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Building Tuff – A static site generator just for me
Just about a month ago, for some unknown and undoubtedly a sleep deprived reason, I began building my own static site generator (SSG). And I did it entirely wrong. This is that…
What I saw somewhat recently #98: December 15, 2022
The sleeping Atlantic I have decided that #100 in this series of link lists will be the last "What I saw somewhat recently". Today's list is #98. I'll try to get #99…
Disbanding the POSSE
For the past several years I've been POSSE-ing. In Indieweb terms that means to publish content on my own site and syndicate it to other platforms. I've decided I'm going to discontinue…
Zhenyi Tan is on a tear
Zhenyi Tan, who I linked to back in April about his app History Book (which I still use), is on a bit of a tear. Just take a look at Tan's website…
Hello World 2
I'm writing this, my first post (actually, it is the second or third) written using my new static site rendering thingy I call Tuff. Twenty plus odd years ago I copy and…
Brent Stitcher on owning your audience
Brent Sticher, who writes a lot about my favorite programming language PHP (don't @ me), writes about the history of his personal blog and Twitter account and how he now owns his…
Recent Mastodon vibes
There is a lot being written about Mastodon lately. And it isn't just being published on Mastodon. Both Time and Wired have published about Mastodon and its creator within the last week….
What I saw somewhat recently #97: November 22, 2022
Enjoying a martini and Leon Bridge's Tiny Desk concert There aren't enough links in the world to describe the amount of information I've been ingesting lately. The Twitter takeover, the FTX fraud,…
The bricking of an iPhone in three waves
The above series of images were made on a recent trip to Ocean City Maryland and are very likely the reason why my iPhone became what is known as a brick. Let…
Matthias Ott on publishing
Matthias Ott: Every piece of art that is supposed to have a value and impact in our culture is meaningless unless it is seen by someone. Only by the interplay between your…
Skittish is closing down
Andy Baio reflects on his decision to shutdown the quirky and cool Skittish: I always knew there would be risk building something like this during the pandemic. Fortunately, I built it in…
Stop relying on Google
Slowly, over the last decade, I've been pulling myself away from using Google services. Over 10 years ago I tried Duck.com instead of Google Search. It took a few years, but once…
Austin Mann’s iPhone 14 Pro camera review
As usual, Austin Mann's review of the latest iPhone camera system is excellent. Be sure to give it a read. In the review, he mentions something I've been wanting on iPhone for…
Take care of your blog
Robin Rendle: There will be lonely, barren years of no one looking at your work. There will be blog posts that you adore that no one reads and there’ll be blog posts…
What I saw somewhat recently #96: September 9, 2022
The end of a dry, busy summer Three months is a long time to go, even for me, without publishing a post in this series of links. But this summer has been…
Spring ’83 – a fun internet protocol
Robin Sloan: What follows is a narrative description of a protocol that I believe might open up some interesting new possibilities on the internet. My goal here isn’t to “sell you” on its…
Glass observations – an update
One year ago I wrote Glass observations, a post wherein I wrote about the state of sharing photos on the web, and what I thought about the photo sharing app Glass. This…
Montaigne – Blog with Apple Notes
Montaigne: Build a website, blog, or portfolio using nothing but Apple Notes. Pretty cool.
Photographers be aware, WordPress may convert your JPEGs to WebP soon
This isn't a "the sky is falling" post. However, photographers that use WordPress should be well aware of upcoming changes regarding image file formats. Sarah Gooding, writing for WP Tavern: WebP, an…
WordPress mobile apps to be simplified
Paul Von Schrottky on the Make WordPress Mobile blog: Over the years, the WordPress app has evolved to meet a diverse range of site administration needs and use cases. Features like Stats,…
Davis Blocks
Sarah Gooding, writing for WP Tavern: WordPress theme author Anders Norén has remade his popular Davis theme to support full-site editing. The new theme, Davis Blocks, is sporting the same clean design as its…
Stupid featured in Webcurios 24/06/22
Matt @ Webcurios, describing my game Stupid: Sent to me by Curios reader Colin Devroe, who also created it, this is a nice twist on the Wordle format (I promised I wouldn’t…
Humans, making things, and art
Kevin Kelly: Humans are born to make stuff. We almost can’t help it. Place us in an empty flat plain and we’ll start building things. Put us on a dried lake bed in the middle…
Like like – The pro way to browse Twitter
Like like: A tool for wandering through Twitter. A pro tip that I often recommend for any social media platform is to browse through your followers likes. It is, in my opinion,…
What I saw somewhat recently #95: June 16, 2022
Cochecton Pump House, New York It has been over a month since I posted a list of a links. I've been very busy lately. In some ways that's good, in other ways…
What is a script? What is a program?
Chris Coyier: I don’t think there is any computer science concept that distinguishes the terms scripts, templates, and programs in any real sense. Like Chris, I too find it difficult to put…
How I track social media profile clicks
Would you like to know how many people found your blog from Mastodon? How about how many people find your YouTube channel via TikTok? Back in my day, when someone clicked on…
History Book – an app by Zhenyi Tan
Zhenyi Tan, announcing History Book: History Book automatically saves the content of your browsing history for searching. And it does it in a privacy-friendly way. Instant buy.
The predatory communities of crypto
Molly White: Crypto, when it comes down to it, relies on greater fools. As assets without any intrinsic value, the way to make money from crypto is to find a greater fool who…