O gawd, I just looked at the #birdsite for the first time in a couple of weeks. Those promoted “tweets” are ridiculous.

I’m currently reading two different things. The first is a collection of essays by Italo Calvino, titled here in the US as “The Written World and the Unwritten World.” The second is one of a series of ‘teen’ books by one Eldritch Black, called “Weirdby Island”.

It’s good to have a foot in both worlds — carefully analytical, and baldly entertaining.

#reading

What a time to be alive! #currentevents

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I suspect ‘Twitter’ has begun blocking third-party apps: I can log via web browser to two family member accounts, but to neither via Tweetbot.

When I attempt to connect via Tweetbot, Twitter tells me: Re-authorization Failed Failed to request token from Twitter.com:: service unavailable

My desktop Mac mini has take to forgetting it has a bluetooth keyboard attached. This is not something I take kindly to.

The long national nightmare continues. I say to the people of the USA: Welcome to the 1850s.

MarsEdit for micro.blog posts

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Thanks to @spgreenhalgh @technocrat @warner @mariovillalobos @Pilchuck @maique — great gear names! I’d include them here, but I would want your permission first.

Now I need to get busy with my own stuff. I have a RaspberryPi, an old iMac running Linux, an old MacBook Air running Linux, a MacBook Pro M1 and, finally, a superannuated Intel MacBook Pro.

I have some ideas for names: Eusebius, Betty, Carl, Garth, Enzo …

I’m working up an ActivityPub connection between micro.blog and the mastodon world. But I don’t have it quite right.

Until then, my micro.blog posts can be found here.

Trying to get my digital house in order. Two steps forward today and only one step back.

I’ve been spending a bit of time on counter.social (@blimey), but micro.blog is my home!

Q: Do you name your computers? If so, give an example.

After only a few hours of using iPadOS 16.1 (20B82) on my 5th generation iPad, I have yet to notice any changes. I’m a low-demand user, and I think I’ll never encounter most of whatever is new.

Dave Winer’s been busy. He has a thing called feedland.org.

Signup via your twitter credentials. If you do that, and plug this url into them mix, you’ll see my own ‘freedland’ feeds – mostly default, one or two added on: feedland.org

I’m looking at all the apps on my iPad and wondering “What was I thinking??”

You can’t realize how many tweaks you’ve made to your computer until you moved to another one.

A couple of years ago I amazed the family by fixing the refrigerator thermostat, which involved crawling into the freezer compartment.

Today I amazed the family by fixing the HP8600’s wedged paper tray, which involves turning the printer upside down.

Yes, every few years I prove my domestic worth.

Serious question: Is TikTok really an essential iOS app?

Alison Martino said “Have you ever, BTW, typed ‘James Rockford’ into Google Maps – try it, it’s maybe the single coolest thing on Google ever.”

So I tried it, and this made my day: jimrockfordinvestigations.com

I am wondering, for the nth time, why iCloud file sync can happen anywhere from near-instantaneous, through one month, to never.

Wordle 295 3/6

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“To misquote The Bard, hell is empty and all the devils are running in the Ohio Senate Race in the GOP primary.” ~ Ordinary Times

Last night we watched “The Dead Don’t Die”, a Jim Jarmusch film from 2019 … Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, etc.

I will now take a break from WWIII by eating pizza
and watching “Murder in Provence”.