fediverse! @goodenoughllc@mastodon.world and @bjhess ( I can’t find the others!)
🕹️Sundays are a great day to play some classic Playstation 1 games. Like Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2. The muscle memory is a bit rusty, but it’s still there…
I used my morning to update the original Post to Micro.blog script for Drafts. When you use my script in Drafts, you’ll get a popup if it is a draft. If so, after posting, you’ll be redirected to the edit-screen to work on the post before publishing. if not, you’ll be directed to the published post.
I love how people react to my innocent question about the blogroll. Thanks Tracy for your write-up on a community of strangers, Colin for the follow-up, Dave for your relentless work on FeedLand. And thanks everyone for replying and best of all, showing your blogroll! haven’t taken time to fully respond to the different views but it’s great to see how this web artefact gets a new life again.