Blogrolls are your personal algorithm
An update to my previous post about SXSW. There is a good groupblog from a couple of Dutch attendees. It is in Dutch, but Deepl Translate can do wonders for you…
SXSW isn’t all that popular on the social networks I frequent nowadays. The music/film/interactive festival in Austin used to be all over the timelines but not as much this year. At least in the network around me which is still skewed towards digital technology and -marketing. But a quick look just gave me:
- Mastodon: A lot of talk about how SXSW has changed and isn’t the festival it used to be
- Bluesky: Discussions mainly about the movie events
- Micro.blog: Zero current search results
Is SXSW still relevant? Or is it now just for three-lettered government agencies recruiting for talent? Which leads to bands cancelling SXSW in protest of these sponsorships, connected to the genocide in Gaza?
Blogs for my 17-year-old daughter
Dune: Part Two. What a ride. We watched it yesterday in ScreenX, a panoramic film format with dual-sided, 270-degree screens projected on the walls in a theater. It was an experience. Not only the expanded screen, but the story. The movie. The sound. The visuals. Those 166 minutes flew by. The story of Paul Atreides, still alive and living among the Fremen in the deserts of Arrakis. If there is one movie you should really see in the theatre first, let it be Dune: Part Two.
I love how Colin titles his blogpost “The greatest productivity hack of all time” since it feels clickbaity. But following Colin for a while, I was curious. And not disappointed. The app Structured has a good premise and within two minutes I bought the yearly Pro-version. I look forward to use it and see how it helps me focus more on the tasks at hand.
Oh I love how the site for XOXO Fest 2024 lets you play with the light/dark toggle. Try it for yourself.
Finished 1984
Well…here’s another rabbithole for me to get lost in… Child themes for Tiny Theme, made in CSS. Please give me a gallery with examples so I don’t mess up!
I discovered I didn’t change the profile of my Indieweb.social Mastodon account to point to this blog as well. Since Mastodon has built-in verification, I had to add a link to the footer. This gave me a nice introduction in the great microhooks functionality of Tiny Theme by @Mtt
Took a walk to the city for some errands. It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining. I felt good and with the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as an audiobook I had a good walk. But once doing errands, the crowded streets and noises got to me and left me sitting at a bench at the bus station. Tired and dizzy. The fatigue got to me again. It’s frustrating and I’m constantly learning the hard way how to deal with this disease.
🍿 Time to watch Dune: Part One to make sure I’m ready for Part Two.
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Ik lig ziek in bed. Balen. Weer veel last van vermoeidheidsverschijnselen. Dus veel slapen en uitrusten. Maar wel blij dat we kortgeleden een TV met Chromecast hebben aangesloten op de slaapkamer. Zojuist een stukje Night on Earth gezien van Jim Jarmush. Wat een heerlijke film.
We slayed goblins and played our first D&D session
Time to hit the arcade again
I think I’m a background character (NPC as the game parlance goes?) in the Pokemon-cards-unpacking vlog of a supposedly famous Youtuber here at Pokemonkelworld. Since he had all sort of fans and photo-ops afterwards. I am fascinated.
Me, my son and his best friend are at a local Pokemon fair. They talk in tongues right now. I have no clue about V-Max, Shinies, Mystery packs and trading rules. I always find subcultures fascinating and I love to hang out in their small ecosystems, even though I don’t understand how the whole trading system and hierarchy of cardpacks work. Same as with other geek-subcultures, the people here are nice, friendly and positive, regardless of age and experience level.
