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Posting from Emacs to micro.blog

One thing I love in open networks and decentralized services is the possibility to post from where ever you want. I could already do this in WordPress, in micro.blog it is the same situation. I can post from Drafts. I can post with an iOS Shortcut, I can use third party apps. And now I am testing to see if I can post from Emacs with this script. I downloaded it, installed it in my init.

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I like the new Tiny Theme 2.0 with Microhooks because

Potential use-cases for this microhook are displaying posts based on category

Which is something I really want for my blog!

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Burn on the Bayou, a tribute to CCR

I love covers. I was a heavy listener of the podcast Coverville, I see it’s still going strong since 2004! But I digress. I love covers, I love good stonerrock and I love the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival. So this album is right up my alley: Burn on the Bayou: A Heavy Underground Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival. There are great renditions of those great songs. CCR was on the music scene for only 4 years, but boy did they delivered some all-time classics.

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Use visual tools to scratch your own itch

If you read Jim’s story on how he helped himself to find out where specific newsletter traffic is coming from. And you have a bit of technical knowledge on building code and well… “corporate” reporting/analytics dashboard, you can’t help but smile a big smile. Because what he has built for himself is such an elegant and creative solution. Especially how he creates something that’s in the first of use for himself, but you can already see how others might benefit from this as well.

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Vandaag vierden we de 12e verjaardag van Finn. Weer zo’n mijlpaal. Natuurlijk is hij al een flinke tiener, maar ergens is 12 zo’n extra leeftijd. Hij heeft vandaag met 7 vrienden van school en de BSO+ zijn verjaardag extra goed gevierd. We hebben VR games gespeeld, hij heeft een berg Pokemon kaarten en Robux gekregen en natuurlijk hebben we lekker pizza’s gegeten. Nu is het weer stil en heb ik mijn eigen weekend. Wat lezen, schaakles en niks doen. Heerlijk.

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If RSS and an RSS-reader is too much of a hassle for you, try out RSS By Email. Just send the URL you want to subscribe to and you’ll get updates by email. Easy.

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Blogging is Punkrock Publishing

James hits it on the right spot when he writes about the indie web: To have a personal website is, presently, an act of rebellion. It is a statement. You are saying: I want to define my experience on the web. He compares the indie web to the punk music scene. As I once said, blogging as a whole is an act of Punkrock Publishing! You are in control, you can make your own rules, you define what when and how you want to publish.

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Why does Facebook hide comments in a private group?

In my last post (in Dutch) I wondered if I should join a Facebook group. I’ve been off this network for 6 years and I don’t miss it one bit. Or so I thought. But that’s not the point now. I can’t see any comments and I need help from the internet! I joined a private group and introduced myself. I got some nice thumbs-up and likes, next to some comments.

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MRI en reünie

Ik mag me gelukkig prijzen als ik de berichten op Facebook lees in de Nederlandse groep van PSC patiënten. Inderdaad. Ik lees een groep op Facebook. Met een email account dat nergens anders aan is gekoppeld. Zonder direct herleidbare gegevens naar mijn persoon. Ik blijf zo’n hekel hebben aan dat platform. Maar het is de enige plaats waar een actieve community is van PSC patiënten. De verhalen in de community zijn hoopvol, beangstigend, vriendelijk en soms schrijnend.

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A local browser startpage built with orgmode

I am inspired by Andy’s venture to create a local startpage in his browser. It makes so much sense. It is a local page on your own computer, so it’s blazing fast There is no tracking on this page The page is under your control, you can make of it whatever you want It works in any browser. The past couple of years I’ve dabbled a bit in Emacs. I try to learn this ancient yet modern system.

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Well… I started my day by messing up some configuration in my iOS feedreader Fiery Feeds. Which connects to my BazQux feedmanagement. Folders and settings are all messed up. I think because I tweaked too much at once in Fiery Feeds. The app has a “restore backup” setting. But I’m always a bit hesitant on these type of actions. When was the last backup? Will I see this first when I click the button? So I know what I have to do today. Because I cannot not care about this. Right?

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I love how a morning coffee and 20 minutes of mindmapping clears the mind. Cat Bowie is added to blur some words.

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Well. Now I want my own booklist on this site to look like this as well. I love this! Also check out Chase’s mothership with some nice meta-blogging about blogging. My favourite genre

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🔖 Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time.

Indieblog.page: Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time. I love the Open Random Blogpost in my bookmarkbar. At least once a day I just click it a few times to see what pops up. And it’s almost always a delightful surprise. Highly recommended and I’d wish it had some direct ties with a micro.blog directory/discovery or with the blogs and pages on the omg.lol community.
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Incoming webmentions visible on micro.blog

Today on Micro.blog News -: Added a new page to show incoming webmentions to your blog. You can find it under Account, near the Replies section. Well, that’s awesome! Now I can see the larger network/ecosystem of links to my posts. I love this. the complete list is only visible to the blog-author. If the mentions use proper markup, they will also be included as replies to you in the timeline.

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How Buildings Learn

📚 Tonight I started in How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand. I got this book as a gift from my good friend Ewout Wolff, when I organized the moviescreening for We are as Gods about the author’s life and work. Ewout is as big a fan of Brand as I am, so this book is a joy for me to read in.
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How I use Obsidian to make a weekly note every Sunday

Sunday-morning for me is the perfect time to write my Weekly Notes in Obsidian. In my private weekly notes I summarise the previous week. I do this based on browser-bookmarks to open calendars and lists, history in apps and things I’ve written myself. My Weekly Note template has these headings and input: How was your week? A free-writing area to jot down some thoughts on the previous week. It can be personal, professional, hobby, whatever pops up when I see this question.

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🔖 Emissions from ChatGPT are much higher than from conventional search

Emissions from ChatGPT are much higher than from conventional search • Wim Vanderbauwhede: it is possible that the emissions from a ChatGPT query are more than a hundred times that of a conventional search query
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Bob den Otter (Pivot, Mijnkopthee, Two Kings) overleden

Gisteren bereikte me het nieuws dat Bob den Otter is overleden. Bob is een van de echte Bloghelden van de Lage Landen. Hij is de maker van Pivot, de eerste blogsoftware uit Nederland. Pivot is een open-source platform, een van mijn eerdere blogs draaide lang op deze software. Natuurlijk had Bob ook zijn eigen blog, het populaire Mijnkopthee.nl. Bob stond eveneens aan roer bij Two Kings, het bureau voor Ambachtelijk Webdevelopment.

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Finished reading: Harlem Shuffle: A Novel by Colson Whitehead 📚