@macgenie @RosemaryOrchard @kitt Just had a chance to catch up on the two Micro Monday casts. The format is great and I enjoyed learning about you.
I thought this could be of interest to fellow Micro.blog’ers.
Seems inevitable that a nation-state will take out a chunk of the Internet at a time that suits them. There probably isn’t even a “launch” protocol for that switch, unlike ICBMs. A rogue could trigger it.
Suspicious event hijacks Amazon traffic for 2 hours, steals cryptocurrency
XCode project status: Source Control->Discard All Changes 🙃
Firing up Xcode for first time in a long time. Let’s see if I can create a Mac app in Swift…
Well this might be encouraging: SmugMug responded to my comments about Flickr (on Twitter, since I cross-post there). At least they’re listening.
Thinking out loud: ‘Cross-posting’ from Sunlit to Flickr could be interesting. Maybe they’d be open to a IndieWeb type Instagram role in collab w/Mirco.blog. Of course it doesn’t matter unless SmugMug revitalizes it first but the more open approach could really help them recover.
The Flickr news had me looking at my account stats there. I joined December 2007 and posted about 1,500 photos since. I stopped posting anything other than a few family photos in 2011. In the ~3.5 years I posted non-snap shots they featured 126 of them in their Explore section.
Flickr was a great combination of photo-enthusiast and social media back in the day. I made more ‘online’ friends on Flickr than all others combined. There were lots of interactions of substance and a wide international reach. Would love to see the social aspect revitalized.
Since 1942, Some Things Never Change
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I recently came across this family-hand-me-down magazine. Thumbing through it I was struck by how little ads have changed in 76 years.
As to why this is a family item, it contains a story about my great grandparents’ neighbor who poisoned his whole family.
2nd step in a possible move from Evernote to Apple’s Notes complete. After creating a Workflow for iOS to create a PDF from a web page and add it to Notes yesterday, I now have a Keyboard Maestro macro to do the same on my Mac. The Workflow was trivial, the macro not so much.
I was happier than usual listening to today’s Timetable. I don’t have the new version yet but its great to learn the changes to photo posting are coming out real soon now. 📷 Thanks @manton.
I feel like we need a campaign to get companies to provide RSS feeds of their posts rather than them relying on Twitter/tweets. I get some important info via these official tweets. Basically they need their own Micro.blogs that cross-post to Twitter if desired.
My car goes faster after a car wash. I’m sure if it. 🚙
What a frightening accident. But listen to the pilot in the ATC recording. She is so calm even when saying things like part of the plane is missing and someone went out the window/hole.
1 Dead After Southwest Airlines Flight From LaGuardia to Dallas Makes Emergency Landing
Today’s “the app matters” lesson: I was offered a free book, To the Edges of the Earth, but it requires using the BookShout app. Every time I open the app to read the book I abandon it. Piss poor typography and annoying “daily progress” complications.
Sunday project: Exporting everything from Evernote and moving the notes into Apple’s Notes.
Manhattan , Poke and steak 🍸 🐟 🥩
A little light reading this morning. I’ve forgotten more than I remember about this.
Chinese Facial Recognition Recognizes Wanted Man in Crowd of 60,000 - Popular Mechanics
This line of storms is no joke. Also h/t to @radarscope and @rosskimes for helping keep us all safe.
There are several things I’d like to see fixed & improved in Micro.blog. Still waiting 😁 I’m not a podcaster and won’t use that feature. In spite of that I think the release of Wavelength is a good thing for me as it helps make the platform more viable. A win-win. @manton
Elliott Management has nearly 5% of Micro Focus (MFGP) stock now and is pushing the company into private equity hands. Looks like the spin-merge shenanigans just postponed the inevitable. SUSE Linux to be spun out.
Hedge fund Elliott Management wants Micro Focus to go private
Went to the dentist to have a tooth prepped for a crown. Now I’m enjoying the “have a sip of water and watch it run down my chin” effect.
What’s your favorite 8 minute song in your library? 🎶 Mine is Led Zepplin’s Stairway to Heaven.