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Vines – July 2017
Vines – July 2017
The State Street Grill, Clarks Summit, PA – August 2017
The State Street Grill, Clarks Summit, PA – August 2017 I had a recent business lunch at The State Street Grill and finally remembered to add anchovies to my Caesar Salad. It…
Hudson River, Newburgh, New York – August 2017
Hudson River, Newburgh, New York – August 2017 On a recent weekend trip Eliza and I ate BBQ on the Hudson. It was a gorgeous weekend in the Hudson River Valley area.
Zach Leatherman’s garden
Zach Leatherman: As my own little corner of the web uncermoniously turned ten years old this year, it’s really starting to feel more like a garden than a piece of software. I…
E18: Ground Digger Wasp
https://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e18.mp3 In late-July I stumbled upon a large mound of sand at a construction site that had several large wasps digging holes. I had never seen a wasp that large in my…
Favicons on tabs in browsers
John Gruber: With many tabs open, there’s really nothing subjective about it: Chrome’s tabs are more usable because they show favicons. Like John, I'm currently a Safari user. I switched to Chrome…
Field of gold – July 2017
Field of gold – July 2017 It is easy to take for granted the amazing landscapes that the area I live in affords. Much of what I see during my short hikes…
Replies from Micro.blog and oh hai, comments
If you visit my site at all you may have noticed many of the recent posts have replies showing up on them from Micro.blog. Here is one example post. That is because…
Repost: Phil Schiller on Twitter
☞ Phil Schiller: Celebrating #HyperCard (I created some insane stacks in the day…) http://blog.archive.org/2017/08/11/hypercard-on-the-archive-celebrating-30-years-of-hypercard/
Ron Chester on Webmentions
Ron Chester: I have only one reservation about the development of this IndieWeb stuff. While it is in progress, most of these websites have disabled regular comments, if they ever had them….
E17: Crickets in a field
In late-July I went for a hike and recorded this audio bit. https://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e17.mp3 Links Photo: The grass I mention Photo: The jake I mention Download MP3
My personal blogging tips
I've been writing things down on my own blog for a few decades. I wish more people did too. If you'd like to have a personal blog but struggle finding things to…
Attending the August NEPA.js Meet up
The NEPA.js Meet up is really hitting its stride. Each meet up is pretty well supported – even in the summer – and the camaraderie and general feeling around each event is…
Marisa McClellan on the early days of blogging
Marisa McClellan: I miss those early days of blogging, when you didn’t need perfect pictures and a post didn’t require a vigorous social media campaign in order to find some readers. Those…
Sunset, Scott Township, PA – August 2017
Sunset, Scott Township, PA – August 2017 Earlier last week Eliza and I went to an invite-only wine release tasting event. Posh, I know. But we had a great time and look…
What I saw this week #47: August 9, 2017
I've been slacking off on these link lists since I've been posting a bit more. But here are a few stragglers that didn't make the cut as their own posts. Beethoven v….
Following Twitter accounts via RSS
I haven't missed Twitter that much since deleting my account. The first week or two I missed Moments – but once that subsided I realized that Moments are generally a waste of…
Mirage
Mirage: A world living on top of reality. I played around with the app this afternoon. It is very rough. Super frustrating to try and use. But I sincerely hope they continue…
Nicotine and Heroin
Roger McNamee, very early investor in both Google and Facebook (and, though he's profited, he regrets it): The people at Facebook and Google believe that giving consumers more of what they want…
Not a dinosaur egg – July 2017
Not a dinosaur egg – July 2017 You have to wonder, though, what amount of water moving at what speed over what duration would it take to make this stone look like…
Tim Cook on ARKit
Tim Cook, in a recent quarterly earnings call for Apple, on ARKit: One of the most exciting and most promising announcements from WWDC was ARKit, a new set of tools for developers…
Webmention on Micro.blog
Manton Reece: We’ve been improving Micro.blog’s support for Webmention. When you reply to a post on Micro.blog, from the web or iOS app, it will ping the site you’re replying to, giving…
Magnet for macOS
Magnet: Activated by dragging, customizable keyboard shortcuts or via menu bar, Magnet declutters your screen by snapping windows into organized tiles. Although macOS Sierra has a great split-screen option* that rival's Windows…
Weeds – July 2017
Weeds – July 2017 Summertime hikes offer a completely different experience to early spring hikes. Most of this grass was only a few inches high in early spring, about a foot or…
Turkey, Archbald, PA – July 2017
Turkey, Archbald, PA – July 2017 This young Jake wanted blood. He spotted me from about 50 yards away and decided to come investigate. I crouched behind a bush and got smaller…
Grass – July 2017
Grass – July 2017
Snapchat is a party, LinkedIn is a business lunch
Colin Walker, like me, struggles with what should be syndicated to networks and what should be brought back into the blog context. He makes this specific point about replies: Social replies like…
Moby Dick Big Read
Moby Dick Big Read: ‘I have written a wicked book’, said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, ‘and I feel as spotless as the lamb’. Deeply subversive, in almost…
Matt D’Avella interviews Ryder Carroll
My friend Matt D'Avella, director of the documentary Minimalism (available now on Netflix), recently interviewed Ryder Carroll – the creator of the Bullet Journal. I like Matt, I use the Bullet Journal…