Blogging Gets Serious in 2001 With Warblogs and Movable Type
Blogging’s identity shifted in 2001 from quirky personal logs to serious commentary and war-blogging, as new platforms and RSS made real-time publishing possible.
I've decided I want to keep a local copy of all my notes. Control your data and all that.
So I've setup a little tool that allows me to do that and will cross-post to Mastodon. If this works, you should see it on the fedi. 🤷🏼♂️
Smartphones are not the enemy
Phones aren’t evil. The attention economy is what keeps us hooked and distracted. It’s not the device that’s the issue, but the systems built to keep our eyes glued to it.
Now that Nova Launcher is pretty much dead, does anyone have an alternative they can recommend?
I want to get rid of the stupid search bar #Pixel phones are forced to have on the home screen.
10 More Pointless Facts About Me
The last post was fun and it's seemed to have garnered a few replies so I thought I'd do 10 more pointless facts about me. Because why not. 🤷🏻♂️
Career Snakes & Ladders
After years of climbing the ladder in cyber, I’ve learned that sometimes the best move isn’t up. It’s stepping back to make life sustainable again.
My iPad Air died a few months ago after many years of service, so I bought a secondhand Pixel Tablet. My god this thing is astonishingly bad, especially to type on - the keyboard is horrendous. Oh, and the fingerprint reader is in no man's land on the side of the device.
Really, really shit.
It came with the speaker dock, so I'm just gonna use it docked in the kitchen. Can anyone recommend a decent #Android tablet at around 7"?
Well that was probably the most disgusting thing I've ever bitten into. 🤢
Ten Pointless Facts About Me
I've seen this doing the rounds on a few blogs recently, so wanted to add my own version because I'm a narcissist. 🙃
I'm Selling Most of My Watches
I have too many watches in my collection, so I'm trying to reduce it down to around 24 watches. As a result, many of them are for sale if you're interested.
Like, Share and Subscribe
I was reading The Internet Phonebook last night and a comment in the prologue stood out to me about the term 'like, share and subscribe'.
Spent a couple hours improving my little #Jekyll CMS, #Hyde today. At this point, I'm really happy with it. Here's a little screencast I recorded to demo it:
Service Offerings from Mastodon
Mastodon introduces paid hosting and support services for institutions, building sustainability without sacrificing decentralisation.
A Theory on Why Contact Forms Get More Spam Than Email Addresses
A smart (and slightly bleak) take from Luke on why contact forms attract more spam than email addresses.
There once was a bloke called Kev,
Who tooted, then vanished. Whatev.
He tried other sites, but they were all rather shite,
So now he’s back where the nerds unite.
🦣
A Cartoonist's Review of AI Art
This post on AI art from The Oatmeal made me think more about AI than I expected, so wanted to jot some of them down.
Switching from Buttondown to Sendy
I've spent some time this afternoon switching my email subscription system from the fantastic Buttondown, to a self-hosted Sendy instance.
When a Tool Becomes a Hobby
Joel reflects on how practical tools can slowly turn into hobbies, using watches, razors, and pens to show how function often gives way to fascination. I can relate!