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May 2, 2024: Finally added an /interests page to my website.
Apr 30, 2024: I use RSS as a buffet, not a task list I ran across this (very well done) post on hating RSS feeds yesterday. It’s really well done and I appreciate the underlying notion: rss feeds …
Apr 29, 2024: I’m considering signing up for omg.lol almost entirely for the damn statuslog… Are there any similar solutions I could use to quickly …
Apr 29, 2024: Reposts from my Hey World blog I reposted several posts from Hey World to my personal website. How to make driving across Texas more fun - a quick discussion of how a somewhat …
Apr 27, 2024: Day 27: Surprise for challenges.micro.blog This is Surprise Lake in Aniakchak National Monument, a collapsed caldera in remote Alaska that’s the …
Apr 21, 2024: Day 21 Mountains for challenges.micro.blog: “The Great One”
Apr 18, 2024: Day 18: Mood for challenges.micro.blog
Apr 17, 2024: Day 17: Transcendence for challenge.micro.blog. This is the spot where the mutilated body of a young black boy, Emmett Till—whose crime was being …
Apr 14, 2024: I’m considering abandoning my general Mastodon account (I have another one that solely dedicated to travel/outdoor adventures) and moving everything …
Apr 14, 2024: Shot this from inside my tent in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in February. Day 13: Cactus for challenges.micro.blog.
Apr 13, 2024: Day 13: Page (Arizona 😜), for challenges.micro.blog
Apr 11, 2024: Day 11: Sky for challenges.micro.blog
Apr 10, 2024: Day 10: Train for challenges.micro.blog - The most unique train car I’ve seen was this cut-out display at Steamtown NHS in Scranton, PA.
Apr 9, 2024: Question, friends: if you happen across a misplaced slice of crispy bacon on a random sidewalk in your town, does the 5 second apply to the moment it …
Apr 8, 2024: Day 8: Prevention for challenges.micro.blog
Apr 7, 2024: Day 7: “wellbeing” of challenges.micro.blog
Apr 6, 2024: Day 6: “Windy” of challenges.micro.blog When I think windy, I think of the summit of Mt Washington, where they chain down the roofs of buildings and …
Apr 5, 2024: Day 5: Serene of challenges.micro.blog
Apr 3, 2024: Foilage? Yeah, there’s a bit of that green stuff in Samoa… Day 4: Foilage for challenges.micro.blog
Apr 3, 2024: How I Became A Cruiser Bike Guy
Apr 3, 2024: Here’s what it looks like, @amerpie. Downright absurd: I still haven’t posted about it on my website! There’s a multi-layered …
Apr 3, 2024: This is really going to add a wrinkle into those Visit Every Timezone quests! White House directs NASA to develop lunar time standard
Apr 3, 2024: My favorite card. Day 3 of challenges.micro.blog
Apr 2, 2024: Day 2: Flowers for challenges.micro.blog
Mar 24, 2024: I really like the idea of a digital shoebox, for random things you want to hold on to but don’t really fit anywhere else.
Mar 24, 2024: “As I travel, I collect files that people want to let go of. I ask each participant to delete the file they’ve given me, so that the only …
Mar 24, 2024: I have a bunch of Microsoft Streets & Trips .eps files that I’d love to open. Here’s a free online converter and here’s a more …
Mar 23, 2024: Here’s a way to host your own (searchable) archive of your twitter account.
Mar 21, 2024: “AI can’t kill the job of artist, because making art, like playing chess, is an activity people would do even if money didn’t exist. It won’t …
Feb 29, 2024: Where on Earth is Ralf? Every day Ralf travels to a new destination. You have 30 minutes and some helpful hints to locate Ralf on the map.
Feb 27, 2024: Find people to talk to or collaborate with by searching across the /about, /ideas and /now pages of personal websites.
Feb 27, 2024: Are you a digital nomad that wants to maintain your US citizenship? Here are instructions for how to change your residency to South Dakota, which is a …
Jan 11, 2024: Make 2024 The Year You Practice Maximum Enthusiasm!!!!
Jan 10, 2024: Frommers tests then ranks the 10 Best (and Worst) Airfare Search Sites for 2024. Spoiler: the top aggregator spot goes to Momondo.
Jan 9, 2024: Personal relationship management of your social network using plain-text Markdown files. Think of it like a Personal CRM on steroids. You’ll …
Jan 9, 2024: This is a nice little guide to running your own small social network for your friends. I agree with a lot of the advice, especially keeping it small.
Jan 9, 2024: This cut-up comic was a surprisingly entertaining but terrifying read, and has finally made me switch from Chrome to Safari. If you browse the web …
Jan 7, 2024: Yikes! Almost half of British teens self-report feeling addicted to social media study says.
Jan 7, 2024: Businesses around the country are naming themselves "_________ Near Me" (eg, Thai Food Near Me" Barber Near Me, etc) to try to outsmart …
Jan 5, 2024: There should be lots of different, human-scale alternative experiences on the internet that offer up home-cooked, locally-grown, ethically-sourced, …
Jan 5, 2024: Planning on having a campfire or use a gas stove on public lands in California this year? Then you’ll need to get a free campfire permit to do …
Jan 4, 2024: At Long Last, An E-Bike Battery Recycling Program: HungryForBatteries.org. Check the website for local drop-off locations and how to participate. …
Jan 4, 2024: Here’s a useful service that turns an RSS feed into a fediverse account that you can follow to see the latest posts. #rss #mastodon #fedi
Jan 4, 2024: Run your own social: How to run a small social network site for your friends. (I’ve been doing this for a year with OnePhoto.Club)
Jan 4, 2024: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure backup facility in Norway for the world’s crop diversity, providing long-term storage of duplicates …
Jan 3, 2024: 20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously (via Time)
Jan 3, 2024: Using satellite imagery and AI, researchers have mapped human activity at sea with more precision than ever before. The effort exposed a huge amount …
Jan 3, 2024: On the one hand, we’ve grown wary of the so-called attention economy, which, in the name of corporate profits, exploits our psychological …
Jan 2, 2024: Derek Sivers wants to create a Hundred Year Host, so that your personal website can continue long past your death. Meanwhile, Wordpress recently …
Jan 2, 2024: Was the Civil War about slavery? This single page website explains, with easy-to-read references.
Jan 2, 2024: The crux of the NY Times copyright lawsuit is that ChatGPT is fully capable of reproducing text nearly verbatim. The thing is, it is not just text. …
Jan 1, 2024: Because of a reduction in farmland acreage and better household conservation, Arizona now uses 3 percent less water than it did in 1957, despite …
Jan 1, 2024: Lengthening our years by deepening our days: “This reinvestment of attention in present moment experience really makes time seem to slow down—and that …
Jan 1, 2024: “What if every Weird Al song was the original, and every other artist was covering his songs instead? With recent advances in A.I. voice …
Jan 1, 2024: I’m considering using micro.blog instead of wordpress for my shared links website.